Scopri Italian Food and Wine

Carlton pasta devotees treat this Nicholson Street dining room like an extension of home—refined, unhurried, and completely devoid of stuffiness. Much of the produce comes straight from their own Macedon Ranges farm, paired with bread baked in-house. Diners in the know point to the agnolotti del plin, packed with rabbit, pork, and veal in sage butter, or the spanner crab and zucchini risotto topped with garlic chips. If you are splitting plates across the table, the kitchen proactively divides dishes into separate portions before they reach your seat. The cellar list runs deep, though regulars often carry in special vintage bottles under the BYO corkage policy. Service from long-standing floor staff keeps the pace relaxed right through to the house tiramisu.