9 reviews about Toto's Pizza House

verified email - 06 Aug 2018

One of the first pizza houses in Melbourne, this place is legendary. Although it probably isn't the best place for pizza or pasta on Lygon st, it is definitely delicious.

verified email - 26 Aug 2013

Have always loved this place as have been coming here for 30 years. Spacious restaurant that especially make pizza and pasta but also have other meals on their menu, such as delicious garlic prawns, steak and parma's. All quality meals. But I love their pizza's and always have. Would recommend this place to anyone. They also make take away pizza too

swans4eva 26 Aug 2013

great place love their pizza and pasta and always great friendly service wish donald had a place like this with friendly service and top food

verified email - 20 Mar 2013

Sure this pizza place has been around for many years and just one more Italian pizza restaurant along the iconic Lygon Street.

I have been there several times for lunch with work colleagues (I guess we went there for something different).

I was pleased with the service, very friendly and quick to bring you bottle of water and menus which was appreciated. We called ahead to make a booking and that was no problem at all.

I personally found the pizza to be average tasting. Certainly not my favourite place to get a pizza, but it was passable for my taste buds.

verified email - 20 Mar 2013

we always go here to pick up our friday night pizzas, and every week they've been consistent with quality and taste - pretty decent, great service

verified email - 07 Oct 2012

When I was a kid I lived in a small country town and it was a tradition in our family whenever we came to Melbourne to stay, we would have dinner at Toto's. I haven't been there in years but went last night for a meal before seeing a play with some girlfriends. I had a small Capricosa and it was delicious. The base was thin, just the right amount of topping and cooked perfectly. We also shared 1L of the house red and that was a surprisingly good wine too. Service was friendly and the meals came out quickly. It was busy, a friend of ours had been in there earlier in the week and it was recommended that we booked a table for a Saturday night. It was quite noisy and a bit difficult to hear conversation at times.

Approximate cost: $11

sandrad171 07 Oct 2012

Yes I love the place.

sandrar6 07 Oct 2012

The name Toto sounds like something out of the Wizard of Oz!!

verified email - 16 Aug 2012

This restaurant is the original pizza restaurant in Melbourne - I've been going there for 42 years. Its great for just a bowl of past and a glass of wine. Sit outside and watch the world go by.

verified email - 23 Jul 2012

Australia's first pizza house and also in the Pizza Hall of Fame.

Had a chicken pizza and it tasted really good . The place was very busy but the service was still very quick. Prices are very reasonable especially for Lygon Street.

Favourite part was who I think was the owner was singing out loud in the restaurant in Italian which really set the mood for the pizzeria.

verified email - 12 Nov 2011

I don't understand why Toto's is so popular. It's not really bad; it's just ordinary. Sure, it's inexpensive. But there isn't a single dish I've seen on the menu that I can't get elsewhere, equally inexpensively, and done much better.

Toto's makes much of the fact that it was the first. Go look at their web page; it's headed "Toto's Pizza House - First in Australia". That may be true, but it's a fairly feeble claim. While you're on their web page, have a look at their menus. Pizza menu: the usual suspects: Marinara, Aussie, "Vegeterian" [sic], "Capriciosa" [sic]. Nothing interesting. Pasta menu: similarly dull. The pumpkin lasagne's the only thing I can get even vaguely excited about. If the execution of these dishes were outstanding, I could forgive a fairly ordinary menu, but it's not. Everything I've tried so far (over at least three or four visits) has been fairly forgettable, and I'm really not inclined to favour them with another visit just to see if there's some hidden gem on the menu that I haven't tried yet.

Toto's may have been worth a visit back in the days when it was the only pizza restaurant in Australia, but now I think they're just trading on past glories.

It's also not a good look for a business to have spelling mistakes on its website. You'd think that for a place that claims to have been around since 1961, they'd have learnt by now how to spell the names of their most iconic pizzas.

verified email - 12 May 2009

really great service when i went there. the food was also excellent and they give you pens to draw pictures on sheets of butcher's sheets while waiting for your food. a thoroughly enjoyable time

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