Geppetto Trattoria

For a taste of classic Italian cuisine in East Melbourne, take to Geppetto Trattoria restaurant located across from the MCG. Recently renovated, Geppetto’s white linen tables and walls help create a moodily lit, romantic ambiance, ideal for intimate dinners, while still relaxed enough for those stopping in for a pre-match or pre-concert meal. Highlighting simple, rustic fare with a focus on pasta, seafood and succulent, slow cooked meals, diners may choose from entrees like roasted Wagyu beef and Portobello mushroom dumplings topped with shaved pecorino cheese, perhaps complemented by a King Valley Hidden Story Merlot. Then be tempted by pancetta di Maiale, Murray Valley salt rubbed pork belly with an apple and balsamic reduction, boldly paired with a Gippsland Bellvale Pinot Noir.