Best Italian Restaurants in Melaka

Olio Italian Restaurant was founded in 1984. As a fine dining and also boasting remarkable Italian cuisines, they had sustained long term customer satisfactions and had been operating at one of the oldest hotel in Melaka, Ramada Plaza. Using mozzarella cheese as one of the essential ingredients in preparing most of their dishes, they are an Italian expert when it comes to baking a thin-crusted pizza with melted cheese! On the other hand, “Pan Fried Ciabatta Sandwich with Buffalo Mozzarella”, a special Italian bread served with top quality cheese are among some of the menu items. By the way, they are also recognized as the only restaurant in town serving handmade pastas.

Casa Cucina literally means “House Kitchen” is a cozy modern Italian restaurant that serves fine authentic Italian cuisines including pastas and pizzas. One of the most popular classic Italian dishes found here is the “Risotto nera frutti di mare”, a mix seafood platter served over a creamy rice prepared with squid ink, something extraordinary! Besides that, they are exceptionally good in crafting marinated pork loin, succulent at the center with mashed potatoes and vegetables on the sides. If atmosphere is your main concern, try any of the Western breakfasts here such as the “Big Breakfast”, a delightful meal to kick start your day, in addition to the ambience! Other than that, they do emphasize on rewarding returning customers especially on dinner set promotion orders.

Another Italian specialist in town, occupying the lobby area at Holiday Inn Hotel. Listed as one the best pizza bakers in town in a previous article, Sirocco Restaurant is renowned for their signature crispy thin-crusted “Smoked Salmon” and “Duck” pizza. With an impressive menu list of Italian cuisines starting from an appetizer to ending with a dessert, to begin with, try the “Warm House Bread” and “Branzino or Oven-baked Salt-crusted Sea Bass” as the main course. The main course came with steamed potatoes at the side and a lemon butter dipping sauce, with an appealing presentation when it is served, in addition to removing the salt crust and deboning the fish. Their pastas and desserts such as “Cannoli”, a crispy pastry with stuffed fillings, are simply tempting as well.

Milan Italian Restaurant is a fairly new dining place at Eco Tree Hotel. As indicated by its name, their proficiency in Italian dishes are indeed praiseworthy and their menu is filled with pizza, pasta, burger and seafood. Some of the highlighted cuisines include “Pasta Gamberone” which simply means prawn spaghetti, and “Saffron Seafood Soup”, a flavourful seafood broth. Regardless of being an Italian restaurant, they extended their capability into exploring other cuisines as well, with the featured one here being “Tandoori chicken pizza”! An Indian dish at an Italian restaurant perhaps?