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REAL Pizza Pasta Salads
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About
A name change and a a bit more... It was Nicos and now it's REAL Pizza Pasta Salads. At REAL we’re offering you a new kind of dining experience. Learn about your food as you enjoy your meal, how we source locally and our wider environmental responsibility. We will be taking continuous steps towards becoming zero waste. We will be upcycling our décor and we will be offering food preparation workshops with strong sustainable, community-focused messages. Overall we want to encourage everyone to make informed food choices and we are here to help! We offer a range of pizzas, pastas and salads for takeaway; and offer dine-in services Thursday - Sundays only (when regulations allow). Call us to book a table today.
Features
CUISINES
Italian, Pizza, Australian
Meal types
Dinner, Drinks
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
FEATURES
Accepts Credit Cards
Gift Cards Available
Highchairs Available
Outdoor Seating
Reservations
Seating
Serves Alcohol
Table Service
Takeout
Wheelchair Accessible
Is this restaurant wheelchair accessible?
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Hours
Closed now
• Opens at 5:00 PM
Sunday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Monday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Friday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Saturday
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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3.7
572 reviews
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claire040776
Ballarat14 contributions
Dec 2022 • couples
The staff at this establishment are always friendly and polite! The same customer service person that took our order has been there the previous two times we have come here. (We've been here in Port Campbell for the third year running around the same time of the year.) Be prepared to wait for your order. There are plenty of people in the region in warmer weather with few eateries. The pizza is worth the wait though. There is plenty of seating outside. But, the entrance to this eatery isn't wheel-chair or disability friendly. Plus being so busy, staff are under the pump and hardly get a chance to clear tables ready for more customers wanting to sit while they wait for their order or eat their order. Not once while I have been there, has there been people allowed to dine inside. Luckily the days I've been there have all been sunny!
Written 1 January 2023
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Stewarts Vacation
1532 contributions
Mar 2023 • couples
The restaurant was unfortunately closed for dining in on the Saturday night that we were in Port Campbell. However, they offered a takeaway service which was hugely popular. There was seating available outside which was full! Although it was very busy, the service was reasonably quick and the pizza was delicious!
Written 11 April 2023
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agusgago
Melbourne88 contributions
Mar 2021 • none
You get to choose the ingredients of the pasta and pizza which is a great idea. I had spaghetti with mushrooms which tasted very nice, to be honest. The problem was the pasta came all cut which is a huge NO for spaghetti. The pasta-experience is to get your spaghetti wrapped around your fork and I obviously couldn't. I am not a fan of complaining and wasting food and the flavour was great so I ate it anyway.
The staff was lovely and it's a very nice restaurant to have diner but this is a pasta and pizza restaurant so please DO NOT CUT the spaghetti from the start!
Written 30 March 2021
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Mariangela D
Lombardy3 contributions
Sept 2023 • couples
The online reviews had given us hope, which we discovered to be completely misplaced. Starting from the menu there are some absolutely absurd pizzas (some with barbecue sauce, pineapple or hummus) so I decided to throw myself on a margherita so as not to die. The ingredients listed were as follows: garlic, Napoli, fresh tomato; I ask what Naples was and I am told it is a seasoned tomato sauce...ok. Ah, "mozzarella" wasn't on the list but it was present on the pizza. All in all, the staff were friendly and helpful and even though we had to wait 45 minutes for two pizzas (a small and full place, a lot of people queuing) we took them to the hotel hopefully. What can I say: calling them pizzas is an insult to Italian cuisine, horrible flavour, very present garlic (probably powdered), hard/dry consistency, unidentifiable bitter aftertaste. Luckily I got the medium one and not the large one. Guys, take a trip to Italy before reviewing this as delicious pizza!
Written 28 September 2023
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Alan B
31 contributions
Nov 2023 • couples
I struggle to understand how it is possible to make a pizza so utterly tasteless . I swear not a single grain of salt or grind of pepper came anywhere near this soggy bottomed effort. The quality of the ingredients left a lot to be desired.
Written 24 November 2023
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Lauren1ee
141 contributions
Jan 2022 • none
Not a good experience sadly. Food (pizza and pasta) was very good but management need to think again about how to run a restaurant. We booked and arrived at our given time. We were then told that we would have to wait for 40 minutes once we had ordered our food because ' they had a lot of take away orders to complete before they could do our food'. No! The timing of the people who had booked should be honoured first and, if necessary, take aways told they would have to wait. What's the point of booking if we end up at the back of the line behind people who have just turned up! Sorry, that's not good customer service
Written 22 January 2022
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Departure05774151371
Hi Lauren, Thank you for your feedback. There are many aspects to consider when running a restaurant and I appreciate your perspective. If only all our bookings arrived as planned. We are glad that you enjoyed your meal. PS The traditional wait time to make a created meal from scratch is approx 25 min.
Written 25 January 2022
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HannahTimOZ
Sydney14 contributions
July 2022 • friends
Very genuine and friendly staff who were truly passionate about the restaurant. While the restaurant was fairly busy, the staff were relaxed and ensured all guests had a pleasant visit and enjoyed their food.
My kids (10 and 14) and myself loved the “create your own pasta and pizza” experience. After my daughter had only chosen tomatoes and spinach to go with her pasta, the lovely chef came out to her to see if there was anything else she wanted to add to make it tastier. This was so amazing and sweet of the chef while the restaurant was clearly busy. They decided that potatoes and carrots would be added to the pasta dish and my daughter absolutely loved it.
She wants to go back to Port Campbell to eat it again (not for the Great Ocean Road, she is 10 years old and wasn’t overly impressed ;))
My son and myself created a pizza that was also delicious.
Highly recommended.
Written 16 July 2022
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Lucienne
17 contributions
Nov 2022 • couples
We had a Pizza and a lentilles salad, both was very good. Pizzas you can choose one of the five propositions or you can choose yourself the ingredients. The service was excellent too. You better book a table , specially if the weather is not good because inside they don’t have many tables.
Written 14 November 2022
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Rosma G
2 contributions
Nov 2020 • family
Unfortunately we got to town a bit late so options were limited. Recommended to go here by our accomodation but $70 for 2 spaghetti serves and a pizza is a bit steep. Understood there was a wait of over 60 mins due to peak which was fine but end product not worth wait and cost sorry. Lovely ambience and friendly staff, if they revisit recipes and price could be great.
Written 28 November 2020
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Paul F
Melbourne77 contributions
Dec 2020 • couples
Excellent Service Excellent Food, arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in Dec, everywhere closed for dinner, even the local pub, only Real was open and were we in luck. Build your own pizza and pasta, with a little help from the staff. Excellent pizza base, great ingredients, the pasta was stunning, we had a prawn spicy affair, the wine by the glass was very reasonable and a limited but excellent selection of Oz wines from lesser known wineries across the South East.
Written 15 December 2020
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Agat
Montgeron118 contributions
June 2022 • family
Given the reviews on the internet, it's appealing and it's up to scratch.
It is possible to create your own pizza or pasta, otherwise some are already proposed.
We were very well received by two very smiling waitresses and we ate very well. An address to keep in Port Campbell.
Written 21 June 2022
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Travel Bug
Brisbane248 contributions
Dec 2024 • family
Great value for takeaway, easily share a box between 2 adults. Delicious. Kids loved their meals. Great friendly service and so accomodating. I would highly recommend to anyone visiting Port Campbell.
Written 11 December 2024
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brandon_deb
Melbourne208 contributions
May 2021 • couples
So good to have such a great pizza place so close to everything in Port Campbell. We loved that we could just select options on a sheet of paper and just tick everything we wanted including a quinoa base and zucchini sauce base with loads of healthy vegan options! So good and so super tasty! The staff are so lovely and welcoming and helpful! Our pizza looked so lovey with the amazing fusion of colours and was so different to any other vegan pizza we have ever had. LOVED it!
Written 20 June 2021
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David W
Queensland65 contributions
Apr 2021 • none
We were staying in Port Campbell for one night only. We picked this place from photos online, because it looked clean.
The welcome we got was warm and enthusiastic. We were shown to our table and the intricacies of the "build it yourself" menu for pizza and pasta dishes explained to us.
When the food arrived, freshly cooked, (no microwaved stuff that I could see), it was amazingly good. My wife's pizza was hot, tasty and the topping was generous.
I ordered the Carbonara with extra chicken and chorizo (I LIKE chorizo!) This dish was probably the best pasta dish I have had in a restaurant. it was superb.
The ladies that were cooking and serving were so very friendly.
If you visit Port Campbell, a visit to Real Pizza and Salad Bar is a must.
Thank you to everyone involved for a memorable meal and visit.
Written 28 April 2021
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Andy R
Bundoora2 contributions
Apr 2021 • none
Locals take precedence over travellers, our table was given to locals that just walked in (pushed in). Food is below average Pasta is cut up like it's for children. Pizza closely resembled a frozen supermarket pizza, although the supermarket type is better compared to what we were served. Spaghetti and meatballs was like a tin of crushed tomatoes, poured over cut up pasta, with burnt meatballs which could have been rissoles cut into 4. Never again would we eat here. Took an hour to get the order taken, then another hour for all 4 meals to arrive. Flies were everywhere. Local pub outdoor seating had less flies.
Written 7 April 2021
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