Best Pasta in Perth
There are few things more comforting than a delicious bowl of pasta. With its longstanding Italian community and commitment to good food, Perth serves up some excellent spaghetti, fettuccine, tortellini and ravioli.
From age-old ristorantes that have mastered the classics to next-gen kitchens creating tomorrow’s, here are Perth's best places to kick (and fulfill) your pasta cravings.
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Francoforte Spaghetti Bar
An intimate, open-plan restaurant where you can see it all happening.
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Il Lido Italian Canteen
Grab an Aperol Spritz, watch the waves and pretend you're on the Amalfi coast.
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Lalla Rookh
An impressive WA spin on Italian cuisine.
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Lulu La Delizia
Affectionately called “Lulu’s”, this osteria is the city’s standard bearer for contemporary Italian. Nigella Lawson even called its owner the “prince of pasta”. Its meatballs and burrata are also outstanding.
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Lupolab
This cafe-restaurant roasts its own coffee in-house and serves Italian-style dishes based on family recipes.
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Monsterella Pizza
Superb wood-fired pizza is just the start at this suburban diner.
Bar
Mummucc
This younger sibling to Monsterella rivals the mothership. While you can still order pizza, this 60-seater’s menu stretches even further. If the smoked tiger prawns are on the menu, make the most of them.
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No Mafia
This spacious William Street wine bar with an outdoor spritz garden serves up Italian wine and house-made pasta.
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Perugino
There’s no shortcuts at this Italian stronghold.
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Post
Inside Como at the Treasury, this bright, all-day restaurant is serving upmarket breakfasts and crowd-pleasing Italian fare with plenty of twists. Also, an Italian-heavy wine list and classic cocktails.
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Rockpool Bar & Grill
An elegant Australian steak restaurant championing sustainable, grass-fed beef sourced from the likes of Blackmore Wagyu and Cape Grim. Various cuts are dry-aged in house, enhanced by a selection of classic sides, raw seafood and pasta. There's also a tome-like wine list to rival any in the country.
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Sal's Pasta Deli
This dedicated pasta shop and deli feels more like it’s in Tuscany than Cottesloe. Go for Roman-style pizza, superb conti rolls, fresh-made pasta and produce from WA's southwest. As for drinks? An espresso or chinotto wouldn’t go astray.
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Servo
A breezy all-day diner at the redeveloped Leederville Hotel. Fuel up on grilled shish-style skewers, cuisine-crossing share plates, and wines from a free-wheeling list of fun and approachable drops.
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Tommy Sugo
Combine a diet-conscious naturopath with a Sicilian pasta master, and you get Tommy Sugo.
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Capri
Italian food isn’t hard to find in Fremantle, but you might miss one of its tastiest touchstones if you don’t know where to look. This fourth-generation, family-run restaurant serves piping hot plates of spaghetti and nostalgia.
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