Small and welcoming Italian cafe. Great pastries, coffees and if you’re a sweet tooth, this is your place.
This is a small, artisan patisserie creating a tantalising range of both sweet and savoury delights with a Sicilian twist in North Melbourne.
To call their offerings “manufactured” or “mass produced” as some reviewers have done is gobsmacking and laughable. I think Dolcetti’s back room kitchen is smaller than my tiny inner city living room, Coffee is decent but the star attraction here are the sweets and the limited savoury treats. The panna cotta vanilla tart is heavenly.
Dolcetti is like experiencing a local village pasticceria in Sicily or Nonna’s kitchen on Sunday. Hands down the best Italian custard in Melbourne (ok Australia) and the most authentic family recipes. Traditional Biscuits, tortas, bombolone, pizze, ricotta sweets and nougat complimented with a damn good coffee. You’ll be addicted before you can say Ciao!
Simply the best!!!!
Marianna is the ultimate 'queen' of delicious pastries!! Recently tried a fruit pastry with figs...picked from her father's tree! Dolcetti is authentic...not your mass-produced 'industrial' cakes/pastries. On a hot Melbourne day her almond granita is bliss.
It's my fave place for coffee/something sweet and delicious. I am a happy 'addict' !!
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Dolcetti cannot be faulted for its sweets or coffee. It is perfection in every way. It is 100% authentic Sicilian which uses the best ingredients seasonally.
My all time favourite is the Budino that usually pops up during winter, it’s so light, yet creamy & moorish.
I also love the Mimosa tart that shows up in the summer. The fresh pineapple along with the custard & cream offers the most amazing texture. The Ricotta Canoli is to die for, though I think they would be better in the larger original size rather than the smaller type. You always want more!
The cafe itself is cute, quaint, humble but small. It has an old Italian vibe that offers nostalgia in a city that moves forward for modern.
Dolcetti can get quite busy on weekends & when the weather is nice. There is usually people waiting for a table, but some regulars tend to think they own VIP status & believe they can sit there as long as they like, even when they can see people are waiting. Dolcetti only has about 4 tables inside that seat 2 patrons & the VIP crew love to join the tables & hog up the space & act like they own the place.
Customer service is quite polite & very accommodating from the Baristas. They usually have a beautiful nature & beautiful personalities. I do believe that the owner can pick & choose who she is friendly with & if you are not in ‘the know’ she won’t make effort to say hi or greet you. Sadly, getting her attention depends on who you are, which is a shame. It can make you feel unappreciated as a customer when she greets & makes conversation with others & doesn’t even give
you eye contact.
Overall perfect sweets, gorgeous whole cakes but it could be friendlier.
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+5
Amazing and friendly staff
The pear pastry, burt lemon curt tart, pannacotta tart were our favorite.
The hot chocolate tastes amazing too
Would go again ! Soon
A true Italian gem!! So close to Vic Market. OMG best pillowy donut I've ever had in Melbourne without a greasy mouthfeel.... Love the bombolone with chocolate custard and the casateddi filled with ricotta! It stays permanently on my REGULARs list! :)
Located in North Melbourne this is one of those places that I desperately wish was closer to home. I try and call in whenever I can and am never disappointed. Visited at 9.30 am this morning and tried one of their amazing fig brioche. Still warm from the oven it is quite simply one of the loveliest pastries I have ever eaten. All savoury and sweet items I have tried have been delicious. The nougat is always wonderful as are the soups in Winter and a special tip - close to Easter they make amazing hot cross buns. A Melbourne treasure.
Dolcetti is one of our favourite pastry shops in Melbourne. In the tradition of a Sicilian pasticceria, its cakes, pastries and biscuits are truly wonderful. Try the Sicilian specialities, such as the savoury impanate and the sweet cassateddi, and make sure you leave enough room for one or two amaretti.
My mum and I literally just walked into this little jewel of a cafe / bakery after visiting the lovely 'Star of the Sea' Catholic Church just nearby.
Small, basic but also welcoming at the same time. You get a sense that it has been here a long time. No pretensions, just a place that has obviously built a well deserved reputation.
The food here is beautifully made, and they make a great coffee too. The take away selection of small pastries and little cakes, just amazing. And the nougat blocks ... 😀
All baked / made on premises.
Will be going back, if you are in the area... pop in 👍👍
5/5 from me and mum.
The shop front looks only small and unassuming, but it’s like a hidden find inside. The cakes are homemade, delicious and traditional, and not even the slightest bit tacky. The coffee beans they use here is Dukes - roasted locally in Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
It is a lovely place to have coffee and homemade cake / biscuit, hot chocolate etc - I especially recommend the mini homemade chocolate donuts - or anything really. Even the milk they use is of the best quality and care - everything is good about this place.
I've been reluctant to write this place up, because it is so great and I would hate to see it become overrun with customers! ...This part of Melbourne is blessed with two extraordinary cake shops, and they represent vastly different approaches to the art of cake-making. A little over a kilometre away from Dolcetti is Beatrix, where cakes are at the cutting edge of contemporary innovation - unusual ingredients and combinations with some brilliant results. Dolcetti is at the other extreme - light traditional Sicilian cakes and pastries delivered with flare and imagination. Many cakes delight - my current favourite is the pear and pistachio pastry. And the cakes are complemented by excellent coffee and a setting that is homely and endearing.
The best Sicilian cakes, pastries and savouries outside of Sicily and inside of Australia. Marianna along with the Dolcetti staff are meticulous and proud of their artisan ship. Through her Sicilian cuisine, Marianna tells the story of her cultural heritage and keeps alive the traditions passed on by her grandmother and mother. In my opinion, anyone who rates Dolcetti below 5 stars, lacks appreciation of fine ingredients, talent and handmade products.
We totally fell in love with this little pastry shop. Authentic decor, special atmosphere and all the pastries we had were OMG!!!
Thank you Maria for such a great experience, we wish we were living in Melbourne to come more often!
I wanted to bring morning tea to my Melbourne coworkers when I visited. I had been tempted by one of the larger chains of pastry shops, but found the website for Dolcetti and I'm glad I did.
It's a family run place that looks impressive - more importantly the pastries and cakes look and smell delicious and proved to be even better.
I think I even got some more customers lined up to help support this great little cafe.
Wow....just wow....
What can we I say? Marianna, you have taken me back to my childhood, when a millefiore cake was a tradition in our family.
On the basis of your reputation I took the risk of ordering a millefiore cake from you for my wife's 50th birthday celebration. Needless to say, as a dumb male trying to make sure he did right, the pressure was on me to impress. And your cake did just that. Not one person left our event without being super impressed and overawed at the experience of being able to sample your cake.
For me personally you took me back more years than I care to think about. Beautiful.
Thank you. Thank Melbourne for letting passionate people like you flourish.
Amazing desserts especially the cannolis and the doughnuts. They also have and the best pizza in town with the freshest ingredients (be quick as the pizzas are usually gone in less than an hour). Everything is handmade!
This place is the place when it comes to Italian pastries.
The Pana Cotta tart and amaretti, i just can't get enough.
The staff are really friendly and the owner is super knowledgeable.
If you don't already know this institution, do yourselves a favour and fall in love with it like we all did.
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