Il Desiderio - Food VIC

5 /5 salt pepper: Recently I had a strong craving for pizza and stumbled across this little Italian restaurant by chance. I booked dinner with low expectations, just wanting to try something new — and it completely exceeded them. The pizza was honestly the best I’ve had in Australia, and possibly the best I’ve had anywhere. Even when I visited Italy, the birthplace of pizza, I don’t remember being this impressed. The seafood pasta was also excellent, fresh and well-balanced. Overall, a very satisfying experience and I’ll definitely be coming back. Just note that the place gets quite busy, especially on weekends — very lively and popular.

5 /5 Simone Polster: Il Desiderio is open for breakfast now - food is really good - we will definitely come back. Looking forward to sit in the new deck once the weather is nice again.

5 /5 Kimberley Tran: This place has an extremely friendly and homey atmosphere, we were instantly impressed by the decorations and artwork placed around the restaurant. The service was very nice and made us feel welcomed, they had a band playing music at the front and the food was amazing. Overall an outstanding experience, would come again!!

5 /5 Cheong K: First time here and pleasantly surprised with this place tucked within a residential area. We ordered a pasta and pizza (see pictures). The pasta was cooked al Dante and the taste was great. The seafood was fresh and complemented the taste. The pizza was soft and the cheese on the pizza was one level higher. I highly recommend this restaurant.

1 /5 User 1: Came here for a very special occasion with whole family (farewell dinner). Was incredibly disappointed and ruined our night. We ordered pizzas for family but when our other pasta dishes came out, we saw how unbelievably small the portions were. It was around 25 dollars for a very small amount of gnocchi we could even count. We asked for a refund for the pizzas and the waiter said he could if they werent already in the oven. He came back and said they were. 7 minutes later they came out. When we were talking to them at the end they mentioned the pizzas take only 90 seconds in the oven. This pretty clearly shows he had lied to us. The pizzas were also burnt and incredibly thin. My younger siblings were disturbed and crying. The seats were also very uncomfortable as it was just a thin bench against the wall. My parents had wasted 200 of their hard earned money on what was supposed to be a memorable night. We left hungry and disturbed. Was a very awful experience. A refund would be appreciated.