My family and I just had pizza takeaway from Mother Dough and they were FANTASTIC! The dough was a flavoursome light wholemeal style that was crisp at the edges and soft centred - the website indicates its actually a mix of three imported Italian flours with the dough taking 48 hours to prepare. We ordered three pizzas: Quattro formaggi, Margherita and Capricciosa. This was probably the best Capriccioa Ive had and sadly Ive had a few!
Definitely recommend and will bring my mates on our continuous quest to sample Melbourne's best pizzas. Mother Dough is right up there.
Christopher Alex Pavlidis Garkinis
+5
Excellent quality food! From the exquisite wild boar pasta, to the fish, to the meatballs and to the Lasagna, we were all very impressed with what we ordered (My parents, partner, sister), and all of us have different likes and dislikes and are fussy. Everything was well made and also care was put into everything: From the owner.manager who greeted and chatted to us, to the quality of food. I will go here again soon! BRAVO!!! 9.5/10!!
Cute little Italian place delivering some of the tastiest wood fire pizza! I couldn’t go past the calzone though which was absolutely amazing! Unfortunately we weren’t offered the dessert menu so not sure what it was like, but otherwise really enjoyed our dinner here catching up with friends!
I understand why it's called mother dough. Indeed their dough is well made and really scrumptious. I ordered their garlic and herb focaccia which was so wholesome and amazing. I could just eat that for my main. The breads at this place is really something else. Only thing I could criticise was how loud the place (upstairs) can get especially if you've got other patrons that are basically screaming their lungs out near the windows (where the voice bounces off). Also the amount of Chardonnay given for what I paid ($10 or $25) is not sufficient in my opinion.
But otherwise, Mother Dough is a superbly good pasta and pizza restaurant and I will definitely come back.
A cosy restaurant with its brick & wood interior and has a fair bit of seating as it is 2 stories.
We ordered 2 pizzas; the La Rude and San Danielle, and a pasta; gnocchi al fomo. We shared these dishes between between 3 of us. Luckily we did because the pasta dish is quite small and I don’t think it will fill someone up. The pizzas were light but very filling and had a lot of taste. My favourite one was probably the San Danielle. The gnocchi was delicious too. It was really fluffy just the sizing portion was quite small.
The service was awesome. Didn’t have to wait long for our food to be ordered and didn’t have to wait long for the food to come out either.
Cosy Italian restaurant. Love the ambience and friendly service (just a bit slow due to short of staff). Great pizza and pasta. I ordered the Funghi pizza 🍕 and Cortecce Pollo & Gorgonzola pasta 🍝. Delicious and flavours are beautiful! They also have Sangiovese on tap. 🍷
My friend and had a wonderful experience at Mother Dough on Friday night; we were seated in the upstairs dining area which was really cosy and pretty quiet given the wooden floors.
For main we shared a meatball pasta and Bufalina pizza. Both were absolutely delicious and reasonably priced for how flavoursome and high quality they were. My only suggestion is to put maybe one more meatball in the pasta.
For dessert we shared the pannacotta and the three (magnificent) chocolate & mascarpone cannoli. I would recommend definitely sharing the cannoli as it was extremely rich following a meal!
The wait staff were attentive and friendly; thankyou for a great evening 🙏
Delicious thin base pizza with a crispy chewy crust that is yummy enough to eat as a meal on its own. My favourites are the simple ones - buffalo mozzarella pizza and prosciutto, but their white base and pesto base pizzas are also delicious.
Delicious authentic pizza!! These guys make their own dough, and it was incredibly tasty; both chewy and had a wonderful taste. All the pizzas we had were full of flavour, special shout out to the buffalino pizza which was amazing. The only critique is that the l’arlecchino was a little too salty, but the prosciutto pizza was similar and a lot less salty! Will definitely be returning here.
Will come back for:
+ Potato Chips
+ Truffle Pizza
+ Tiramisu
The food here is rustic, homely and great flavor. The potato chips were cut super thin, fried crisp, salty and moorish. The truffle pizza is satisfyingly chewy, smokey, and has a generous lashing of truffle paste. The seafood hot pot was also great, with all the components cooked really well, but I thought a little over priced for the portion. The tiramisu was delicious, and a great one to share. I agree with some of the others in that, food took a little longer, but not too long. And the food was certainly worth the wait! Will definitely be back.
A rustic Italian place where you can enjoy good pizzas and drinks. Located close to Hawhtorn train station. Family friendly!
My partner & I went for dinner & were caught by the opportunity to attend one of their new pasta making classes held every 3 Sunday. Geoff & Ally we’re absolutely wonderful!
They accommodated our desire to learn gnocchi which wasn’t part of the class schedule, fun, engaging, insightful but overall a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Highly recommend the cooking class & dinner at any opportunity as this place is a gem! 😊
Ordered two pizzas to take away. Capricciosa and Margherita. Both impressive. Good flavours and made with quality produce. Bases were flavoursome - perhaps could have been crisper - which added to our enjoyment. Not cheap - but if the proof is in the eating, the absence of leftovers would tell the tale. Good stuff!
Mother Dough make a big deal about their dough, and are very proud of it. I can only agree 100% plus. Their pizzas have a great variety of well designed toppings (Rosso & Bianco), using fabulous produce. Their bases are absolutely outstanding!! Delicious, thin, crisp, and they don't go soggy. They speak truth about their bases, and it really makes a big difference. The base is joy, not just a blank pallette. You have to try this place! Just tried it recently, and I wish I knew earlier. Definitely in the top few % of Melbourne pizza, and I don't say that lightly. This is my new pizza home.
Amazing food, down to earth, rustic local and our new favorite!
We had a family dinner and decided to try this local for the first time - everyone raved about the food and the service was great!
Antipasto platter, pizza, pasta, ragu and the seafood clay pot - everything was amazing!
Given the high quality of the food and authentic recipes, the prices are reasonable.
Loved it and we plan to go back so we can eat our way through the menu!
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We came here for a birthday dinner and had their version of a Hawaiian pizza, the seafood linguine and the fettuccine gorgonzola. The wood fire pizza was good, soft dough with just the right amount of sauce and cheese and generous with the ingredients. The linguine was good with again a very generous amount of fish, pippies and prawns. The fettuccine was too salty but that’s to be expected as gorgonzola cheese is saltier. This was balanced well with the texture of perfectly al dente pasta. The linguine was very well cooked al dente as well.
They did lose 1 star because the service could have been improved. When I asked about the fish special, the lady who served me just responded with “snapper”. I waited a few seconds and eventually realised she was done so I pressed her a bit more on how it was cooked and she responded with “with oil” and added some comment on the side it came with but her “with oil” comment caught me off guard so I didn’t catch what she said next. I think they either need to train their staff better or just write it up on the blackboard or on paper.
Really fresh pasta. Authentic. Pizza was delicious as well. Definitely taking family and friends back there. Nice ambience.
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