Definitely 5 stars! I ordered the Chicken & Mushroom pasta and it was absolutely delicious. My…read morefiancé ordered the Hellboy pizza and it was also delicious. The crust on any pizza can make it or break it - the owner certainly knows what he's doing with the wood fired grill. Highly recommend!

From the owner: Italian Woodfire Pizza Restaurant, serving authentic woodfire pizza, woodfire lasagne and…read moremeatballs, pasta, risotto, modern breakfast and using Niccolo coffee beans on a La Marzocco espresso machine. Open 7am-Late, 7days.

Fantastic food, friendly staff and great atmosphere. Will…read moredefinitely be back next time visiting this way

I'm eating here and thought that I would write a review because I am so impressed with the service…read moreand the quality of the food... I can highly recommend this restaurant

We had a Birthday lunch here a few weeks ago and the atmosphere, service and extensive menu and…read moregenerous servings were OUTSTANDING. Thanks Monzarella - we'll be back !!

I'm only dropping one star because the couple of times I had ordered a pizza from here, it was hit…read moreand miss, it seemed that pizza on a Saturday night was always safe, like the food pizza chef was in, but any other night it could be great , but it might not be. BUT it's about the pasta at Monzarella. Specifically the ragu, which is so good. Everything else I've ordered has been great but I usually order that so that's really the thing I can speak to the most.

A family favorite, the big breakfast is a must, although I also have to say that I've never tasted…read morescrambled eggs as good any where else, despite the fact that they won't tell me how they make them taste so good I'd still recommend them. Their pizza are also very good, according to my 9 year old son, the best in Australia.

Friendly service with authentic Italian staff! Great Food…read moreand Good Coffee! The owners of Sapori d'Abruzzo 861 have taken over the old Il Portobello restaurant site in Essendon. They have fully renovated the restaurant to make it more open & spacious. This does cause a bit of noise when there are a lot of patrons, but the friendly service & great food definitely make up for it! The menu has traditional Abruzzo meals to enjoy and a good wine selection for accompaniment. All in all it is definitely worth a try with a friend, partner or large group of friends. There is also a large function space upstairs to enjoy!

Very bad food overpriced very overpriced I meant barely even cook pizzas very very very hard crust…read moretasted like cardboard I also found a cockroach.overall it was shit 1 star.

One of my favourite pizza places in all of Melbourne. And the service is also great. Great pizza…read moreand nice service. Love Cagneys!

RATED "...FAMILY RESTAURANT WITH DELICIOUS AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE..."…read more We don't usually go out for Italian food - having an Italian heritage means you never quite enjoy the experience - you've always got the almost genuine article to compare it to - Mum's lasagna al forno, Aunty T's home-made pane di casa, Cousin J's torta alla ricotta and it goes on...... So... it is with real pleasure... that I announce - a NEW FIND - CHIARA CUCINA ITALIANA in Kealba [St Albans]. We booked a table for six, for last night, and just hoped for the best... We knew, almost immediately, we were onto something pretty damn good, as we watched the BIG dishes of STEAMING BEAUTIFULLY COOKED, and SMOTHERED WITH HOME-STYLE SMELLING and LOOKING SAUCE, EXTRA WIDE PAPPARDELLE being carried to other tables... The PIZZAS also... LOOKED and SMELLED DIVINE... Hey...!!! We all thought... We're in for a good feed tonight...!!! WE WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED... Between us we had the folowing dishes... Entrees: SOUP OF THE DAY - CAULIFLOWER - Huge serving.. Huge flavour.. Creamy.. Smooth.. GARLIC & OREGANO PIZZETTA - Crisp thin dough.. Fresh garlic.. Lots of oregano.. Good olive oil.. ITALIAN SAUSAGE - Spicy pork salsicce, sliced.. Good tomato salsa.. Fresh white cheese, crumbled.. Scooped up and eaten with pane di casa bread.. Mains: CHICKEN PARMIGIANA - Thick chicken breast.. Napoli sauce.. Fior di latte mozzarella.. Fat rosemary chips.. Well-dressed very fresh rocket salad.. CRUMBED VEAL - Thin slices tender vitello.. Sweet and sour peperonata.. Fresh crisp cabbage and caper salad.. SAUTEED CHICKEN - Thick tender chicken breast.. Tomato and pancetta sauce.. Sweet potato mash.. Olive oil and lemon dressed greens.. Desserts: PANNACOTTA - Beautiful.. TIRAMISU - .. Water to table: Not chilled.. but it was filtered.. AND was poured.. We wanted to end with coffee - Smelled wonderful.. tried hard, couldn't fit it in...... next time.. Re Service: Friendly.. Efficient.. Energetic.. Loved that after each course, they would ask if everything had been okay... Yes... everything was much more than okay... except for two things - and I must be honest - not quite enough desserts on the menu.. and the Tiramisu was a little disappointing... Honestly... this didn't really matter on the night - we'd been overwhelmed by the flavours of the savoury food... Re Ambience.. Look it's not stunning visually - It's a very good.. very clean.. traditional type.. family friendly eatery.. BUT they do have thick white cotton cloths, contemporary table-ware.. and last night.. fresh white lilacs on table.. Thoroughly enjoyed this meal... Will definitely visit again... BEST BIT - We had Groupon Vouchers x 2 - The meal was an absolute steal... and included a complimentary glass of very drinkable pink moscato or a house dry red...!!! [Our gratitude and thanks..] REGULAR PRICES - Fair considering both QUALITY OF INGREDIENTS and PORTION SIZES.. Visited on Friday 23 October for Dinner with family and friends.

Best pizza I've ever had. Absolutely loved the friendly…read moreservice and relaxed atmosphere.

When writing a review what do you chose to write about? well…read morein this one I guess I will just jump around. There are some really well put together dishes, rather tasty dishes and some that need to be left off the menu. Tasty? the Spaghetti Bolognese!!!! and the Stuffed calamari! (when they have it on special) and MOST of their pizzas! I am NOT a fan of their calamari, but I am a Calamari snob. The staff for the most part are attentive and very good at their job. There are some who do need some fine tuning on their customer service. But over all, this place is worth a visit.

I recently moved to kalkallo and I've been exploring all of our pizza options. In the past few…read moremonths we've tried 11 different pizza places and only gone back to one; and we've gone back many times. A solid collection of staple classics done well with a beautiful rich sauce. Their gourmet toppings and pastas are also excellent. My recommendation: Margherita +prosciutto and mushrooms Only down side Is that they venue is a little small and they don't do delivery. Definitely worth the drive though!

Had lunch here with a few friends place is amazing and food is top quality i was actually impressed…read morefor once would deffinitely recommond lago fino !

Overpriced Food so so nothing special…read more And the surcharge on weekends and public holidays is a joke And for a bit of extra hollandaise sauce Extra $2 as they don't put enough in the first place And Extra for oat milk It OK but just And the 100 sheets of pasta in the lasagne Real and was the worst i have ever had The staff is so so and the owner needs to have a good look and fix Cheers

We ate at Slices today it was delicious and nice view will definitely come back. Service was good…read moretoo.