Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page described five Italian restaurants in Windsor, with opening hours, seat counts, prices and “insider tips”, and was written as if we had eaten at each one. We had not, and we could not trace any of those five places to a website, a menu or a listing. The page has been rewritten from scratch: every place below was checked against its own current website or menu, and every price was copied from the venue’s own menu on 1 October 2026.
The Italian eating in this guide sits on two streets. Three of the places below are on Chapel Street, between number 78 and number 168, and one is on High Street, across the road from the Victoria Gardens dog park. Between them they cover the whole evening: a neighbourhood pizzeria, a pasta-and-amaro restaurant, a stone-fired pizza bar, and gelato for the walk home. The fifth pick, Osteria Renata, is on the same High Street under a Prahran address (Windsor and Prahran share the 3181 postcode), and it is here for a sit-down pasta night: its regular menu lists five pastas, every one priced.
Every pizza menu makes a claim, even when it says nothing: the style is in the description, the oven or the dough is in the boast, and the price is in the corner. This guide quotes those claims exactly as each venue makes them, names the dish that best shows what the kitchen is about, and gives its listed price. Menus move, so give them a squiz before you go.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | The classic | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A neighbourhood pizzeria, open 7 days | Freddy’s Pizza | “What’s the story Salvatore?” pizza | $32 |
| Pasta and a long amaro list | Studio Amaro | Rigatoni arrabbiata | $37 |
| A 12-inch pizza by the dog park | Small Print Pizza Bar | Potato pizza | $27 |
| Gelato after dinner | Pidapipo Windsor | Tiramisu’ gelato cake, serves 6 to 8 | $65 |
| A sit-down pasta night, just over the line | Osteria Renata (Prahran) | Pappardelle, wild boar ragu | $43.50 |
Freddy’s Pizza — 78 Chapel St, Windsor VIC 3181
Freddy’s calls itself “your friendly neighbourhood pizzeria” and opens seven days: from 5pm Monday to Thursday and from noon Friday to Sunday. Broadsheet reports that the dough is left to ferment for up to 72 hours (a long, slow ferment builds flavour and gives a lighter, more open crust), and the pizzas carry names rather than numbers: “What’s the story Salvatore?” is San Marzano tomato, prosciutto, mascarpone, rucola and parmigiano for $32. The pasta list includes pappardelle in a lamb ragu in bianco (a white ragu, braised without tomato) at $34 and house-made gnocchi with wagyu beef ragu at $32, and dessert runs to Freddy’s tiramisu at $15 or cannoli siciliani, crisp fried pastry tubes filled with sweet ricotta, at $4 each.
The style: a pizzeria-trattoria; the menu lists San Marzano tomato and fior di latte on most pizzas, plus a gluten-free base.
The classic: “What’s the story Salvatore?”, $32. Note the menu’s weekend surcharge of 10%.
Verdict for: a weeknight pizza and pasta table with friends.
Studio Amaro — 168 Chapel St, Windsor VIC 3181
A Commune Group restaurant that bills itself as Italian food, drinks and DJs from day to night, with amaro, the bittersweet herbal liqueur Italians drink after dinner, poured throughout the venue; Broadsheet counts 40 to 50 bottles of it. The a la carte menu on its site on 1 October 2026 reads like a modern trattoria: rigatoni arrabbiata (the “angry” tomato and chilli sauce) with wood-fired chilli, stracciatella and olive crumb is $37, and campanelli, frilled bell-shaped pasta, with slow-braised lamb shoulder ragu is $39. Start with the sourdough focaccia at $12 and finish with an affogato, espresso poured over fior di latte gelato, at $10, or $16 with liqueur added. If you would rather not choose, the classic set menu is $72 a head.
Menu tells: “wood-fired” appears against the chilli on the rigatoni; no claims about the pasta dough are made.
The classic: rigatoni arrabbiata, $37. The menu notes a 10% weekend surcharge and no American Express.
Verdict for: date night, or a group dinner that runs late.
Small Print Pizza Bar — 388 High St, Windsor VIC 3181
Small Print describes its pizza as “a love affair with the neapolitan style of pizza making, but different”, with vegan alternatives and what it cheerfully calls “inauthentic flavours”. Every pizza is 12 inches, and the potato pizza (a white base with potato, red onion, rosemary, goats cheese and mozzarella, no tomato) is $27; the prosciutto, with pear, mozzarella, gorgonzola and rocket, is $29, and a gluten-free base is $6 extra. The menu says plainly that the kitchen is not a gluten-free or allergen-free environment, which is worth knowing before you order for a coeliac.
Menu tells: “Our dough is slow (48 hours), hand stretched and stone-fired.”
BYO / takeaway: pickup ordering is online, and the venue offers free delivery to the Victoria Gardens dog park across the road. BYO is not stated.
Verdict for: a pizza on a picnic rug with the dog, from 2pm on weekends.
Pidapipo Windsor — 85 Chapel St, Windsor VIC 3181
The Windsor shop of Pidapipo, whose flavours are all made at its Fitzroy Laboratorio, opens daily from noon until 10pm Sunday to Thursday and until 11pm on Friday and Saturday. On 1 October the flavour list on its own site included passionfruit and strawberry sorbetto alongside signatures such as fior di latte and bacio (chocolate and hazelnut), and the shop offers unlimited complimentary tastings, which settles the which-flavour problem. For a dinner party, the gelato cakes are sold at every store: the Tiramisu’ alla Pidapipo, chocolate sponge soaked in coffee and sherry syrup under mascarpone gelato and cocoa, is $65 in the online shop and serves 6 to 8.
The style: Italian-style gelato, churned denser and served a little warmer than ice cream, so the flavour comes through.
The classic: a scoop of fior di latte, the plain milk gelato any gelateria is judged on. Scoop prices were not on its website, so check the board in store.
Verdict for: dessert after any of the four Windsor dinners above.
Osteria Renata — 436-438 High St, Prahran VIC 3181
Strictly Prahran, at 436-438 High Street, but it shares Windsor’s 3181 postcode, and its menu lists five pastas plus a pre-order lobster spaghetti. Pappardelle, the wide egg ribbon made for heavy sauces, comes with wild boar ragu and parmigiano reggiano for $43.50; radiatori, the ridged “radiator” shape that traps sauce, is $36.50 with a spicy vodka sauce, stracciatella and pecorino romano. Gnocco fritto, the puffed fried dough of Emilia-Romagna, is done “cacio e pepe” (cheese and pepper) for $12.50, tiramisu is $16.50, and gluten-free pasta can be substituted for $3.50.
The classic: pappardelle with wild boar ragu, $43.50.
Before you book: the menu lists a 1.2% card surcharge and a 10% surcharge on Sundays.
Verdict for: a special-occasion pasta dinner.
Also on Chapel Street
Farro, the spelt-flour pizza and pasta group, has a Windsor venue at 126 Chapel Street. On 1 October 2026 its own homepage said “YES, we are reopening soon!” while its Windsor page still listed the venue, so ring before you go; we have left it out of the picks until its own site shows it trading.
Quick answers
What are the best Italian restaurants in Windsor?
Our five menu-checked picks: Freddy’s Pizza (78 Chapel St) for named pizzas and pasta, Studio Amaro (168 Chapel St) for pasta and amaro, Small Print Pizza Bar (388 High St) for 12-inch stone-fired pizza, Pidapipo (85 Chapel St) for gelato, and Osteria Renata (436-438 High St, Prahran) for a sit-down pasta dinner.
Where can I get pizza in Windsor, Melbourne?
Freddy’s Pizza at 78 Chapel Street, where the “What’s the story Salvatore?” pizza with prosciutto and mascarpone is $32, and Small Print Pizza Bar at 388 High Street, where the potato pizza is $27 and a gluten-free base is $6 extra. Farro’s Windsor venue at 126 Chapel Street says on its own homepage that it is reopening soon.
Is Farro in Windsor open?
On 1 October 2026 Farro’s own homepage said “YES, we are reopening soon!” for its Windsor venue at 126 Chapel Street, while its Windsor page still listed the venue. Ring 0493 120 613 or check its site before you go.
Do Windsor Italian restaurants charge a weekend surcharge?
Some do, according to their own menus: Freddy’s Pizza and Studio Amaro both list a 10% weekend surcharge, and Osteria Renata in Prahran lists 10% on Sundays. Small Print Pizza Bar’s menu lists a surcharge only for public holidays (15%).
Where can I get gelato in Windsor?
Pidapipo Windsor at 85 Chapel Street opens daily from noon (until 10pm Sunday to Thursday, 11pm Friday and Saturday), offers unlimited complimentary tastings, and sells its gelato cakes in store; the Tiramisu’ alla Pidapipo cake is $65 in its online shop and serves 6 to 8.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own website and its own menu, and copied every item and price exactly as printed: Freddy’s from the dine-in menu PDF its website links (the file is labelled winter), Studio Amaro from its September 2026 a la carte PDF, Small Print from the PDF menu on its site, Pidapipo from its stores page and online shop, and Osteria Renata from the menu page of its website. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source: Broadsheet, Time Out or OpenStreetMap. Where two sources disagreed (Time Out lists Studio Amaro under Prahran; the restaurant and Broadsheet say Windsor) we used the venue’s own address. In-store prices can differ from printed and online menus, and Pidapipo’s cake price is its online-shop price. No ratings, review counts or delivery-app prices are used anywhere on this page. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of dish, not the venue’s own food.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Freddy’s Pizza: freddyspizza.com.au, its menu page and dine-in menu PDF; address also at Broadsheet and Time Out
- Studio Amaro: contact page and a la carte menu PDF; address also at Broadsheet
- Small Print Pizza Bar: smallprintpizza.com.au and its PDF menu; address also at Broadsheet
- Pidapipo Windsor: stores page, flavours and online shop; address also at Time Out and OpenStreetMap
- Osteria Renata: osteriarenata.com.au and its menu; address also at Time Out
- Farro Windsor: farro.com.au and its Windsor page; address also at Broadsheet
