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Everytime I am in Balgowlah, pizzas from Sale Pepe grace one of our dinners. My local friends eat…read morehere often and one of them is from Rome. He tells me that it is the closest to his home regards to authencity. I just know that it is easily one of my favourite pizzas places in Australia. The dough has a slight chewy consistency. It is very light and the best thing? It is woodfired! The quality of ingredients is there. The flavours are simple but spot on. Pricewise, it is pricier than most places. They only have one size, which is the large which averages around $25 each. Every Monday, their pizzas are $15 which I think is a bargain for such tasty and quality pizzas. I highly recommend this place.

Absolutely the best pizza in Sydney. Coming from an Italian. Wonderful food, even beyond the…read morepizzas. Personal fan of their margherita, but the calzone and the San Daniele are also sublime. Great ambience and staff is very friendly, most of them speak Italian as well. They also deliver, which is great.

My husband's favourite place to eat - in fact it is the only place he wants to go…read more excellent food all around - eat anything from here - if by chance they have the barramundi on with the squid ink risotto - get it - an incredible dish they have a spectacular range of entrees which are all good - but change with the season my husband always orders the steak which is fabulous good wine list - fab staff yep go there

The pizzas are well priced and terrific! I paid $15 and j had a super pizza! My parents went the…read morenext day and they have not stopped raving about their pizzas! The gluten free is apparently delightful (my dad said it was brilliant)! Owned by a lovely pair! Beautiful coffee, gelato and food! 9/10!

Tasty pizza! Great for takeaways and great value. Highly recommend the Porcello pizzaread more

When I moved to the northern beaches from the inner west I was worried about my distance from…read moreLeichhardt and Haberfield. How was I going to get my quality Italian food fix, I worried? I needn't have, as it turns out. De Vita, right in the heart of Manly, delivered wood-fired Napoli-style pizza that delivered on all counts. There was a wide choice but I settled on the Contadina: pancetta, wood-fire-roasted potatoes, and fior di latte cheese. Very thin and flavourful. My wife had the Regina (cherry tomatoes, fior di latte cheese, prosciutto, rocket, Parmesan, olive oil, basil) and proclaimed it delicious. The calamari starter we shared was large but lightly battered, with fresh, tender squid chunks. The wine list looked good, but we brought our own as they're also BYO. The atmosphere and surroundings are OK; It's quite open to the street (at least during warmer weather) which is good if you like buzzy going-on, not so much if you want quiet romance. Service was quick, friendly, and happy to make recommendations. Pizza fix: acquired.

What. The. [...]. Manly…read more People are queuing 20 minutes for a tiny, average tasting $20 hot dog. Cafes serving glorified couscous salads at four times its market value are at 80% occupancy. Lukewarm, bitter coffee gets top rated and queues round the block. And somehow, I come to De Vita at lunchtime on a weekday and we are the only customers bar another table. This restaurant is fantastic. When the lunch special - all pizze at $15 - is on, it is even more fantastic. This is proper Neapolitan pizza, made to order, with ingredients that aren't bottom shelf Coles. I mean, there is not much else to say - if you know what Neapolitan pizza is, you will know, if you don't, I can't describe it in a way that would bring it across. It bears little resemblance to Domino's. At $15, on the overpriced Sydney market, you are almost robbing them. To be a fair reviewer, I have to add that the spaghetti gamberi were pretty average. Lacking in taste and salt, not the best prawns, small-ish portion. This is most definitely a pizzeria and that's what you should order (and an espresso afterwards). The service is Italian, that means efficient and a little direct, and the smile will be a little dry. This does not mean they do not like you. It's just how things are in Italy and the guys haven't quite adjusted to the matey Australian ways. Perhaps it is that it is on a side street, not on the Corso. Perhaps they need to hang a fixie upside down at the back and buy some tables made of century old wreckage wood fished out by divers wearing copper diving bells ironically. Perhaps what Australians (and the tourists and WHV expats that, to be honest, form 90% of Manly residents) want when they order a pizza is thick undercooked dough covered in low quality fat and protein, and they are surprised not to get that. Perhaps nobody reads TripAdvisor anymore (where they are in the top 10 restaurants for Manly, which is how I found them). I don't know. I don't care. Just go.

What to do after a heart-breaking ANZAC Day 2-Up loss?…read more When you're drunk, sore, tired, hungry, have beer on your shoes and in your hair and smell like a heady mix of brewery sludge and quiet desperation? Head to Many Italian, where you can lick your wounds in the comfort of dim lighting - no ugly surprises here, friends! - and order up colossal steaming plates of cockle-warming pasta. Warning: Manly Italians are literal people. If you declare yourself a chilli fiend and ask them to spice up your Arrabiata like no Arrabiata has been spiced before in all of recorded history, they will take you at your word and still be good enough to bring you napkins to stem the flow of chilli tears while not looking you in the eye, both cognizant and respectful of your unmanly shame.

My boyfriend and I were in Manly last night craving Italian food when we came across this…read morerestaurant. The staff were friendly and most importantly, the food was absolutely amazing. I haven't had Italian food that was that good for a while now. The price was fantastic considering we got a mountain of pasta. No complaints here though because it tasted very nice. Definitely coming again when we're in Manly next. 10/10

We loved this restaurant. Fun vibe from the waiting staff and the food was exceptional in terms of…read moretaste. My wife and I had the same dish and my portion was different to hers which was a little odd but the meal was great. The restaurant is built on a pier so views are also fab

We were a group of 9 adults and two kids. Taking the advice of the waitress we went for the premium…read moreshared meal at $75 per head. Main meals are generally over $30 anyway and we had the intention of staying for the full amount of time with three courses. Quality of the food and table service was excellent. The fish and chips for one child was enough to feed three and as it turned out, at the next table this same quantity was given to three kids. We brought quite a bit of wine with us for the BYO and found that their corkage was not over the top either. We did have excellent weather so the view from the table was pretty good. Parking can be a pain. You need to get there early and fight with the parking meter or public transport it.

We went on a culinary adventure with unbelievable food and top notch service. Special thanks to…read moreMaurizio who was very attentive and pleasant.

In 2017 this place received two chefs hat and I believe, it is well worth it. Despite a false start…read morewith our booking here, the afternoon turned out brilliant for us and our friends. I suggested we try this place for our last day in Sydney and, I am happy to report, it was a great choice :-) The restaurant has been in the Spit area for the last 8 years and there were two other places here before. I have known this exact location and been coming here since 1997. It has one of the best views in town and a fabulous place to spend a weekend afternoon having a long lunch or dinner. The ambience and view is 5 star. Parking is a pain here but not impossible. The menu here is a 4,5 or 8 course degustation only and they have an 8 course vegetarian menu as well. If you have special requirements just let them know and they will take care of it. They even swapped two of the dishes for people in our group after they tasted it and did not find it to their liking. That was a wonderful gesture and that alone deserves a star. The food is delicious, intense flavours and beautifully presented. The wine list is extensive and has a lot of local and Italian wines. I loved almost every course and licked my plate clean. The homemade bread was heavenly and they kept bringing out more. Service was excellent and the wait staff were very attentive. I really enjoyed my meal here and I would happily come again anytime. It's a gem of a place in Sydney. Not cheap but worth the money ;-))

Absolutely delicious and authentic Italian pasta and pizza. The pizza base was puffy, crispy and…read morelight. The pasta was al dente and awesome quality. We can't wait to go back!

Really yummy pizza!!…read more My cousins discovered this place and raved about the pizza, so we ordered it on a Friday night. We called and ordered three pizza and they said it would be 30 minutes. We drove there from the city and got there in like 15 minutes. Parking is as bit of a challenge, but luckily someone was pulling out and we got a spot. This place was packed! The kitchen was tiny, four chefs crowded around the stove making pizzas. We had to wait about 15 minutes and walked around. There were a few other restaurants, but they were all fairly empty. Got the pizza and it smelled so good. Couldn't wait to eat it. We ordered the fratelli's - with mushroom, rocket and proscuitto, the Napolenta - which had olives and sardines and the Gamberoni, which had prawns, garlic and lemon. The Fratelli was delicious and they didn't skimp on the proscuitto. The Napolenta was nice but not a fan of sardines. The Gameroni was yummy and the prawns were delicious! Great place for pizza, probably the best I've tried in Sydney so far..