Fantastic food, good vibes, friendly staff who will chat with you and a chef beyond words: funny and with a fantastic voice!!
Definitely a memorable night, and we’ll be visiting again 🙂
Great food, authentic and unique experience. We all had a great night and Giovanni treated us like family. Highly recommend.
I love this place. It’s cosy and the food is delicious, with bonus entertainment.
I had dinner tonight with family from overseas
The warm friendly Italian hospitality greeted you at the door. The ambience takes you straight to family run trattoria in Italy.
As for food, they are authentic home made by Italian chef which are no other than the owner of Olive Jar(Giovanni and Teresa). We tried calamari, 3 different pastas and 1 pizza. Which we can tell that the pasta was fresh handmade, the sauces had deep complex flavor and very tasty.
Gnocchi was bouncy and pillowy, excellent texture.
Canoli was very nice fluffy whipped ricotta and light, not too sweet. Tiramisu is a must, so decadent, smooth creamy but you still can feel light crunch of the biscotti soaked in lovely espresso and liquor.
The menu was very well priced.
For drinks Started with refreshing limoncello spritz, followed by Venetian wine Pinot Grogio and house made red wine were a perfect choice for us.
We will definitely come back.
Lovely local spot, for above average, good, wine and ambience.
Escape Melbourne for a few hours and be transported to a lovely little bistro.
Quiet strip in Rathdowne Street, but agreat little Italian place-making delicious pasta, pizza, desserts and wine. Decore and food is quite traditional something which is rare to find these days with everything so upbeat and modern. Check them out. Great takeaway options and prices too.
Super super good Italian food. Try them out and then be the judge. 100/100. Great Pizza. Italian family owned restaurant for over 40 years. The best in the game! Well done guys.
Dined in tonight for a quick meal and I was pleasantly impressed. Lovely homemade pasta. Great service, very welcoming service infact which was lovely. The waitress was super friendly. Good work guys. Love your work💙💚
Skip lygon street and head straight here if you want an amazing Italian meal and the best service of your life! Beautiful homemade pasta sauce and limoncello, and we were serenaded with some amazing singing as well! Such a great comfortable atmosphere, will definitely be coming here again 🙂
The best plate of pasta you can find in Melbourne.
Truly Authentic Italian cooking and very caring Italian Staff. Always make you feel at home and wonderful music and singing by the Charismatic Giovanni. Highly recommend the home made tagliatelle with homemade Bolognese sauce and I love it with hot chilli in olive oil. A glass of homemade red wine. Some tiramisu and a cup of coffee short or long machiato. Yum Yum.
Buona appetito. Ciao Bella
You can’t beat this dining experience-it’s not just the freshly prepared food, the personal service, the great ambiance or Giovanni’s fantastic entertainment-it’s all that melded with the warm Olive Jar vibe that keeps us coming back.
Thank you for always making us feel welcome at your beautiful restaurant.