Livoti's Italian restaurant

Tuck into hefty bowls of handmade pasta and slow-cooked Italian classics at Livoti's, Dee Why's buzzing, family-run trattoria. The dining room runs loud and spirited, filled with the clatter of shared plates, generous bowls of pesto gnocchi, and crisp arancini passed around crowded tables. Antoinette and her crew treat guests like visiting kin, turning out hearty plates of stuffed lamb roast and rich tortellini boscaiola without ceremony. Between dinners, the counter doubles as a small Italian deli stocked with specialty imports. Grab an outside table on the sunlit porch with the dog for an afternoon spread, or settle indoors and save room for warm chocolate pudding.