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How we read reviews →Hardware Lane's fully plant-based Italian. handmade truffle pasta and vegan calamari.
A cosy, tightly-packed Hardware Lane trattoria with indoor and outdoor tables across two levels, live music upstairs some nights, and a warm, celebratory energy suited to birthdays and special dinners.
An entirely plant-based Italian menu built around house-made mock seafood (vegan calamari, mock swordfish), fresh handmade pasta, and a full wine list, with kids' and allergy-friendly options on request.
Reviewers, including native Italian speakers, praise the Napoli sauce and pasta technique as genuinely Italian in execution despite the fully plant-based menu.
Reviews split on value. most call it worth the price for genuinely inventive plant-based cooking, but a couple felt the $30+ mock-seafood mains were small relative to cost.
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