What are the opening hours?

Tuesday 12pm - 2:30pm 5:30pm - 10pm Wednesday 12pm - 2:30pm 5:30pm - 10pm Thursday 12pm - 2:30pm 5:30pm - 10pm Friday 12pm - 2:30pm 5:30pm - 10pm Saturday 5:30pm - 10pm

Geppetto Trattoria

Name: Geppetto Trattoria
Address: 78a Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, AU
Telephone: +61 3 9417 4691
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

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Family run business since 1981, Geppetto Trattoria continues to create home style Italian cooking ma
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17/07/2026

Braised meatballs so good, they're worth the pre-game traffic.

Our pre-event menu kicks off Tue–Sat, before night games. Handmade pasta. The whole ritual. Minutes from the MCG.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne

16/07/2026

Consistency is harder than it looks. So is making strangers feel like they belong at your table.

Alex nailed what we're trying to do: great food, genuine warmth, the kind of service that doesn't feel like a transaction. Whether you're dining in or taking restaurant-quality meals home, the care is the same.

We're grateful for words like this.
📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

15/07/2026

A private room with 45 years of stories in the walls.

Our function room hosts up to 32 guests for birthdays, corporate lunches, engagements and everything worth celebrating — with set menus, warm service and zero stress.

Dates book out fast, especially weekends and dinner service!
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📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

13/07/2026

When sardines are in, we keep it simple.

Whole fish, topped with breadcrumbs and tomato, baked until the skin crisps and the meat stays delicate. A squeeze of fresh lemon is all it needs.

This is what seasonal eating tastes like.
📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

11/07/2026

Saturday at Geppetto: tables full, noise good, wine flowing (yours or ours — we're BYO). The kind of night where hours disappear because nobody's counting.
A seat at the table is waiting.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

09/07/2026

A South Tyrolean legend having its moment: Lagrein.

Dark garnet. Silky tannins that sit soft on the palate. Dried cherry, lilac, a whisper of chocolate.

Pair it with our braised meats, our slower dishes, anything with depth. This is the wine that makes the table better.

Cantina Terlano | Alto Adige
Available at Geppetto Trattoria

08/07/2026

8am. The kitchen is quiet, the chefs prepare the sauces, and the day's fish is been delivered by nino!

This happens every single morning, since 1981!

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

06/07/2026

Every week our kitchen writes a new board of daily specials. Right now: a wild mushroom risotto, a hearty osso buco, and more fresh dishes built around what looked best at the market this morning.

These aren't menu items. They're moments. Here today, gone when they're gone.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

04/07/2026

Footy + pasta is the Melbourne dinner of champions.

Beat the stadium queues — our pre-game menu gets you fed properly and walking to the ground with time to spare.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

02/07/2026

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It takes ten seconds to sign up at geppettotrattoria.com (or tap the link in bio) — and we promise to only write when we have something worth reading.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

01/07/2026

This year Geppetto Trattoria turns 45.

From Nino first service in 1981 to Adriano at the front today, swipe through four and a half decades of one family feeding Melbourne.

Thank you for every booking, every review, every 'same table as last time'. Here's to the next 45.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

29/06/2026

Sometimes the best dishes are the simplest ones.
Mushrooms. Fettuccine. Good olive oil. A pinch of salt.
Our vegan menu celebrates what grows, not what's missing. This is proof.
📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

26/06/2026

This is your sign to book that Saturday dinner.

Candles on, wine open, kitchen humming. The weekend table you've been thinking about all week.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

25/06/2026

We don't always know what to say about ourselves, so we'll let our guests do the talking. Rated 4.7 and ranked among Melbourne's very best on TripAdvisor — 45 years in, this is still what matters most.

Been in recently? Leave us a review, it means the world to a family business.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

24/06/2026

Some things shouldn't change.

The gnocchi is still made by hand every morning. The sauces still simmer for hours. And there's still a Cea in the kitchen, like there has been since 1981.

This is what 45 years of family cooking tastes like.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

22/06/2026

Some days the kitchen builds something you can't plan for.

Lamb chops braised in tomato — the kind that takes hours and tastes like it. Mash so creamy it could be its own course. The daily specials board tells the rest of the story.

Fresh. Seasonal. Gone when it's gone.

Ask your waiter what's firing this week.
📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

20/06/2026

Big one at the G tonight.

Skip the queues and start the night right — our pre-game menu is fast, generous and a short walk from your seat. Footy season is better with pasta.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

18/06/2026

This week on Coravin,
Ashbrook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2021, Margaret River.
Margaret River at its most honest — blackcurrant, cedar and a tannin structure that knows exactly what it's doing.

Some bottles are too special to open for a single glass — so we don't. Our Coravin lets us pour rare and premium wines by the glass without pulling the cork, and we rotate the selection regularly. Wines you'd normally only see by the bottle, yours by the glass.
Ask what's pouring this week.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

17/06/2026

End of financial year, done properly.

Our private dining room hosts EOFY lunches, team dinners and client celebrations for groups of 14-32 — with no minimum spend, set menus, and Italian hospitality that makes spreadsheets feel very far away.

June dates are limited. Enquire now.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

15/06/2026

Two reasons to visit this week:

- Our winter menu has landed — slow-cooked, soul-warming Italian classics built for Melbourne's cold months.
- The daily specials board is freshly written, with dishes that won't be around long.

Winter at a trattoria is what winter is for.

📍 78A Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — minutes from the MCG.

Address

78a Wellington Parade
East Melbourne, VIC
3002

Opening Hours

Tuesday	12pm - 2:30pm
	5:30pm - 10pm
Wednesday	12pm - 2:30pm
	5:30pm - 10pm
Thursday	12pm - 2:30pm
	5:30pm - 10pm
Friday	12pm - 2:30pm
	5:30pm - 10pm
Saturday	5:30pm - 10pm

Telephone

+61 3 9417 4691

Website

http://www.Geppettotrattoria.com/

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