ischia restaurant

excellent service!!staffare very friendly and accommodating, our waiter was amazing. ordered arancini balls and was expecting them to be filled with a bit more arrabiata sauce than what they were; although average they were still good. i had the gnocchi napoletana and my partner had the pappardelle ragu; both beautiful, the gnocchi was very soft and fluffy and flavour of the ragu was delish! we were expecting a bit of a wait as it was quite busy when we arrived. we ordered everything at once and mains took at least an hour before they were brought out; our waiter apologised profusely for it and brought out complimentary tiramisu after we had eaten which was lovely 😊.

we came for a weekday lunch date. it was easy to book online but not required with the restaurant only half filled.staffwere super friendly upon arrival and throughout the dining experience.. impressed. the nduja and tartufo pizza both had really enjoyable toppings.. different twist to the standard options from other places. only thing i didn’t like was the base was slightly too thin which made it difficult to pick up.
highly rated and will definitely be returning.

came here for the first time with my family and was pleasantly surprised.staffare super friendly and very accommodating. the food was all delicious with lots of variety on the menu. very family friendly restaurant. we will be back!

it was my first visit today and i have to say i was impressed. thestaffwere helpful, engaging, and super friendly, and the food was delicious. i had the bruschetta and a capricciosa pizza with anchovies. the bruschetta needed a little something to give it a lift, but the pizza was perfect and that's why i was there. i'll be back.

i have been to ischia a few times now and unlike some of the other reviewers on here, have yet to find something to whinge about.

our most recent visit was as part of a group of 6.  the decor hasn't changed much since the building housed siena's all those years.  they have added some 1960's style photos of their namesake island, but it's a big, airy room, suited to the cuisine it serves.

the offering is similar to siena's - good, hearty, bold italian staples and very good pizzas.  it is better that its predesessor though.

the service is always friendly, with severalstaffbeing "genuinely" italian.

someone mentioned that it is a bit pricey.  i haven't found it to be anything out of the ordinary for beaufort street price-wise and the pastas are particularly good value.  

i shared a bruschetta for my entree and launched into the linguine puttanesca for main.  it was rustic, loud and when topped with extra chili oil and parmesan, just heavenly.  $22 is not what i would call expensive.   

corkage is a little steep at $8 per bottle, but that is a small inconvenience.  my score is probably a 3 1/2, but i am not sure how to do that so will err on the side of generosity with a 4.

some of the yummiest italian food in perth. i have only the highest compliments for their pizza, pasta and meat!staffis so friendly and got to know me by name after just a couple nights here. all round great experience every time i come!

this was our second visit to ischia. we loove italian food and arancini is definitely our favorite entree to order in any restaurant. sadly the arancini here was my least favorite of all time, and any restaurant.

although they had great consistency, the rice balls were completely flavorless. the menu describes them as filled with mozzarella cheese and a spicy arabiata sauce. our portion was lacking not just the spicy part but any kind of flavor. a bland ball of rice with mozzarella and a side of garlic aioli is what we got and this definitely wasn't what we were hoping to start our dinner with.

probably even more frustrating was the fact that i wanted to mention it immediately as i wanted to at least ask for arabiata on the side, or just for some salt (there was no s/p on our table) but we couldn't make contact with any of thestaffand our server didn't come around until we've long finished. maybe we didn't get that much attention due to sitting outside a bit away from the entrance, i don't know. our server seemed to be in a rush when we ordered our mains, so again there was no opportunity to say anything.

we have also finished our pizzas without anybody checking in on us. my partner was content with his pizza regina, which was a simple margerita with buffalo mozzarella. i've ordered pizza ischia and have asked to have no cherry tomatoes or parsley but they forgot to put garlic on as well, therefore the pizza was quite bland. luckily the guy that brought the pizza also brought some chili oil, which definitely helped to make it tastier.

after we paid and still nobody asked us how everything was, i mentioned the arancini to the front staff, because i do think that they should know so maybe they could fix the batch and other customers could have a better experience.

on a better note, we both thought that their pizza dough is extremely nice. it makes the pizza very light as a meal. and as you can see from the photo, my pizza was topped generously. and we've had the chocolaty almondy cake again and again it was fantastic!

as i have worked in hospitality for years myself, i consider myself to be very patient when eating out. i am one of those people that are happy customers even when not all is perfect, as long as things are fixed to a satisfying level. with ischia there is definitely room for improvement of the service.

ischia came recommended by an italian friend. one fine evening, with a craving for pasta, i decided to take her up on that recommendation.. and was i glad i did. their pasta (i've tried four different types there since) is a l w a y s perfectly al dente and portions are on the larger side.staffare always friendly, welcoming and accommodating as well.
i don't usually order a starter there because the mains are more than sufficient. the prawn seafood starter i ordered once was delicious but rather pricey for the portion size received.

went there 2 weeks ago, had a 8:30pm booking, service was attentive and food was fresh and delicious. went again last night, had a booking for 10pm- was seating and was asked for what kind of water we’d like, we asked for sparkling. once served our waiter said the kitchen was already closed and only serving pizza - wished we were told that earlier as we were hoping for pasta, salad and pizza. anyways, we were deciding for what pizza to eat and could see our water discussing with another waiter our disappointment. we ordered some drinks and 2 pizzas to share. both arrived and delicious! except the one my boyfriend ordered had a long stand of black hair in it, my boyfriend said he wasn’t bothered and continued eating, but mentioned it to the waitress (with long black hair in a ponytail with the sides out) when she asked how our meal was. we mentioned the meal was delicious and that we aren’t looking for a free meal but just letting her know the pizza he received on his side of the table had a long black strand of hair.. she looked at me ( i had long light brown hair with blonde stands) and compared the hair to mine, and said no one else in the place had hair like this. she walked over to another waiter and was holding her hair out to and was looking at me , and the waiter came over he said (very denfensively) that no one else in the place had long black hair like this. (there were a few workers in the restaurant with black hair). anyway, we weren’t looking for a free meal but we both felt were treated like unfairly, we felt thestaffwere defensive about the hair in the pizza (which was on my boyfriends side of the table (he has shaved hair). we were charged the full price of the meal and left. we spoke about the night with friends and family and felt it was terrible service. very disappointing: the fact i was made to feel awkward when the waitress was staring at my hair and looking at the hair on the pizza was extremely rude. the hair was different colours! anyway, our initial experience was fantastic however our experience yesterday made us pretty sad in how we were treated as customers.

this has become my go-to italian restaurant. my mum hates red sauce but loves ordering spaghetti marinara here. she says the red sauce here is delicious and isn’t sour like a lot of other italian restaurants. the owner andstaffare also friendly. i would highly recommend! :)

fantastic service, you can tell that thestaffenjoy working there, they are super attentive.
the place consistently had people walking through the door, tables turning over.. so busy, it’s a great sign.
ordered olives n feta to start, the tartufo pizza (pork sausage, truffle oil, mushrooms and rocket) delicious and pasta ragu which was delicious! wrapped it up with a boozy tiramisu yum!
great place, the pizza planks look next level! i’d recommend!

amazing, authentic italian food loved it. had a pizza and was one of the best pizza i’ve ever had.staffwere also really good and attentive towards us