Rosella Dining Room & Bar

Translating food and wine into stories of people, time and place is the ethos behind Rosella Dining Room and Bar on Cambridge Street in Collingwood. This quintessentially Italian restaurant presents a rustic, earthy vibe from exposed brick, paned windows, trailing greenery and blond wood table settings; while the menu has a clear focus on regional Victorian producers, with the wine handpicked by staff to pair with whatever you order. Settle in with a glass of red and starter of burrata cheese with nduja, or a selection of cured meats and preserves; then delve into perfect pasta plates like maltagliati, with swordfish, eggplant and cherry tomato, or orecchiette with beef involtini ragu. For a memorable main, try mackerel, cucumber, tomato, mint; don't go past tiramisu for a divine dolci.