Location: Kota Kinabalu
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Most Popular Italian food in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Reviews on Italian food in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Kota Kinabalu on the island of Borneo is the bustling gateway to acclaimed Kinabalu National Park. The park's high point is 13,400-foot Mount Kinabula, Malaysia's tallest peak, a mecca for climbers. Ninety miles away, thrilling jungle trekking and camping await in the Crocker Range National Park.
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9. Panificio Italiano
Italian Bakery Pizza and Cafeteria since 2006 selling a wide range of pastry traditional stone baked Pizza and selected Italian coffee
Reviewed By Audrey T
This cafe serves the best Italian coffee in town and tasty choice of pizzas, breads and pastries which are the reasons that keep me coming back to this cafe. Furthermore, it comes with excellent service (the owner and staff are very friendly and accommodating), nice atmosphere and great location. Watch out for their tasty Tiramisu as it always running out of stock very quickly!I highly recommend this cafe!Thank you Audrey we have already ordered a cargo of 200 tons of Savoiardi (Lady Fingers) for your Tiramisù. Your Cappuccino always at 65 degrees don't worry....
8. Sunset Bar & Grill
Overall Ratings
4 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By Deqpot
Went to this place for breakfasting for 2 consecutive year but looks like their menu doesn't change a lot. It would be good if there are more main dish available. But overall the price is still good for a buffet option.
7. toscani
Overall Ratings
3 based on 202 reviews
Reviewed By tdLeeds
Itâs in amongst about a dozen restaurants on the waterfront and all basically accessible by walking through tables through each of the restaurants. Not a brilliant experience.Also, youâre crammed up against other restaurants, so the âambienceâ is a tad mixed and to be fair, the smell of the sea isnât the best either.Service was good but not excellent.Menu was ok, not brilliantly varied and your typical mix of pasta, pizza and other Italian come Spanish fare.The food quality was quite good and the drinks werenât too bad either.Decent value as well, but a better menu choice, better lighting and better access would be needed to get to a 4 rating.Iâm sure that there are better places on the front.
6. GRAZIE Italian Restaurant Kota Kinabalu
Overall Ratings
4 based on 208 reviews
An affordable and authentic Italian cuisine.
Reviewed By serumz
I will always come here for a good hearty Italian meal whenever Iâm in KK. The beef carpaccio is really good, love the seafood zuppa and all the pasta dishes are always good. Also, good selection of wines and house pouring wine is excellentGrazie e Arrivederci.ciao
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5. Favola Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 50 reviews
Favola Italian Restaurant is warm and intimate fine dining restaurant featuring modern authentic Italian twists and specialties. Featuring best quality steaks, fresh seafood and creative desserts. Meals are perfectly accompanied by Italian and internation
Reviewed By yesnatalie
Very disappointed. We ordered a âLife is a Celebrationâ set dinner for 7 people. This restaurant didnât serve like fine dining. Well, the waiters do have good altitude.1. Starting with our bread (2 choices)-BUT you are not allowed to choose what you want. The waiter said finished.2. Main course(Beef)- you are not allowed to choose your own preferences ( how you want your beef....). The waiter told me in this set dinner-all beef have to be well done. (Unbelievable! Beef lover-you know what I means)3. Dessert- most of our desserts came with âmeltingâ ice-cream and different timing plus missing things for 2 people. (7 of us ordered the same desserts)I do understand âyou get what you pay for..âI knew this is a set-dinner with cheap price RM140/ RM190(with flight wine). However, this fine dining is not what I expected like after reading all the reviews. Did I expected too much? Mmmm...Especially the writing plate for the surprise birthday cake! (Speechless) I FELT embarrassed to arrange this. ( Low standard white plate with the writing- Not like what I saw from other reviewers)
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4. Gusto Food & Wine
Overall Ratings
4 based on 262 reviews
Reviewed By G8925YKjamese
I have written many reviews, but I think this is my longest and most negative, so I apologise to readers in advance. We came here having read the Trip Advisor reviews and as it was one of the best rated restaurants in KK. Having read the reviews, I suspect I will receive some arrogant response from the owner. Positives: The quattro formaggi pizza was delicious. Great ingredients, well cooked, we loved it. The garlic bread was also very nice. Wonderful location, perfect for sunset.Negatives: The attitude of the man (the owner) who spoke to us when we arrived and when we had a query was rude and unprofessional. When asked if it was possible to order a pizza each (it is not, they only order in enough dough to allow one pizza between two) his reply may have said the word "sorry", but was in no way genuinely apologetic. When asked why he didn't order in more dough during this peak season when lots of people want pizza, his answer was snappy and illogical. His attitude was just generally appalling and he is exactly the type of bitter expat you try to avoid when living abroad.There was another westerner working in the restaurant who was wearing an old band's vest shirt and, I'm sorry, but if a Malaysian waiter turned up to work at a fairly expensive restaurant wearing that you would tell him to go home for looking unprofessional, so why is it okay for the westerner to look dishevelled?Also, I know it's a cultural thing, but the waitress suggested to ME that my wife should have a salad or pasta when I said we both wanted pizza. This place knows their location is fantastic and will always get customers because of that, but I was infuriated before our food ever arrived and will never go back. Totally agree on the fact that you wrote a negative long review perhaps full of hate and nonsense comments. Have personally came out of kitchen to explain the reason... but you insisted of understanding, were advising to do more dough (factory style) while I told you I was unable to deliver more than 30 pizaas at night due to variety of food on the menu. Not having the answer you expect makes you comment in such way which however I do accept⦠even thoughâ¦nothing, even said upfront makes you understand! We don't order dough but we do produce daily every morning and we inform people like you that generally thanks God for the majority they understand. Siince you talk also about my personality, I rather suggest you to think about yourself as a bitter customer instead; nevertheless commenting on waiter clothing says really enough.Lastly to inform you that most of our weekly customers (majority locals) comes here for having good food!Location "plays" only during summer time for the 2 months of holiday giving perhaps sometime unfortunate meeting with stressed people like you that brings anger & revenge.
3. Little Italy
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1538 reviews
An Italian Family Run Restaurant, established in year 2000 that caters for the whole family with Authentic Italian Dishes and Great Italian Hospitality. Freshly Made Everyday Pastas, Pizzas and a variety of Main Courses, Appetizers n Desserts awaits the m
Reviewed By TomGuppy
If you fancy pizza or pasta then here's your place on KK. Pizzas have a thin base and are as close as you'll get to traditionally Italian.Great taste too and reasonable. 12" could be shared between two. Casual atmosphere inside, busy when we went, people coming and going which was a good sign too. Service was very good also!
2. Laundroluxe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 483 reviews
Laundroluxe is more than a laundry shop. It is also a place where you can sit, relax, dine, and wash. We have a head chef , kitchen crew and baristas who take pride in their work. Every ingredient is selected from the best quality available and carefully
Reviewed By 240mags
Found this restaurant on tripadvisor, our last night in KK and what a meal! Chose duck with vegetables, absolutely fabulous. Hubby had burger which he normally wouldnât normally have as prefers fish, he was not left wanting!! Please give this restaurant a go, itâs just fabulous.
1. Ferdinand's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 337 reviews
Listed as one of Malaysia's best restaurants by Malaysia Tatler, Ferdinand's is a world class Italian restaurant offering the most exquisite fine-dining experience served with style, charm and attention to detail open only for that perfect night out.Open
Reviewed By Kazjane1
My friend and I had an amazing time dining at Ferdinandâs. We are both celebrating milestone birthdays with our holiday and decided to treat ourselves. The service from Belinda was exceptional and the food was Devine. We had a mix of both set and al la carte menus...and we were not disappointed. We would highly recommend Ferdinandâs. Thank you for an awesome evening...loved the music trio too. Dear Kazjane1,Thank you for posting a 5-star review in our TripAdvisor page.Happy birthday from all of us here at Sutera Harbour Resort!.We are so very thrilled to learn that you and your friend had an amazing dining experience with us.Berlinda as well as all our staff and the hospitality they have extended and provided have always been our pride and nothing puts a smile more on all our faces than knowing that all our warm and friendly employees have accommodated you well.We would like to personally invite you to follow us on Facebook @suteraharbour, Instagram @suteraofficial, Twitter and our blog thisissutera.com for all the latest updates and highlights. We look forward to the opportunity of welcoming you back on your next visit to Kota Kinabalu.Best regards,Adrian De RozarioGeneral Manager The Magellan Sutera Resort
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