Criniti's Chermside

I can not emphasize enough how lovely the food, the people and the environment is. Coming from a true blood Italian family, the food is absolutely second to none. It felt as if it was cooked by my own Papa and Nona. The staff treated us as family. They went above and beyond any other restaurant out there. I thought that (coming from a rather picky family) our requests would fall on deaf ears but I was very wrong. Anything and everything was perfect. Not only did they treat my family like their own family, they also noticed that we were celebrating some birthdays and brought out complementary Nutella cakes (see picture). This small yet very memorable gesture will forever stay with me and my family. The menu offers any and all food you can think. Be that traditional Italian (pizzas, pasta) or seafood buffet. I personally recommend the lasagna. The food sizes are perfect. Just enough to suite and diet and extremely delicious. Please, I can't recommend this restaurant enough, come and visit. Even if you are a food connoisseur or a family looking for some of the best food in all of Australia, visit and enjoy. I will definitely be a regular in the future!!!

After a very mixed first-time dining experience back in February for my birthday, my partner and I decided to give Criniti's a second chance over the Easter long weekend - and I am so happy that we did!! I don't want to go into detail with the first dining experience, but our second visit was honestly one of the best dining experiences I've ever had!!! The waitstaff were polite and prompt, complimentary drinks were served when some of our dishes took longer than expected to cook, and the food was absolutely delicious and generously-portioned. Special thanks to Cara for taking great care of us - after we told her about our first dining experience, she surprised me with a complimentary take-home dessert with a beautiful note on it. Seriously, that's never happened to me, before!!! Criniti's certainly redeemed themselves and I will most definitely be returning :-)

Would give 5 stars but the price is somewhat unrealistic. $10 for an iced latte (ridiculous!) $5.90 for a small flat white. This would be fine IF it was the best coffee in the world but it isn't. Food is also exxy, $34 for a light serve of veggie risotto. It was again good but not worth writing home about. The decor is nice though and the staff were friendly and prompt. Although we were the only people there so you'd expect that.

The Restaurant has a really nice atmosphere and the staff are friendly. I was really looking forward to a delicious meal after reading reviews but was disappointed. The food lacked flavour and it was more of a home cooked meal rather then a meal you would expect from a restaurant. The serving were generous so worth what you paid in terms of portion size but not quality. The wine list is great.

Decor and atmosphere was nicely laid back and appropriately Italian bar like themed. The food was excellent, well presented and typically Italian large portions. The pizza I had was really quite traditional and tasted as good as you would get in Italy. We will be back again. Suitable for a any size meal or just simply drinks and snacks.

The food is amazing! I ordered the pumpkin pasta and the flavour was perfect. I only ordered the entree size and I could barely eat it all because there was so much food. The rest of my table ordered various pastas and burgers, they all looked amazing and were reported as tasty. The restaurant was empty for lunch which made us think perhaps we'd made a bad decision. The food took a little while to come out, but was well worth the wait. Would highly recommend.

I recommend making a reservation at this restaurant, management are super friendly at the door when making a booking, making sure my requirements are catered for myself and my children. I have had an anniversary dinner here recently and then a dinner date again over the weekend. Last nights service was lovely as always, she took the time to go over the menu and when asked, recommended her favourite pasta dish, it is now my favourite too! Penne Colombo and Linguine Frank Sinatra... Honest customer service, recommend the main dish and took some home with us! will definitely be back and recommending to our friends.