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Grappino Bistro
Waverley, Johannesburg, 2090, South Africa
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Mi
Review №1

The food is always good and the service personal and respectful. A gem for Waverley.

Ca
Review №2

I am speechless. The food here is to die for. All of it. From the pizza to the pasta, they really always outdo themselves. The milkshakes are also worth mentioning. Great job!

Jo
Review №3

Service with a smile. My friends pasta was a little bland... but overall, Service and my calamariwas great

Ce
Review №4

Wow the food there is so yum it literally cheaper than gourmet restaurants I love it cause my kids got to have fun with me there 😎🥳they treat you so nice definitely reccomend this place👌🏙🚙

jo
Review №5

One of the best kept secrets in italian cuisine in jhb north, excellent food and presentation

Cr
Review №6

Beautiful little venue, perfect for a small function or a date. Great staff and food is decent. Restaurant view is overlooking a road, so you need something nice with you to look at.

ro
Review №7

Great takeaway pizza. This will become our regular venue.

Je
Review №8

Food is always great.Fantastic service

St
Review №9

Was awesome the best food ever.Very fresh

Sa
Review №10

Excellent food and wine, highly recommended.

Vi
Review №11

Small intimate bistro. usually great food

Ja
Review №12

Best Calzone I have had in Johannesburg

Na
Review №13

Tasty pasta and pizza with decent portions and the mussels were delicious

Ke
Review №14

Authentic Italian cuisine. Exceptional quality. Fantastic service. 11/10

Br
Review №15

Popular for a reason, good food, big portions at reasonable prices. A great waitress. Only the dessert prevented 5 stars

ma
Review №16

The love of food found here.

Sy
Review №17

Brilliant Pizza restaurant with many specials and fair prices. Family style place

Ro
Review №18

Cute little spot a friend referred me to. Really liked its quaint space and the refreshing air it carries.

Le
Review №19

Outstanding food. Best pizzas

Na
Review №20

Tasty food and generous portions

Hi
Review №21

Its my go-to Italian restaurant- home from.home- food great-open and so relaxed spot

As
Review №22

Amazing Italian

Ma
Review №23

Celebrated my daughter in laws birthday surrounded by family good food and a bottle or two of Syrah. Thank You for a wonderful evening!

Du
Review №24

Relaxing, friendly service, great tasting pizza and wife loved the pasta dish she ordered. Prices very competitive and worth every penny. Will be back

Gr
Review №25

Good food and service.

ka
Review №26

Great Italian food, good value for money and friendly staff. Highly recommended!

Je
Review №27

Lekka home made Italian food awesome pizzas and great pasta, its a friday night regular for us

CO
Review №28

Intimate comfortable setting, small so you need to book. Food good. Salads are particularly fresh and crispy.

2
Review №29

Good food, good service, highly recommend

Je
Review №30

Food and service is always great! Its like a comfy neighbourhood restaurant

Au
Review №31

Great place for Italian food. Well trained staff with good attitude. Food is excellent and price reasonable. BUT most importantly food is really good. Local non touristy destination. Enjoy!

Ni
Review №32

Their pastas their pizzas and all carne’ dishes are delicious, prices are reasonable and service is first class. Highly recommend.

Om
Review №33

Freshly made food always. With fresh ingredients and very welcoming staff. Nice and cozy too.

Ga
Review №34

Kitchen taking strain due to maybe staff reductions

Ch
Review №35

Food delicious, staff pleasant, owner was not pleasant to deal with.

le
Review №36

Shocking pizza

Ma
Review №37

The focacia was good, but lasagna and ravioli for the price was definitely sub-standard.For the type of food - it is expensive.Will not rush back in a hurry.

Bh
Review №38

Food is great!

pr
Review №39

Awesomeness

Mu
Review №40

Food is amazing - and vegetarian friendly. It a very cute little quiet Italian place set up for nice lunch, and probably better for dinner and a date to. Parking is not that great but its tucked away almost unnoticed.

Pa
Review №41

Great Italian local restaurant. love their pizza as it comes straight from the wood fire oven. Staff are always friendly and service is usually fast. Great place to have a quick bite after work or for a social occasion with friends.

No
Review №42

The food is great,service good most of the times with friendly staff. Wouldnt mind going back again, oh the pizza is the best

Da
Review №43

We ordered a caprese salad. It was served without basil and a very poor quality mozzarella. I also ordered a garlic and herb foccacia and ended with a pizza crust.

Ni
Review №44

Fantastic authentic Italian food. Beyond delicious.

Ma
Review №45

Very good pizza. Good beer. Knowledgeable staff. Nice outdoor area if a tad Jozi-caged...

An
Review №46

Ordered take away. Unacceptable, the top later cheese on the lasagne was completely burnt and inedible. Why do you treat your customers like this?

Ke
Review №47

The waiters have started calling me by name, so you know your boy and his family go there a lot. Nice, quaint, family restaurant with great Italian food and surprisingly reasonably priced. Theres also a place for kids to make their own pizza if you made the mistake of having kids.

Bi
Review №48

Excellent Italian restaurant. The pizzas are outstanding. Definetly a place to visit for a quite meal at reasonable prices.

T
Review №49

Love this spot!! Great food, homely atmosphere.

Mi
Review №50

Great local pizza and Italian restaurant, sometimes we just pop in for ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Cl
Review №51

Great food

Co
Review №52

Grappinos food is always great, we eat here often and the food is always high quality. Atmosphere is great.

Ro
Review №53

Great pasta dishes and pizzas avoid the Veal

Ki
Review №54

My favourite local restaurant. They have a great family vibe and great vegetarian options on the menu. Great wine list.

Ar
Review №55

Ordered Caprese salad which had no basil which is the basic ingredient; it was made with the quality of mozzarella used for grating over pizza; there were two curly rocket or arugula leaves only. Hubby and I had one each! Ordered vegetarian pizza which had no flavour at all. Ordered grilled haloumi, 4 strips arrived on a side plate, with two arugula leaves and half a lemon and the haloumi was deep fried and extra salty. Ordered focaccia bread but got a thin crust dry pizza base. We are from Sydney and always thought South African food was great. What a disappointment.

Ja
Review №56

Great pizza. Reasonably priced. Nice location. Very tasty sangria as well.

RU
Review №57

Good value for money. Service was slow but could be due to restaurant being full. Food was good

De
Review №58

My local Bistro, luv the food

Ma
Review №59

Thank you for the great meal!

Xa
Review №60

A lil gem that has stood the test of time and is reminiscent of a time in South Africa where Italian restaurants ruled before our love of Sushi and delights from Mexico took a chunk out. Traditional menu and very quiet and private location.

Ad
Review №61

Still one of the best Italian restaurants in Johannesburg.

J
Review №62

Very tasty food, Neat, highly recommended, authentic Italian meals and dinning, service could improve slightly, very fond favorite. Excellent desserts for the sweet toothed. Non Banting desserts

Ed
Review №63

Fantastic food and good service

Mi
Review №64

Lovely atmosphere and a very fair price for the quality and amount of food you receive. I always recommend it.

Ce
Review №65

Excellent Italian food and good prices with a traditional atmosphere

Ja
Review №66

Quaint little Italian restaurant. The service is amazing. Awesome first date restaurant!

De
Review №67

Please pay more attention to your orders for delivery!Its the third time we ordered for delivery and its really disappointing. Lasagna was completely burnt at the bottom.Way too much salt (experienced this before with their Halloumi). Couldnt eat this at all.Horrible. They also forgot the parmesan cheese with the Fettuccine. And the order was almost R400.

Ll
Review №68

Amazing vibe, fantastic menu and great prices

Bo
Review №69

Good selection of food. good quality. staff very friendly.

Lo
Review №70

Really friendly waitstaff and a vibey restaurant. A good experience overall

Ic
Review №71

Great ambiance and great pasta

An
Review №72

Great local friendly spot. Always good food and value

Al
Review №73

Good restaurant for Italian food. Unfortunately we had an outside table and it started to rain .

Re
Review №74

Awesome food, service and atmosphere

Br
Review №75

Great bar for watching rugby. They stock six dogs gin AND their food is DELICIOUS XX

Ro
Review №76

Such a disappointing meal. When I called the owner, she said no-one has complained for weeks. Used to be good. Never again.

Ro
Review №77

Great place, great service!

Ma
Review №78

Excellent Italian food ... really busy at night.Minestrone is excellent and very popular.

Jo
Review №79

Small and quaint restaurant. Great food, good portion sizes and reasonably priced.

ja
Review №80

Excellent Italian restaurant! Great salads, Pizza and Pasta

Il
Review №81

Food is good, if you could actually be served. We sat there for 20 min and the waiter didnt even look at us... we got up and left, absolutely disgusting.

Da
Review №82

Food is excellent, service is always great. It is quite pricey

An
Review №83

Great food, great venue, easy location.

Go
Review №84

Very nice food - reasonable prices .

Wa
Review №85

Superb food! Great friendly service!

Al
Review №86

Great pizza In nice atmosphere . Not pretentious and good family value

Ma
Review №87

Excellent as always.

Ro
Review №88

Excellent food and service

No
Review №89

Reasonably priced and good quality tasty Italian cuisine.

Qu
Review №90

Food was not fresh. Fillet was frozen and left my plate full of water

An
Review №91

Delicious food, amazing service... best Italian restaurant in Jhb

Ma
Review №92

Nice italian Restaurant..They have great pizzas and stuff is very helpful and Friendly...The ambience is great and security is well Maintained

Rh
Review №93

Food is absolutely amazing, if you are relaxed in terms of speedy service, you will love this place.

Ra
Review №94

Good Italian spot, great for a nice lunch

Ke
Review №95

A really cosy spot in Waverley. Very Nice calzones, but as often the service dropped away as the afternoon went on

AN
Review №96

One of Joburgs loveliest restaurants. A SECRET FOR THE LOCALS.

Th
Review №97

Good food good service but a bit quiet. Needs piped music

Ca
Review №98

Excellent value and tasty

Fe
Review №99

The best veal limone in town !!!!!

Br
Review №100

Great food at good prices. Very pleasant bistro atmosphere.

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4.3 Rating
  • Address:Waverley, Johannesburg, 2090, South Africa
  • Site:http://grappinobistro.com/
  • Phone:+27 11 440 5136
Categories
  • Bistro
  • Restaurant
Working hours
  • Monday:11AM–10PM
  • Tuesday:11AM–10PM
  • Wednesday:11AM–9PM
  • Thursday:11AM–9PM
  • Friday:11AM–9PM
  • Saturday:11AM–9PM
  • Sunday:11AM–9PM
From the business
  • Identifies as women-led:Yes
Service options
  • Outdoor seating:Yes
  • Curbside pickup:Yes
  • No-contact delivery:Yes
  • Delivery:Yes
  • Takeaway:Yes
  • Dine-in:Yes
Health and safety
  • Reservations required:Yes
  • Mask required:Yes
  • Staff wear masks:Yes
  • Staff get temperature checks:Yes
  • Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits:Yes
Highlights
  • LGBTQ+ friendly:Yes
  • Sport:Yes
  • Transgender safe space:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Offerings
  • Alcohol:Yes
  • Beer:Yes
  • Coffee:Yes
  • Kids' menu:Yes
  • Spirits:Yes
  • Vegetarian options:Yes
  • Wine:Yes
Dining options
  • Lunch:Yes
  • Dinner:Yes
  • Dessert:Yes
Amenities
  • Bar on site:Yes
  • Gender-neutral toilets:Yes
  • Good for kids:Yes
  • Toilets:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
  • Cosy:Yes
Crowd
  • Family friendly:Yes
  • Groups:Yes
Planning
  • Accepts reservations:Yes
Payments
  • Debit cards:Yes
  • Credit cards:Yes
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