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Updated: August 3rd, 2018

There are few things more comforting and delicious than a good serving of pasta. With its longstanding Italian community and dedication to authentic cuisine, Melbourne serves up some of the best fettuccine, pappardelle, orecchiette and ravioli in the world – if you know where to look.

It's telling that many of the places on this list have been operating since the '80s, with few changes to what they do. Good pasta is timeless and resistant to trends.

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Florentino

Pasta backed by exceptional service.

80 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
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Cafe Di Stasio

No list would be complete without this St Kilda institution.

31 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda VIC 3182
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Tipo 00

A fine dining chef's handmade-pasta passion project.

361 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Park Street Pasta & Wine

A modern osteria on a pretty corner.

268 Park Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
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Cecconi's

The seafood linguine has been a classic for years.

Cellar Bar 61 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
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Becco

Nods to a number of different areas of Italy.

11-25 Crossley Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
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Trattoria Emilia

An easy CBD haunt based on a Northern Italian trattoria.

360 Little Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
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Rosetta Ristorante

Neil Perry is just as competent at Italian as he is at other cuisines.

8 Whiteman Street
Southbank VIC 3006
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Thirty Eight Chairs South Yarra

Where papperdelle, tagliatelle and risotto are second-nature.

4a Bond Street
South Yarra VIC 3141
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Sarti

A modern take on Italian classics in a more casually-run approach.

6 Russell Place
Melbourne VIC
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Bar Idda

A cosy room serving home-style Sicilian food with generosity and heart.

132 Lygon Street
Brunswick East VIC 3057
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Scopri

Dine on elegant dishes below a giant vista of the Italian countryside.

191 Nicholson Street
Carlton VIC 3053
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Pinotta

Peruse the blackboard for always-changing specials with a focus on slow braises and seafood.

32 Best Street
Fitzroy North VIC 3068
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Il Bacaro

All about that Moreton Bay bug spaghettini.

168-170 Little Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Etto

Pasta made fresh, twice a day.

261 Clarendon Street
South Melbourne VIC
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Caffe e Cucina

An old-style Italian local.

581 Chapel Street
South Yarra VIC 3141
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Cucinetta

Intimate and communal, like a real Italian restaurant should be.

4 3 Murphy Street
South Yarra VIC 3141
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Umberto Espresso Bar

A cosy space, a compact menu, and a whole lot of heart.

822 High Street
Thornbury VIC 3071

The Waiters Restaurant

A tiny, no-fuss space where the interior is older than you.

20 Meyers Place
Melbourne VIC 3000

Fox in The Corn

First, they started a wholesale pasta business. Then this restaurant.

4 Droop Street
Footscray VIC 3011

Cafe Latte

A slick, contemporary interior meets Southern Italian diner.

521 Malvern Road
Toorak VIC

D.O.C. Espresso

After your meal, pop next door to the deli to try and reproduce the same quality at home.

326 Lygon Street
Carlton VIC 3053

Il Solito Posto

A cosy basement split between casual and fine dining.

Basement 113 Collins Street (enter George Pde)
Melbourne VIC

Supermaxi

What it lacks in too much decor, it makes up for in rich sauces and ingredients.

305 St Georges Road
Fitzroy North VIC

Rita's Cafeteria

Look past the lengthy pizza list and choose a bowl of flavour.

239 Johnston Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
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Lupino Bistro

A retro-style eatery based around pasta.

41 Little Collins Street
Melbourne VIC

Marios

Comfort food that's stood the test of time.

303 Brunswick Street,
Fitzroy VIC

Pellegrini's

It hasn't changed in years, because it's never needed to.

66 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC

Tiamo Coffee

A remnant of old Carlton that's thankfully never changed.

303 Lygon Street
Carlton VIC

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