🍝 Best pasta in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best pasta. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Melbourne has Australia’s strongest pasta — led by Tipo 00 (4.5★ across 3,368 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best pasta	Rating	Reviews
1	Melbourne	Tipo 00 CBD	4.5★	3,368
2	Brisbane	Ripiena Fortitude Valley	4.8★	646
3	Adelaide	Osteria Oggi CBD	4.5★	2,860
4	Canberra	Briscola Italian CBD	4.3★	808
5	Perth	Pappagallo Leederville	4.6★	1,926
6	Hobart	Peppina CBD	4.6★	806
7	Sydney	Pellegrino 2000 Surry Hills	4.5★	1,161
8	Sunshine Coast	Il Mattarello Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria Mooloolaba	4.9★	611
9	Cairns	Dundees on the Waterfront Cairns City	4.6★	5,317
10	Darwin	MERAKI Greek Taverna Darwin City	4.8★	725
11	Newcastle	Light Years - Newcastle CBD	4.7★	1,632
12	Wollongong	Kneading Ruby CBD	4.7★	1,510
13	Geelong	Caruggi CBD	4.7★	1,130
14	Gold Coast	Gemelli Italian Broadbeach	4.4★	2,310

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own pasta ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Melbourne · Brisbane · Adelaide · Canberra · Perth · Hobart · Sydney · Sunshine Coast · Cairns · Darwin · Newcastle · Wollongong · Geelong · Gold Coast.