Jamie’s Italian

Queue up for the hype?

Fresh pasta, decent prices -

Pretty pukka stuff.

 

Breads with herb pesto, balsamic vinaigrette and metal box

Balls LOLOLOL Smoky scamorza arancini

Crispy squid with “garlicky” mayo

Berludy Badass Buffalo Ricotta Ravioli

Awkward-sounding Bucatini Carbonara

“Give the bone a spoon” Risotto Milanese

Insert pun here

Note: When the bucatini carbonara turned out to be undercooked-on-arrival, we spent the next 15 minutes trying to get the attention of our waitstaff. When we did get their attention, however, they immediately returned the dish to the kitchen, delivered Bucatini Redux some 20 minutes later, and offered us each a complimentary dessert “so you don’t have to sit around waiting”. Some would be offended. I was impressed. The service-time is an issue, but hopefully it straightens out as the restaurant finds its jubbly-legs over the next few months.

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Jamie’s Italian

Location: 107 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2010

Taste-type: Oliverian Italian

Price: Decent – around $10 for starters and $20 for pastas.

How to get there: Walk down Hunter St from the George St exit at Wynyard Station, then take a right onto Pitt. Look for rustic wooden interiors, high ceilings, and queues.

Contact: 02-82409000 (no reservations, as far as I know)

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