Etna Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria is an Italian restaurant in Duxton, Singapore, run by owners Mr Gianluca Impemba and Ms Anna Borrasi, who also serves as Group Executive Chef. Press coverage over the years also references an Upper East Coast branch, alongside the original Duxton location.
Over more than a decade, Etna has built a strong media presence in Singapore, with features in U-Weekly, Wine & Dine Magazine, Cuisine & Wine Asia Magazine, Singapore Tatler Dining, City Nomads, FindYourWayInSG, and Miss Tam Chiak, plus a nomination in the AsiaOne People's Choice Awards 2014 under the Best Western Restaurant category. Chef Anna Borrasi has also been profiled for culinary workshops run through Gusto Italiano at the Tott Cooking Studio, and the restaurant carries the 'Ospitalità Italiana' excellence recognition for authentic Italian hospitality.
Today, on top of dining in, Etna offers pick-up and islandwide delivery, with online ordering available through Oddle, so diners across Singapore can enjoy their Italian dishes at home.
Etna Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria has been part of Singapore's Italian dining scene for well over a decade, anchored in Duxton and, according to press coverage over the years, also represented by an Upper East Coast branch. Behind the restaurant are owners Mr Gianluca Impemba and Ms Anna Borrasi, with Borrasi taking on the role of Group Executive Chef.
Few Italian restaurants in Singapore have built up quite the media trail that Etna has. U-Weekly, published by Singapore Press Holdings, ran a feature on the restaurant's Upper East Coast branch and its 'locals' favourite' dishes in October 2014. Wine & Dine Magazine put the Etna story — and its owners — on the cover of its December 2013 issue, while Cuisine & Wine Asia Magazine profiled Chef Anna Borrasi in its May/June 2013 issue.
The restaurant was also nominated in the AsiaOne People's Choice Awards 2014, in the Best Western Restaurant category, putting it in the running for one of Singapore's reader-voted dining accolades that year. On top of that, Etna has picked up editorial coverage from Singapore Tatler Dining, City Nomads, FindYourWayInSG, and food blog Miss Tam Chiak, alongside a recognition described as 'Excellence Guaranteed — Ospitalità Italiana,' tied to authentic Italian hospitality standards.
Beyond the restaurant itself, Group Executive Chef Anna Borrasi has been involved in Gusto Italiano's Flavours of Italy culinary workshops, held at the Tott Cooking Studio. These workshops and Borrasi's role in them were covered both directly by Gusto Italiano and by Miss Tam Chiak, giving diners a window into the kitchen behind the restaurant beyond just the dining room.
The 'Pizzeria' in the restaurant's name points to its roots in Italian pizza and cooking traditions, alongside its broader Italian menu. In more recent years, Etna has adapted to how people want to eat, adding pick-up and islandwide delivery on top of its dine-in service. Orders can be placed online through Oddle, meaning the restaurant's Italian dishes can now reach diners well beyond Duxton and the Upper East Coast.
Etna keeps in touch with its regulars and new visitors through Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, sharing updates alongside its ongoing press coverage. For anyone who has read about the restaurant in one of Singapore's food or lifestyle publications over the years — or is simply looking for an established Italian restaurant and pizzeria with a well-documented history — Etna's combination of a long-standing Duxton presence, an Upper East Coast branch, and now delivery across the island gives a few different ways to experience it.
Given the restaurant's history of press features and awards nominations, it's positioned as one of the more established Italian dining names in Singapore, with the story of owners Gianluca Impemba and Anna Borrasi running through much of that coverage.