The Empire - Mount Lawley

A lovely little trattoria style Italian restaurant.  We had a table of four people and ordered antipasto, pizzas and pastas.  Everything came out in a timely fashion with very polite wait staff.  The food is spot on for what it is, well known tasty Italian dishes.  The place has a nice ambience where you can talk to eachother. How hard is that to find now?  Definitely try it out.

This place is good - good value italian food. Went recently and was good to see the place busy. The wait staff were really struggling though with how busy it was but food came out in good time once order placed.

Went there last night with 5 mates for our monthly get together. Shared 3 pizzas that were good but not great. The general consensus on the main course was favourable, however my linguine with prawn was a little bland and could have done with a lot more seasoning. Most of the guys ordered affogato to finish with. Unfortunately, the ice cream was in my opinion very average and more like a cheap ice confection. Very disappointing. The service was just average. When we checked the bill we were shocked to find that we were charged $1.50 for each of the six beers we consumed, as well as $5 for each bottle of wine. Total corkage $29. There were no beer glasses supplied, so paying $9 for the waiter to pick up and dispose of six empty bottles is a rip off ( we had to ask for the empties to be removed from the table ). Never been charged corkage for beers ever before. Won't be going back.

Excellent Pizzas , best I have had in restaurant for long time Fair price for the quality, will certainly come back to try the others Have not yet tried any other menu dishes however if quality is the same as presented on the pizzas it's well worth a visit.

Had an excellent meal with friends at the Empire last night. The pizza we shared as entree was crispy and delicious. The meat in the shared Grigliata Mista was very tender and cooked as requested. The pasta dishes also got the thumbs up. The Tiramisu was light and full of flavour and the afagoto was beautifully presented. Will be going to this restaurant again. The service was friendly and welcoming.