Pane e Vino

Stumbled across this place and figured I’d give it a try. Great seafood spaghetti. Great service. I’d come back.

I keep coming back to this delightful place for the gamberi. Tony and Gino know their food and how to make you feel welcome. Highly recommended for its high value, great atmosphere and delicious food.

Service was impeccable; staff were friendly and quick, we were seated immediately in a beautiful spot near the window. I cannot stress how wonderful the staff were, even though there wasn’t a table empty we felt like we merely had to look around to receive service.
We had a table for two, ordered the cheesy ball thingies (forgive me, aranchini?) and the gnocchi, both were delicious, however could have been presented in a more interesting manner.
The garlic bread however tasted similar to corner store quality.
With two different appetisers, two gnocchi, and two cheap drinks we ended up with a bill just tipping $ 60.
Was it worth it? Yes.
Would I return? Yes.
What would I rate it? 9.0 (garlic bread/​presentation)
Anecdotally, our table had a slight wobble, before it became anything of an annoyance out server swiftly placed a card beneath and levelled it out, it’s the little things.

We had a guest in town and he requested to come here. I walked pass this place so many times but never really paid attention.
It’s a small place but clean and nice just like other Italian place. The server is very professional and knowledgeable.
I ordered the black mussels dish, I got so excited because I saw a table of three all ordered this dish. It must be good that’s why they all ordered it. The portion was huge but it was so salty and no taste what so ever — just salt and tomato sauce. If it were to be just me and my husband, I’m sure this dish will have to go back but we had a guest and this is a place he picked. It’s not that cheap nor expensive either for a prime place in CBD. My dish was $ 26, for three of us and a bottle of red wine, turned out to about $ 100.
There was no bread before the meal. You know what I am talking about, the basket bread and butter.
Will I go back to this place? I don’t think so.

Since being back in the city I have been trying different places each day for my morning coffee so I can start developing my routine everyday list. Although this was ok coffee and they serverd a pretty darn nice cheese and ham toastie, I don’t think this is going on the everyday list. I know what I love about coffee when I am drinking it, and I know I didn’t love my coffee at Pane e Vino. But if I was stuck for options I would go back.
Friendly staff.

One of the best panini sandwiches I’ve ever eaten. I had the steak panini. My friends with me had a chicken panini. And both these sandwiches were absolutely awesome.
Highly recommend this place for lunch.

Delicious desserts with good coffee. The prices of food are not really affordable to international students though, my friends and I enjoy our special time here. All eight different cakes and tarts I tried were great but my favourite one (caramel one) has unfortunately disappeared from the glass case since last year, I reckon.
In this hot and muggy season, their coffee milk shake has to be recommended. It has a good level of sweetness and soothe your thirst.

Fast service with a flavoursome coffee at the perfect temperature. Recommended for the coffee alone

I am indeed a fan of Italian food. And so when a friend decided to celebrate her birthday Pane e Vino, I was kinda excited since:
— it’s Italian;
— conveniently placed in the City; and
— it was a full 5 years since I last ate at this place and the last time I was here, the pasta that I had was awesomely flavoursome and just left an impression.
So, how about my recent re-​experience of this place? I can say it’s still pretty good. I chose to try something else this time around instead of pasta. Most of my friends did go with some form of pasta and all seemed to have enjoyed it with positive reactions and comments. I went with the pork belly (I actually was looking for lasagne and was disappointed to find they didn’t serve it) which also came with some mash potato and slightly pickled red cabbage. For me, there were perhaps a few «issues» with my dish:
— While pork belly is meant to be pretty fatty (that is typically the best part, the stuff just under the skin), I do like some meat included. This version was almost 80% fat, 20% meat.
— There was no crackling. The skin was kinda chewy…
— Pickled cabbage wasn’t sour enough to counter the richness of the pork (especially since with this version, the pork was really fatty so needed something to cut through the rich fatty taste).
But don’t get me wrong, overall it wasn’t really a bad dish, it was still edible and satisfying from a volume perspective. And perhaps others may like pork belly done this way. However, for me, it didn’t «hit the spot».
Nonetheless, this is an Italian restaurant and it seems all the pasta dishes are still pretty good and worth a try. It was probably my mistake for not going with a pasta on my re-​experience experience. Oh, and did I mention that the service was both friendly and efficient? Yes, they are all friendly, very helpful and efficient (Chinese restaurants take note — it is possible).

The recent bipolar weather has been driving me a bit mad and inducing my laziness, so I havn’t been cooking as much as I should be. These days call for random eat-​out weeknights, and since Jo was craving Italian, we decided on Pane e Vino. I’ve been here before and found it quite mediocre for what it’s worth, but for the sake of time, we decided on this conveniently located restaurant.
The ambience is quite casual, especially for a semi-​pricy Italian restaurant. Might be because it’s also a café-​type restaurant? It didn’t bother me, especially since they had celebrity designed plates on their wall — which honestly is a bit random. No complaints though, cause they have a plate designed by Billy Martin of Good Charlotte (as well as Geoffrey Rush and Cate Blanchett). =P
I don’t quite remember what I ordered last time, but this time around I got the Gnocchi Alla Boscaiola (23), which was a gnocchi with bacon, mushrooms, and shallots in a creamy tomato sauce. I wasn’t too impressed with the sauce at first, but the more I had it, the more I actually liked it. They were generous about the bacon and mushrooms, which made up for the mediocre gnocchi… Not there was nothing wrong with the gnocchi, but it was a bit flour-​y and not as chewy as I liked. I also had a taste of the Papparadelle Pesto e Pollo (25.5), which was a chicken pesto in a spinach cream sauce. It was decent, but I was satisfied with my choice. Though the pasta was just average for the price, the service was a ⁵⁄₅ that night — attentive and friendly, just the way it should be! I would say (at least that night) it was one of the better places I’ve had in Brisbane, service-​wise.

Would not recommend for breakfast, menu was very limited, service was absolutely shocking, coffee was poor and all of our food arrived cold. After a long wait our poached eggs arrived hard boiled. Perhaps we caught them on a bad morning, however I suspect not.

OMG — if you haven’t tried the Italian Hot Ciok — then you haven’t lived. It is so yummy. I found booking a table online so convenient, the service was prompt and friendly and the food was delicious.
Having lived in Italy I crave Italian food and Pane e Vino is a definite winner when it comes to delivering the authentic taste.
If it’s a quick office lunch or a leisurely dinner, I recommend you try Pane e Vino. Regrettably my budget doesn’t allow me to eat there everyday!

A longstanding restaurant on the strip of restaurants on Albert St in the city — always seen it, first time visiting. Not a bad experience — nice atmosphere, friendly staff and decent food. Wouldn’t say the risotto knocked me out of the park, but it was certainly tasty and around about the right price.

Yuummmm Italian food! It is seriously the best comfort food around and Pane e Vino know how to make it. I have only eaten here twice over the years but I remember the food being excellent and with service to match it.
One thing I constantly fail at making for myself is risotto, my rice always ends up looking like a pile of sludge rather than the gorgeous masterpieces pictures in cookbooks. Thankfully, Pane e Vino know how to make risotto so I don’t have to. The prices aren’t cheap, but not too expensive either and the dishes are worth the extra dollars in comparison to a cheap eat.
The service was very polite both times that I have been there and I thoroughly enjoyed the ambiance. Pane e Vino have taken a rather simplistic approach to their decorating but it all seems to work.
I would recommend this restaurant to a friend looking for good Italian food in the Brisbane CBD.

Well this place is just great. I can never resist the beckoning call of Italian food, and Pane e Vino delivers it in spades. I like it best on a Friday night when the crowd has started to ebb and you can enjoy a piping hot pasta with friends. They offer a really great menu of Italian options. Other Italian restaurants I’ve been to in the past bely the name because they only serve generic pizza and pasta, but Pane e Vino is different.
You’ve got your insalata, risotto, pasta, pollo, pesce, panini, and focaccia, and they’ve even thrown in some schnitzel for something totally different. So maybe it’s not wholly Italian, but their choices are so fantastic and that’s saying something coming from me, who can sometimes be precious about my meal choices depending on my mood.
Finishing off your night with a coffee here is the best way to enjoy it. Meals are served quickly and are really delicious, and the coffee is strong and smooth; just how Italian coffee should be.
There’s also a really dynamic (and at times eccentric) team here to make your dining experience that much more memorable. It is perfectly located to stay within the city without being right in the heart of the mall. Tick/​seal/​everything of approval for Pane e Vino.

Pane e Vino has been one of my favourite restaurants in the CBD for years! A girlfriend and I used to religiously have lunch there every Friday and wander back to our office jobs feeling full and jolly.
The food is simple, beautiful Italian fare with a wine list that compliments it perfectly. I try to always have something different when I am there, but I find it hard to go past the gnocchi con gorgonzola which, the the freshly shaved parmesan they put on top, always hits the spot. Pane e Vino is great for an intimate lunch date or a group occasion and has staff who manage to handle the busy lunch periods, but stay polite and informative all the same. It’s a great place to spoil yourself if you’ve been working hard.
A little word of warning though– being smack bang in the middle of the public servant district of the CBD it can often be hard, especially on a Friday lunchtime or around 5pm, to get a seat. To avoid disappointment I would definitely book in advance, and if it’s a nice day it’s worth asking the friendly staff for a seat outside.

Pane e Vino is a bit down from the shopping madness that is the Queen St Mall, and that’s a good thing.
This eatery is light, bright and tasteful, and the food (and coffee) are good! Breakfast is a highlight, sitting at a sunny table eating delicious food is the perfect preamble to a stroll through the Botanic Gardens.
With authentic, tasty Italian fare and a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu, Pane e Vino is a highlight of the inner city food scene.