la disfida

great local gem. went on a busy saturday night, the 4 of us had to wait about 20-25 minutes for a table. we were seated upstairs, which was really nice and art deco.
the place is byo at $4.5 a bottle, so bring a bottle (or more) of wine to complement your meal.

we ordered the calamari as entre, 3pizzas(tartufa, the egglant and the ham and anchovies), a mussel spaghetti and 4 desserts.

the calamari was nice. thepizzaswere great! loved the tartufa, amazing. although thesepizzaslook big, they are actually really thin and you could probably eat a whole one yourself if you were hungry. the other 2pizzaswere okay, but a tad too salty. pasta was also good
for desserts we had the creme brulee, semi freddo and blood orange gelato. the raspberry creme brulee sadly was not set properly, so that was a bit of a dissapointment. the semi fredo was really nice and i loved the blood orange gelato. a good palate cleanser.

all in all, really enjoyed this place and would recommend. i will definitely be back

my happy place. coming from someone that has tried and tested many of the neapolitan stylepizzasin sydney, la disfida is quite simply one of the best. thin bases, quality ingredients, delicious pastas and a fabulous range of daily specials. do yourself a favour and get there.

when i have had garlicpizzasat other pizza restaurants, they have a white base so i was surprised that this one had a tomato base and i really enjoyed it.

i don't know if other people agree with me, but after eating the pizza called la motta i thought i would be thirsty, but the strange thing is that i didn't

amazing food as always!! wood firepizzasare always top notch and pasta specials are a must! tried the pana cotta for the first time this time around and it was great! i'll be back again and again, again! staff were super friendly once again too.

always loved la disfida for its authentic neapolitan pizzas. thin based and minimal toppings thepizzastransport you to another country.. i always get the quattro stagione (4 seasons) and it never disappoints

thesepizzasare great, i've tried almost all of them. my favourite is the pork & wild mushroom. the eraclio, featuring rocket and ricotta is good too. the staff are reliable and consistent and focussed on ensuring a positive customer experience.

yum!! fantastic authentic italian - fresh, simple and delicious! we ordered twopizzas(margarita and la disfida), a side salad (radicchio) and two desserts (gelato and flourless chocolate torte) and loved them all. service was fast and friendly, moderately priced. will definitely visit again.

best pizza place in the inner west. in a neighbourhood with upward of 7 pizza places la disfida is the stand out. fresh simplepizzasthat are absolute winners.

they serve great meals and the service is very good. theirpizzasare the best we've had, tasty, good size and great crust. we've been going to la disfida for years now and they are always consistent. keep up the good work, there are lots of customers who appreciate it.

it may be amazing food but you will be waiting. after a brilliant entrée of the soft shell crab and polenta chips we have now been waiting 45 mins for 2pizzaswhilst every table around us, most who came after us has been not only served but also finished eating. when following up with the staff we are basically lied to by saying our pizza is next, instead of saying they forgot. it may be brilliant food but the service is beyond a joke.

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 makepizzaslike 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.

“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 thepizzasat  la disfida  for many years. 

we order and the food comes out very quickly. its a bit of a mixed bag, some dishes are great, some have missed the mark with seasoning. the pizza is good but nothing special – i actually preferred all the antipasto dishes. the damage for five people for 4 antipasti, 1 pasta (bolognese which was underseasoned and the sauce tasted like it hadn’t been cooked long enough), 4pizzasand 2 beers was just over $40 a head, so ok i suppose but not extreme value either forpizzasand a few extras (to compare – a margherita here is $22 vs $17 at lucio pizzeria and $20 at via napoli, and their ‘gourmet’pizzasare $26, which is also dearer than others). once it was clear we weren’t having dessert the staff busied themselves cleaning the table and it felt like a little nudge to say ‘move on already’. i’d put via napoli over this in terms of value and overall taste northside, and lucio pizzeria in the east.

thepizzaswere deceptively light – they look quite big but as the bases are so thin, you can eat more than you think! i loved the margherita and a tomato and pinenut pizza which tasted like bruschetta.

this place is famous for its pizza. the wood-fired pizza base were thin and crispy with a crusty edge. we had twopizzas- one with ham, anchovies and smoked mozzarella and the other had mussels and octopus. the tomato based sauce was full of garlic and c