Last week while visiting some friends in Melbourne we dined at newly opened "Al Metro" in Fitzroy.
As a group of 10 people, we ordered two 1 metre antipasto share plates and two 1 metre club sandwich share plates. Drinks: two bottles of a beautiful Prosecco to go with the antipasto platters, some gl
Being of Italian heritage I generally choose to enjoy my Italian food at home (nonna's meals are very hard to beat), but at Al Metro I must admit I found a place that really does make me feel home.
The hand-picked Italian wines from the Veneto region are a perfect match to the wonderful Venetian foo
Popped into Al Metro last night with the family. I was keen to see what this new Italian restaurant had to offer and I was very impressed.
The four of us shared 2 entrees: the Parma - Prosciutto Crudo, Mozzarella di Bufala, Pizza Fritta, rocket, and the very flavorsome Calamari Fritti with choritzo
Great authentic Italian food. Seafood was perfectly cooked, pasta on point. One of the best papardelle al Funghi I have had. The bruschetta is a lovely balance of meatiness and freshness on a bed of crunch, will be back
Lovely authentic food, service was great in a casual relaxed atmosphere. Every dish we had had so much flavour and was presented beautifully. Would recommend Al Metro for tradition well cooked Venetian food!
We ordered the 4 different pastas to share between 4 people: Carbonara, La Matriciana, i Tagliolini and Papardelle. Before the pasta even came out we were given massive chunks of freshly heated bread with a dipping bowl of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Then the pasta. The Carbonara is authentic a
The food here is excellent and the staff were lovely, however the atmosphere is a bit odd. We went on a weekday evening and they were blasting 'club' tunes ranging from Aqua's Barbie Girl to early 2010's hip hop while people were trying to have conversations over the amazing food and wine they offer
Overall bad experience! Cold meatballs & dry lasagna which tasted like it had been kept in the fridge for days.really disappointing!
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