Kaprica

I’ve lived in Melbourne for over 30 years, and this is genuinely one of the worst meals I’ve ever had — worse than my high school canteen. The mussels were saltier than the seawater at St Kilda Beach. Completely inedible. The rigatoni lamb shoulder ragù tasted like McDonald’s tomato sauce dumped on pasta — no depth, no richness, no sign of slow-cooked lamb at all. The pizza was a crime against basic Italian logic. The base was the base, the toppings were the toppings — two things clearly meant to be together forever, yet somehow completely separated the moment you picked up a slice. We ordered the risotto of the day (mushroom). I thought it was acceptable, but my friend couldn’t taste any mushroom flavour. As for service, apart from staff bringing food to the table, everything else required us to walk up and ask. Honestly, that part didn’t bother me, feel more comfortable when they don't come and talk to you. What really hurts is the regret. We should have just walked into any random place on Lygon Street. I’m confident it would have been better than this.

Had a lovely birthday dinner at Kaprica — a cosy Italian spot with a relaxed yet charming vibe. The food was fresh and full of flavour; we especially enjoyed the handmade pasta and the pizza, both cooked to perfection. The service was friendly and the atmosphere made it feel special without being too formal. A great place for casual celebrations and anyone who enjoys authentic, simple Italian cooking. However, it was quite hard and tiring to get attention from the waiter during the service.

The restaurant stands to the hype and popularity it has. It’s ultimate chaos but still harmonious with good food and ambience. Friendly service. We had one of the best tiramisu which was suggested by the service staff. Had asked for a slice of cake for my wife as it was her birthday, mentioned this in the reservation booking also. Looks like they missed it.

Did the set menu, pizza and starters were generous and yummy!! Loved the mushroom and Margherita. Pasta was mid both red sauce and under seasoned :(

The tables were really cramped, sitting too close to strangers and servers struggled to get through. They should rethink the layout. Food was decent. The mains came almost immediately after the entrees, which didn’t give us time or space on the small table. The atmosphere was warm and pleasant though.

I had been really excited to try Kaprica, but unfortunately it didn’t quite live up to my hopes. The mains were decent, but nothing to write home about (we had 2 pizzas and 2 pastas, and all were just ok). The focaccia was served cold (like straight out of a refrigerator type cold) and wasn’t great sadly :( The restaurant interior is lovely, but I echo what many say about it being extremely loud inside and difficult to hear people even right next to you

My partner and I came to Kaprica for our anniversary dinner in May and were extremely unimpressed. Firstly, the server seated us on the second floor directly next to another couple. The entire floor was empty except for that couple, I’m not sure why they seated us elbow to elbow. We ordered caprese salad, so boring. A pasta and 2 pizzas, all of which were randomly INCREDIBLY spicy. It was really odd as we are people who can tolerate pretty much any level of spice but we were picking the chilli off which was everywhere btw. The pizzas was terrible and when we lifted each slice the entire toppings slipped off. It was literally so terrible I’m still thinking about it how terrible it was 4 months later.

The service here is completely rude and rushed. It feels like they don’t want to take care of their customers. The hostess looked like she hated us for making her walk up the stairs. I heard several rude comments from our waitress while taking our order including saying she’s “annoyed” I’m ordering too much food. I’m glad she cares so much about our health even if we’re both in great shape. Great attitude for the business!! If only the food could make up for that. It definitely didn’t, with tomato sauce on pizza clearly being canned and low quality ruining the flavour of whole pizza. Why not spend an extra few bucks per item to actually make good food?! The only decent part of the restaurant is the ambience is quite young and vibrant. It doesn’t make up for how horrible everything else was. There’s so many better choices in Melbourne.