Cafe Paradiso

Delicious Italian dinner on a cold Melbourne evening at Paradiso, opposite the famous Rivoli Cinemas complex in Camberwell / Hawthorn East. Fettuccine Spezzatino (slow-braised lamb shank ragù fettuccine), white-based prawn pancetta pizza, and rocket parmesan salad. 😋👍 Crème Brûlée and tiramisu for desserts. 😋👍 Fast service. Friendly and helpful staff 🙂👍

The food was really delicious, but what was so outstanding was the service. I came in with my Dad who is diabetic and unfortunately needed to eat something quite quickly on arrival. The waitress was lovely and brought out dips and bread not even 3 minutes later, without making it feel like a nuisance. Steak was cooked to perfection. Thanks to the team for taking care of us!

We had an amazing experience at Cafe Paradiso. Due to health complications in our family, we were feeling anxious about eating in a public space for the first time in a while, and the staff went above and beyond to make us feel understood and safe, seating us in their lovely courtyard with lots of social distance from other patrons. The food was delicious and the staff were friendly and attentive. Thank you for a lovely evening, it meant a lot to us ❤

I wasn’t a fan of this place. I ordered a Chicken Parma without ham, it came out with ham so I sent it back and all they did was scrape off the toppings and put new sauce/cheese on it and put it back under the grill to melt it, which meant it came out overcooked. I would’ve been better off just keeping the original one and scraping off the toppings myself as at least then I’d have a chicken schnitzel that wasn’t burnt. However, it did look like it was cooked well when it came out the first time, so I’m sure I would’ve enjoyed my meal if it was cooked right the first time. I’m just disappointed in how they handled the situation after they made the mistake.

Great Neapolitan pizza dough, fluffy and chewy, but spoilt by below average toppings. The tomato base was very acidic and the Italian sausage felt like ordinary supermarket cold cuts. You can’t substitute quality ingredients and charge a premium price ($25-$30). There are much better Neapolitan pizzerias around.