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Cafe Italia is a well established restaurant that has been serving diners for over 20 years. Specialising in Northern Italian flavour, Café Italia makes their pasta fresh onsite and prefers to modernise traditional recipes in order to separate them from the rest of the Italian strip that Carlton is well known for. Fully Licensed, their wine list draws extensively from local and New Zealand wineries and Café Italia does not offer BYO. They also provide a variety of set menus for functions and have a wedding planner on hand to assist with those interested in using the venue as wedding reception.

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  • Emma-Lou  Local Star   296 reviews
    Went here tonight with 4 other girlfriends for what we are now making a monthly catch up session. I chose this place for the good reveiw, moderate prices and what looked like a pretty generous menu.
    The atmosphere of cafe italia is instantly warming, like being under a wooden pagola with lots of lovely heaters and a roasting woodfire. You won't need a jacket to sit and dine here trust me!
    The service is quick and done with a smile however I was slightly disappointed with the menu selection once we had a good look. Nothing really jumped out at me that much and I ended up half heartedly going with a gnocchi dish that sounded ok. The dish was yummy, the gnocchi cooked to perfection but none of us could understand why there wasn't any garlic bread anywhere on the menu. How can you have pasta without garlic bread?
    A friend had the lasagne which she said was delicious. I did happen to note that for $19.00 the lasagne did not even accompany a salad and/ or chips like most pubs would do for nearly half the price.

    All in all a nice night out but nothing to rave home about and we will probably be somewhere else for next month's catch up.

    28/08/2011

  • marabundi   9 reviews
    Came here last night as a group of 4 with a voucher. Service with a smile and very efficient. They were very quick to seat us and take our drinks order. Returning shortly after to take our meal orders. Food came out quickly. 2 meals were average, 2 were very nice. My pasta was bland but I would give this place another go, because the service was so good and its really nice inside, warm and cosy, with a fireplace and gas heathers throughout. Very nice atmosphere.

    20/06/2011

  • Lucrece  Foodie   939 reviews
    Cafe Italia is a great place to dine, whether you are with family, friends or just out for dinner for two. The food here is fantastic and very affordable. They also have a children's menu and paper and crayons to keep the kids entertained.

    31/08/2008

  • Monday:
    5:00 PM-10:00 PM
  • Tuesday:
    5:00 PM-10:00 PM
  • Wednesday:
    5:00 PM-10:00 PM
  • Thursday:
    5:00 PM-10:00 PM
  • Friday:
    5:00 PM-11:00 PM
  • Saturday:
    5:00 PM-11:00 PM
  • Sunday:
    11:30 AM-10:00 PM

Restaurants

Dining Options

Indoor Dining Functions A-la-carte Coffee Bookings Private Room Outdoor Seating

Cuisine

Italian

Price Guide

Mains $20-$30

Licensing

Licensed

Menu

Breakfast Dinner Lunch

Disabled Facilities

Wheel Chair Access

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