Italian restaurants in Australia
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Lo Studio
The sexy Deco curves of the Paramount Pictures office add glamour to this newcomer to the Surry Hills scene. The modern Italian menu covers a wide base of meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes and is unafraid to be adventurous.
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Cafe di Stasio
Capricious white-jacketed waiters, a tenebrous Bill Henson photograph and a jazz soundtrack set the mood. The Italian menu has the appropriate drama and grace.
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Cellar 47
With it's sleek black-and-glass bar and gourmet wood-fired pizzas, this is a long-standing local favourite.
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Café 66
This agreeable, unreconstructed Italian eatery has good coffee and reasonably priced pasta, risotto and grills. Book ahead on Tuesday nights when half of Port tries to squeeze in for two-for-one pasta.
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Bistro 3
Serves delicious meals (think water chestnut and pea risotto and oven-roasted duck) in an exclusive starched-white-napkin atmosphere. Try the lunch menu’s poached red claw yabbies.
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Seadogs
It may not front the marina, but the meals are cheaper at this popular local restaurant specialising in pizza, pasta, risotto and a few prawn and calamari dishes.
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La Capanna
This traditional trattoria serves classic pastas and stone-fired pizzas, along with a few meat and fish dishes. Try the pasta with king prawns and mussels.
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Vlamingh's
After a sunset drink at the pub, wander a few metres over to this beachside restaurant, serving dishes like mushroom, pumpkin and fennel risotto.
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La Cucina di Vino
Water views and an open corner locale make this Italian restaurant an excellent venue for a long lunch. Short on time? There's pizza too.
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Saltimbocca
With starched white tablecloths, original artworks and a classic Italian menu, this bistro-style place is an appealing upmarket option.
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Pinocchio
Located inside the Exmouth Ningaloo caravan park, this licensed alfresco ristorante is popular with locals and travellers alike.
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La Scala
Hidden down steps and behind a couple of old brown doors, this huge cellar, covered in murals, is one of Griffith's institutions. There's nothing modern about the menu either; expect old-school recipes and house white for $5 a glass. Brilliant.
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Reef Cafe
While this licensed family-friendly bistro at Bayview Resort features seafood and steaks, most people come for its pizzas and gelato.
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Antonio's on the Port
This authentic Italian place is popular and backs onto the lovely Campaspe River. Gourmet pizzas are a speciality.
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Bojangles
This spiffy licensed pizza restaurant does great pastas and wood-fired pizzas, as well as steaks and grills.
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Nimbin Trattoria & Pizzeria
You'll find outstanding pizzas ($3 a slice or $8 for three) and delicious pastas here plus live music every Thursday.
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Romeo & Giulietta's
Try here for traditional wood-oven pizzas, grilled fish and pasta.
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Becco
Sexy little Italian bar-restaurant package.
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Lindoni’s
Australian-style Italian.
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Caffe Sicilia
We're sure it's not intentional but this traditional Italian eatery may as well be a theme park for extravagant Italianness. It's great fun watching the cocksure waiters swaggering around in their white shirts and black ties, delivering steaming plates of pasta to the little marble tables. The sweets here are sublime.
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Rinaldo's Casa Cucina
Rinaldo's industrial-sized venue features fresh pasta dishes and modern Mediterranean versions of steak and seafood. Ask about cooking classes.
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Pasta Merchant
There's wonderful fresh pasta here with lashings of mouth-watering sauces: try the unbeatable spinach and ricotta ravioli with homemade pesto. They also serve panini, pizza and real gelati in 12 flavours. You can buy pasta and sauces to take away.
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Pacino's
This stylish Italian restaurant oozes Mediterranean warmth with its stone floors, wooden tables and potted fig trees.
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Lucia's Pizza Spaghetti Bar
This little slice of Italy has been around since Lucia was a lot younger. All her pasta, sauces and pizzas are authentically homemade − perfection any time of day. If you like what you're eating, you can buy fresh pasta next door at Lucia's Homemade Fine Foods.
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Lorenzo's Diner
Seriously nice people run this upmarket modern Italian restaurant. The food matches the excellent service. Bookings recommended.
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