Umberto Espresso Bar - Melbourne

Felt like I was in Italy, lovely friendly service. Amazing pasta just perfect, We enjoyed the atmosphere as much as the beautiful authentic food. Only a tiny thing but my partner felt his serve was a little to small. Need to make a booking as it does get busy. Umberto Espresso, truly Italian & authentic fresh ingredients.

Lovely little place. Need to make a booking as it does get busy. Let me begin by saying the service at Umberto is wonderful. The staff are attentive, friendly and informative. My wife and I visited this wonderful little restaurant recently. I had the ragu and my wife had the marinara. Both dishes were wonderful. The marinara was perfectly cooked with plump scallops, prawns and mussels and the ragu sauce should be bottled - rich and flavorsome. The down side; portion sizes are rather small, $10 corkage fee (I understand the reasoning behind charging a corkage fee but $10 is a little steep) & finally the bread or lack of it. When really nice quality bread is served, you just can’t help but feel good about the restaurant. I understand that quality artisan bread isn’t cheap, but as far as I’m concerned, the restaurants who offer it have a leg up on those who don’t.

Umberto Espresso was on out menu today as we felt like eating Italian food ☺.The venue is really rustic, simple and very 'Northern' suburbs , but don't judge it by the look. Service was top notch, friendly and caring .We sat down and ordered an Antipasto Platter for 2, their Carbonara and Ragu Pasta . The entrée made its way quickly, and we smashed it even quicker . Delicious and simple, but not that simple considering that most of the elements on the plate were very likely made in house and not just from a jar.The pasta bowls came next and Mamma Mia! we knew we were in for an authentic treat. Great flavours and original ingredients made both meals exquisite and really Italiano . The only small flaw was the ragu, some of the chunks were a bit chewy and could have been softer, but only a few, so that is such a minor detail.There you have it, Umberto Espresso, a very small place packed with big flavours, truly Italian meals and authentic ingredients that will give you a fantastic dining experience Grazie for having us

Lovely family atmosphere. A bit noisy but staff so friendly I felt like a regular. My pasta and rocket salad were great choices, will be back

Great home cooked Italian fare. Very friendly staff and great coffee. It never lets you down. The breakfasts are generous and the I love the little sausages.