Overview
A team of three ex-Merivale chefs have joined forces to open a new family-friendly and 100-percent halal Italian restaurant in the new Marina Square development at Wentworth Point. The restaurant comes from hospitality veteran Jimmy Vilaysack (Franky & Co, Fork & Spoon) who wanted to bring his love for pasta to Wentworth Point.
He's enlisted the help of Michelin-star chef Danny Russo (L'Unico) to create a menu that's both crowd-pleasing and adventurous. Russo, who has consulted for the likes of Merivale and The Old Library, has reworked Italian classics and created a concise menu of nostalgic dishes.
There's truffle mac and cheese, fettuccine chicken, spaghetti and mozzarella-stuffed meatballs and squid in tagliolini with tuna. The show-stealer is the pappardelle lamb shank. This signature dish places a 450-gram lamb shank on top of a bed of rich tomato pappardelle with thyme and parmesan cream.
Accompanying the pasta are breads and salads, including ciabatta with truffle butter and melted mozzarella; and a fresh peach and tomato salad.
Papa Pasta joins a host of dining options at Marina Square. You'll find kushiyaki restaurant Kyo-Ya, Korean fried chicken outpost Chicken V, Bulpan serving up Korean barbecue and a Wentworth Point location of cheesey burger chain Burger Point.
You'll find Papa Pasta at Shop 301/ 22 Footbridge Boulevard, Wentworth Point. It's open 5pm–10pm Wednesday–Sunday.