Pilu at Freshwater | For Food's Sake – A Sydney Food Blog

Bianca: With gorgeous views overlooking Freshwater beach and Queenscliff bay, it’s easy to see why Pilu at Freshwater, a popular two hatted restaurant has become a staple in the fine dining world of the Northern beaches. Drawing hordes across the bridge, Giovanni Pilu has become a champion for modern Italian/Australian food with an emphasis on Sardinian cuisine, a subset of Italian food that celebrates cheese, seafood and ‘the fruits of the land’, whilst also having a slight Arabic influence. During my Friday lunch time visit, I counted at least four tables that were celebrating birthdays – these more ‘up-market/fine dining’ restaurants are usually left for special occasions but I was celebrating my cars service in nearby Brookvale so here I found myself at Pilu on a gorgeously sunny day. The things I must endure…Madre was accompanying me, as she hardly needs an excuse to spend the day by the ocean eating fabulous food and drinking cocktails. The dining room just screams sophisticated beach-side chic, if that is a thing. Whist it is a more upmarket …