Review Stefano's - Mildura

We have dined at Stefano's a number of times over the past decade or so. Stefano has done an enormous amount for Mildura and we enjoy coming here. In terms of atmosphere and ambiance, this place is about as good as it gets. The intimate narrow cellar is a wonderful place to dine. The service is generally good and sometimes great. The food here can be incredible but has unfortunately been a little underwhelming the last few times. Too much pasta, potatoes or cheese dishes and less of the refined or even exquisite dining you might expect for the price. There was a time when around eight very small courses were served here. That's the sort of degustation experience with significant attention to detail that I've come to expect from a place with a generally very good reputation. I'm also puzzled as to why they insist on serving sparkling wine in a wine glass rather than a flute. I don't need to be that 'too cool for school'. Knowing they do this, I asked for a flute ;-) It's always a pleasure to meet up with Stefano at the end of the evening. He's a generous man and a very hard worker. He doesn't stop :-) We will keep coming back but I know this wonderful restaurant that helped put Mildura on the map is capable of being much better than it has been of late. I'm sure Stefano's restaurant can reclaim an exalted position amongst Victoria's fine culinary experiences.

Dined for dinner for my birthday & we enjoyed a delicious 5 course meal. First course was thinly sliced veal with tuna mayonnaise, capers and onion. Second course was sformato which is like a very light souffle made from gorgonzola cheese and spinach. Third course was orecchiette pasta with broccoli and pan fried breadcrumbs. Fourth course was grass fed scotch fillet with ratatouille & beef reduction. Fifth course was basque cheesecake with spiced poached pear. All the food was well presented & delicious flavours. Our waitress Tanya was friendly & provided great service. Recommend for a special occasion & fine dining celebration night out.

One of, if not, the best meals we've ever eaten. The food was great and left us feeling very satisfied without being too much in quantity. The flavours were prefect and wonderfully varied. The wine pairing was also really good and appropriate for the dishes. Some of the best wines we've had in years, all the better for being locally sourced and hand crafted for Stefano. The service was exceptional all around. We would particularly like to commend the young man with the pony tail, who had fantastic table manner and was very amicable the entire night. He was the pinnacle of customer service and we were really impressed.  Please pass on our heartfelt thanks to him for his vivid and professional descriptions of the flavours we could expect in the food and wine. While this place is not cheap by any means, we would recommend it as a place to take an intimate partner for a special occasion, you won't find better food anywhere in Mildura.

A bit disappointed. We had the $110pp plus $40pp wine pairing, fixed menu. We were in a small side room that lacked atmosphere and had drab decor. Antipasto was very underwhelming, slow cooked lamb while tender was very salty and fatty. Wine pairing was good but overall we didn't think it represented value for money. The service was good but we have had equally good food in a nicer environment for half the price. Wouldn't go again.

Looking forward to this visit for a long time and not disappointed. Food wonderful and wines matched by Stefano himself who was very attentive to all his guests. Tables well spaced to cope with covid. Expensive but worth a one off visit like ours.

Stefano’s restaurant was simply superb! We had the 4 course degustation , with a fantastic bottle of wine from Sardinia, This place truly transported us to a cellar in Italy. Stefano himself was doing the floor service and a wonderful job . Atmosphere was fantastic Highly recommend the experience in Mildura Thank you Stefano you definitely made our trip to Mildura something special…..Bravo!!!

I ordered some preserves as a gift for my mother in law in Sydney and they were sent with a broken jar. I emailed and they replied advising replacement. I missed the email unfortunately - they chased me up again. Amazing customer service. I will definitely be ordering again. Thanks for chasing me up Tara! Cheers, Ann

Had been recommended by other and was looking forward to the experience. The restaurant had a rustic charm about it and the bon homme provided by Stefano himself was wonderful...it was just a pity the food was so average!! 3 small pieces of cured Kingfish, followed by 4 small chicken livers on a supposed Gnocchi (just a cheesy mashed potato), a very small watery pasta with a few floating mussels, fatty lamb with a few pieces of capsicum and eggplant, finished with a very standard panacotta/chocolate fondant. Nothing special about the flavours, the presentation....very underwhelming for the price $110.00 per person. We spoke to a few locals about our experience and interestingly, many had similar thoughts based on their experience. Sorry Stefano....Emperor's New Clothes...