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Vietti Dinner Wednesday 4th March 2026 Melbourne 6.00pm

Sale price$549.00

74 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000

Bottega

Angus Hughson,United Cellars Team

SKU: VIETTIDINMEL UCAU

Bottega Melbourne

Bottega is one of those Melbourne dining rooms that feels effortlessly self-assured, the kind of place that doesn’t need to shout about itself because the room, the service, and the food do the talking for it. Tucked into the Paris end of Bourke Street, it channels that classic Melbourne blend of understated elegance and modern Italian warmth. You step inside and the noise of the city just… softens.

What makes Bottega tick is its clarity of purpose. The kitchen cooks Italian food the way Melburnians actually want to eat it: refined but not stiff, generous but not heavy, familiar but with enough personality to keep you leaning forward. Handmade pastas form the backbone, silky ribbons of pappardelle wrapped around slow-braised lamb, pillowy gnocchi that taste like they were rolled moments before service, risottos that balance richness with lift. The produce is seasonal, the flavours clean, the technique confident. There’s a sense of knowing restraint; nothing is over-worked or dressed up for the sake of it.

Bottega doesn’t try to be the new hot thing. It just focuses on being consistently excellent, a modern Italian restaurant with soul, polish and a calm confidence that makes it one of Melbourne’s most reliable, quietly iconic dining experiences.