Love this little hole in the wall. This is not a place to bring your clients or impress your hot date. Just good food and nice wines. In your shorts and sandals.

The food was excellent. We enjoyed the Dolce Vita pizza blanco, a savoury mix of gorgonzola and generous servings of parma ham. My puttanesca could have been more slutty with the anchovies but scored with huge olives. Ended with the ubiquitous tiramisu which was satisfying. The wine list here was simple but good value. We were so happy with the Sangiovese di Romagna that we had to have another bottle for the road.

Our server was a little confused but sincere. We were giggling when he bought us a bucket of ice instead of an ice bucket for our wine bottle. In a textbook example of how a wrong order should be handled, Helena swiftly removed the offending pasta and swiftly served the correct order with a smile.

A rare gem. Now my favourite Italian in the upcoming Robertson Quay area.

My girlfriend and I were quite disappointed with the food. Service was good. But the Pizza was disappointing. It was tasteless. The cheese was not abundant. The sausages on the pizza looked cheap and of low quality (frozen stuff from Seng Siong type).

The pasta was nothing to shout about. We ordered the cheese pasta and the blue cheese taste was overpowering.

The service was good because the waiters bothered to chat with us. Too bad about the food though!

I've been there about 5 times and each time they claim they do not have any credit card discount promo going on, despite what's published on the HGW site. Despite the disappointment, I go back because the food is pretty good.

Me and my colleagues decide to go to da Mario for dinner for our little gathering last night as I heard so much about this small italian eatery. So much controversy and so much reviews. I gotta try it for myself.

4 petite girls can't eat much so we decided to have 3 main dish and one antipasti. We had Ravioli, Golfo De Venera and Capellini Regini.

Capellini Regini is the first dish that came and we were a tad disappointed. I always loved angel hair pasta and it is really difficult to find angel hair pasta around cos most Singaporeans prefer the usual spagetti, linguine etc. But this dish was a little too bland for my liking. Can't quite taste the wine and it is quite bland.

Ravioli, on the other hand, was very creamy and delicious. We practically wipe it clean, including the sauce. Maybe because the other pasta was too bland...

Golfo De Venera was also not something we enjoy. The crust is crispy and light which me and my colleagues like, but that's about the only thing we like about it. The crab meat on the pizza was a little tasteless. Sad to say, Ravioli sauce was wipe clean cos we were dipping the pizza into the sauce. haha...

Well, the only good thing is, the bill only came up to 60+ for 3 main, 1 appetizer. Pretty value for money.

The place was a little warm, even though we were sitting inside and I think there's supposed to be air con.

I might give this place another chance again in the future since I still think there must be a reason for it's high reviews and suspected that I might have ordered the wrong dishes. And hopefully when that time comes, I would be able to order something I enjoy.

It was a very very wet Sunday, lazy us decided to go for Robertson area for some chill out, and finally settled on Mario's Pizzeria.

We ordered the following :-

1) Portobello Mushrooms (SGD 18.00)

Two large portobello mushrooms filled with olives, tomatoes and cheese. This starter is awesome. Being a mushroom lover, I love the meaty textures of portobello. Olives and tomatoes definitely go well on the mushroom [rate 4.5 out of 5]

2. Soup of the Day - Cream of Spinach (SGD 8.00)

Not creamy, a little too watery but best of all, its not salty. Comes with a home-made garlic bread. [rate 3 out of 5]

3. Insalata Con Punte De Filetto - Beef Salad(SGD 18.00)

Stir Fry beef strips on a bed of Aragula and tomatoes.The beef strips are very juicy and tender but only less than 10 strips. [rate 3.5 out of 5 for the beef]

4. Pizza Omega 3 + button mushroom (SGD 21.00)

Smoked Salmon pizza was a little soggy at the centre. Crust was not too thick but still lack crispness. Smoked Salmon taste fishy to me but I love the mozzarella cheese. [rate 3 out of 5]

5. Mango Gelato (SGD 4.00)

Not sure if it is made of mango essence or real mango juice. Very milky. It taste rather artificial ?[rate 3 out of 5]

6. Tiramisu (SGD 8.00)

Rich, creamy and a bit more finger-biscuits than other tiramisu that I tried. Luckily the biscuit are soaked well with coffee. Lack of liqueur though. [rate 4 out of 5]

Service - was served by two Filipino? Prompt and casual.

two other plus points -

*10% off for Citibank Cardholder
*Free parking at Robertson Walk on Sunday.