Belluci's Trattoria

We chose Belluci's Manuka on review strength and the location. Essentially an upmarket ltalian Eatery with Pizza and Pasta the core of the menu. Went with a group of Seven and everyone found dishes to order. I should start by saying it is very pricey with Pizza bring $26 each and Pasta ranging from $30 -$38. I am not sure what l expected with my $31 fettuccine carbonara but it did not redeem itself as a $31 meal. I shared a Pizza with my son which was their Calabrese. I assumed it would have the traditional tomato and cheese base as well as sausage, roasted capsicum, mushrooms and fresh herbs. It didn't. So everything you picked up the pizza everything fell off. Sure it was tasty if you could keep it all on the base. Most everyone eating was reasonably pleased with their food, although my daughter could not eat the ricotta gnocci. I tried it and it was not great. The meal was somewhat saved bu multiple flavours of gelato/sorbet which l must say were smashing, especially the blood Orange and Passionfruit. Overall l felt like we paid about 40% more than it was worth. The finisher on the meal was an entire row of lights behind us that kept flashing on and off and back on again. By the time we were finishing up main courses and getting our dessert on, they had gone out completely. Talk about a real mood killer. We were a group of Seven and it was nearly $800!!! I know they have been there a long time, but it seems to me the need to adjust the pricing as it is hard to justify the large prices for some pretty plain food.

Happy had lunch here. even though so many customers, service is quick and friendly. Food generally was good, but I felt: 1. Risotto rice was overcooked; 2. Spaghettis too soft, bolognese sauce not no any aroma ; 3. pizza seems like all parts separated, just individual origin tasting together; 4. The cucumbers in insalata seemed not so fresh, one or two days prepared. Anyway, it is a popular restaurant.

Had a go at some fine dining at Belluci's Manuka. Food was a good size with interesting flavours. The great things about this style of food is the attention to detail and this is a good example as all the food looked great. There was some items however that felt over cooked, whether the fact they were busy or just missing there flare for the night it did not feel value for the price charged. Calamri was tough and the pasty tacky it was just cooked to long to be perfect. The atmosphere was awsome, waiters were great and i could see myself going back, i would just hope there is more attention to the cooking times.

I ordered Ragu, I was surprised to find it actually tasted like water, my pasta was over cooked breaking easily and the beetroot was from a can and not roasted well if at all. Overall it tasted like a thrown together home cooked quick meal with whatever was in the cupboard after a night out. My partner had pizza he said the taste was nice but had effort chewing the base. The atmosphere was lovely, warm and staff were friendly.

Ordered 2 pizzas, both were very disappointing! The bread was pale, no hot oven power, no flavor either! No olive oil flavor, no sauce flavor or actually no sauce at all! Ingredients were good I can see that! But wasted on a very bland overall pizza! Just good prosciutto or good quality cheese does not make a good pizza! You need to know how to put it all together you need olive oil you need a good sauce, or at least salt! It felt like I ordered pizza from weight watchers program and needed to add ingredients and cook it more in the oven to barely get some taste! Never again, I use to be a fan of this belluci’s but I find their food is inconsistent and I have been disappointed on occasions over last year. But pizza very disappointing!

Don’t bother ordering delivery from here. I enjoy this restraunt and I’ve persevered with home delivery from them - but enough is enough. This is the third time I’ve had missing items in my order after waiting an hour and half. I ring the restraunt and no one picks up. Not good enough, I’m going elsewhere and suggest others do too.