Lupino

Tucked into Little Collins Street, Lupino delivers honest, flavor-packed Italian backed by a crackling open kitchen. Diners return for the soft-crust pizza and handmade pasta, but the insider move is the ricotta gnocchi—finished right in the oven and brought piping hot to the table in its own baking bowl. Balance it with polpette in sugo or a salami and black olive pie, paired with a pour from the South Australian wine list. Floor staff run a tight ship with sharp pairings and genuine warmth. Old-school rules still dictate the door: reservations happen strictly over the phone, complete with a same-day confirmation call. Dinner winds down over an egg-rich, nutty tiramisu.