La Rosa The Strand - Sydney

I'm an Italian food lover and searching for the best Italian places across this one which seemed perfect for my hubby's birthday. This restaurant is located on level 2 of strand arcade. It's a bit difficult to find but using Google maps we got through it. The ambience is so beautiful perfect for a date. Dimly lit with candle on the table. The decor too is impressive with a chandelier in the middle and lot of seating space in and outside too. We booked online through zomato so we need not have to wait. We started with the drinks. Very impressive selection of wines. Hubby had Johnny walker whiskey and me the classic medium red wine. Can't get the name but it was awesome. Had the 150ml glass. For entrees we began with oyster which was very tasty. We also ordered the brushette which had tomato, feta cheese which was totally yummy. Since we didn't have to have pork we had the spinach brushette along with sour cream and potato too. Portions are small but the food was very yummy though. Next we ordered for ricotta ravioli stuffed with spinach and it was simply excellent just loved it. Also ordered the capellini since hubby wanted to have chicken. It was the spaghetti pasta along with rosemary sauce. It was good too. Definitely wanted to try their pizza so ordered the the funghi pizza which had portobello mushrooms along with mozzarella and porcini puree and it was delicious. Wanted to have a chicken pizza but it was not in the menu. For desserts we ordered the ricotta meringue which was so beautifully presented and it has cream along with hints of orange sourness and it was yummy. Service was slow and food did take time to come to the table but server lucie was extremely polite and friendly and apologised for the delay too. Lovely service by her. Pricing is definitely high but simply loved the meal. This restaurant is definitely recommended. Would love to come here again.

I'm an Italian food lover and searching for the best Italian places across this one which seemed perfect for my hubby's birthday. This restaurant is located on level 2 of strand arcade. It's a bit difficult to find but using Google maps we got through it. The ambience is so beautiful perfect for a date. Dimly lit with candle on the table. The decor too is impressive with a chandelier in the middle and lot of seating space in and outside too. We booked online through zomato so we need not have to wait. We started with the drinks. Very impressive selection of wines. Hubby had Johnny walker whiskey and me the classic medium red wine. Can't get the name but it was awesome. Had the 150ml glass. For entrees we began with oyster which was very tasty. We also ordered the brushette which had tomato, feta cheese which was totally yummy. Since we didn't have to have pork we had the spinach brushette along with sour cream and potato too. Portions are small but the food... read more

Always delicious~ haven been here quite a bit of time as well. Loved the prawn pasta! Tried pizza for the first time... it was great as well! Very nice place and staff here are extremely friendly.

Nice food, fancy deco and reasonable price. The most impressive is the service. One way to know how the service is to ask for hot water. La Rosa exceeded my expectation. They asked me whether I want lemon on the side, and then served the water in a nice tea pot with a cup and a few slices of lemon on the side. They came back a few times when serving food to pull water in my cup and refill the tea pot. I was very happy to pay a tea price for it, but they didn't even charge us. So my friend paid some tips. If you are looking for a quite Italian dinner in CBD, try this one.

This place is definitely my new favourite place. In the central hub of the city, la rosa makes amazing pizzas. Would recommend the prawn and zucchini pizza. Definitely a hit amongst friends.