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How we read reviews →Buzzy Hardware Lane Italian where the pasta and the staff both steal the show
Buzzy laneway energy that reviewers liken to a European city street; upscale-casual Italian dining room with occasional live jazz, intimate but lively even on quiet nights.
Curated wine list, housemade habanero honey, squid-ink seafood croquettes, complimentary limoncello or Montenegro nightcaps for many diners, live jazz nights.
An Italian-heritage reviewer singled it out as rare, authentic Italian cooking that felt like a home-cooked meal at their parents' table.
Most reviewers call it generous, wholesome value for an Italian dinner in the CBD, though one flagged the $45 chilli crab pasta as light on actual crab.
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