Rustica Pizzeria

I really wanted to love Rustica. My favourite Italian restaurant of all time was the former occupant of these premises and I was hopeful that Rustica would live up to the high standards set by Pizzeria Italia.
Alas, I was to be disappointed. The food, whilst good, turned out to be rather style over substance. The menu is contemporary rather than traditional Italian and, for me at least, this was disappointing. I like my Italian food rustic, cheesy and generously portioned.
The strangest part of the whole experience though was that my pizza did not have tomato sauce underneath the cheese. It was just cheese and dough. Very odd.
A nice enough restaurant but not a patch on other Italians in the city centre.