This is our family favourite. All the meals are good so everyones happy. Best Spaghetti Bolognese in town.
Best Italian restaurant I've been to. Amazing location on waterfront.Funny host and great atmosphere.
I really love their pesto and the sea food pasta is great. It is one of the best I had and the pasta itself is high quality too. Portions are big. Owner has roots from South Italy, you can identify this in the spices used. I did not enjoy the pizzas, too much cheese, but my family did .BYO is free and there is live music sometimes. It has a great potential, some design to revive it would be great. It is very casual. The atmosphere is nice and Michael the owner is really welcoming. Rizam, the new waiter was great too.
We had excellent service from the friendly team and the food was absolutely delicious! Such a lovely dinner! I highly recommend the fettuccine al Pollo
Personally, I love Scalinis. Great vibe and every time I have been the service has been great and the food delicious! Lovely small (family run, I believe) Italian restaurant. Reasonably priced and great BYO option. One of the best places to eat in St Heliers even East Auckland...
Tasty food- steak and scallopini. BYO an advantage. good service by restaurateurs family. missed chance to offer dessert. vegetables served with main meals. Will return one day - better for flavuor and friendly service than other restaurants in area.
Great food. Very accommodating and enjoyed every visit. BYO, not a problem. Always willing to fit you in and the pizza always has a good amount of topping.
Good music on Sundays and also kid friendly.
I loved the Casa Pizza and the garlic as well. Cozy location but we usually phone order and pick up which is convenient for those saturday nights
highly recommended -- Amazing restaurant to go and eat. food full of flavours, huge portions for such a good price. great staff full of life and excitement. will deffinetly be eating here a lot.
i rate this place i have never had a bad meal and rhe owner always comes and checks if your meals were good....now tell me an owner that does that!!!!
We really enjoyed our experience at Scalinis last night. The food was amazing and a special mention has to be made to Andrew our waiter who kept us entertained all evening and his faithful assistant Dora! Thank you, we had a wonderful dinner and will definitely be back!
Was a wonderful first time experience. Out of all the food, the pizza, pork belly and dessert were the best. The cheese literally was sliding off the pizza as it was fresh and piping hot!
I've been here a couple of times with my partner and both times I've been thoroughly impressed. For starters, the atmosphere is quite nice. We have sat both in the outside area and inside. The owners have made two nice areas for enjoying your meal. The staff are extremely friendly and accomodating and the food arrives at the table quicker than most restaurants. The prices are slightly cheaper than other similar restaurants. The one thing I was really impressed with though, is the policy that gluten free pizza is available for no extra charge. I don't have an intolerance, but this just struck me as a very kind thing for the restaurant to do for people who usually have to spend a lot more on food. So if you're gluten intolerant, this is a great place for you to go!
Cheap and cheerful. Awesome!
I can see why there are polarised reviews for this place.
The food is comfort food, not fancy. Think 1980's NZ Italian food. The pizza was thin and light not the modern hand stretched doughy wood fired fancy modern Italian pizza you are starting to see around Auckland. Likewise the pasta looked cheesy and rich, not fancy.
The atmosphere was great, but again not fancy. Plastic plants, fairy lights, plastic woven chairs, red and white chequered tablecloths. Dean Martin playing over the staff shouting at each other in a mostly jovial way. Great location, spectacular views if you get the right spot.
I don't know anywhere else in Auckland that you can get a stubbie in a restaurant for $7, especially not in beach front property. This was indicative of the great value! They also do byo.
This is a perfect place to go if you want somewhere you can relax and enjoy, eat and drink and have fun. If you want cool, fancy, trendy, or exceptional food, go somewhere else.
Had a really lovely meal here. Lovely spot and food was amazing. Must try the mussels! Staff and service was great. Excellent little spot. Fitout could do with an update but hey not fussy for a little local. This place is also on uber eats. Only other down comment would be dessert prices at $10.50 although the serving was large you could share easily.
My friend and I went to Scalinis and had a lovely meal the staff where very helpful and attentive. We sat in the outdoor covered are but were kept nice and warm as they had heaters
It had a cosy atmosphere and highly recommend it. I cant wait to go again
The service was fantastic and the food is outstanding. The raw fish isn’t available on Uber eats so I’ll be shamelessly showing my face multiple times a week
We just love Scallinis - Michael and his staff are just fabulous - if you don't like a bit of light hearted abuse don't go - and you will be the one missing out. It is like faulty towers mixed with easy listening Sunday music.
Great food and service. Need a little freshening up on the interior and mixed sausage pizza could have a little more meat for a hungry carnivore. Will be back!
Food was all delicious. Not big servings but good size for me. Aside from lasagne that was huge. Big eaters will need 3 courses. Waiter was really cool! Really helpful and fun. Enjoyed our night.
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