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Figlia

Best-in-class pizza in a room dressed to impress.

Margherita pizza.
1 / 9Margherita pizza.Eddie Jim
Figlia’s minimalist dining space.
2 / 9Figlia’s minimalist dining space.Kristoffer Paulsen.
Making the dough from scratch.
3 / 9Making the dough from scratch.Eddie Jim
Into the oven.
4 / 9Into the oven.Eddie JIm
Linguna pizza.
5 / 9Linguna pizza.Jason South
Fegatini at Figlia.
6 / 9Fegatini at Figlia.Jason South
Inside the chic space.
7 / 9Inside the chic space.Jason South
Spaneer crab pizza.
8 / 9Spaneer crab pizza. Jason South
Mortadella pizza.
9 / 9Mortadella pizza.Luis Enrique Ascui

Figlia

Italian$$

Andreas Papadakis asserts his carb-king status at Figlia, the pizza-forward sibling to city pasta bar Tipo 00. All sourdough tang and satisfying chew, his Napoli-style pies are so light they could levitate to tables if the waiters ever dropped the ball.

Toppings bring unexpected delights, such as pepperberry sharpening a classic salami and fior di latte. Airy-pocketed focaccia is a showstopper in its own right, the perfect sopper for clams in lemon-spiked chicken broth. Bouncy quail skewers get a lick of sweet-sour balsamic glaze, and fat pucks of gnocchi in tomato-tarragon sauce deserve their place as the menu’s sole pasta.

The dark-hued dining room appeals equally to multi-generational pizza parties and solo diners perched at the central bar – a prime spot to talk low-intervention Italian vino with the clued-in staff.

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