Italian Restaurants Hawthorn

Hawthorn’s finest Italian Trattoria style three story restaurant and bar featuring basement oyster bar italian restaurants hawthorn and late-night upstairs music venue. Pop in for a glass, an incredible meal, or stay ‘till 3am! We look forward to welcoming you and your guests. 

The menu is displayed on a board in the centre of the dining room. Pair an honest classic meal with a summer-time watermelon granita, and you'll be flying on what co-owner Sisto Malaspina describes as "nourishment for the soul".If, for whatever reason, you're not that into Italian food, this distinguished restaurant still has plenty to offer. With its red leather vintage stools, worn checkerboard floor and communal kitchen table, stepping into the warm, bustling ecosystem of Pellegrini's is an experience in itself.The white-collared waiters can vary from calmly dismissive to charmingly charismatic.

Sitting near the top end of Bourke Street, Pellegrini's is Melbourne's rock. Safe, comforting and familiar, some might argue change at Pellegrini's would be a good thing. But to that, we disagree.