As the name suggests they do Italian food; pizza, pasta and some traditional Secondi like Osso Bucco and Scaloppine. There's seating for hundreds of diners, but I recommend if you can gettting a seat at the bar setup that overlooks the kitchen where they prepare the pastas. Very interesting watching everything go on, and you can pickup some tips if you're a budding home chef.
I had the Tagliatelle con salsiccia al vino rosso, which roughly translates to pasta with sausage and red wine. It was brilliant, the sausage seemed to be house made, and had a hint of fennel whcih made the dish quite unique. The pasta was cooked well, and the other ingredients were fresh and flavourful. Definitely recommend it.
So much so that I was back there a few adys later. I was catching up with my Mother, Sister and her 3 boys. They wanted somewhere kid firendly and reasonably priced, plus my Mum isn't a great driver in the city so wanted somewhere easy to get to. So I suggested Emporio having been there earlier so new it would suit the kids and with mains about $20 the price as well.
This time I had the Emporio pescatora, the seafood pasta. Once again the pasta was cooked al dente and the seafood fresh. The portion size was just about right for me but some may find it a little on the large size, I'm not sure if they do entree or smaller sizes but it's worth asking.
Definitely check out Emporio, I'd say even worth a trip especially if you're in Melbourne.
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