i've always wanted to try the place because its pretty near my house. so one day i went there. to be honest, it isn't that great overall. if you're coming here for a special occassion, pick somewhere else. it isn't fantastic.

i had the vongole, which was supposed to be good. it wasn't bad, but defintiely not mind blowing. the trio cheese pizza was slightly better. other than that, nothing fantastic. my relatives have been there quite a few times and each time they say its just ok food, and they go there more for the convenience.

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The restaurant's ambience struck me as one of a rustic and cozy home kitchen. An Italian chef (I presumed he is Italian since its an Italian restaurant) was making pizza in the open pizza kitchen, just next to the wood-fire oven.

As we didn't go there on a hungry stomach, we didn't really order many of the interesting dishes to try. Portions were quite big and value for money as well. I had the lagsana, which was good. My other friends tried the seafood risotto (You will have to request to change the mushroom risotto to the seafood one and it only cost $2 more!), while her husband had the crayfish pasta. Seafood were very fresh and both pasta and risotto taste great!

I love Al Forno!

Everytime I go there I only have my creamy mushroom risotto, as I love this dish. It *is* exceedingly creamy, so I don't recommend non-cream lovers to eat it.

Their other pastas are also very good, and portions are huge. I love not finishing it, and packing the rest for tomorrow's lunch at home! :) It's like paying 1 price for 2 meals, haha!

My bf loves their pizzas and he is American, so he have had good pizzas! He says that Al Forno's pizzas are the best he ever had, including those in the US.

The other dish I'd highly recommend is their vongole appetizer!! For $18 you get a supreme portion in a huge metal tray and the deep tray is simply oozing with so many fresh clams all cooked in very tasty garlic white wine sauce. This appetizer can be shared among 4 people, no problem! The sauce is also very yummy when dipped with their complimentary bread.

Love it!

I'm bad at remembering names but I had the seafood pasta for two which is good but Modestos' is better. I also had their garlic focc bread, seafood soup and tiramisu.

Tiramisu is pretty run-off-the-mill. I had better in the frozen sections of the supermarket uptown.

Garlic focc bread didn't bowl me over and neither did the seafood soup. Overall it's not that bad but the ambience is too noisy and I think Modestos' Italian grub is better (if you're talking about Singapore's standard).

If you want a slightly more authentic Italian taste, then I would suggest Porta Porta at Changi.

If you like good old fashion Italian food, this is certainly a place not to miss.

Food: Ordered a prosc funghi and a tortel formaggio

The prosc funghi (pasta) was really good. It’s a cream base stuffed pasta with ham and green pea. When I asked the waiter what’s inside the stuffed pasta, I was told that there were cheese and mushroom. Being a mushroom lover, that certainly excites me. However, when the food came, there was no mushroom at all. Kind of felt a little cheated. Nonetheless, it still tasted fantastic. As it is cream base, it can be quite “jer-lat” after sometime.

The chef prepares the pizza in one corner of the restaurant. It’s an open area and you could walk over to view the preparation process. We ordered the pizza with ham, cheese, onion and mushroom. It’s a really huge pizza. Thank god that my boyfriend was really hungry that night and could eat a lot. (He ate the whole pizza while I only has a slice of it.) The main attraction of the pizza is the fact that it has a really thin crust and the ham sticks onto it perfectly well. A plus point for the pizza is that it comes with a generous serving of mushroom ☺.

Setting: The restaurant gives a cozy and relaxing feel. It’s certainly a great place to have a romantic and quiet dinner with your love ones.