Umberto Espresso Bar

This place is the best. Homestyle Italian with creative combinations, or coffee and biscotti in the morning. I feel lucky to have it right here in the neighborhood.

Umberto’s is a lovely bar/​resturant down High street Thornbury, an area that is quite becoming a quirky strip of places to dine.
We enjoyed a sensational meal of Calimari, seafood pasta and a salad to share.
This place has a great area outside to eat and wonderful staff who were awesome enough to cater for us just past the time the kitchen closed.
I would recommend this place as a venue to start off your night if you are going out in Thornbury/​Northcote or just for a quick meal.
The prices are very reasonable and it has a very intimate feel.

Went here on a busy Thursday might. Small café, bespoke and limited menu and they turn the tables over every 2 hours. Food was great and staff attentive and friendly. The panna cotta is to die for and my Italian companion said it was better the
An she had ever tasted. Praise indeed. Would recommend without hesitation — but do book ahead!

This place is different from most espresso bars because it doesn’t matter what day or what time u go the owner is always there, sometimes his dad is also there helping out. The food is like home cooking, real Italian food, I come from an Italian background, so I recognise the jars of homemade eggplant and olives, the homemade sausages, THIS is when u know u r getting a real Italian meal! The owner Marco invites u into his home and kitchen not his business. Do yourself a favour, visit him.

Went for a late brunch/​early lunch and managed to snag a seat in their gorgeous little courtyard. Be sure to head straight to the back on a sunny day!
Avocado on toast with ricotta was deliciously simple and the coffee was lovely. We ended up staying for a couple of hours longer and sampled the drinks menu — the espresso martini is a notable highlight!

Dropped in for a coffee and was delighted with the whole experience.
The coffee was perfect, it was delivered with a small biscotti on the house — mmm delicious.
The atmosphere is cozy, sat at the window bench, chatted with the owners who are extremely nice.
Will definitely return to try the food menu.

We went for dinner at Umberto last night and it totally kicked arse. We’d tried to get in there before, on the recommendation of a friend, but it was full and we were told to book ahead. Months later and we managed to get a table on the night (though it was the last one) and man was it worth the wait.
Umberto do coffee and cakes and café type stuff during the day and full-​blown Italian meals by night. The menu consists of pasta classics and basic entrees and sides. The bruscetta comes in three kinds and the meatball starter is insanely good. We all had pastas for mains and the spaghetti marinara special killed it for freshness and held generous serves of scallops, prawns and mussels. I had the carbonara (it was a cold night) and it was all creamy deliciousness.
The service here was the winner. We had a pretty fussy person with us and the staff responded to all requests with good grace and a smile. I’ll be back there for sure.