Managed to grab dinner for two here on a busy Saturday night. No booking, under 5 minutes and we were seated. Good wine selection, with a variety of Australian, Italian and French selections. Dinner itself, was, hands down, the best gnocchi I've had outside of Italy. My wife had the Potato, lemon and mint Culurgiones, aided a little by myself.....superb. Staff were top notch, couldn't fault a thing.
Will definitely be back next time we're in Melbourne
Fantastic food - the potato pizza is to die for!
Cocktails are amazing - you must try the espresso martini
Some of the best pasta I’ve had in a very long while, with delicious salads, sides and the desert was to die for.
I can’t recommend Lello, highly enough.
Service and atmosphere were fantastic, too !!
We will definitely be returning here again, in the future.
Great Italian, excellent knowledgeable service backed up by great food, wine selection and coffee. Highly recommended.
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Its been a while since I last visited Lello and I was pleasantly surprised by the improvements.
The staff were professional, knowledgeable on the ingredients of the dishes and lovely and helpful.
Our pastas were just simply divine, we ordered the Gnocchi Pomodoro (delicious and a generous portion) and I had the Culurgiones pasta. These potato and mint filled Sardinian ravioli reminded me of polish dumplings (only better), they were served with broccoli, almonds and a colatura di aici (some sort of umami buttery sauce) which was just a melt in your mouth flavour experience). My dish was just so exquisite in flavour and texture, I can only describe it as perfect.
KD
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Previous Review
Lello is a sleek Italian cafe/restaurant on the busy Flinders Lane / Russell street corner. Nice fitout makes this venue aesthetically pleasing and brings in plenty for the early morning take away coffee run. I ended up here due to recurring train redirection causing me to walk to work in a different direction. I chose to sit and take my time over breakfast today. I ordered my staple strong almond latte and a sizeable sourdough toast with butter and peanut butter (yum)z
Good order delivery speed and an enjoyable quick breakfast before going about my day. Would love to come back here some time and try the Italian food they produce here (the lunchtime set menu in particular looked tempting), so wouldn’t be so surprised if I update this review at a later date to reflect some more substantial food consumption here.
KD
Pretty busy place for weeknights. Good place to go after work. The service is pretty good. We've ordered few things but my favourite are the gnocchi, pizza and lasagna. Great value too. I would come back for another dinner for sure.
Been here a few times now! Consistent pasta, love the traditional flavours. Prices are reflected in the dishes and love the atmosphere. I have tried quite a few pasta now and have not been able to fault one. A small selection but each done well ;)
Cozy Italian restaurant on the corner of flinders lane and Russell street. Lovely atmosphere and wonderful staffs. And of course the food was delicious. Highly recommended!
Excellent service. The gnocchi with zucchini was phenomenal. Great texture and loved the sauce. Ricotta ravioli with eggplant also tasted great. Heaps of ricotta inside the ravioli. Also the cab sav from margaret river was smooth
A wonderful place with amazing Pasta dishes and mains. The gnocchi with pomodoro sugo and the special Fish of the day were super fresh and tasty- great portions too!!
The staff were the highlight. Very attentive, fast and friendly!
Walked in for a pre-show dinner on a blustery Friday night. We were eating early so did not bother making a booking. The after work bar queue left us waiting uselessly in the wrong spot for a good five minutes before we pushed our way through to the dining area. The venue’s manager was there to greet us and after this everything fell neatly into place. We were seated immediately and after explaining we were in a rush to get to a show, the service was to the point and prompt. Our meals, both pasta, were excellent, as was the wine that accompanied it. I can not fault our experience (once we located where we were supposed to go). Cannot wait to go back and enjoy Lello’s food and hospitality again.
From the food to the service everything we experienced was absolutely faultless. Little pumpkin arancini was to die for as was the caprese salad which was plentiful and so fresh. They are well known for their lasagne and it’s something you have to get... not the thick layers you’re used to be instead very flat but absolutely stuffed with the most beautiful flavour going around. All dishes on our table were amazing and our waiter we had was excellent. An absolute cracking place and one that absolutely deserves a visit... I’ll be back.
Thanks @Lello 😀 my partner and I really enjoyed your restaurant!
🍝 Food was really nice, our pizza was nice and thin with plenty of toppings.
The pasta was cooked perfectly and tasted great.
💰 Price is on the more expensive side, so stuck to the specials menu this time, but would definitely splurge to try some other meals.
🌃 Lovely romantic atmosphere, lots of seating and a good vibe.
🤵 Staff were lovely, a very warm greeting and table service was good too.
Pretty busy place for weekdays dinner. Better to books your table before. The place is pretty fun and service is pretty good. Good to go after work. Great value too. I highly recommended to try the gnocchi, pizza and lasagna. They were so tasty :)
The food is very tasty. The pasta was filled with potato and mint 😋 The zucchini flowers stuffed with cheese were delicious, but my favourite from the entree were the croquettes stuffed with pumpkin 🤤
I’ll definitely go back to try the other pastas 😄
We were very hungry and were quite pushed for time, but stumbled upon this restaurant and were served immediately, with complementary bread to keep us from going crazy! The food came very quickly and was extremely delicious, really well presented and high quality. The staff were very understanding and nice which really made the experience as positive as it was.
Service is friendly and the food gives Italy a run for their money. The pasta are all hand made including the gluten free ones, it was so good I thought they had given me normal pasta by mistake. The pizza was also flawless - thin but crispy and chewy base, toppings are well thought out. If you like reds, go for the Chianti Classico from Tuscany. I'm definitely coming back here
We were a group of 7 booked over the holidays. The restaurant was very accommodating of several number changes within hours of our booking. We had loads of room, and the venue is well laid out (you don't feel cramped at all). You can also hear one another as it isn't a loud venue.
We had their $60pp chefs menu and it was sooooo tasty and so much food. We started with their cheesy garlic pizza, stuffed zucchini flowers and charcuterie platter with terrific cured meats. That was a ton of food. Then we had a break before we got the rabbit and pasta...the most moist pleasant rabbit I've had! Following that was the duck with crispy skin on a delicious cabbage salad, plus a green salad and two bowls of chips (that was the only strange part of the meal that probably could've been skipped). The dessert was a lovely semifredo with cookie and caramel, and some pistachio cannnoli.
We were all well filled and loved the dishes. Highly recommend this place!!!
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GOOD QUALITY ITALIAN CUISINE
We dropped in without a booking before a show at the Regent Theatre one Saturday night at 6 pm. They were happy to seat us and have us finished by 7:15 for our show.
We got the table right next to the viewing window into the kitchen - was fun to watch the busy staff preparing the meals. reassuringly, the kitchen staff looked both happy and focussed on their creations :)
Our waitress did a great job of introducing us to the restaurant and the menu, even more impressive as it was her first night!
The restaurant is fairly large but it wasn't at all noisy and there is enough space between tables (for two) to allow you privacy for your conversation.
We were going to order two entrees but on the waiter's advice that entree serves are quite large we settled on sharing a calamari between us for entree. As you can see in the picture it was enough for two.
I had the gnocci with rabbit ragu. The gnocci was delicious in texture and flavour. the rabbit was tasty but slightly salty for my taste (my partner thought it was just right!). Partner had the delightful vegetarian culurgiones, a sicilian stuffed pocket pasta. It had an amazing texture and a delicate flavour. We shared a fennel and orange salad
I had a glass of Australian pinot grigio and we shared sparkling water.
The bill was just over $100 for the both of us.
Despite our limited time, the food came out with good timing and we were out the door in good time for our show.
Toilets are up some fairly steep stairs and quite a walk so may be difficult for people with mobility issues. Not especially wheelchair friendly as it has split level floors.
Overall a very good experience.. we'll be back again!
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