Fratelli Fresh

Such good pasta, service and value for money. Always a great rotating menu of dishes and good selection of wine. Love this place!!!

The last time we were here was 2 years ago, so I was expecting the same high quality food & service. ½ out of 2 is not bad. We ordered the spaghetti with speck, mushroom ragu, lamb ragu & risotto. These meals were ok, risotto was bland, the spaghetti too salty, the ragues were good. I ordered a take away mocha, it was way too sweet, so asked them to make me another one. The replacement was boiling hot…3^rd degree burning hot! Don’t know whether this was done on purpose or by accident. If by accident, then epic fail by the barista. There are so many great Italian cafes/​restaurants in Sydney now, this one has been left behind.

Super blown away with how good the food and service was!
Dish after dish we kept on being wowed. Zucchini flowers stuffed with feta cheese, fig salad… then the tuna carpaccio… Wow… Tasty!!! I highly approve! So tender and exploding with flavour especially from the olives tapenade.
The polenta… Soooo crispy on the outside and those creamy sauce… Goodness! The mushrooms were really yummy.
So we ordered too much and had to doggie bag the carbonara and shaved cabbage salad. I took it to work the following day for lunch, and they were still good… Yay!
The staff were super friendly. The only thing keeping them from getting 5 stars is just because it was a hot and humid night and the waiter took really long whenever we asked for water refill.
Great experience overall though, so I will be back.

This is a great place for some casual dining. My friend, hubby, baby and I split a bunch of dishes and really enjoyed it.
Standouts were the lamb ragu and lemon chili linguini. Baby loved the chicken pâté. The fromagio was good but I felt like the ratio to blue cheese vs non-​blue cheese was a bit off. And I thought it a bit off that it was services with normal saltine crackers. The type you eat when you’re pregnant.
The cocktails are ok. I mainly found them incredibly weak. Then again, I’m American so I should probably not comment on drink-​strength.
All in all, I was very happy with this place.

We went to this place for a fathers day lunch. We stumbled across it while going from restaurant to restaurant to see if they had any tables. Man o man am i glad we found this place!
This place has fresh food inside you can buy as well as Italian groceries and breads. It looked really cool from the outside and once we went in it got even cooler. They have no menu. Thats right you heard me. Well they kind of do but It changes so there is no printed menu, there are just huge blackboards with the current amazing dishes that the chefs are cooking that day or week. But you have to be quick! As we were standing deciding they crossed off two of the menu items!
I got the beautiful lamb Ragu, and man was it awesome! The lamb was falling apart while being nicely accommodated in a rich flavoursome sauce that was just so wonderful to eat! I enjoyed every single bite! I still think about that dish every time I have Italian food! My mouth is salivating thinking about it!
For dessert I got the banoffee torte. I could just stop there. The toffee was gooooey with a slight saltines to it with the thick crumbly biscuit base, creamy banana custard and fresh banana pieces topped with fresh cream!!! Ahhhhh GIVE ME MORE!!!
The Service was great! The main person that helped us was this young Italian woman whose passion food was so evident with every recommendation and every food description she gave us! Amazing service from her! The prices were a little steep but you know what, I think in instances like this where it was pretty much a perfect circle, it is worth it.

Crispy Polenta with Gorgonzola sauce. Need I say more? No, but I will.
I had a pre Dance company dinner here recently (I’m so fancy — you already know) and it was so just spot on.
No menus on tables, only an expansive blackboard with what’s on offer. My dinner date and I agree that we both impulse chose our dinners due to the set up of the menu and we felt bad hovering over the diners who were sat underneath the blackboard. I saw crunchy polenta — DONE! I had a small amount of regret after ordering, worried that the sauce would be heavy and the polenta oily. I was a damn fool. The sauce was so light and beautifully balanced, I could have drunk a cup of it (I MAY have felt a little bad about that) and the polenta crispy and delicious. My date’s linguini with seafood hit the spot as well.
Lovely staff, an intimidating wine menu — Only sad that the providore side of things had shut for the night when we had finished dinner.

Love love this place. Regardless of which Café Sopra you’re at, the quality of good, simple Italian food can’t be beaten. I came here with some friends to have dinner before heading to a show at Sydney Dance Company. You have to be early though otherwise you’ll be sadly watching, waiting and hoping you’ll get a seat to eat all the delicious food others are eating! The smell of the dishes as I was sitting at a table just made me drool. lol. This is definitely one of my faves places to eat. Really reasonable prices as well.
The waitresses who I think were Italian? were very attentive and always coming around to check everyone eating was happy with their meals. Easy, quick and very efficient service.
Go go!

Food is pretty good but the staff are too in love with themselves & too busy kissing each other & polishing glasses endlessly to even serve anyone. Looking forward to the New York Eataly equivalent in Five Dock opening to give these guys a run for their money. Time to lift their game!

Great blackboard menu & terrific regional Italian wines– Crispy Polenta is a standout dish. Sit down enjoy the food, the drinks & the great view of the bridge from the pavement tables-​Highly recommended

I ordered the liver pâté off their bar menu (available between lunch & dinner). It was quite good, but definitely a bit overpriced. Being in a very touristy area, I guess that’s not unexpected though.

My husband and I LOVED this little place. Great atmosphere with the wonderful produce and pasta market on the other side of the restaurant. Very helpful service as well. The pasta was delicious!!! Can’t wait to visit Sydney again so we can go back.

This place is expensive. Yes its gourmet, but wow, I really wonder who actually buys all this stuff. Especially the fruit and veggies! However having said this, I would consider purchasing the Italian imported goods stocked at Fratelli Fresh, and this is where I buy my certified aged olive oils from Modena and my balsamic glazes. You gotta try these — they come in different flavours such as fig, which is my fave. These glazes are perfect over strawberries and fruit, or I even use them in salads instead of the lighter balsamic vinegars.
The Walsh Bay outlet is much, much smaller than the Dank St warehouse, so if you looking for something in particular or want more variety than try the latter. For basic gourmet Italian foodstuffs, the Walsh Bay outlet would do. But be warned: the clever guys behind the whole operation have put Fratelli Fresh in the same space as Café Sopra so they can hit your wallet twice. Cheeky buggers…

I love it when you go out for dinner unexpectedly and end up having a great meal. Last night, I was given 10 minutes from shower to car before being whisked off to Fratelli Fresh. I wasn’t planning on going out, but I’m so glad I did. The meal I had was the best I’ve had yet in Sydney.
I’m a huge fan of Italian food; but the downside to its deliciousness is the fact that it’s become hugely popular, thereby creating a string of sub-​standard ‘Italian’ restaurants that churn out pizza, pasta and bruschetta with dubious authenticity and minimal taste. Fratelli Fresh really is a breath of fresh air (pun intended) in this department. They offer a fabulous array of authentic, top quality and completely wonderful Italian dishes. Fratelli Fresh combines a restaurant and a gourmet delicatessen — you can build up an appetite by browsing through their fabulously stocked deli shelves, before slumping in to a seat at their restaurant and feasting. It’s a great idea, when you think about it, because you can’t help but get inspired to eat and create your own wonderful Italian food once you’ve tasted their dishes.
The blackboard at Fratelli Fresh is covered with the names of extremely tempting and delicious sounding dishes. In fact, it’s quite overwhelming when you first read it. I shared four dishes with three friends: the stuffed zucchini flowers, the polenta chips with gorgonzola and mushroom sauce, the orecchietti with peas, mint and sausage and a raddichio salad. This is a brilliant method to get around the issue of wanting to eat everything on the menu, and means you can taste lots of dishes, avoid getting food jealousy of your friends’ choices and leave feeling fully satisfied. At my first mouthful of stuffed zucchini flower, I was hooked and initially thought I’d need to order about 10 more because they were so delicious. A crisp, deep-​fried outershell, then the soft leafy flower stuffed with mouthfuls of melting cheese. They are not for the faint-​hearted or dieters — they are rich and creamy and devilishly good. The polenta chips came in an equally cheesey and creamy gorgonzola sauce which perfectly complimented the crunchy outside layer of the polenta chip and the smooth, comforting inside. Why have a normal potato chip when you can get such wonderful chunks of fried polenta? When eaten in conjunction with fresh mouthfuls of purple raddichio leaves, lightly dressed in a balsamic vinaigrette to cut through the richness, there’s nothing nicer. It’s difficult to have a favourite dish amongst so much perfection, and I never thought that a pasta would win compared to such delicacies as deep fried zucchini flower and polenta chips, but the orecchietti was sensational. Bursting with fresh peas, zingy mint, hearty sausage and a creamy sauce. It was wonderful. You’ll leave Fratelli Fresh feeling full (very full) but completely satisfied. It’s great to taste dishes that showcase the real Italy. In fact, Fratelli Fresh is noticeable for what was omitted from the menu rather than included: there was no pizza, no bruschetta or any other dish that is so boring repetitive.
The only downside to Fratelli Fresh is the hefty price tag. The bill came to $ 110 for five dishes (I forgot to mention we also had a divine tomato and mozzarella salad, which was hearty and generously chunked rather than meanly slithered) and three glasses of prosecco. But can you really put a price tag on heavenly food? I’d pay for dishes that delicious every evening if a) I could afford it, b) there was no such thing as a calorie. The service was excellent and all together, I enjoyed a faultless meal. The best yet.

This is Sydney’s 3^rd Fratelli Fresh/​Café Sopra and follows the concept of its original store combining a green grocer, providore (Fratelli Fresh) and restaurant (Café Sopra).
Located below a row of converted bond warehouses that are mostly occupied by the Arts or advertising agencies it has a nice warehouse feel with exposed sandstone walls. For Café Sopra the menu with 30 dishes or more is written on a blackboard and unlike the Café Sopra at Danks street you are welcome to take photos of the restaurant and menu. The food is seasonal and meals are designed to showcase the fresh produce in the grocer.
As we are looking for inspiration for a evening meal we choose the mushroom salad and lamb ragu for the main. As expected its fresh, full of flavour and the ragu is hearty.
Outdoor dining is premium seating for Café Sopra and its hard not to buy something from the grocers like its a gift taken from the store itself.

Frattelli’s concept is fantastic yet simple. You dine amongst a gourmet food store that sells fresh fruit and vegetables, exotic herbs and spices, beautiful dried pastas and more sauces than you could think of and that is just warming up. The store is really a food market selling only the best of the best. The restaurant set alongside the store is amazing, somewhat fusion with beautiful local and European wines to match the menu. The food which is the basis of their entire concept does not let down. The patrons are a mix of working lunches, women catching up and tourists. Frattelli’s is a real treat whether it is the store or the restaurant, it is bound to impress. This place is always buzzing from morning coffees to lunches and dinners — you will rarely see a spare seat in this house. However, don’t be deterred, if crowds are not your thing — you can always shop online!

I will admit it… I love fancy grocery stores. Not for everything, but for those couple of things you want to indulge in.
So, you can imagine I was delighted when the fanciest of fancy grocery stores, Fratelli Fresh, landed in my neighborhood, Walsh Bay.
Maybe it is the way that the fruit and vegetables are packed in old crates giving them such authenticity, or the way they are intermixed with true Italian oils and chocolates or the way they pack it all up in that crisp brown paper bag, but there is something very satisfying about buying from Fratelli Fresh even if you are consciously paying more than you should.
The only grip I have with my local Fratelli is that they close at 7PM of a weeknight, which is about the time I roll into Walsh Bay from work so I can’t shop as regularly as I would like.