Welcome to Simo’s Kitchen — Where Real Italian Lives in Balmain

There’s Italian food — and then there is Italian made by people who care.

At Simo’s Kitchen in Balmain, we don’t serve shortcuts. We serve tradition, technique, and respect for ingredients.That means pasta made the Italian way, sauces built from scratch, oils infused in-house, and deli products created for people who still believe food should taste like something.

We might be upstairs — but that just gives us a better view of what matters.

🇮🇹 Why Balmain Needed This

Balmain has great restaurants, but we wanted to bring something that felt homemade, authentic, and personal.

No heavy cream to hide a sauce.

No frozen shortcuts.

No dishes made for social media instead of flavour.

Just Italian cooking like nonna intended — light, balanced and memorable.

🥣 Fresh Pasta Should Be Simple

We work with real flour, eggs, patience, and repetition.

That’s how we make traditional ravioli, gnocchi, cannelloni, hand-shaped pastas, extruded pastas, and more. Every shape has a purpose. Every filling has a story.

If a dish needs more than five or six ingredients, we rethink it.

Because Italian food isn’t complicated — it’s precise.

🫒 Simo’s Deli — Oils, Salts, Sauces

Under our roof is a small Italian deli:

• Olive oils infused in-house

• Mixed herb salt

• Pasta sauces built slow

• Spice blends for flavour, not heat

These are flavours made for your kitchen — and they taste like Balmain meets Bologna.

🍸 We Also Shake Things Up

Italian tradition doesn’t mean boring.

That’s why you’ll find specials like:

• Tiramisu Espresso Martini

• Aperitivo nights

• Seasonal pasta dinners

• Charity events supporting local causes

Good food should have energy.

🆙 Yes, We’re Upstairs — Come Up

You just need to take the stairs.

Up here, you get:

• Warm light

• Real conversations

• Slow meals

• No pressure to rush

Think of it as a small Italian living room above Balmain.

🪶 If You Love Food, You Belong Here

Simo’s Kitchen is more than a restaurant — it’s a home for:

• People who love flavour

• People who appreciate craft

• People who want Italian, not imitation

So welcome.

Order a pasta.

Taste an oil.

Stay awhile.

Balmain deserves the real thing.

That’s why we’re here.