Verve Café - Brisbane

Omg, Latino hotdog is unreal and affogatto is to die for. Great service, super friendly staff. Awesome place.

We have been coming since inception by Brett Munro thirty years ago and then Shane for the last 17. Fantastic as usual today. Resurrected the shaved cuttlefish linguini fantastic. Garlicy chili and al dente pasta. Intimate yet busy and friendly and what a cafe should be.

Great food! Great drinks! Very New York style underground hidden gem. Can be very noisy though. Love the risotto and pizzas. Only serve pizzas 2-5 so no late lunches

Dine mid week in a fairly empty restaurant but one group made the place extremely loud. Service was good but both my partner and I thought a gnocchi were over cooked. Will be back to try some other dishes as I have only heard good things from friends.

Not one for the claustrophobes. But I've always enjoyed the dank basement darkness of it...because that's how I mole. Lunch choices today were: ▪️truffled mushroom risotto; ▪️scallop & bacon risotto; ▪️spicy chorizo gnocchi; with complimentary warm bread to start (nice touch). These dishes were great comfort food: shroomy truffle goodness in my risotto & tender scallops in the other - both a beautiful creamy consistency & served piping hot. The gnocchi lived up to its spicy description. Sadly pizzas are temporarily off the menu due to a kitchen expansion & will be back in about a month. But calm the farm, there's still plenty of options in the meantime. Staff are unfailingly jovial and service is friendly & efficient. If you're after a fun casual Italian meal, feed your nocturnal soul & venture down the stairs. You'll like it, I swear.