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Best Pastain Fitzroy
Italian restaurant · Melbourne
Corner of Cosgrave lane
La Cucina Melbourne
La Cucina Melbourne is a top-rated pasta spot in Fitzroy.
Score
8.6
Mentions
4
Sentiment
90%
“We visited La Cucina after seeing all the glowing reviews, but left a little underwhelmed. The pasta was perfectly al dente, but the sauces just didn’t hit the mark. Both the spaghetti marinara and the vegetable tagliatelle special were surprisingly sweet, lacking salt and depth,”
— Lee Nguyen
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Sources
10 reviews from Google, blogs, Reddit and food guides.
Signal
4 mentions of "pasta" tied to La Cucina Melbourne.
Score
Weighted by recency, sentiment polarity and authority of the source.