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La Scala

Centre Cinema Building Shop 7, Bunda Street, Canberra 2601, Australia
(02) 6248 8338
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Ranked #159 of 598 restaurants in Canberra
3.0 of 5 stars 30 Reviews
Price range: -1 AUD - 24 AUD
Cuisines: Italian
Dining options: Reservations
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Australia
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31 reviews 31 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

The menu changes frequently so your favourite from last time may have been replaced by another lovely dish. Last visit my scallop entree was devine as was my prawn pasta and my friends steak. The meals are all yummy. The way the restaurant is set up in several rooms reduces the usual restaurant noise so it is pleasant. There are... More

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Canberra, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012

Great location, superior food at an afforable price. Well recommended and worth a try.

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See 5 more reviews by Andrew O for Canberra
Canberra, Australia
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34 reviews 34 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2012

Canberra is not exactly awash with Italian restaurants, but La Scala is as good as any in Melbourne or Sydney. The food is beautiful, and although the restaurant seats a lot of people, the owners have creatively divided up the space to create a sense of intimacy. It's not cheap, but it's a lovely place for a special meal.

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Canberra, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2012

Have been going to La Scala for years and I have to say we stopped for a while because the food just was not happening the way it used to. Pleasent surprice on our last visit, the service was wonderful (as always), got the great table by the window and oh la la the meal was devine and back to... More

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Sydney, Australia
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6 reviews 6 reviews
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2012

This was our fourth visit to la Scala, an evening we were looking forward to. Previously we had experienced an excellently courteous and professional staff and superb Italian cuisine. Our waiter proved to set our hopes high as he was terrific. Sadly, the chef has been watching too many television cooking competitions and we walked away starving after being served... More

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Canberra, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2012

great ambience and nice italian food but not fantastic food - just good. probably not value for money unless you want the ambience.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2012

Well where to start? It was promising to begin with - and I loved the intimate atmosphere - candles all around because it was Earth Hour that night. Lovely. Entrees were fine. It did take over an hour for our mains to arrive which was disappointing. When they did arrive they were also luke warm. By this time the lights... More

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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 March 2012

I have been to La Scala a couple of times now, their pasta is quite nice, however their ala carte menu is purely devine. I would suggest having an entree or certainly plan on having dessert, as they are small meals, yet full of flavours that dance in your mouth.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 March 2012

The best Italian restaruant in Canberra. Good servers, great chefs and the owners are teh friendliest people there is.

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 March 2012
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This is not the first time we have been to La Scala but it may be the last. We were seated in the front near the window was fine and then we were ignored for the next 15 minutes. A group of 4 arrived and were given menus and water, another group arrived, same. After staring at the hostess for... More

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