Restaurant Review: Ladro (Prahran)

Ladro of Gertrude street in Fitzroy has recently opened a much roomier version of the much loved pizzeria in the back streets of Chapel Street in Prahran.
The new Ladro looks very similar to the original in Fitzroy, same lighting and same white washed walls and black furniture, the only difference is the space is a lot more roomy, with a lovely alfresco dinning area surrounded by lovely olive trees.

The menu is similar and the specials are a bit riskier, but it has all the typical favorites. The woodfire roast was a Spatchcock which sounded divine, but I opted for the linguini carbonara just because I haven’t had a decent one in a while. My girlfriend went for the rich lamb ragu with orecchiette and for entrée we both had the special which was, a crumbed and fried chicken drumstick served on a leek puree.

Service was great, though there have been rumors that service was terrible. Though we did run into one major issue the chicken which my girlfriend got was still raw inside. Though this in many places is an unforgivable sin, the problem was taken care of swiftly and a new one was on the table within minutes.

For Dessert we had the Honey Panna-cotta with Flourless orange cake was a beautiful texture and much better than the one at Circa.

But this the new better than the old? Well yes and no. though the food and service was acceptable, the incident involving the raw chicken was the deal breaker for me.