Via Pre Kl Italian - Kuala Lumpur

The restaurant is located at a sleepy row of shops tucked inside a residential area in Damansara. Without waze, its impossible to locate it as you would never pass by it from the main road. Premise is clean and well maintained, staff is attentive. I went there passed lunch crowd, nearing the shop closing time. Shop closed at 3pm for break and will reopen for dinner time. The food was mediocre, pasta was not fully cooked so was a bit hard. I ordered the seafood pesto, scallop and prawns were fresh and juicy. The creme brulee was good, a refreshing sour lime taste. Parking is not an issue as its located at the back lane so you can park at the side of the road or an open area just beside the restaurant.

I confess it was a very different service experience from the one in Penang. While the food is good l, tasty and pretty authentic, the service has a lot to desire if compared to the one in Penang. First, we walked in around 7:30pm and told they were fully booked later. Still, we got a table 5 minutes, and until 10pm not all tables were occupied. Then, we ordered 3 different bottles of wine from the menu cause they were out of each one. Eventually, I told them to point what they are sure they have stock. The most disappointing thing was at the9:50pm we asked if we could still have desert. We knew last call for the kitchen was 9:45pm, but we figured the tiramisu is already prepared and ready to serve anyway. 5 minutes later we got a no answer. So, we went for ice cream somewhere else. By the way, the appetizer mix was good, but the octopus already cut on to miniature pieces was over cooked.

Small and cozy Italian restaurant with superb service. If your are craving for Italian food. Visit this restaurant for once and you decide if you want to come back again. I was here with one of their regular (he is only 6 yrs old, he insist we must have pizza here! . So you check this place and you decide for yourself!

I used to like the food at Via Pre. So we decided to order Via Pre best’s Rigatoni Amatriciana and Linguine ai Frutti de Mare. The food quality was disappointing. Both pasta dishes were over cooked particularly the seafood which was not only overcooked, but also not fresh !

First impression, the restaurant looks pretty cozy with easy parking surrounding the restaurant. The place was recommended by my Italian friend and says this is one of the closest authentic Italian food in KL. Overall all the dishes tasted very nice, flavours not over powering. I particularly liked the pizza, the crust was crispy on the outside and nice chewy softness inside. Staff were friendly and attentive. Price wise a little bit on the higher side. Overall pleasant experience. Definitely worth a try. Tip: Must try their pizzas with their chili oil