Cafe Terroni

Delicious! Loved this place. Great service and beautiful entrees, wine and dessert. Mains were a tad salty but perhaps it was just what we ordered. Can’t wait to go back!

Really enjoyed this restaurant. Friendly service, excellent food and a great ambience. Only downside - had to rush off to catch a movie. Will be back.

If you are looking for a real italian restaurant with real italian food cooked by italian chefs, don't choose this place. Staff was very friendly though.

Fantastic food, wine, staff and atmosphere. What a little gem this is. Joe makes you feel right at home and part of the family.

Beautiful veal.great Sangiovese! Always busy but prompt service.you can sometimes get squeezed in without a booking if you go early

Cafe Terroni is one of my favourite places for Italian food in Yarraville if not in Melbourne. Friendly service, beautiful Southern Italian dishes and amazing wine. Great place to pop in before movies at the Sun. And ambience is just so romantic and warm - perfect for romantic night out.

Amazing authentic Italian food. Service is great and the quality in food never lets you down. 10/10. I recommend that you try this place out.

We finally tried cafe terroni last night and it was worth the wait. Authentic Italian ambience and really lovely food. Also great wine list at reasonable prices.

Attentive service and delicious meals. You're in a vintage Yarraville village converted house that is all old wood and high ceilings, partly cramped with amazing character. Warm and busy.

Thankyou to the staff, chef, cooks and management for a delightful experience.

Cafe Terroni is a seriously good authentic southern Italian restaurant open 7 nights a week for dinner, located in the heart of Yarraville village, a short distance from the Sun Theatre and from the Yarraville railway station. They would be happy for you to drop in for a quick meal before going to the cinema nearby.

From the street you can see Pinocchio in the window and a myriad of interesting wine and liquer bottles. There is a small and cosy dining area and another one upstairs. With red brick and a very large painting of the Ascension of Mary painted by a local artist, there is a warm ambience; you could indeed be in southern Italy.

On arrival, we were warmly greeted by Alina and it was busy even on a Monday night. There is a very interesting menu but we focussed on the specials blackboard.

For entree, we had a super fresh burrata salad; a generous serve of burrata cheese, basil, heirloom tomatoes and almonds. At Alina's suggestion, we had the Tiger prawns, perfectly grilled in a garlic sauce; they had been sliced with a butterfly technique and so it was easy to extract the prawn flesh. The Tiger prawns will soon be part of the new menu.

We also had a a home made Gorgonzola gnocchi with fresh figs, walnuts in a cream sauce. The gnocchi melted in your mouth and there was a subtle blue cheese taste which made for a beautiful entree. It would also be a great main course, with an accompanying salad.

We enjoyed the entrees with a glass of Dr L Riesling 2017. This was easy drinking and a very dry finish so perfect with the entrees and fish.

For the main, I had the pan seared blue eye fish with cauliflower puree, broccolini, mixed vegetables caponata and salsa verde. A well balanced meal with no additional sides needed and very well priced at $28.90.

My partner had the chittarra pasta with veal, pea, thyme and cream; a great combination and a very generous serve. It could have done with a wedge of lemon to cut the heaviness of the cream texture and possibly a small side salad.

My partner stayed with the Dr L Riesling but I switched to the red wine by the glass that was on special; Le Monde Cabernet Franc 2014 from Friuli Grave, Italy. It had a deep plum colour and a taste of blackberries; a lighter style and a dry, acid finish; perfect with the fish or a pasta dish.

We finished by sharing the Italian classic, Tiramisu, which was both generous and light and very well priced at $10.90.

We are keen to explore more of the menu and will definitely be back. The wine menu has an interesting selection of Italian and Australian wines and worth noting that Monday you can BYO. Probably wise to book as the restaurant is popular with the locals and visitors attending the nearby Sun Theatre.

Our sincere thanks to Alex and the restaurant for the kind invitation to dine here.