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Arrivederci Aroma Victoria
Near the Queen Victoria Market serving Italian food and coffee. Can be noisy with its rather industrial design.

Becco Victoria
Popular, well pitched, inner city Italian - very Melbourne. Good litttle bar attached. Mains around $40.

Benito's Victoria
Benito's feels like an old friend. The menu at breakfast and lunch is Italian, and in the early evenings it's antipasto and wine.

Bottega Victoria
The room is pleasant, the dishes are simple but well done, and are complimented by a thoughtful wine selection.

Caffe Cento Venti Victoria
Caffe Cento Venti has it all; a bar, a cafe, an upmarket restaurant and an outdoor area under the plane trees at the Paris end of Collins Street.

Cafe Intimo Victoria

Cafe L'Incontro Victoria
A standard cafe but the position nestled next to the Town Hall makes it all worthwhile on a fine day.

Caterina's Cucina e Bar Victoria
Caterina's is only open lunches, it is primarily a businessman's dining room. Service is very good.

Florentino Cellar Bar Victoria
The tiny tables support large plates of pasta, and the bar, the elbows of the drinkers. Dark wood lined and clubby.

Florentino Grill Room Victoria
A classic grill-room, good ingredients simply but correctly cooked, served by professional waiters

Il Bacaro Victoria
The epitome of Italian style and flavour. A gem of a place, cosily chic or crowded, depending on your girth.

The Italian Victoria
The Italian has moved half a block to swanky new, multi-layered premises, at the rear of 101 Collins St. Coffee bar on Flinders La, restaurant above.

Italy 1 Victoria
In a narrow laneway, off the Paris end of Collins Street, is Italy 1, a small and intimate restaurant

Lucia's Place Victoria

Nick's Bar 207 Victoria
Nick's is not new. It's an old-style trattoria with traditional Italian food served by friendly staff.

Nick's Spaghetti Bar Victoria
Nick's feeds a lot of lawyers and other business folk nearby. There's a number of different rooms and a courtyard area.

Nostro Baretto Victoria

Society Victoria

Spiga Bar Victoria
Pizza by the slice is the go here, they and really fabulous service make this place a must if you're in the area.

Tazio Birraria And Pizzeria Victoria

Treviso Victoria

Trunk Victoria

The Waiters Restaurant Victoria
Legendary dining room hidden at the top of stairs in a laneway. Traditional Italian dishes served on laminex tables.

Wheat Victoria