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Acciughe e macadamia pizza.
Good Food hat15/20

Forget pineapple: a’Mare’s new pizzeria is pushing delicious into unorthodox territory

Renowned Italian chef-restaurateur Alessandro Pavoni’s new venture offers a few divisive manoeuvres for adventurous diners. 

  • Myffy Rigby
Fiorinis in Orange.

Fiorini’s

Pull up for handmade pasta between wine tastings.

  • Callan Boys
Barbecued Fremantle octopus with tomato pesto and rocket.

Lunetta Trattoria

Lunetta’s casual sibling, serving arancini and lumache alla vodka.

  • David Matthews
Veal cotoletta at Gran Torino.

12 of Sydney’s best hatted Italian restaurants from the Good Food Guide

The Emerald City’s top spots for pasta, pizza and all things pomodoro from the Good Food Guide 2026.

  • Good Food Guide reviewers
Seafood linguine at Cecconi's.

The Good Food guide to Melbourne’s top 10 hatted Italian restaurants

Whether it’s an inner-city power lunch powerhouse or a swish find on the city’s fringe, here are Melbourne’s molto buono Italian stallions.

  • Good Food Guide reviewers
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From left: Roma chef Matt Wilkinson, owner Con Christopoulos and manager Giovanni Patane inside the new trattoria.

Roma is Melbourne’s hot new Italian, with extra-large pastas and a shrine to antipasti

From the creator of The European and Kirk’s, it’s a love letter to the Italian capital. Here’s everything you need to know about this all-day restaurant.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Bar Bruno's interior features exposed brick.

Odd Culture joins the Italian party with warm new neighbourhood-style osteria, Bruno

From Peroni focaccia to radicchio spritzes, the hospitality group behind The Old Fitzroy and The Duke of Enmore is taking a fresh look at the familiar cuisine.

  • Bianca Hrovat

The incredible, gravity-defying pizza putting Sydney’s Little Italy back on the map

It’s so tricky to make this pizza that you’ll rarely find it in restaurants, but this Naples-born chef is nailing it.

  • Erina Starkey
14/20

The Charles’ new Italian subterranean supper club is the place to split a spaghetti

Yes, it’s another Italian restaurant, but this basement restaurant is drawing the Gen Z crowds with its Rat Pack “swagger” and ramped-up theatre.

  • David Matthews
Salmino piccante pizza with with tomato sugo, mozzarella, spicy salami and kalamata olives.
14.5/20

Brisbane’s best pizza? That’s not all at this brilliant Paddington restaurant

It’s adored by locals and has won awards in Italy (seriously). But how good is it, really?

  • Matt Shea