Lana
Level 1/5-7 Young St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
About
Step into Lana, where the flavors of Italy dance across your palate in a captivating symphony. From handcrafted pastas to wood-fired pizzas, each dish is a masterful blend of time-honored traditions and modern innovation, transporting you to the heart of the Mediterranean.
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Reviews (5)
I have ordered a seafood pasta and the staff had recommended a white wine. It matched nicely. Great music not too loud and if you come with friends will be good to chill out. The price is on the high side.
Overrated to say the least. Food is really just meh.. nothing is outstanding. Service is the worst, or non existent. We went as a party of 6 and had the mandatory $159 menu, no problem with that. One rather inexperienced waiter was let to look after us. Not his fault but the venues choice to let him look after guests without sufficient training. As he explained the menu he said we will get one of this and one of that and a couple dishes to share. He didnβt ask about allergies and when we mentioned one he said ok that will be fine. We called over another staff to make sure this information had been passed on, which initially it was not. The first round of food was served before we got our cocktails. Not ideal but ok we let it go. If only the pace kept up from there it would be fine, but there were only long breaks in between courses going forward. I asked our waiter up to 3 times to top up water, then another server then our waiter again. Most of the time our table was only partially cleared and/or reset between courses. Some of us got fresh cutleries some didnβt. Three of us got cleared, the rest about 10 minutes later, for no obvious reason as we were all finished. I can still not understand how this place was busy. To top it off they add a 7% gratuity to every bill « to thank the teamΒ Β». I will gladly tip more for an impeccable service. But adding 7% by default is just pretentious as the service was below all standards.
Had dinner at Lana last night and it was honestly one of the best meals Iβve had recently! Every dish was absolutely delicious. The service was also excellent; the staff were attentive, kept refilling our water, and gave great recommendations. We tried the Γ la carte menu this time, but Iβm definitely coming back to try the set menu next time. Highly recommend!
My partner and I celebrated our anniversary here and received exceptional service which was warm and welcoming. Anya is extremely down to earth, and to be honest gave the best explanation Iβve ever heard of a menu. Loved the food, but Iβd say skip the whipped avocado sea urchin as I found that it had a weird aftertaste. The rigatoni was also just okay
Itβs a nice restaurant with a pleasant atmosphere, good flavors, and friendly service. We ordered the seafood salad twice, and it was very generous. The cured beef was laid over a layer of wasabi that was too spicy it would have been better served separately. The goatβs milk gelato, which I was most looking forward to, was delicious, but the grapefruit pieces were extremely bitter, which really affected the dessert experience. Iβm not sure if that was due to the variety of grapefruit.