Café Marinara Trattoria - Brisbane

If you're looking for authentic Italian, this is the place to be. Couldn't get a reservation at Gnocchi Gnocchi brothers so decided to try this place, and so happy that we did. Love the decoration, it warm and cosy. The staff were friendly and attentive. Love the baked Salmon. Highly recommend this place

Passing by a lot, I've been wanting to try this place for a while and finally did. It is a small and busy restaurant, great for date night. Being brisbane- it was super hot that night so we were sweaty messes- I had to even move the candle away haha- it's going to be a winter go to for sure. Food: Garlic bread was quite buttery- a little bit more garlic would have been good but I like a ton of garlic. We had the Fettucine Ala Polo- this won dish of the night. Perfectly seasoned, creamy mushroom sauce and well cooked pasta was so, so good. The capricossa was alright- it sounds weird but I prefer the ham to be torn rather than sliced thinly- super weird thing of mine. Drink: The waiter was very knowledgable of the wine list- told him what flavours I was looking for, he asked a couple of questions and recommended a great bottle that as he said would disappear before we knew it. Service: even though they were so busy they were great and attentive- really good service

A great little cafe, took me back to Italy beautiful set up and causal dinning, food was good trying to keep it classic Italian. Pizza and pasta are stables here that's for sure. Good selection of local Italian wines also with the good beer

2nd visit took fussy eating daughter and boyfriend. Pasta all round except myself who opted for a scaloppini Alla something a little spicy but very nice, bride carbonara, daughter the penne, boyfriend the alla pollo I forget which pasta. All gave the pastas a big thumbs up. Friendly attentive service, good atmosphere, a slice of Italy in a converted Paddington cottage. A local favourite, bookings required due to it's popularity.

We entertained an out of town relative here last night, and had a wonderful eating experience. Cannot fault the food, the ambience or the very attentive staff! We left as very happy campers, and will return.