PILU AT FRESHWATER

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Pilu at Freshwater restaurant has one of the most spectacular dining views on the northern beaches of Sydney . Our guests enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and the delicious Sardinian flavours created by Giovanni Pilu. It's why many of our guests return time and time again.

Located alongside Freshwater Beach the restaurant offers uninterrupted ocean views.

Our beach house restaurant is heritage listed and beautifully restored. The dining areas are spacious and airy. Water views are available from most areas of the restaurant.

Chef and owner Giovanni Pilu is passionate about authentic Italian cooking. It's Giovanni's native home of Sardinia, an island off the west coast of Italy, and the unique flavours of this region that he is most enthusiastic to showcase.


At his first restaurant Cala Luna, Giovanni introduced Sydney diners to Sardinian specialties like oven roasted suckling pig and linguine bottarga.

Giovanni and a group of like-minded Sydney Italian restaurateurs have established the Council of Italian Restaurants in Australia (CIRA) to safeguard Italian culinary culture. Its members are proud of their heritage and are committed to teaching and promoting the values of Italian food in Australia.

Set in a renovated Federation beach house with magnificent views over Freshwater Beach, Pilu at Freshwater is impressive even before you taste Giovanni Pilu's exquisite Italian cuisine. Pilu's dishes have a strong Sardinian influence stemming from his own roots, and he combines good local produce with imported Sardinian products such as bottarga (dried roe) and fine cheeses, to lend an exotic twist to familiar ingredients. The results are a mix of familiar dishes with foreign flavours that still remain accessible. It is no wonder that Pilu has scored the Good Food Guide best new restaurant accolade, and he looks set to continue to collect laudations and kudos - like other people collect stamps - for many years to come.