RecommendedEating out Fitzroy

Marios

This venue is a finalist in the icons category in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

June 6, 2025

1 / 6Inside Marios on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.Joe Armao

2 / 6Porterhouse steak with crispy potatoes at Marios in Fitzroy.Penny Stephens

3 / 6Bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast.Eddie Jim

4 / 6Penne with beef ragu and shaved parmesan.Penny Stephens

5 / 6Owner Mario De Pasquale outside the Fitzroy cafe.Wayne Taylor

6 / 6Penne puttanesca at Marios.Eddie Jim

Italian$

Brunswick Street cafes come and go, but Marios is Fitzroyalty, nudging 40 and as effortlessly cool and unpretentious as ever. Nothing changes here: the great-value menu stuffed with Italian classics, the buzz and clatter, the high chance of spotting a local celeb, or the suited waiters, sometimes gruff, always great. Slide onto a coveted window stool and order perfectly jammy eggs Benedict or layered-up lasagne.

Good to know: You can’t book but expert waitstaff keep the tables turning and queue moving.