Northern Star Cafe

Don't take small children or babies cause you will be put out in the alleyway whilst there is most of the tables inside free. Very disappointed. Been going to the cafe for over 20 years.

We were looking for Italian for dinner, and they boast that their food is authentic from Rome to Venice. we have been to countless Italian restaurants through out Rome to Venice and home here in Sydney. The young waitress was pleasant and helpful . Really I should rank her a 5 out of 5 for service as for the food it was the worst Veal verdi I've ever had. The sauce looked rank on the veal full of flour lump not done correctly. The veal had no taste and hard raw potato 🥔 and vegetables floating in oil, enough to give you a heart attack. The calamari was the skinniest calamari I've ever seen on a plate. Looked like it was packet frozen Calamari. This precinct of restaurants being on a very busy strip ,have the fresh fish at their door step. My dish was unedible. I had to sift through some fried carrots and mushrooms 🍄 as I was starving. I told the young waitress it was sub standard food and she took it away . I was offered another meal which I chose a chicken and mushroom Spagetti meal. Once it was brought out I had only half of the meal as I was so turned off by the original meal I had lost my appetite. I was offered to have it put into a container to take home. Although I didn't due to staying in an appartment. Also my husband order steak Diane sauce for his steak. We had to ask for it a second time after it was served. They served it in a drinking glass instead of a jug or gravy server for the table. I rank this restaurants a one out of 5.

Great pasta and wonderful service. Love the little tables in the alleyway, perfect place for a date. Highly recommend the pesto pasta and devil’s spaghetti. Cheesecake was great also! Don’t love their pistachio gelato, which is my only critique!

Not the best dress/decoration restaurant but food are so delicious. When you feel a need of Italian pasta, this place is really recommend. Presentation of the dish may not be superb, but excellent in your mouth 😃. There are also lots of choice of yummy desserts. A bit slow in service but she is very friendly...oh, try some gelato, too. It's homemade and Greatttt....

We wandered in here off a recommendation on the street. The place was full, but they got us set up out in the hallway, which was actually really nice. The lady that looked after us was absolutely fantastic, funny and really helpful. The food was very well priced for the quality and the size of the servings, I had the Gnocchi which I thoroughly enjoyed. All in all a great dining experience.