Got seated at the window even though there were empty tables for 2, but it was fine. Just not…read morespacious enough for the amount of food we ordered. They did stagger all our dishes though. Server was friendly and even brought out some chocolates at the end of our meal after having overheard my friend and I talking about her birthday. We got the house wine, which was on the sweeter side but I loved it. We also got the grilled focaccia, burrata, Argentinian shrimp, ravioli, and tonarelli. The focaccia was 3 big pieces and not very oily, which was nice. The burrata looked like only half a burrata but came with this praline crumble, which was delicious. The Argentinian shrimp was my favorite dish - it had Asian flavors with a dominant ginger flavor. The ravioli had massive amounts of walnuts on it and was like having dessert pasta. I wish it had come out at the end, but we ended with the tonarelli, which had a nice salty seafood flavor with the clams. There's not a whole lot of clams in it but it had great flavor. I'd definitely come back for their meat dishes next time.

AMAZINGLY curated menu with INSPIRING pasta dishes and flavours that honour the seasonal…read morefruits/vegetables. Although we noticed most tables ordered their Olives & Focaccia bread appies...we decided to dive into something different: Hokkaido scallop (3.5/5)- refreshing with a mild cucumber and strawberry taste complimenting the sea scallopy flavours. Ontario zucchini (3.5/5) - another refreshing appie that plays homage to what's in season. Very light flavours, a bit of lemon, ricotta & pine nuts for interest. Broccoli and cashew butter (5/5) - love all the flavours, components & textures with this one. Especially with that Parmesan crisps! Corn & Bacon jam Agnolotti (5/5) - the corn...IT'S GOT THE JUICE! Pockets of pure sweet corn bliss wrapped in thin beautifully done pasta. Stunning colours in this dish. Campanelle & lamb sausage (4/5) - loved this savoury pasta dish, nice contrast to the sweeter corn pasta we had. Everything worked well together and the nuttiness of the arugula balanced it. Vanilla cheesecake with Shiso (5/5) - the lightest fluffiest cheesecake and I enjoyed the refreshing shiso mouse separately as well. I also appreciated their dishes were priced reasonably and didn't cost an astronomical amount! Looking forward to coming back already.

What a gem of a place and thanks to the daughter of a dear friend, I got to enjoy an evening here…read more It's got a rustic and quaint feel... and the food it truly phenomenal I over ate as I tend to do when I love the food I'd go out on a limb and state that you could order just about anything here and you will be delighted ... but you must not miss the meatballs and the pulled pork... these two are to die for Even though this place is an hour away from me, I will be back here quite soon

Ok must try. I loved loved loved their food. Super light and super yum. All flavors are well…read moreprepared and feels like made with love. Like a perfect Italian kitchen. Their service js fast and even chefs come to table to check in. Ambience is like old european restaurant. Risotto balls were my favorite and oh the fried calamari is done perfectly!

We had dinner here and the food was fantastic! The thin crust pizza with tomato, basil and burrata…read morewas excellent, the brussel sprouts, asparagus and olives were nice starters (our table especially liked the red olives). I also ordered a wonderful cocktail. The prices are slightly on the higher side, but it's good quality food. There are only a few tables, which makes the atmosphere warm and inviting. Service was very prompt and personable. It's a good choice when in the high park area.

Great food and service at a fair price...what more can you ask for? (More comfortable chairs is the…read moreonly thing I would change). We shared everything we ordered and not one dish was a miss - Caesar salad an interesting and tasty version w baby romaine; mussels in a spicy tomato based broth is a must order; pappardelle pasta with homemade sausage and Swiss chard- excellent; arancini (rice ball) crisp and full of flavor and finally the spicy/honey pizza with nicely charred crust. I highly recommend sharing so you can try multiple menu choices. It's a cozy local spot with friendly professional service. Thanks!

Wonderful food, service and ambiance. Cano is a popular spot on St.Clair Ave. W. and for good…read morereason. Our table enjoyed everything we ordered - salad Verdi, Ceasar salad, kale salad, chicken Parmesan, funghi pasta and grilled chicken. We were all too full to order dessert so we will have to return. Thank you for a special evening.

Oh my hidden gem right here!!! One of the top best Italian restaurants I've been to. The interior…read moreis small but beautiful and the staff are so friendly it's amazing. We ended up sitting at the bar as we made our resos a bit late. I highly recommend making a reservation considering how busy it was and how small the place is. Food: - fried calamari: 5/5 stars. I'm a sucker for a good calamari and this hit it on the dot. The sauce it came with was really good too! The food came very quick. - vodka pasta: 4.8/5 stars. This was absolutely delicious. I also love vodka pasta and this was made to absolute perfection. - truffle mushroom pasta: 5/5 stars. The pasta pieces were full of flavour and rich mushroom truffle taste. Delicious - Tiramisu dessert: 4/5 stars. It was yummy don't get me wrong but it was a bit expensive for the size of it. It had some Nutella hazelnut flavours too which was yum. Overall, highly recommend and I would 100% come back again!! The kind man at the bar also made my friend and I paper flowers that we got to take home. Great service.

Rena on King is truly a great place to dine at for any occasion. This Mediterranean restaurant can…read moreeasily become a favorite spot for a weekly visit. The vide of the restaurant is second to none. You find yourself so relaxed listening to the music playing in the background and enjoying the decor. That you realize you're talking to yourself softly saying, you don't ever want to leave. As for the service, we were treated really good. We were always attended to promptly, and we even shared some good laughs with the waitress & waiter. We ordered quite a few things from the menu and everything was out of this world. That's one thing about a Tapa style restaurant, you can order so many things from the menu that peak your interest. Falafel bites- Nicely served crispy balls with tzatziki sauce Lamb chop- seasoned perfectly and the spread that came with it complimented the dish perfectly Lamb baklava- deliciously pack with lamb, and the sauce on top was unique. It had a little sweetness to it, but it fit the dish quite well Lebanese tacos- DE-LIC-IOUS....easily one of the best chicken tacos I have ever had Shawarma platter- this is the biggest entree on the menu. The half order could easily feed two people. This dish was really good. The chicken seasoned perfectly, along with the Turkish salsa, tzatziki, flatbread, tabouli, along with other sides in this entree. Is a must order.

Update: Reyna invited us back for dinner, and allowed us the chance to try their dinner menu. I'm…read moreupdating the review based on our most recent experience It was night and day compared to our first visit, which I believe was a one off situation. Our hostess Marissa was super kind and accommodating, checking up on us to make sure we were comfortable. The food was delicious. The price point reflects the care given to the quality of food. For drinks, we got the mezcal smoke show and old fashioned. Both well balanced drinks. For food, we got the octopus, falafel bites, manchego cauliflower croquettes, picana beef, and Arabic fries. For dessert we got the baklava. The star of the show was the octopus. It was a generous portion and cooked to perfection. The manchego cauliflower croquettes and falafel bites were crispy and delicious, both having us craving more. The Beef Picana was simple, but cooked and seasoned perfectly. I recommend pairing with the fries, which were so satisfying and the date ketchup was addictive. The baklava was plated nicely and a feast for the eyes. A bit heavy on the pastry cream, but the flavours worked well together and a unique interpretation of the traditional dessert. Overall I'd come back for dinner, to bring some friends to have a nice night with great libations. Thank you Reyna for inviting us back and thank you Marissa for your hospitality.

Paese has stayed on my to try list for a while. I finally get to have dinner here while searching…read morefor restaurants with tables available on spot. There were only a few groups of customers when we arrive, so it was a quiet and relaxed place perfect for chatting. The waitress was friendly as well. The food was with okay but not wowing quality at very reasonable price ($30-$40 per person). For dinner, we ordered Caesar salad and crispy mushroom as appetizers. The salad has very light dressing. The crispy mushroom is flavourful and served with a creamy and spicy sauce. For mains, we tried both the Rigatoni salsiccia and chicken breast pasta. The sausage in Rigatoni salsiccia tastes a bit old and the sauce is spicy. The chicken breast pasta is not bad and is again with lighter flavour. Overall, this is a restaurant I'd consider when I'm looking for simple food and a place good for chatting or spacing out.

Going to work used to involve going south on Bathurst or Dufferin. If I chose to take Bathurst,…read morePaese would be a restaurant that I would pass by. Paese would stick out because going down Bathurst from Vaughan to Allen Rd, there's just no fancy restaurants along the way. For that reason, I've always been curious about Paese. Through coincidence, I had to drop off something to a relative in the area with my older one, which presented me the opportunity to give Paese a try during Summerlicious week. While the value is there purely because of Summerlicious, the quality of food and service is not in sync with the normal prices charged. I'm not saying the service was not polite, but it was definitely not professional enough for a higher end restaurant. I'll share some examples as I go along. The prix fixe courses started with a salmon tartar and my son's deep fried oyster mushroom. Deep fried mushroom is probably not something I would order out, unless it came as a piece from a tempura dish at a Japanese restaurant. I do have to say the mushroom was the best dish out of everything we tried during the evening. The batter was light and although the seasoning was simple, it did its job. Sadly, i couldn't say the same about the vegan lime aioli which tasted like tartar sauce. It just did not pair well with the mushroom. Salmon tartare was disappointing as the taste of capers dominated the whole thing. The whole thing was too sour for my personal taste. Before our starters were done, the server ushered in the main dishes. Why would they do such a thing without asking the patrons? And when the server saw my son's unfinished plate of mushroom, he asked if he can take it away (half of the mushrooms were still there). Wouldn't it make more sense to ask if we are still working on it or whether we preferred it packed away? A critical error that was made was when my son ordered his steak. The server didn't even bother to ask how he would like the steak done. Is it because he's a kid, he doesn't get a choice? Disappointingly the steak came out well done. The salsa verde which we enjoyed salvaged the steak, but I could also tell that they used a significantly inferior piece of meat. The salmon con miele was ok, but it is leaning closer to the overcooked side of the spectrum. There was nothing special about the dish at all. I wouldn't say it would be significantly better than what I can do at home (not that I'm an exceptional cook). Dessert was decent. Nothing jumped off the page. Sticky toffee pudding has never been my cup of tea. So all I can say is, it's too sweet for my liking. The coconut pie is ok. The coconut flavours were mainly engineered from the shredded coconut. All in all, an unmemorable dinner that I definitely wouldn't pay full prices for.

Me and my wife randomly found this spanish style restaurant on Lakeshore for the Civic Day long…read moreweekend. No complaints about the foods, excellent. When the bill came along, we were a little suprised. It is not about our affordability or fairness of the foods, but the way the bill was presented to us. After we sat down going through the menu, the server came along and recommended a daily special "Appetizer of the day", we looked at the menu, all appetizers on the menu were around $14, we assumes the "special" won't be much different, and the server did not bother to tell us about the price. We were wrong, the special "Appetizer of the day" we had was priced $35 on the bill, about the same price of a main course. We would be much happier to pay if we had knew the actual price before we ordered.

Food was so good I forgot to take more photos!…read more We visited LaVinia last week for dinner. We ordered the grilled chorizo and ham croquettes tapas. The ham croquettes were delicious and paired with an amazing garlic aioli. The grilled chorizo was also great but the garlic aioli muted the chorizo taste unfortunately. We also had the arugula and pear salad which was topped with Stilton cheese. We really enjoyed it. For our main course, we ordered the seafood paella which was amazing and everything was cooked perfectly. We also enjoyed the mango cheesecake and lemon sorbet for dessert. The restaurant is tightly packed, intimate, and has a great atmosphere for a date night dinner or dinner with friends. The waiters were attentive and very helpful when ordered. The chef also came around near the end of our dinner to ask how our meal was.

A friend and I went to this place for dinner. It was a Wednesday at 6 pm and we did not see anyone…read morein the place. We don't mind - the entire place to ourselves :) We ordered 10 tapas between us and the service was attentive! The food was good but portion sizes are very small even for tapas standard. The waitress was very helpful when she saw we were ordering the same thing in two different items, she suggested other items that are good. We definitely appreciated the suggestions.

Love going to UYE event and thanks for Elaine organizing that at Mezzetta Cafe Restaurant! More…read morepeople More power! These are the dishes I able to have a taste of: Sharing: *Tahina - A rich purée of sesame seeds, parsley and garlic - nice and refrefreshing but flavours overpowered by all the other tapas we ordered! *Houmous - puree of chick peas with tahina and lemon, and a secret blend of spices - A OK with the pita bread *Eggplant Garlic A bold puree of flame-roasted eggplant, garlic, dill, mint, and vinegar *Fried Yams - Crispy deep-fried yam chips, dressed with fried onion shavings - Yam! Yum! Giulana witnessed me ate the whole order by myself! *Potatoe Sambousak - Potato and onion puree wrapped in puff pastry, three pieces dressed with mezziki - brownish looking.. too bad those are not mini chocolate cakes.. dry and uninspiring! *Exotic Green Beans - Crisp-fried green beans, shaved onion, dill and garlic, dressed spicy hot - not spicy hot at all! But the beans were cooked well, crunchy and fresh! My fave of the night! *Mushrooms - Tender sautéed button mushrooms served in a garlic vinaigrette - standard, ok but not too exciting! Not Sharing: (But I made them share with me) *Kofta - spiced minced beef balls served in a rich tomatoe sauce - Not bad, but not really outstanding.. *Dream Sausage - Flame-grilled beef-lamb sausage, spiced with herbed hot sauce (Stole from Tony F) MEH.. too lamby! *Fish Shish - Tasty, marinated marlin or swordfish, flame-grilled, 2 skewers (Stole from Giulana B) - GREAT! light and refreshing with a hint of lemon *Lamb Shish - Savoury chunks of marinated lamb leg, flame-grilled, 2 skewers (Stole from Tony F) - Surprised that I like it! Rich flavour without lamby taste *Vine Leaves - Herbed minced beef and spiced Basmati rice wrapped in vine leaves and dressed with garlic yogourt and dill (Stole from Giulana) - hey I have no idea I should eat the leaves.. Chinese don't eat the leaves we used that as a wrapping! *Chicken Shish - Delicate, juicy marinated chicken breast, flame-grilled - A-OK, but not really memorable! I have a really enjoyable meal... the bills come out to be $15 per person with taxes and tips. I think I don't mind going on a Toonie Tuesday as a value oriented person that will be the way to go!! *Special thanks for Tony F and Giulana for letting me try their food.. And I hope they will still sit next to me next time when we eating out together!