iO Italian Osteria

I heard rave reviews from several Facebook friends so I wanted to try it. It's hard to get last minute reservations and not all the times are given out to Quandoo, you may have to call the restaurant directly sometimes. I finally managed a reservation on Quandoo yesterday. The place was packed, Tables are placed very close together ( about 20cm apart) and it's very hard to have a proper conversation, perhaps because we were sitting under the speakers and there was loud music playing, I could hear the neighbouring tables more than my own family. Service was efficient and food was served hot and quickly ( I was surprised such a small open kitchen could cope with such a large number of diners). There were 4 of us and not enough space on the table for our food! We had the roast pork belly - very tender but the crackling was not as crispy as our local siew yoke! We also had the calamari skewers - not very tasty even though they were smothered in a pesto and tomato sauce. The tagolini with lemon and prawns tasted overwhelmingly of asparagus, none of us liked it. The roast chicken was huge and came dripping with juice, It was tasty and tender. The beer braised beef was melt in your mouth tender and tasty. The assorted pizza platter arrived at the end and they were hot, with a thick crispy on the outside chewy on the inside Napolitian style thick crust with lots of cheese, flavours and ingredients. I'm more a thin crust pizza person - so didn't like it as much. 2 of us say we would be back, personally I think I'll go to Pepperoni Pizza next time.

Saturday morning with grillled garden salad and schiacciata stuffed with truffle paste. The garden salad was a pretty generous portion and schiacciata was crunchy and tasty.

Reservation is recommended if you want to be assured of having a place to enjoy your meals. Food is good and the service is wonderful. The restaurant is packed but still, the service is good. I shall return !!

Very friendly and warm staff. Had grilled eggplants for starters, lagsana and tagliolini with prawns for mains and ended with pistachio tiramisu. Overall food was all good!

We always have a good time at IO. The staff are knowledgeable, friendly and unobtrusive in their service. Fun and upbeat ambience with good authentic food.

We always love their authentic Italian food and cozy ambiance. Great to meet up friends with a group. Thanks for sweet bits for kids! 👍

Staff greet me and my gg once we enter the restaurant. Was guide to a table. Staff was friendly and nice to intro food of the day. Foods was excellent too!

Service was good but overall food was a little disappointing. We were expecting more after reading all the great reviews online. Tried one of the chef's recommendation- it was some pasta, nothing special, overpriced and the penne was undercooked. Calamari was a letdown. However the Porchetta, Assorted bread and Schiacciata were really good.

It was very crowded and even needed to queue if go without reservation because of TGIF. However Chef Anna served customers personally! Had the seafood guazzetto again. So gooood.

Good authentic Italian food with reasonable pricing :) must try the 4 Flavours pizza - enough to share among 4 pax as appetiser. However venue is a little ulu and restaurant a little noisy. Too bad we over ordered and could not finish everything. But overall a good experience, will be back again!

Great food as always. And great service and knowledge by the staff there as well. Always able to help make good recommendations for you in case you are unsure of what you want to have. Very nice ambience as well.

I'm impressed with the service and food. I will be one of the regular for sure! The guazzetto is sooooo great and contented. Make my day!

Good food and reasonably priced. We had the burrata, daily special secondi, pasta and desserts. The burrata was served with very sweet tomatoes and fresh arugula. Pasta was chewy and delicious, and the Baba was light and not-too-sweet. Good place for gatherings and family.

Food is nice, service is good. Variety choices for food. Always is my option when come to special celebration. Price abit higher but definitely will come again.

Busy, noisy but great food! Must make reservations. Parking was full when we were there and it took a while to find an empty spot.

The restaurant showed us to a corner table cramped with boxes, we werent impressed at the service at this stage. So we asked for a change of table. Overall experience was still ok food was nice

The pasta was terrible. Too much oil and there was a pool of water at the bottom of the bowl proving that pasta wasn't well drained. We were not impressed by the pizza at all. The octopus wasn't too bad and I guess the best dish we had was the lassange.

Enjoyed the food, enjoyed the service! Good recommendations from service staff, both for wine and food. Pleasant, homely ambience. A place to chill out with friends and family!

Had lunch there on a weekday. Pasta was yummy delicious. Service staff were attentive; could be more cheerful and less transactional. Layout of restaurant and ambience were good. Overall, was a nice experiencre. Consider fixing base of tables 'rocking' on uneven ground.

It's a great place, had been several times there and never disappointed. It has a difference in service and character with some well thought special dishes. We normally go for some of there specials, always the highlight.

Been to iO Italian Osteria a number of times now and really enjoy the food here, plus service is great! Kid-friendly and food comes out quick which is helpful when dealing with young ones!

Great experience and wonderful food, once again! Family friendly too, especially with them accommodating our 2 young kids. Looking forward to our next meal there...

The food was made with fresh ingredients and cooked perfectly. The Italian street food was tasty as were the sorbet and gelato deserts. The high bay indoors provided a spectacular view of the surroundings while we enjoyed our lunch. We eat together with three children and they all enjoyed the delicious Italian food. We would definitely come back to this place again.

Appetizers are good here. Nice quiet restaurant with good ambience. Will not go wrong getting the pastas here. Good variety on the menu. Will definitely return again soon.

Menu was done different from the typical Italian restaurants and especially like the street food. The bread was awesome, must order. Some of the pasta dish was not to our liking. Like the pork belly.

Excellent food and great service !!! There were lots of variety on the menu... including lots of dessert like cakes n cookies to choose from.

This was my third visit and it was a good experience, my guests certainly enjoyed it too. Excellent and professional service, good menu choices, interesting wine list. definitely worth another visit.

Wow! The service tremendously improved. The Chef Anna even called me before I paid the visit to let me know what can I have in this restaurant to avoid the allergen. From the stuffed roman schiacciata with oozing mascarpone cream and strong truffle taste/smell to the seafood guazzetto that contained salmon, calamari and scallop- YUMMMM. Savoured the moment. ❤️❤️❤️ #rocambolesco 🙇🏿‍♀️🙇🏿‍♀️🙇🏿‍♀️ I'm planning to go back very soon!

Got a nice table by the window. Food was good as usual, and the service was excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Will go again soon.

Ordered 2 starters, 1 main and a dessert for 2 pax. Really enjoyed the food! Would recommend 4 people coming here to try out more food together. We ordered the Porchetta which we really liked. The skin was crackled to perfection. Highly recommended. The pistachio tiramisu (no longer in a jar) was good! Slightly to the sweeter side. Recommend to share. Atmosphere can be a little more to the noisy side due to families being there.

From starter to antipasti to pasta to main to desserts. All of us enjoyed a lot with the white wine Gavi. More to go please.

Authentic italian burrata and other great dishes. portions are generous and price ok. all very good with good service even if very busy. will go again

I love the buzz in the restaurant , friendly staff with delicious food. Will return for more and definitely will recommend friends over to this lovely place.

Service was good. The food in general is fine, but it is a pity that they do not serve good pizza. Interesting menu but prices on higher the end.

Reserved a table for two. Food and ambience was great! Service crew were prompt and polite. Got a window seat, me and my partner both enjoyed ourselves.

The food was great. The atmosphere was wonderful. The Italian style pizza is a must try. Don't forget the dessert, there was a wide range of cake selection.

I had a great time there. Service was attentive and prompt. The food was very good too as the ingredients were fresh. I am looking forward to my next visit there.

We had a table by the full length window which gave lots of natural lights. My daughter was happy as all the food photos turned out very well. Food, especially lava cake was great. As we ordered too much pizza, didn't have room for mains. Will try it next round.

Service was not very good. Initially they didn't have our reservation in their records and I had to show them my record as proof of my reservation. No apologies nor even a friendly smile. Difficult to get the waiters attention to get served. Food good but do not recommend to visit during weekends

Great and homely Italian food. Love it here. The service was good too. The service staff to customer ratio is good, the food came quickly as well.