Grazie Ristorante and Bar is an Italian restaurant and bar on Grey St in Gracefield, Lower Hutt, holding a 4.7 rating on Google. It sits in Gracefield's industrial pocket of the Hutt Valley, where a proper sit-down ristorante is a genuine find. Good Italian cooking runs on restraint: a few quality ingredients handled simply, so the pasta, the sauce and the produce do the talking. The tell of a serious Italian kitchen is a short, seasonal menu, pasta made on site, and staff who know what came in fresh this week. Meals traditionally move in courses — antipasto, then pasta, then a main — so pace yourself, order for the table and ask about the specials, which is often where the kitchen shows its hand. With its strong local rating and Grey St address, Grazie gives Gracefield and the wider Hutt Valley a proper Italian table close to home.