Prefisso 3088

Overview

When it comes down to it, there are two boxes a good neighbourhood pizzeria needs to tick: it needs to be inviting, like an extension of nonna's kitchen, and the pizza needs to be damn tasty. Set in the heart of leafy Greensborough, Prefisso 3088 ticks these boxes with confidence.

Its humble appearance on the corner of a strip of local shops on Hopkins Street belies the fact that Prefisso 3088 is very much a local pizzera in the modern-day format, where pre-bought bases and eerily uniformly shredded pizza ham instead give way to handmade Neopolitan-style bases and ingredients like mozzarella and n'duja. More authentic than Aussie, in other words.

On the menu, you'll find a solid range of classic and signature pies — we've got our eyes on the slow-cooked lamb pizza that features mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil pesto and yoghurt — as well as a tight selection of pasta (and no, you won't find cream in this carbonara), shares and sweets. There's also a fortnightly pizza and pasta special, which might take the form of a salami, capsicum, onion and olive pizza, which was recently brought back due to popular demand.

Beyond the food, you'll also find a handy one-page list of Italian wines. All bottles are available by the glass, with prices starting at just $9.