la disfida

tucked on the side of ramsay street, appears a cosy double storey terrace jam packed with people. we were lucky enough to squeeze in, be seated promptly and be seduced by the smell of mozzarella wafting from the wood fired pizza oven near the bar.

calamari excellent. great local pizza place. calamari was excellent. service was quick & impressive.

named a number of times in the controversial (because people will always complain that their favourite pizza place hasn't been included etc etc)  'best pizza in sydney' lists, is la disfida, an italian restaurant in haberfield. the restaurant is situated on the main road in haberfield and encompasses two levels, but even so, the place gets quite busy and it's best to make a booking. on this cold night friday night, we made a booking for 6 at 8:15pm - a relatively late booking but gave everyone enough time to get there. we sat down, ordered some drinks and then browsed the huge selection of menu items before ordering a plethora of items. insalata caprese (fresh tomato & mozzarella di bufala, basil & e.v olive oil) -$18 - light cheese and tomatoes - a palate cleansing start to the meal. apparently this tastes like what they serve in italy... salsiccia e funghi - tomato mozzarella, pork sausage and wild mushrooms - $24 - great pizza! delicious toppings with a thin ba

will be back. i had dinner here with friends a few nights ago and was really impressed. the service was fantastic and the food even better. we had the calamari and zucchini flower entree, pizza, gnocchi and a salad to share and everything was delicious.

like being in roma. travelled from the shire for an italian experience in haberfield. had read reviews and was just left confused. let's just go where the all the people seem to be. this is where they were. we are usually a main course, share a dessert kind of couple, as are our friends. but tonight, we all left with a '3 course full'.
the atmosphere was cosy. we were charmed by the italian accents. and we left feeling like we had revisited our favourite little restaurant in roma.

the pizza was the perfect combination of a traditional pizza and bruschetta, with the sweet tomatoes providing the perfect topping for a lovely light pizza. i really liked the pine nuts too, which added an extra crunch. the pizza dough was thin with a nice chewy, blistered crust.

what a disappointment!. we ordered the campagnola pizza and the gnocchi with gorgonzola. whilst the base of the pizza was thin and crispy, the toppings (or lack thereof) were so disappointing. when the pizza came out, i couldn't believe my eyes. there were 4 measly olives and 5 pieces of eggplant. and when i say 5 pieces, i don't mean five long strips of eggplant cut lengthwise, i mean five paper thin slices of a skinny eggplant cut crosswise. i don't know whether the kitchen ran out of eggplant, or they are just that stingy with toppings. i still can't believe i paid $22 for that. i just wish i'd taken a photo of the pizza to show just how pathetic the pizza was.

best pizza in sydney. hands down the best pizza in sydney. must try it for yourselves! tad expensive, but worth it every now and again.

well this is the same table we gave to the last family of 8!. the waitress was very stroppy from the outset and when she seated our family of 8 x six feet plus adults around two little tables, i asked if we could have a larger table - her response was "we just had a family of ten sitting here and they didn't complain!" a family of pygmies no doubt.

so i sucked it up and thought, ok let's just have a nice night.

then my son wanted a meat lovers "style" pizza so i thought i'd ask our illustrious waitress. her response " we don't make pizzas like that here."

for gods sake! just throw it together and keep the customer happy. your not putting together a nuclear weapon!

food was ok tho and the owner seemed like a nice guy, but that waitress! totally ruined the night.

go elsewhere if you want to have a night with the family. if you're happy to put up with a stroppy waitress and good food, go there.

great night out. went there on saturday night with a bunch of friends - quick service, great food, only just slightly put off by the way one of the waitresses, perhaps the owner, was yelling at all her staff, wasn't all that pleasant to watch! but seriously good food, definitely worth getting dessert!!

the first pizza festival restaurant i dined at was la disfida in sydney's inner-west. known for their authentic woodfire pizza experience. $20 here includes a choice of pizza, moretti beer or glass of zaccagnini montepulicano or cerasuolo rosato. one of la disfida's most popular non-pizza dishes is this salad of baby beets, mozzarella di bufala, watercress and rocket ($18). it's easy to see why - the sweet beetroots, the utterly creamy buffalo mozzarella and that sharp pepperiness of watercress and rocket. this is one salad to love!

“but i love a hearty slice of pizza when i’m hungry” i lament.

“well, why don’t you try asking your friends what they want for dinner instead of thinking about yourself all the time” mysaucepan says.

“that’s a load of crap, i always think about my friends” i say, slightly cheesed off by my wife’s convenient generalization of my supposed selfishness.

she gives me a look of resignation and rolls her eyes, ”sure, whatever!” she replies.

i have heard so much about this restaurant and have been wanting to sink my teeth into one of the pizzas at  la disfida  for many years. 

i have eaten here many times and raved about it but the last two times pizza was not hot when it reached the table and the topping was so thin we had to order another pizza which ends up being an expensive night . service was still excellent

don't get what the fuss is about. went there on a thursday night. it wasn't busy but the staff wasn't overly attentive, tried to order wine but was shown the wine specials on the board ie red wine or white wine. food came really quickly almost felt like it was a fast food joint. ordered a panzanella salad and got a cylinderical terrine topped with two slices of bocconcini not quite the rustic salad we were expecting.there are many better italian restaurants around with better pizza and friendlier staff.

loved the authentic italian pizza and service, a little bit of italy :) loved it!