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Pizza, pasta and brunch offered in a bustling, homey setting with covered outdoor tables.
attractions: Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, Carlton Gardens, Royal Exhibition Building, Cinema Nova, IMAX Melbourne, Lygon Court, Readings Carlton, The University of Melbourne, Lincoln Square, restaurants: Ziyka Restaurant, Panda Hot Pot 蜀大侠老火锅, Universal Restaurant, Mint & Co., Naked For Satan, Brunetti Classico Carlton, Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters, DOC Pizza & Mozzarella Bar - Carlton, Khabbay Restaurant, Johnny, Vince and Sam’s Ristorante
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Pizza, pasta and brunch offered in a bustling, homey setting with covered outdoor tables.
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Such a great place for Italian cuisine!!! Couldnt recommend this place enough. We took my best friend here for dinner after her suggestion. She told us that her family from Sydney always come to Tiamo whenever they come down to Melbourne. Thus, we have quite high expectation for this restaurant and we were super excited to try the place out. And we were not disappointed at all! The food was terrific. I especially enjoyed the prawn pizza - fresh and authentic. The prawns were super crunchy. Mushroom pizza was ok. My second best dish was probably the black ink risotto - very creamy and filling. My friend loved the marinara pasta and said the tomato sauce was super light and refreshing. Calamari was nice too. Everything was yummy and tasty, full of flavors. Price is reasonable for the portion and quality. Service is top-level. Food was served quite quickly despite being super busy on the weekend. Staffs were really friendly and accommodating especially the manager/owner guy. They have both indoor and outdoor settings. The space is a bit restricted as tables are set up super closedly. However, nice vibe with cool interior design. It gets crowded most of the time especially weekend dinner time so its better if you can book your table ahead. Cant book through phone but through their website. Cut off booking time is 4pm daily. But if you cant book the table, walking-in is fine too. The queue can be seemed super long but it doesnt take that long to get a table. They manage to arrange the tables super quickly so dont hesitate to queue and wait a bit :) Overall, highly recommended. This will be one of our favourite italian restaurant from now on. Will definitely come back for many other times to try all their dishes. Keep up the great work guys!!!
Trang NguyenTrang Nguyen
30
What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than to enjoy a long lunch, great service on a typicaly wet Saturday afternoon, we sat outside, undercover, and spent 2 hours slowly working our way through 3 courses. Starting with bruschetta and arancini, the arancini was fantastic, perfectly crispy on the outside with gooey cheese and a hearty ragu mixed in with safron flavoured rice, the bruschetta a perfect blend of tomatoe, olive oil and balsamic with onion and shallots on a toasted slice of bread. A glass of Montepulciano was savoured as we moved to our mains, spinach and ricotta Cannelloni and a gnochi in a napoli red sauce, the cannelloni was freshly made with fresh pasta, the filling a sublime mix of fresh spinach and a salty but smooth ricotta, topped with a devine red sauce that was anything but a plain red sauce. The Gnochi was amongst the best I have ever had, pillows of potatoe and parmesan in a traditional red sauce, these gnochi were everything you want gnochi to be, light but still holding their shape, smooth and flavourful and the red sauce invoked memories of our tour of Italy in August, but better. We finished our meal with what can only be described as an Italian masterpiece, tiramisu. Light sponge fingers rolled in coffee so the outside had a dark coffee stain with the inside still light and airy, the marscapone spread between layers of sponge was fresh, and not overpowered by the coffee or liquor, topped with chocolate powder and swirls of chocolate sauce. All in all.a great meal from a classic on lygon Street.
Mick HendersonMick Henderson
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Unfortunately, meeting up for a special occasion on a warm evening, turned out to be ‘not so special’ with this experience of eating at Tiamo on Saturday 30th Nov ‘24. It was quite apparent that every staff member treated our group like we were ‘an inconvenience’. Asked to shift along the table, which squashed us in towards an outside cash register, we did so accordingly to ‘free up’ the small (2) seater table that joined on to ours. This would have allowed the staff to shift the table & place (2) other customers on it, which was the reason why they asked us to move. Our group sat there the entire time, & after moving, no one shifted the empty table, as originally organised, so that table was unused & therefore, ‘What was the point of shifting then?’ Staff were not attentive, which led to one of us not ordering a drink at all. Meals came out randomly & not one person in my group was impressed with the quality of the food. The conclusion amongst our group of four, was ‘Very Average’. The ‘Barramundi Linguini’ was missing a certain amount of Barramundi… & I personally would have added more mushrooms for increased texture & flavour. Meal size was small to average. Parking- only option was Elgin Street for $8.00 around the corner, with a short walk to the restaurant. Unfortunately, disappointing experience to travel up to Lygon Street, when I could have got way better quality @ ‘Rococo’- Acland Street, St Kilda. Wont be going again. Staff way too ‘Absent minded’/ Zero care factor/ lack of atmosphere/ Average food’.
Mel RussellMel Russell
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Every time I pass by Ti amo there is always a line, so I decided to try it my self. I don't understand why people would wait in line so long.. for some overcooked and pricey pasta. I got the tortellini al tartufo, truffles.. it should have a strong taste..but it had no taste unfortunately. And they didnt even seem tortellini. Maybe it was a mistake of that night only..but still 30 dollars for 1 plate of pasta. not even with some taste. Not good. And just a tip to the waiters, if you let someone sit down at 8:40 don't expect them to be finished at 9:00 because that isn't how we go out to eat.. in a rush.. we go out to eat to sit down and have a good meal. We felt rushed put of the place as they were taking away the tables and chairs around our table and that made us the only table in the middle if the street and then 3 waiters literally waiting and staring at us while we were eating because they wanted to go home. I now don't want to seem the person who does not respect waiters that work till late, I do.. but if you want to go home early then don't let people sit down. Waste of money and time. And I can't believe that we paid 50 dollars for a bottle of wine and they didn't even open it in front of us, for all I know they put some cheap wine in it. Recommendation for future clients: book a table or not worth waiting in line
Gioia Di GirolamoGioia Di Girolamo
10
True words from Carlton connoisseur Lara Dykun (posting on her behalf) ✌️ Decided to treat myself today, my first week at my new job and Thursdays are now my Fridays. Sat down at Tiamo, an all time classic. I don’t mind eating here alone with a seat on the street, watching the people go by. I noticed their menu had changed since I had last visited and to my disappointment the dish I had in mind was not featured. So …I asked the waiter if they still served the Spaghetti Don Giovanni. He said he would check with the kitchen, and to my delight came back and informed me that my request would be possible. When I think of Lygon Street the first and only dish at the forefront of my mind is the Spaghetti Don Giovanni at Tiamo. A mussel and vongole pasta with a tomato base sauce. The pasta came out, just as I remembered it, rustic and full of flavour. I think the most impressive thing about this meal is that no matter how many times I come back for it the sauce is identical each time. What the hell. The flavours are so rounded so that not one ingredient stands out above the rest, it’s delicious and perfect, how do they do it? Magic. There is always an abundance of sauce left at the end, so I always ask for bread to lap it up. I’m not sparing one drop of this precious liquid.
Carl SteffanCarl Steffan
20
Located on the same street as Good Measure, this wasn’t hard to find at all. Before the start of any Italian meal, we had to have some free bread and Bellini to start! 🧀 𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚 - AUD 31.50 The texture of this fettuccine was different from what we were used to, a little thicker and more handmade than usual. We could also actually taste that it was proper carbonara with egg, bacon, and parmigiano - none of that cream pasta nonsense 🐂 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐎𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐠𝐮 - AUD 32.90 This was one of their specials and the ragu was so rich and meaty. There were also actual chunks of oxtail meat that were tender. My partner really liked this because he loved his ragus. 🍅 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 - AUD 31.90 We loved the acidity from white wine that went well with the refreshing and light napoli sauce - perfect for dipping our breads into. The mussels were really meaty and fresh too! Overall, we loved their food even if it was a really carb heavy dinner. Service was great too! Would recommend visiting before 6pm as the restaurant gets pretty packed after that. Alternatively, you can make reservations on their website! Just note that as with some Melburnian F&B establishments, they do have a 10% surcharge on weekends and a 15% surcharge on public holidays
Cynthia (Cynful Recommends)Cynthia (Cynful Recommends)
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Nearby Attractions Of Tiamo
Melbourne Museum
Carlton Gardens
Carlton Gardens
Royal Exhibition Building
Cinema Nova
IMAX Melbourne
Lygon Court
Readings Carlton
The University of Melbourne
Lincoln Square
Melbourne Museum
4.6
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Carlton Gardens
4.6
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Carlton Gardens
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Royal Exhibition Building
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Nearby Restaurants Of Tiamo
Ziyka Restaurant
Panda Hot Pot 蜀大侠老火锅
Universal Restaurant
Mint & Co.
Naked For Satan
Brunetti Classico Carlton
Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters
DOC Pizza & Mozzarella Bar - Carlton
Khabbay Restaurant
Johnny, Vince and Sam’s Ristorante
Ziyka Restaurant
4.6
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Panda Hot Pot 蜀大侠老火锅
4.8
(4.4K)Click for details
Universal Restaurant
4.4
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Mint & Co.
4.6
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tiamo.com.au
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