Cavallino Ristorante

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#3 of 16 Restaurants in Terrey HillsItalian, Pizza, $$ - $$$

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Cavallino Ristorante

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Cavallino is a rustic, authentic, Italian restaurant, wood-fired pizzeria and events center, bringing soulful and honest food to Northern Beaches locals and wider Sydney diners who appreciate good Italian food. Our venue is perfect for small to large groups and events, with multiple areas to choose from, including private rooms. For reservations please visit our website. For Group Bookings please email ciao@cavallino.com.au

Features

CUISINES

Italian, Pizza, Tuscan, Sicilian, Southern-Italian

Meal types

Lunch, Dinner, Drinks

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

FEATURES

Accepts Credit Cards

American Express

Family style

Free off-street parking

Full Bar

Gift Cards Available

Highchairs Available

Mastercard

Parking Available

Private Dining

Reservations

Seating

Serves Alcohol

Table Service

Takeout

Visa

Wheelchair Accessible

Wine and Beer

Location

1-3 Yulong Avenue, Terrey Hills, Warringah, New South Wales 2084 Australia

Free off-street parking, Parking Available

Does this restaurant serve Romana food?

Yes

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Closed today

Sunday

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wednesday

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Thursday

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Saturday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

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Luka I

1 contribution

Decent joint, nice staff

Nov 2024 • family

We live three hours from this restaurant, but on our way back from Sydney late at night, we figured we’d find someplace to have food and we all agreed on Italian. So we searched up some Italian spots nearby and came across this place. On our way over there I looked at some reviews and I noticed some recurring themes. The overall rating was 4/5 stars because the reviews were either 5/5, 1/5, or 2/5. I figured I should look at the low reviews and see what the complaints were and it seemed that some people said the pizza was underwhelming, the atmosphere was bad, and the pasta was over salted. I decided to test these out, so here we are. The atmosphere resembled that of a bar, not quite what I was expecting but it felt like a nice little joint, didn’t feel very authentic though. I ordered Margherita pizza and my sister ordered some pasta. The pasta was very salted, as the reviews said, but the pizza wasn’t underwhelming, not fantastic though. The pizza was wayyyy too big to eat all on my own so my sister had some too. Overall, the staff was really nice, the pizza was eh, the pasta wasn’t bad but there was quite a bit of salt, and it’s like a Viking-ish feeling to the place.

Written 9 November 2024

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Jan E

3 contributions

Expensive for little food. This is not a fine dining restaurant.

June 2023 • couples

Quite disappointed with high price and small quantities from a “family” restaurant. Entree was prosciutto for $18. We got 5 slices of prosciutto and 4 skinny breadsticks - that’s it. We ordered the seafood hotpot for $42 and received a bowl basically full of shells. Once we removed the shells, that visually gave the appearance of a decent meal, we were left with a couple small cubes of fish and a scattering or pippies and muscles and 2 slices of bread. Not a prawn to be seen. The flavours were good but we left hungry. No complimentary bread rolls at start of meal. The whole food experience felt like we were charged the most possible for the minimal amount of food. I realise some venues are doing it tough and this certainly felt like it. Staff were polite and attentive.

Written 8 June 2023

Roberto Dessanti

Hi Jane, thank you for taking time to write a review, and our sincere apology for your dining experience at Cavallino. Mistakes are made all the time in hospitality, and I am sure we will continue to make more mistakes, however feedback such as yours is essential to ensure we reduce the amount of mistakes. The seafood hot pot should indeed include prawns and calamari also, this will be addressed with our Head Chef, the prosciutto entree for $18 is for one person, aged Italian prosciutto sells for about $12 for 100gm in retail outlets and delis, we use aged San Daniele prosciutto and $18 for about $120gm or 5 pieces is in fact quite reasonable. Yes hospitality sector is suffering, after 2.5 years of covid lockdowns and now the alarming rate of inflation and crazy cost of goods almost all venues are feeling the impact.

Written 10 June 2023

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Chris C

1 contribution

Nice but!

Aug 2022 • couples

Nice but! Two of us had dinner Friday 26th Aug 22, have been before. Had garlic bread entree, steak & fish for mains. My steak on top of the smallest blob of mash, that was it, same with the fish dish. The food is very nice to enjoy, but times are not that tuff to pay $48 for a meal, with not much on the plate . Place was not that busy, 4-5 waiters, no one taking notice or asking if we would like another wine or dessert. Waited, but, so we left, voiced it when paying, but felt, didn’t really care. We don’t mind paying for nice. It’s not that hard to put bit more mash & a few greens on a plate. How much are a few beans? Really what are some of these restaurants coming to. Cheers

Written 30 August 2022

Cavallino Ristorante

Thank you for your constructive and fair review, we do make mistakes and reviews such as yours are required to guide us to improve our services and offerings, All of your points raised will be addressed to ensure we can improve based on your feedback.

Written 19 October 2022

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

dean R

1 contribution

Never again............... Ever!

July 2024 • friends

Well, this was the second time our group unfortunately decided to have lunch at this place. The first time was pretty shocking but this time they got gold! What an unprofessional, disorganised overpriced place serving ordinary food. A group of 20 of us sat down at this place. We waited and waited for someone to approach us for drinks and waited. Finally after about 20 minutes and asking for service our orders were taken. Another three groups arrived about 15 minutes after our orders were taken and they got served. We waited again for some time only to view the other tables receiving food except our table. The other tables had all but finished when our food arrived by the amateurs. Again we had to ask for drinks. As they say Fish go rotten from the head down and the owner needs a reality check or find a suitable career change perhaps polishing railway tracks!

Written 28 July 2024

Roberto Dessanti

Thank you Dean, in most cases a worthy response and an apology is always called for, but in your case and the insults you have chosen to heap upon us is not worthy of a response.

Written 29 July 2024

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Rich

72 contributions

A bit disappointing.

Aug 2024 • family

We were really looking forward to trying another Italian restaurant but alas it was disappointing. The linguine was a bit undercooked or dried out - anyway we really didn’t enjoy it. Also we had a supreme pizza and in this case the salami was really too strong for my taste. This might be a personal preference, but honestly I rarely have a pizza that I don’t enjoy. The pizza was really overwhelmed by the salami. The best dish was the beetroot salad. Service was fast and friendly so that was a positive. We eat out regularly, but unfortunately we left this experience feeling underwhelmed and disappointed.

Written 16 August 2024

Roberto D

Hi, and thank you for taking time to provide feedback, which in fact lacks any detail that may assist us to improve our offerings. Firstly we do not have linguine on the menu, and if you have mistaken the pasta type, then which pasta dish was is? We make our tagliatalle and tortolletti in house, and as for the wood fire pizza we have been rated by AGFG as one of the top 7 , as for the salami again I am baffled as we use a mild salami with very mild tatse. Our Head Chef and Pizza Chef are Italian born and trained, hence our food is very authentic and at times clashes with tatse buds of those that are not used to authentic Italian pasta and pizza.

Written 17 August 2024

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80Nicholas

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EXCELLENTE

Apr 2024 • family

The food was delecious, a great example of Southern & Northern Italian offerings. Our waiter young man was delightful, and very attentive with a genuine and caring charachter, we felt appreciated by almost everyone at Cavallino. The Head Chef who surprise surprise was Italian came out and spoke to us, the whole team seemed incredibly sincere and professional and seem to take pride in their restauant and their work. Our menu consisted of amazing starters of scallops, Kingfish capaccio and baby calamari, all excellent. The Pizzas were incredibly tasty and charred, the vension was perfect, the duck could be better as I found it slightly tough, and the king prawns were outstanding. This place is remarkable display of fantastic Italian cuisine, complemented by wood-fired pizzas.

Written 16 April 2024

Roberto Dessanti

Dear Nicholas, thank you for generous reveiw and kind words, in hospitality we do indeed try our bset, occassionaly we fail,and hence why review platforms are important so as our guests can provide constructive feedback, I will share your feedback with our Head Chef particularly regarding the duck. Again our sincere apprection for such generous review.

Written 18 April 2024

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Gabrieal K

1 contribution

True Italian restaurant in a beautiful rustic setting

Apr 2023 • friends

Only 15 minutes from Wahroonga in a great spot in Terrey Hills is Cavallino Beautiful warm setting, great Italian food, genuine friendly service and great for large family groups. We had possibly some of the best pizza's we have ever had, along with some amazing pastas, try the prawn pasta with pesto, or the egg plant parma, great selection to choose from. Great night, ended up at the bar having a few more drinks.

Written 14 April 2023

Katerina F

1 contribution

Disappointing

Apr 2024 • family

Had the fish which was very rubbery and was over salted. Pizza was very good but will not be returning. Very disappointed. I know that when dining at an Italian restaurant you should order pizza or pasta but if you are offering other meals these should also be good. My fish was definitely frozen and not fresh. Presentation great but taste terrible.

Written 14 April 2024

Roberto Dessanti

Hi Katrina, thank you for taking time to give us feedback, and our apology for your experiance on the night. No restaurant is immune from occassionaly serving dishes that are not cooked right, and we take all feedback seriously to improve our offerings. Dinning at an Italian restuarnt is not all about pizza and pasta, and contrary to your asseration, we only purchase fresh Australian fish fillets that we portion, This includes Barramundi, snapper, Kingfish naming a few, I am not sure how you so confidently decided your fish was frozen, and I assure you we dont use frozen fish. However we accept we did indeed provide a dish was was not cooked to our usual standard, and we again apologize for your experiance

Written 18 April 2024

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

Graham B

Sydney81 contributions

Excellent Italian Evening

Oct 2023 • family

Excellent experience. Friendly, authentic and professional service. We put the chef to the test and he wowed us with risotto with truffle, sophisticated squid ink pasta, gnocchi, steak and pizza. Loved it. We will return v soon. Bravo and thank you.

Written 6 October 2023

Zohrab T

8 contributions

Family oriented delicious restaurant

Sept 2022 • family

Wow! What an amazing experience I had here at Cavallino. Besides the food being so delicious, the customer service and the friendly smiles elevated the atmosphere/ambiance of the restaurant. Also, I recommend ordering an espresso martini, one of the best I’ve ever had. Can’t wait to be back.

Written 19 September 2022

Jacob1088

St. Ives3 contributions

Great 21st Birthday at Cavallino

Mar 2021 • none

Having lived most of my adult life in North Shore and Northern Beaches we had never been to Cavallino at Terrey Hills. My daughter agreed to have her 21st there and we were not dissapointed at all. A great venue for large parties, or even smaller ones as they have multiple areas, food was just fantastic, the pizzas were very authetic and done perfectly, the pastas were also very good, but what took my attention was the the stunning Rib eye, cooked just right MR... The only complaint we have was one staff member who was not responsive and she seemed to be in her own world, otherwise Cavallino is an amazing Italian eatery, its not fine dinning and we were so glad to say it. Rustic and authentic as they like to advertise with reasonable prices and great quality.

Written 9 April 2021

Kathy_Hollywood

Sydney65 contributions

We were so fortunate to dine

Apr 2020 • none

We were so fortunate to dine at Cavallino’s on the last night before the isolation laws were enforced. A private party of 12, we enjoyed the seafood and pasta banquet. It was to die for and Robert the manager was an exceptional host, introducing us to the best wine selection for our meals. We can not wait till the doors open again but until then we are enjoying the best takeaway Wood Fire Pizza in Sydney a couple of nights a week. Cavallino is the first place we’ll go when the restrictions have been lifted.

Written 27 April 2020

Eva L

St. Ives1 contribution

Perfect Valentines day lunch

Feb 2021 • none

Walked into Cavalino at 12pm without a reservation on Valensines day, staff were very helpful and organised a table for 2. We did not excepct such a great lunch and service. The Wagyu rump melted in my mouth, the desserts limited but very nice indeed. A great unaccepted lunch...

Written 13 February 2021

Holly

Sydney17 contributions

Won’t be returning

Oct 2024 • couples

My partner and I were disappointed by the lack of atmosphere and underwhelming pizzas. Surround sound would help create more of a vibe, as it felt stale and quiet despite the building having a lodge vibe and fairy lights. Our pizzas tasted basic, nothing to oo and ahh about. On the plus side - tasty arancini starter. Unfortunately, we won’t be returning.

Written 6 October 2024

Lucky L

Sydney199 contributions

Fantastic food… fantastic service

Nov 2021 • family

Fantastic food… fantastic service! What a wonderful evening our family had tonight. Was our first family dinner outing since lockdown and it was so memorable… the food and service was outstanding. The pizzas, mains and desserts were all delicious, could not fault a thing. The service was also perfect. Our waiter Shaun was very attentive, not to mention entertaining! He made our evening so enjoyable and is a true asset to this restaurant. The restaurant has a lovely vibe about it. It is comfortable yet classy, parking is easy to find. Can’t wait to return.

Written 6 November 2021

Cavallino Ristorante

Thank you so much for your kind words and generous review,

Written 19 October 2022

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.