Copperwood Restaurant

Copperwood Restaurant The wood fire crackling amid the hubbub of happy conversation is at the very centre of Copperwood. Starters like the fungi al forno - Come wet Your Appetite....
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The menu pulls in an enviable mixture of classic Italian dishes with imaginative variants. With its cosy, welcoming ambience, Copperwood is one of the oldest restaurants on busy Lygon Street with a loyal clientele who regularly troop to this reasonably priced venue for its varied menu of traditional food that includes pizza, pasta and risotto as well as meat and seafood dishes. Deceivingly small f

rom the outside, there's ample space inside, the staff are friendly and attentive and it's open late.

14/09/2026

Night falls. The lights soften. The glasses fill. And somewhere between dinner and the last drink, COPPERWOOD comes alive.

No rush. No reason to leave.

Just good food, good wine, and that unmistakable Lygon Street feeling. 🥂

Some nights you plan.
The best ones just happen.

📍 COPPERWOOD • Lygon St
EST. 1956

08/09/2026

Some plates are made to fill a table.
Others are made to start a conversation. 🇮🇹

Prosciutto. Salumi. Cheese. Olives. Roasted vegetables. Fresh bread.

Nothing complicated. Nothing unnecessary.
Just beautiful Italian food, the way it was always meant to be.

06/09/2026

That first second when the table hits.

Steak still blushing, chips in the basket, seafood pasta in the pan, wine already poured. No speech. No gimmick. Just the kind of spread you lean into.

Save this for the next “where should we eat?” argument.

04/09/2026

Some places serve drinks.

Others serve a feeling. 🇮🇹

Ice cold Chinotto.
Low lights.
Lygon Street outside.
And absolutely no reason to rush.

This is how evenings should feel.

COPPERWOOD • LYGON STREET

24/08/2026

It’s not a pasta. It’s a PASTA. Some dishes arrive at the table.
This one makes an entrance.

Unwrapped. Unleashed. Impossible to ignore.

Seafood, pasta, fire and flavour — sealed together and opened at the table.

Dinner should have a little theatre. 🔥🇮🇹

21/08/2026

Before the plate. Before the praise. There’s the work.

Flour on the hands. Dough on the bench. The same rituals, repeated until they become instinct.

No shortcuts. No theatre. Just craft.

This is where Copperwood begins.

19/08/2026

The three stages of Chicken Parmigiana. 🇮🇹🔥

You start with the classic.
Then you get a little adventurous.
Then you realise… there’s no going back. 😂

Three Parmas. Three personalities.
One very difficult decision.

Which stage are you at? 👇

📍 COPPERWOOD • Lygon Street, Carlton

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14/08/2026

The kitchen brings the fire. We bring the table to life. 🔥

From pans hitting the flame to pizzas landing hot at the table, every service at Copperwood is built on the same simple idea we’ve believed in since 1956: use quality ingredients, cook with heart and serve generously.

No gimmicks. No shortcuts. Just honest Italian food, warm Lygon Street hospitality and the kind of night that stays with you long after the last plate is cleared.

Come hungry. We’ll handle the rest. 🇮🇹

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Espresso to start the day. Espresso Martini to finish it. We call it balance.



Address

318 Lygon Street
Carlton, VIC
3053

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 12:30am
Tuesday 11am - 12:30am
Wednesday 11am - 12:30am
Thursday 11am - 12:30am
Friday 11am - 12:30am
Saturday 11am - 12:30am
Sunday 11am - 12:30am

Telephone

+61 3 9347 1799

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