The Prime Minister proposed at The Lodge on Wednesday night after a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner.

The pair headed to acclaimed Canberra restaurant Italian and Sons at about 7.30pm, where they were seated in an area tucked away from other diners.

Co-owner Pasquale Trimboli told NCA NewsWire Mr Albanese appeared nervous when he spoke to him during the meal.

“You could you tell there was a bit on his mind, he wasn’t himself,” Mr Trimboli said.

“He raced off pretty quickly, he did have that little bit of nervousness about him, you could feel there was a bit of that pensive feeling.

“There was something in the air.”

The restaurant had a Valentine’s Day set menu for $135 on offer.

Mr Trimboli would not reveal exactly how much the couple paid, but said they enjoyed a pre-set menu with a few items tailored specifically for them.

“It was pretty much seafood-based. Pasta, some seafood main courses, nothing too exotic.”

They also enjoyed a few glasses on chardonnay from Italy throughout the night, he said.

During their dinner, which lasted about two and a half hours, a few people approached their table to speak to the prime minister, Mr Trimboli said.

“He handles crowds well. Everyone was pretty well behaved, no one booed him.”

While Mr Albanese appeared nervous, there was no hint Ms Haydon had been tipped off about the proposal.

“She was pretty normal, she seemed like she was just herself.”

Mr Albanese took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to announce the news on Thursday morning, with a photo of the happy couple grinning from ear to ear with the caption: “She said yes”.

It is understood the PM specially designed the ring.

Since the news broke, there have been a few calls asking to book Mr Albanese’s table.

Mr Trimboli said it was almost like a “lucky table” now.

“It’s nice to be part of the story line, part of history. Obviously not every day this kind of thing happens.

“For the restaurant to be part of, it’s amazing storyline for us.

“We can’t really move the table now, people are already calling up asking for the table.”

The couple have been dating for almost four years and have deflected questions about their potential nuptials since going public with the relationship just before he announced he would be running for prime minister.

Albanese, 60, is the nation’s first prime minister to have been through a divorce, sharing a 30-year marriage to Carmel Tebbutt from 2000 until 2019.

The former couple share one child together, their son Nathan.

He is also the first Australian leader to get engaged while in office and potentially the first to get married while in office, provided he survives the next election scheduled for before 2025.