Umberto Espresso Bar

Such a lovely Italian gem! Incredible welcoming and friendly staff through the whole service. The food?? Amazing! The best calamari that I had in a long time! Pasta?? Yes please! The funghi pasta was above and beyond. I the kind of person who always add some salt/paper to bring up the flavours, but this one was just perfect as it was! The tiramisu we took at home once the serves are well served. Looking forward to go back to try the other items and check out the rooftop upstairs - I’ve hear good thing about it.. See you soon team! Keep up with the amazing job that you are doing ❤️

ORDERED: 🍞  Tre bruschette: 3 ways, buffalo mozzarella, tomato & basil, rosemary & cannellini bean ($16.00) 🍝  Spaghetti aglio e olio: mushrooms, semi dried romas, garlic, chilli, roquette ($27.00) 🍝  Pasta fatta in casa: spaghetti al nero di seppia with blue swimmer crab, bottarga ($34.00) 🥔  Patatine: Italian style rosemary potatoes ($12.00) 🍰  Tiramisu della casa ($14.00) I paid $57.50 for my portion. REVIEW: My favourite pasta at Umberto Espresso Bar was the Pasta fatta in casa; the spaghetti al nero is a special which makes me so sad to know it'll disappear one day! The spanner crab is combed really well through the pasta, so it's slightly sweet with every bite. The bottarga were little salty fishball roes, again adding so much flavour. I also like the fried rosemary potatoes. They had little scraggly bits that became super crispy, and I lived for those moments! Apart from that, Epocha in CBD still has my favourite tiramisu. Service was pretty decent with friendly smiles. Apart from introducing the menu, there wasn't much interaction apart from that.

Been a number of times and always makes me a happy man - last night enjoyed sitting at the bar, watching the place hum while eating the most beautiful tiger prawn ravioli, cooked to perfection in a sauce that came from heaven. (A special) Bloody fantastic pasta, place and people - please keep doing it to me. Love it. M a great place for a date. Not that I was on a date.

Such an awesome place. If your looking for an awesome italian experience, you have to stop by. The food quality is really amazing. Coffee was perfect. We had a late booking and they made room for us out the back. We were not forgotten about even though we were out of the way for staff(which can happen at some places). The staff were also really good. They were perfectly coordinated in taking orders, clearing plates, serving starters and getting mains out at literally the perfect time. The whole operation is a perfectly well oiled machine of delicious italian cuisine. It might seem like i work there at this point but the staff were funny but completely professional at the same time. Lastly the food.. unbelievable. Delicious and fresh. The type of meal which makes you look around the table in disbelief after the first bite. Thanks for the experience. Will definitely be back.

Was lovely to sit down and watch the world go by, people watching, happy chappies laughing, smiling and chattering away, truly the vibe and atmosphere today was amazing and infectious! ❤️ We had the Italian Meatballs and the Calamari Fritti to start with and then the Seafood Marinara and the Scallopini Milanese 🍝 A simply lovely home style Italian meal enjoyed will soaking up Melbourne on a glorious spring day !