A cosy trattoria with a reliable produce-driven menu.
1/7A cosy trattoria with a reliable produce-driven menu.Rohan Thomson
Tiramisu.
2/7Tiramisu.Supplied
Chianti braised beef cheeks.
3/7Chianti braised beef cheeks.Katherine Griffiths
Pasta dish at Italian&Sons.
4/7Pasta dish at Italian&Sons.Supplied
The wine bar.
5/7The wine bar.Rohan Thomson
Flourless Amedei chocolate tarte.
6/7Flourless Amedei chocolate tarte.Dion Georgopoulos
36-month-aged prosciutto,peach and burrata.
7/736-month-aged prosciutto,peach and burrata.Dion Georgopoulos

Good Food hat15/20

Italian$$

The best meals at this family-run stalwart tend to begin with a negroni,end with sweet malvasia and feature a good dose of Canberra District shiraz and Piedmont nebbiolo in between.

That is to say,you can drink very well. But it’s not just a cosy hangout for Clonakilla and Barolo,and rehearsed staff can run you through the double-digit bottles,too.

Easy-going friulano to ride alongside crunchy spindles and hoops of calamari fritti? You bet. This is a kitchen that knows its way around a cold-weather pasta,and prettily folded pumpkin,ricotta and leek tortellini – fragrant with burnt-sage butter and aged reggiano – deserve a place on your hit list,plus slappy paccheri with chilli and juicy,savoury crumbles of pork sausage.

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Check the daily specials for chargrilled rib-eye to go with that shiraz,and finish with a spiced rum and ricotta cannoli that tastes like Christmas.

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