Forlì Ristorante Italiano

379 Darling St, Balmain 2041
$$ Italian

A casual and cosy Italian restaurant located in vibrant Darling street in Balmain. Serving handmade pastas, seafood and Italian delicacies.

Reservations

Business Info

  • Address: 379 Darling St, Balmain 2041
  • Cross Street: North St
  • Cuisine: Italian |
  • Cost: | Inexpensive
  • Category: Casual Dining
  • Star Rating:
  • Reservations: Recommended
  • Dress Code: Casual
  • Meals Served: Breakfast | Brunch | Lunch | Dinner |
  • Parking: Street |
  • Payment Options: VISA | Amex | MasterCard | Diners Club | Cash | Apple Pay | Google Pay |
  • Corkage Fee: N/A
  • Phone: 02-97999678
  • Features: Takeout Available, Wheelchair Access, Happy Hours, Healthy Options, BYOB, Tea Service,
  • Occasion: Child Friendly, Romantic Dining, Dining Alone, Business Dining, Meet for a Drink, People Watching, Quiet Conversation, Special Occasion, Vegetarian, Dog Friendly, Quick Bite, Trendy / Hip, Date Night,

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Business Hours

Reservations Available
Monday
Dinner Seating 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
Dinner Seating 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
Dinner Seating 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
Dinner Seating 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday
All Day Seating 11:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Saturday
All Day Seating 11:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Sunday
Sunday Hours 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM
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Customer Reviews & Ratings

4.6 out of 5 stars based on 373 votes

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Feb 22, 2025
peter g.
excellent

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Feb 13, 2025
Mari-Anne W.
We had a fabulous night, the food was excellent and the staff were amazing. I look forward to going back again!

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 2/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Jun 28, 2024
Lorraine Y.
Food is delicious and authentic, staff are delightful and extremely accommodating. Highly recommend Forli in Balmain. Some tables are a little wonky - the only criticism!

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 8/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value: 8/10
May 05, 2024
Mitch W.
Had an amazing time at Forli. Delicious food, good company and a superb accordion performance

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Apr 30, 2024
Nicole M.
love this place. Beautiful food, generous service and a rose prosecco as a bonus! Fave meal is the squid ink Spaghetti but also love the gamberi - find it hard to choose!

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Mar 28, 2024
Jackie B.
Fabulous meal, excellent service …we will be back thank you

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Aug 16, 2023
Colm G.
Food was amazing and waiter could not have been nicer or more helpful.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
May 30, 2023
Greg P.
Finally, a place with great food, great service, nice wine menu….and good acoustics too. We’ll be back with friends for another relaxing dining experience.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Apr 08, 2023
Vikki T.
Excellent food, glad we went. Will definitely return.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 7/10
Service: 5/10
Ambience: 0/10
Value: 7/10
Jan 11, 2023
Andreanna V.
Slow service; waited 45 minutes for our pasta. They didn’t even realise that we hadn’t received our meal until we asked them only to discover that there “was a problem with the computer” and out order hadn’t gone through. Ambience not pleasant or relaxing. Very bright and not even some music. Even a group of young females noticed that there was no music and were shocked. Definitely no “italian” feel to this Italian restaurant. Portion sizes for a $15 tiramisu was tragic (far too small). Negative reviews on Google were correct.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Oct 12, 2022
Clare K.
Staff, food and atmosphere was outstanding. We will definitely be back.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Aug 31, 2022
steve k.
overall a great experience, highly recommended

Overall: 10/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 9/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value: 10/10
Aug 23, 2022
Trevor w.
My wife and I dinned there last Saturday evening. We were met at the door with a smile from Hanna and the team. Service and food was exceptional and very reasonably priced. We have been regulars over the past months and it is a go to restaurant in Balmain for couples or families. Highly recommended.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Apr 14, 2022
Robert M.
Great food,wonderful choice, great service. Overall a very pleasant experience. Will go back.

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Feb 03, 2022
Nicola M.
Could not fault the whole experience. Food and wine was amazing. Will be back

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Dec 16, 2021
Jenny R.
We had a good time for a girls night out. Food was delicious and nice environment

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Oct 23, 2021
Michelle C.
Lovely staff, good atmosphere, delish dinner

Overall: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Oct 20, 2021
James H.
Sorry after a hour of waiting , we never got our order , so we left Good luck

Overall: 9/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 10/10
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Value: 10/10
Jul 01, 2024
Robert M.
Great restaurant and a great night by our group.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 10/10
Dec 02, 2023
Patricia D.
Lovely food and great service. It was a bit cold and noisy inside so we sat outside and it was just right. Would love to go back and try their fluffy focaccia which we missed out on on the night.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 9/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 8/10
Jul 10, 2023
Tom Q.
Delicious and great service

Overall: 9/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 9/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Nov 07, 2022
Ray S.
A really good night for family of 6. Food was extremely good and the jazz trio which played was excellent. Would strongly recommend.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Nov 06, 2022
Donna B.
Forli’s was a great choice for this month’s meeting of my book club! The only downside was that there was not much on offer for the gluten-intolerant person in the group. A gluten-free pizza base option would have been appreciated. Otherwise, all the food was fresh and the staff were welcoming.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 9/10
Nov 01, 2022
Bryanne B.
Very pleasant food and service. Our table on the busy Darling St was comfortable but pretty noisy - -Sunday is busy in Balmain, but it might have been even noisier inside. We could see a very well decorated large table inside for a party - - they all looked happy.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 8/10
Jul 10, 2022
Shelli M.
The food was excellent. The staff were attentive and friendly. It has a great atmosphere.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 9/10
Ambience: 6/10
Value: 8/10
May 04, 2022
Joan B.
Everything was great - the lighting is very bright.

Overall: 9/10
Food: 9/10
Service: 9/10
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Value: 9/10
Feb 07, 2022
Monique R.
Great place, with lovely view. Food was amazing.

Overall: 8/10
Food: 7/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 9/10
Dec 14, 2024
Juliet M.
Great service, comfortable neat place. Our favourite was prawn dish appetizer and spaghetti marinara the attention to service.

Overall: 8/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value: 7/10
Oct 29, 2023
Roberta G.
The jazz evenings would benefit from more promotion then perhaps there'd be better attendance.

Overall: 8/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 10/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 8/10
Sep 02, 2023
Sandy J.
Lovely food, good service, nice wine, thanks for a good evening

Overall: 8/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 9/10
Ambience: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Jan 28, 2023
Marilyn H.
Authentic Italian Pizza. Delicious food. Very nice service. Decor charming. We were there for Thursday night jazz. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Overall: 8/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Ambience: 7/10
Value: 8/10
Oct 30, 2022
Agnes L.
Overall a nice Italian restaurant serving good quality food. Liked the veal.

Overall: 8/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 8/10
Aug 29, 2022
Susie T.
This was our first visit to your restaurant, and everyone was happy with the experience. Only thing is, the prawn entree and mussels had too much tomato sauce. I would have preferred the prawns be sizzling and less tomoto but more oil. I hope this was helpful, but we all are happy to return.

Overall: 7/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 6/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 7/10
Nov 17, 2023
Jan T.
Great family venue at reasonable prices There was a hair on the pizza but everything else was great Liked that so much room

Overall: 7/10
Food: 8/10
Service: 6/10
Ambience: 7/10
Value: 7/10
Jul 03, 2023
Sumaya O.
The mussels are my favourite dish here and consistently good. The gnocchi was nothing special. Pizzas are large and shareable. Good coffee. Service was very slow on this night. Maybe they were short staffed.

Overall: 7/10
Food: 10/10
Service: 5/10
Ambience: 8/10
Value: 8/10
Jun 03, 2023
Sue A.
Fantastic food, but the service is quite poor (getting orders wrong) and very slow.

Overall: 7/10
Food: 7/10
Service: 7/10
Ambience: 10/10
Value: 7/10
Dec 09, 2021
Tam l.
Eventhough it was extremely quiet on the night, mains took a long time to come out. The waiters were quite attentive throughout the night, but when we made an additional order, it did not arrive.