Italian Restaurant in Forest LodgeThe Grumpy Italian Leichhardt

Searching for a Forest Lodge Italian restaurant that feels genuinely Italian? The Grumpy Italian is an eight-minute drive west from Forest Lodge to Norton Street, Leichhardt — the historic centre of Sydney's Italian dining scene. Forest Lodge is a quiet, tucked-away pocket of the Inner West, and for locals it makes sense to head to a full Italian restaurant near Forest Lodge where hand-made pasta and wood-fired style pizza are on the menu every night. We're regularly called the best pizza near Forest Lodge by regulars who order 'The Lot' for pickup on the way home. Our pasta Forest Lodge diners come back for — the boscaiola, the bolognese, Nonna's meatballs in slow-simmered sugo — is built on traditional Southern Italian recipes handed down through generations. Order online for pickup, have it delivered back to Forest Lodge via Uber, or book a table on Norton Street.