Casalingo

Great food, great ambience, great service. Highly, HIGHLY recommend having dinner here if you’re in the area. For mains we had the Kangaroo Steak, fried pomfret, mussels, and seafood pasta. All dishes were delicious! The Tiramisu is a MUST TRY - unique take on the classic dessert. They don’t use the ordinary type of cream and the thin cookie adds a nice crunch. Wish we’d had two The pomfret was flaky and fresh! Each bite was juicy and bursting with flavor. The seafood in general was excellent - especially their oysters. Extremely reasonably priced as well. Seafood pasta was tasty and well-executed. Mussels were plentiful and fresh too. My first time trying kangaroo meat and I think they did a great job. It had a texture similar to steak but the flesh was slightly sweeter. Service was impeccable. They make you feel welcome and take great care of you. Definitely worth a visit! Try making a reservation if you can, they’re pretty busy on weekends.

The linguine marinara is fresh and delicious, just as recommended. The linguine with blue swimmer crab meat has a unique and enjoyable flavour. The risotto is also satisfying, and the portions are just right. We had a great dinner and enjoyed the evening with our friends.

The ingredients they use are definitely fresh, everything is made with flavour in mind. A great space to enjoy a meal. Everything we order was cooked and prepared to perfection. Special mention to David the waiter, he was helpful, informative and served us with a smile! ( which is lacking these days in many places). Go take your family and enjoy what Casalingo has to offer.

Absolute gem in Apollo bay. If you only eat at one place this is it. The food was delicious. We mainly went with the fresh made pasta, gnocchi and ravioli. The carbonara and pizza were great as well.

The food is amazing 👏 well done on all the freshness you can taste it in every bite. Very well done

Food was very tasty and staff were young but good. Was a little hard to get their attention as we were seated in a corner which may have obstructed their view but they were still very pleasant

Lovely restaurant with a cosy atmosphere and friendly and attentive service. The food was excellent, but the calamari starter was the standout – honestly the best calamari entree I’ve had. Fresh, perfectly cooked and full of flavour. A great spot for dinner in Apollo Bay.

The food was alright but still enjoyable great place for a family reunion and David our waiter was great

We heard very good things about this place and so we went into it with high expectations. It was a great and quite high end spot compared to local restaurants. The Linguine Marinara was quite flavourless and could do with some tomato sauce and/or lemon to add. On the other hand the ragu and bolognese sauce were delicious The main pasta sizes were quite generous , however the entree sizes were quite small. The kids menu food was to a high standard.

Recommended by our B&B and we were so pleased. Lovely restaurant with a wonderful ambience. Staff friendly and helpful. Food and wine delicious. Highly recommend.

Very eventful night with an Asian guest lifting the table up and going bunta breaking stuff and scattering food and crockery just as we got sat down. Police called to deal with him and Ambulance called for a shell shocked grandma and his injured kid. Turned out he'd not had his medication. All things considered, under the circumstances the staff did an awesome job. Food was good and reasonably priced despite the huge distraction. Well done and thanks to the staff. Everything was correct and no waiting around even though they were shell shocked.

The food was amazing. The service was horrible. We were ignored from time we sat down. We had to ask to order drinks. We had to ask to order dinner. The server was rude when we asked for the bill. We were even ignored as we tried to pay the bill. When we complained to the owner, we were told our opinion didn't matter because we didn't live locally and would not be back. Beware...this appears to be a locals only restaurant.

Interesting place until I got a cleaning cloth on my dish. Really? I was having my dinner and suddenly from nowhere I got a cleaning cloth on my dish that made me lost my appetite

We were a group of 4 eating at Casalingo and we had to leave before we could finish our food because of the manager's behavior - drunk and extremely abusive of her staff. The manager was drunk and managed to abuse and bully out loud one of her staff members in front of all the guests, then roll her eye-balls and mock an old couple that asked nicely if she could mind her language, then she pointed and laughed at us out loud because we were shocked, later she was also saying foreigners shouldn't be allowed to speak foreign languages (some of us were tourists). All of this in front of kids as well! When we left the place she seemed to follow us in the street but I think she was too drunk to recognize us. It was sad and frustrating to see how badly abused the waiter was and how some of the other staff seemed scared of her too. The other guests also agreed this was not acceptable behavior. Multiple locals told us later this occasionally happens at the restaurant, probably when she is drunk. If you happen to eat there a day she's there and drinking you probably won't enjoy your meal.

The food was very good however the service and overall attitude was absolutely disgusting - rude, dismissive and we had to constantly ask to be served. We were told at the end of the dinner our views did not mean anything as we weren't locals and not to come back. Really appalling! Don't even bother!

Had the lasagna and carbonara. Both were fabulous. Service was fantastic and friendly. I will absolutely be back again.

Excellent linguini seafood pasta with garlic and white wine sauce. The scallops, muscles, clams, fish, calamari and prawns were ocean-to-table fresh. The house lasagna was fantastic! The food was well worth the wait after our order was misplaced. Cheers!

We celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary this evening. The food was absolutely delicious! We were sad that the meal was over! Every, single meal was exceptional. The quality was high. The service was efficient and friendly.

A good dinner choice on our Great Ocean Road road trip. Garlic pizza is spicy and delicious. Calamari salad is also most tasty, although the sauce is a bit salty. Wonderful atmosphere on a Saturday. Good service, Would love to come again.

I had the kangaroo and my friend had the lasagna. Absolutely delicious! Great service!

We came here on a weekday evening in the winter she ordered the garlic pizza and mushroom pizza. Garlic pizza was great -- well flavored with garlic and cheese and mild chilis. We were surprised by the mushroom pizza not being great - the mushrooms were standard (white button or criminis) and under spiced with bland blobs of ricotta. Wound recommend standard pizzas like the margerita or garlic in the future.

Very poor service, most notably they refused to give me a takeaway container for my food.

Hidden gem! Wait staff friendly and very helpful, knew there offerings perfectly. Food was superb in both entrees and main course. Excellent local wine list that wait staff also knew well.

Had the gnocchi and bluevein sauce. Absolutely delicious. Would be 5 stars but it was just a touch salty. Definitely would recommend take away - it's almost half the price for a decent serve and ( based entirely on my short walk around) competitively priced for the area

Ordered takeaway pizza from here, not the worst I've had. Bases are not really traditional Italian I'd expect.