The 6 Best DeLonghi Coffee Machines in Australia

A DeLonghi coffee machine is any of the Italian brand’s home espresso or bean-to-cup machines, ranging from a ten-centimetre-wide manual pump machine you dose by hand through to a fully automatic bean-to-cup with a touchscreen and an app. That range is exactly why picking the best DeLonghi coffee machines in Australia is trickier than it looks: DeLonghi sells more coffee machine variants here than almost any other brand, often the same core machine in five colours with five different model numbers, and that habit splits real owner feedback into small pools rather than one clear signal. The number worth knowing before you read a single spec sheet is 15, because that is the pump-pressure rating (in bar) on most of DeLonghi’s manual range, and it exists mainly to guarantee the machine can sustain roughly 9 bar under load, which is what actually pulls a shot, not to signal a better coffee. This guide covers six current DeLonghi machines sold in Australia, from a fifteen-year-old design still outperforming the brand’s newest release on real owner sentiment, through to a flagship released this year with barely enough reviews to judge yet.

DeLonghi’s Australian catalogue splits into three real types. Manual pump machines such as the Dedica and Icona ask you to use pre-ground coffee or an ESE pod and steam your own milk by hand, and they are the cheapest way into real espresso. Semi-automatic machines with a built-in grinder, like the La Specialista Arte, add automatic dosing so you are tamping fresh grounds instead of buying a separate grinder. Fully automatic bean-to-cup machines, the Magnifica and Rivelia families, grind, tamp and brew at the touch of one button and increasingly try to automate the milk too. If you are cross-shopping brands instead of sticking with DeLonghi specifically, my guide to choosing the best coffee machine covers that decision in more depth.

Every machine below made this list on real Australian owner evidence, mostly productreview.com.au ratings and written reviews, cross-checked against Whirlpool Forums threads and, where CHOICE has tested a specific model, its published findings. One theme comes up more than any other in this particular sweep: DeLonghi’s Australian sample sizes per current model are notably thin compared with, say, Breville, because the brand refreshes model numbers so often that reviews never get the chance to build up on one SKU. That is addressed honestly in “How I Compared It” below, and in each entry, instead of glossing over it with a confident top ten the evidence does not actually support.

A quick reality check before the list: Canstar Blue’s own brand survey has rated DeLonghi Australia’s top coffee machine brand for overall customer satisfaction, yet CHOICE’s public buying guide separately names a specific current DeLonghi model among the coffee machines it recommends avoiding. Both things are true at once, and that gap between brand reputation and model-by-model reality is the whole reason a sweep like this one is worth doing instead of just buying whatever DeLonghi model a store has the most stock of.

Best DeLonghi Coffee Machines Australia: How the 6 Compare

How I Compared It

I checked productreview.com.au ratings and written reviews, Whirlpool Forums threads, and CHOICE’s public testing notes for the current DeLonghi coffee machines actually sold in Australia in 2026, then cross-referenced each model number against a mainstream retailer’s live listing to confirm it is real, current stock and not a discontinued line still floating around search results. Two machines, the Magnifica S and the Icona, no longer appear in DeLonghi’s own Australian catalogue but are still sold new through Amazon Australia, so they stay in, clearly labelled.

Sentiment was weighted toward volume as well as score: a 2.9 from 29 reviews says less than a 3.9 from nearly 300, and I have said so plainly instead of ranking on the star rating alone. DeLonghi’s habit of fragmenting one machine across four or five colour-specific model numbers means most current SKUs simply have not built up the review base that Breville’s more consolidated naming produces, and that limitation runs through this whole list, not just one entry.

The Magnifica S is not DeLonghi’s newest bean-to-cup, and that is precisely the point. It holds a 4.1 out of 5 rating from 334 reviews on productreview.com.au, the largest and steadiest Australian sample of any DeLonghi coffee machine I checked for this list, with owners reporting real staying power; one reviewer reported around 10,000 cups over six years and still going. The twin brewing system makes two espressos at once at consistent dosage, and the conical steel burr grinder holds up well against machines twice its price.

It is not perfect. A Whirlpool Forums thread on this exact model describes a general alarm light coming on repeatedly within days of purchase, which other posters identified as “a faulty PCB and a known issue,” and some productreview.com.au reviewers report the brew group struggling to compress ground coffee firmly enough for a properly strong shot. DeLonghi has since moved its current range on to the Magnifica Evo and Magnifica Start, both covered further down this list, but neither yet matches the Magnifica S on real owner sentiment.

Compared with the Dedica below, this is the machine for someone who wants to skip grinding decisions entirely and press one button, at the cost of the hands-on control a manual machine gives you.

If yours ever does throw that alarm code, my guide to descaling a DeLonghi coffee machine is the first thing worth ruling out before you call for a repair.

At 15 centimetres wide, the Dedica is built for a share house kitchen or a rental with about a hand-span of free bench space, and it is one of the very few espresso machines that properly fits that brief without feeling like a compromise. Reviewers on productreview.com.au rate it 3.9 out of 5 across roughly 296 reviews spanning its colour variants, praising the “simple, elegant and compact design” and calling it “an easy-to-use, well-priced, solid, competent coffee machine,” which is a fair summary of what it actually is: no grinder, no fuss, just a 15 bar pump and a thermoblock that heats fast.

The real trade-off is the drip tray. You have to remove the bottom tray to fit a taller mug underneath, and you cannot sit two mugs under it at once, which matters if you are making coffee for two people back to back on a weekday morning. A few owners also mention the machine shaking slightly during extraction; it is not a fault so much as a side effect of a very light, very compact chassis.

DeLonghi has since released the Dedica Duo and Dedica Arte as the compact range’s current models, both narrower on Australian review volume than the original EC685’s combined sample, so treat their real-world reliability as still unproven, not settled.

Whichever Dedica you land on, my guide to cleaning a DeLonghi coffee machine covers the daily wipe-down that keeps that small drip tray from turning sour.

The Icona is DeLonghi’s retro-styled entry point, chrome trim and all, and it earns a real 3.4 out of 5 from 85 reviews on productreview.com.au. That is not a glowing score, but it is an honest one from a decent sample, and the praise is specific: reviewers call it “a terrific espresso maker” for the price and note it is “easy to use with compatible DeLonghi pods, easy to clean and maintain.” For someone who wants an actual espresso machine instead of a pod capsule system, without spending Dedica or La Specialista money, this is honestly where DeLonghi’s range starts.

The complaints are consistent enough to take seriously. Multiple reviewers describe real vibration and noise during extraction, with some resorting to a non-slip mat underneath just to stop the machine walking across the bench. Others report water leaking from inside the unit onto the counter, and the milk frother is widely described as underwhelming compared with the Dedica’s. One long-term owner noted their first two units each lasted about four years before a pump or heating element failure, which is a fair service life for a machine at this price but worth knowing going in.

Next to the Dedica above, the Icona trades a slightly smoother drip-tray experience for a lower price, and if noise and vibration on your benchtop is a dealbreaker in a shared kitchen, the Dedica is the safer pick of the two.

On paper, the La Specialista Arte is DeLonghi’s answer to Breville’s Barista Express: an integrated conical burr grinder with Sensor Grinding Technology, a manual steam wand instead of an automated frother, and active temperature control aimed at learning real barista technique rather than pressing one button. It is a real step up in capability from the Dedica and Icona above.

The honest problem is the evidence. It sits at 2.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews on productreview.com.au, a small and mixed sample that is nowhere near strong enough to call this a confident pick, and I am saying that plainly instead of dressing it up because it is the most feature-rich machine on this list. One reviewer called it “fantastic” and “easy to use,” while another reported it “makes one good coffee a week” with inconsistent shot pouring the rest of the time. That kind of split, not a single dominant complaint, is what a thin, mixed sample looks like.

Compared with Breville’s Barista Express, which holds a much larger and steadier Australian review base at a similar price point, the Arte is the machine to consider only if you specifically want DeLonghi’s styling or ecosystem; the evidence does not currently support it as the safer choice between the two.

If you do buy one, keep the burrs clean; my guide to cleaning a coffee grinder covers the built-in-grinder maintenance the Arte specifically needs.

The Magnifica Evo is DeLonghi’s current flagship marketing push for an everyday bean-to-cup, built around the MyLatte button: pour milk into the carafe, press one icon, and the machine measures out exactly the amount you poured with no leftover milk to store in the fridge. It is a clever piece of engineering, and international coverage of this exact machine tends to be glowing.

Real Australian sentiment does not match that coverage. On productreview.com.au it sits at 2.9 out of 5 from just 29 reviews, with recurring complaints about lukewarm coffee even on the hottest setting and a milk frother reviewers say degrades within months. It is worth naming that gap plainly instead of presenting this as an uncontested pick just because it is the model DeLonghi pushes hardest in Australian retail right now. Interestingly, a different colourway of the same Magnifica Evo line scores 3.6 out of 5, but from only 3 reviews, so that is not enough to call it a meaningfully better unit, just a reminder that one bad batch or one unlucky review cluster can swing a thin sample a long way in either direction.

If automatic milk dosing is the feature you actually want, weigh this against the Rivelia below, which pushes the automation further still but has even less Australian evidence behind it yet.

The Rivelia is DeLonghi’s most ambitious current release: a Bean Switch system that holds two different bean types at once and lets you swap between them without emptying a hopper, an auto milk carafe, a full touch display and Coffee Link app connectivity. It does more than anything else on this list, on paper.

I am including it, and immediately telling you not to treat it as a safe pick yet. It holds only 2.4 out of 5 from 7 reviews on productreview.com.au, priced at DeLonghi’s flagship tier, which is too small a sample to draw a real conclusion from in either direction. What is there is concerning rather than reassuring: one reviewer’s screen broke after nine months, another described a “horrendous” warranty process with a three-month wait for a repaired unit, and a third reported the machine unable to exit descaling mode after seven months. None of that proves the Rivelia is unreliable across the board, but a flagship-priced machine with this little real evidence and these specific early complaints is not one I can put forward as a confident choice.

If the dual-bean feature matters enough to your household, the honest advice is to wait for this review base to grow, or to lean on the Magnifica Evo above for a similar automatic-milk experience with a slightly larger, though still thin, track record.

One current DeLonghi model is worth naming as a straight avoid instead of a pick with caveats: the DeLonghi Classic Manual, sold new for around the same price as the Dedica Arte above. CHOICE’s own testing scored it 55 percent overall and just 45 percent on taste, citing inconsistent temperature control and a flimsy tamper that makes a firm, even tamp difficult. It did not make my numbered list because I do not put a machine on a recommendation list that an independent lab has specifically flagged as underperforming.

How to Choose a DeLonghi Coffee Machine in Australia

Decide manual or automatic first, not last. If you want to actually learn to pull a shot and steam milk by hand, the Dedica or Icona are the honest starting points; if you want to press one button and walk away, everything from the Magnifica S upward is built for that instead. Buying a fully automatic machine because it looks more impressive, then resenting the lack of hands-on control, is one of the more common regrets I see in owner reviews across every brand, not just DeLonghi.

Weigh review volume, not just star rating. As this list shows, a 2.9 from 29 reviews and a 3.6 from 3 reviews can describe the same product line, and neither tells you as much as a 3.9 from close to 300. Where DeLonghi’s Australian evidence is thin, I have said so, and it is worth applying the same scepticism to any machine you are researching beyond this list.

Australia-specific: Water hardness varies a lot by city, and it changes how often any DeLonghi machine needs descaling. Perth and Adelaide generally have harder water than Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, which means a machine that needs descaling every two to three months in a soft-water city may need it monthly in a hard-water one. All the machines on this list run on standard Australian 230-240V power through a normal three-pin power point, but a DeLonghi bought second-hand from an overseas seller may be built for a different voltage, so always confirm it is the Australian-market model before you buy.

Check the warranty and service network before you buy, not after something breaks. DeLonghi’s standard Australian warranty runs two years through its authorised service network, and retailers such as JB Hi-Fi and The Good Guys offer their own extended warranty add-ons at checkout. Given how many reviews above mention a repair process and not just a one-off unlucky fault, knowing where your nearest service agent actually is matters more with this brand than with most.

Keep Your Machine Running

Whichever DeLonghi you land on, descaling on schedule is what separates a machine that lasts a decade from one fighting a heating-element fault by year three. My step-by-step guide to descaling a DeLonghi coffee machine covers the brand’s specific cycle and the descaling solution DeLonghi recommends.

For the daily wipe-down, as opposed to the periodic deep clean, my guide to cleaning a DeLonghi coffee machine walks through the drip tray, portafilter and steam wand routine that keeps milk residue from building up between descales.

If you end up with a grinder-equipped model like the La Specialista Arte, the grinder itself needs separate attention from the rest of the machine; my guide to cleaning a coffee grinder covers clearing stale oils out of the burrs, which a standard descale cycle does not touch.

And if you are troubleshooting a fault on any manual or semi-automatic espresso machine, not just a DeLonghi, my general espresso machine descaling guide is a useful second reference for the underlying process.

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