I am sitting at the restaurant right now but earlier tried to look up a menu but it was very bad…read morequality on the website so I am uploading the updated menu as of 1/1/25 here.

I want to give this place 3.5 stars but wouldn't go as far as 4. We had a nice dinner here…read moreconsisting of seafood linguini and pizza. The pros: the staff are friendly, efficient and are authentic Italians. The food is nice and the blood orange granita was fantastic. The cons: a bit lacking in atmosphere, feels a bit cafeteria-like. When mains are $25+, I want a bit of atmosphere! The linguini was a bit bland, although the scallops, muscles and prawns were good, the flavour, spices etc were a little underwhelming. We ordered a creme brulee with orange infused pear slices. The creme brulee didn't have the hard, caramelized top that you break into but the pear slices were nice :)

Stopped here to have dinner before our penguin parade. Lots of seating indoor and out. We had a…read morenice table near the windows on a chilly evening. We chose to split a salad, the bread and olives, and a pizza. While I like veggie pizza, husband likes meaty pizza so we asked if they could do a half and half. While they said, they don't usually do that, they made an exception for us. We love that focus on the customer and appreciate the accommodation. All the food was excellent. We were debating about all three salads and our server suggested the one we got and we were not disappointed. Such a nice light dressing and lots of veggies. For dessert, we had the affogato. I love that dessert. So simple but delicious. Husband hates coffee and loves ice cream. I love both so works for both of us.

After wrapping up our night at the penguin parade we headed over to downtown and decided to eat at…read morePino's. It seemed busy with lots of cars parked out front. It was a fairly large restaurant with outdoor and indoor seating. Decor was nice with an unusual display of motorcycle outfits mounted to the walls. We were promptly seated and asked a couple times by different staff if we were ready to order. It seemed like there was a lack of coordination. However, after placing our order it did take awhile to flag a waiter's attention to get water refills and later one to go box for leftovers. In general the pastas were good in size but a bit lacking in flavors and seasoning. The bolognese and arrabiatta tasted about the same. The chicken risotto was watery instead of creamy. The romana pizza turned out to be the best of all the dishes we tried that night. At the end of the meal, we paid at the counter in front.

This cute and cosy place has the best pizza and pasta I've ever had. We will be back againread more

We had takeaway pizza from Ciao Bella and it was a-ok. They have apparently won numerous awards for…read morebest pizza in Victoria, but I have certainly eaten better in my time. I suspect they pizzas are better when eaten in house, as they lose some heat by the time you get home. The bases are thin and crispy (in some cases TOO crispy - the crusts of our Margherita were inedible) and the toppings minimal meaning you will need one pizza per person. On busy nights you might wait 45 minutes for your pizzas to be ready and with most of them hitting around the $23 mark this doesn't put Ciao Bella in the "quick, easy and cheap" category. Nonetheless, it's a good option when staying in the area. We had five pizzas between four adults and a child and the crowd favourites were the White Anchovy (white anchovies, mozzarella, spring onion, parmesan, chilli and strangely honey ) and the Diavola (salami, mozzarella, tomato, roast peppers, black anchovies and black olives). The Margherita was the most disappointing, and even Miss 4 gave the hard crunchy base a thumbs down.

The best spot for amazing Italian food! Such a cool spot , very cute and cozy! And most of all so…read moreclean with great atmosphere also very trendy. You have to come here!

Went in for coffee and cannoli and ended up staying for lunch.You want the real Italian deal this…read moreis the place to go for authentic pasta and seafood cooked from scratch to order.Don't eat a meal beforehand as you'll need to make room for the extremely generous serves and beautiful tasting food.If you see Nonnas coming here to eat you know it's good.The staff on the floor are excellent and knowledgeable at what they do and Michelle and Antonio are the perfect hosts.

This is easily some of the best gelato I've ever eaten. To cherries in the amaretto cherry flavor…read moreare so nice and it is so creamy. The place is clean and the staff were friendly. Totally blown away.

Authentic homemade pasta. Pizza is much better here surprisingly though. The pastella was a bit…read morethick like udon which is how it's done. The seafood pasta looks good. Garlic focaccia was a great type of pizza.

Starting off with the good things: lovely location, huge and open space. We sat near a fire place…read moreand it was really nice. Now onto the bad: We arrived right as the restaurant was opening and immediately got out appetizer, the focaccia bread with dips and olives. This was ok but it's also pretty hard to ruin bread and dip. The waiter stood around for nearly an hour and a half waiting for us to finish it before he even thought to bring our mains. Our main dishes were the wagyu gnocchi and the shrimp pizza (Gamberretto) as suggested by our waiter. The gnocchi came out and looked like a really simple dish. The gnocchi was mushy and the sauce was nothing special. Honestly it could've been regular ground beef and I wouldn't know the difference. I feel like if you're going to use wagyu you should make it more prominent in the dish. The Gamberretto pizza was uninspired. It just tasted like plain pizza with shrimp on it. There was no real flavor to it and was really disappointing. To add to all that the pizza was so oily or so wet that it just drooped when you picked it up :/ We debated whether or not to get the apple pie dessert. We thought it'd be just as tragic as the rest of the meal had been but ordered it anyways. It was as expected, not very good. TLDR; Great location, meh food, get drinks here instead!

If your heading out to Red Hill way the Epicurean is a must visit. Although it is always packed and…read moreyou generally need to wait about 20 to 30 minutes it is definitely worth the wait. Staff are quite pleasant and work very quickly and efficiently. We decided to stop by for lunch for a group of 4 and decided to order several dishes to share. We had the antipasto platter, polenta chips, waygu beef pasta and the napul'e pizza (buffalo mozzarella and anchovies) and were not disappointed. Would have to say my favourite was the polenta chips!

A very nice, small Italian Restaurant along the Main Street of Rye, in the Mornington Peninsula…read more Very popular on the weekends, booking is essential. The service and food are both very good. We had the octopus & clam salad. Both the Sardine and Scallop dishes were excellent. Another favourite was the zucchini flower with ricotta,

I highly recommend this place. From entry to end, service straight away was amazing along with the…read morefood. My wife had agnolotti which was beautiful and I had the pan seared spatchcock and all I can say is wow that was truly amazing. We will definitely come back here.

This is an amazing find, a place that only just opened a few weeks ago. Terre is situated right…read moreamidst the Dromana winery and there is even a wine tasting room just across the hall where you can try a few free samples and buy a bottle to have with your meal at Terre. Every single plate is carefully crafted and most importantly tastes stunning. The duck, lamb, beef and even mac and cheese look like works of art and taste and are cooked exquisite. Meals are a reasonable price considering the quality of the ingredients and preparation. You absolutely have to try the deserts which come with a cucumber yoghurt pallets cleanser. Was really impressed with this place and cannot recommend it enough.