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Polina Pizzeria

4.1 (124 reviews)
ModeratePizza, Italian
Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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Mushroom pizza
Marissa F.

We stopped in for a late lunch and had some wine and split the Mushroom pizza. While it was good, there were too many mushrooms and not enough cheese. Like you picked it up and took a bite a mushrooms were falling off. My mom finished with a, really good espresso

We came for dinner in mid-August. We didn't make a reservation and they had a table at the front window available for us. Staff are very attentive and friendly. Restaurant was clean and nice atmosphere. We ordered the bolgonese pizza and bolognese spaghetti. The pizza was great and lots of flavor. Light crust. The spaghetti was good too. We recommend coming here !

Bruschetta mini
Richard L.

Stopped by here for a late lunch on our way back from sightseeing in old town. Absolutely loved that we did. Everything was amazing from how quick we were seated to how cold the beer was to how good to food was. We got the bruschetta mini to start and each. It's was it's own little wonder. Then the pizza was done perfectly. Beautiful crust and flavor in each bite. Fanatic spot for lunch.

Spaghetti Bolognese
Matthew S.

Never in a million years would I ever think that Italian food would taste as good as it does in a French Canadian province, but I was proven wrong. Nothing is ever going to compare to Italy (still working my way there), or anything you would get in New York City or Boston. This however, is pretty darn good. All the flavors meld together and work beautifully. The noodles are cooked perfectly, and the option to add grated cheese adds nice color and contrast to a sauce that needs something milky to balance out the hearty meat. It was not expensive and the food came out pretty quick. I would also recommend getting an appetizer first as to not destroy your plate. The servers were nice and know their cuisines, no bluffing their way through to get a bigger tip. Their pizza is supposed to be good too, but I decided on pasta and feel pretty good about my choice.

4 cheese
Sara W.

You can make reservations, and I'd suggest it for guaranteed sitting with no wait. And when you wait, you wait outside. There is no waiting at the bar. They were able to get us in, and our party of 2 only had about 5-8 min wait as someone was paying. But it is small and tables are mostly for 2, though I am sure they can push together. There are menus outside if you want to see what they have. The waiter was great, asking if French or English. We order the le quattro formaggi pizza, large size, and gluten-free bolognese. I appreciate it was actually spaghetti noodled gluten-free pasta, and the pasta tasted good, not grainy. The sauce was good. I did appreciate it had no pork in the sauce. The pizza was amazing, though I couldn't eat much since we didn't get the gluten-free, but I'd go back to get the GF to try. Last tip they do not take American Express.

La Tartufo, Spaghetti al ragu bolognese, La Pollo
Samuel T.

Great Pizza and Pasta here at Polina Pizzeria. We ordered the Large La Tartufo, Spaghetti al ragu bolognese, and Large La Pollo. To start off with the pasta, it was simply delicious. The noodles in my opinion were a little overcooked, and was missing that bite with an al dente. Though, the tomato sauce is the best tomato sauce I believe I've ever had. The sauce was the perfect balance of sweet, acidic, and tartness. This overall made this dish possibly the best bolognese I've had. The La Tartufo was also delicious. It had a great mushroom and white truffle oil flavor. The crust was airy and thin, but lacked an undercarriage. it had the perfect balance of flavors. The La Pollo was unfortunately a downer. It was very cheese heavy and lacked sauce. Again it was a thin and airy crust but lacked a firm undercarriage. The chicken itself was a downer because it was very dry. It took a while to swallow the bite. This overall made the pizza very dry. I like how they added green onion to the pizza adding a freshness to the pizza as a whole. I have to add the added parmesan and freshly cracked pepper to all the dishes really elevated the flavors. They gave this chili oil on the side which added the perfect heat to the dishes. The quality of the food was good. I do have to mention how the spaghetti came out on a hot bowl, but itself was a little cold. Other than that the ingredients they used tasted fresh and of good quality. The presentations were standard. The pizzas I have to add were very eye catching. In terms of portion to price I would say that it is fair. Again ordering a large pizza, the slices were large and filling. I must add that the bolognese was lacking ground beef, though again the tomato sauce makes up for it. The prices were fair as well as the portions. The customer service was excellent. We were greeted upon entry. Our server was very kind and helpful with translating the menu and offering suggestions. He was very attentive and came to our table multiple times asking if everything was ok. Though, the food did take a while to come out. The waiting time for the food seemed longer than usual. The ambiance is very with a whole in the wall pizza spot vibe to it. Although the interior seems cramped and small, the vibe makes up for it. The place was overall very clean. Parking is very difficult because there is only limited street parking. Solid dinner my family and I had here.

Spaghetti alla vongole (white clam sauce)
James V. B.

My wife, son (9) and I have been to Polina three times, most recently once in July 2023. My son likes this place a lot since in 2022 we needed to get him something to eat late around 9:30pm and he remembers that he enjoyed it so much that he asked if we could go once more before we left a few days later. This year we ordered the Mediterranean/Greek salad and a Caesar salad as starters and my wife had a glass of their orange-infused white wine. The salads here are always delicious with Canada's ridiculously high-quality produce. The salads are dressed nicely and are a perfect portion to split between two people. I'm partial to the Greek/Mediterranean one but everything about the Caesar is great too. The wine my wife ordered preceded a seafood main dish and she said the bitterness (think orange peel) was a nice contrast to her meal. My son and I ordered spaghetti Napoletana, which is plain fresh tomato sauce. My son loves this (has had it twice here) and I think it is good. It's hard for me to judge Italian restaurants because my family owned and operated fine Italian restaurants in New York. I will say that it is very good but you can expect, as I have noticed in Canada, a little too much oregano (when oregano is warranted at all?) in the tomato sauces. Maybe that's a Mediterranean tilt toward a Greek flavor but it's something I recognize. My wife rants and raves like a lunatic about Polina's spaghetti alla vongole (clam sauce). This is white clam sauce with noticeably clean clams and a light broth. She has told me that there's no fishy or overly briny flavor or odor, indicative of fresh ingredients. I don't eat that but she talked about this all last year and until we went again this year. This year for dessert my wife had homemade tiramisu served in a pretty glass -- it is delicious -- and my son and I had gelato. I enjoyed mine but my son less so, because the gelato is a very dressed up dessert with a scoop of gelato surrounded by nuts, citron, fruit puree and so forth. It is delicious as prepared but it is not "ice cream" as a child would expect it. Nor was it a scoop of gelato as our server described it. The servers are kind and super helpful, by the way, if you require English or want to ask menu questions. FYI: Last year I tried the lasagna bolognese that my son ordered and this was an excellent serving, piping hot with béchamel as well as bolognese sauce. I also recommend this and would try it myself on a future visit.

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Excellent service. Our waiter Christof went above and beyond. Excellent in helping me with my gluten free options . Always at our table topping up our wine and asking if we needed anything. My husband had lasagna which was huge and he said it was very good. I had a g/f pizza which was excellent. We enjoyed our evening so much that we went back on our last night and enjoyed 2 pasta dishes. Thanks Christof for the great service and the scrumptious dinners

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Wonderful place. Food service and ambiance were all top notch. Went twice in the same day.

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Staff and hostess were so rude, we didn't bother to stay for dinner.Too many other great choices in the area to put up with that.

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Lasagna was decent and pizza was reasonable. Price is reasonable. Small restaurant a bit crowded but food was overall decent.

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2 years ago

Stopped in about 4:00 for a pizza. Garlic bread and pizza were excellent. Sangria completed a perfect meal and great service.

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Yummy. All menus were so delicious. Staffs are awesome. Juwel out of so many Italian restaurants in the old town Quebec.

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This place is an obvious tourist trap. The pizza tastes like microwave frozen pizza and there are better places to eat in Quebec City.

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Delivery was fairly quick. Ordered pizza and poutine, neither were impressive. Disappointed to have…read morewaisted a good opportunity on mediocre food.

We placed an online order that we were told would be delivered in 50 to 90 minutes, but it was…read morenever delivered. Their "real time "app indicated it was out for delivery after about 75 minutes, but then it seemed to be stuck about halfway through the delivery stage. When we called to inquire, the manager said they had only one delivery person and they were backlogged, but we would get our order soon. Shortly thereafter their "real time" app suddenly jumped all the way back to the beginning "preparation" stage, and then slowly once again moved through "cooking", "packaging", and then once out for "delivery". Not surprisingly, it again froze in the middle of the delivery stage and then, nearly 3 hours after we had placed our order, the app suddenly switched to a screen that said "tracking is no longer available". We never received a phone call or a follow up email with any explanation, other than a solicitation to complete a satisfaction survey, and we never got our order. But they did put through the charge on my credit card, which I'm going to contest tomorrow. Epic fail! ***** Nous avons passé une commande en ligne dont on nous a dit qu'elle serait livrée en 50 à 90 minutes, mais elle n'a jamais été livrée. Leur application "en temps réel" indiquait qu'elle était sortie pour la livraison après environ 75 minutes, mais elle semblait alors coincée à peu près à mi-chemin de l'étape de la livraison. Lorsque nous avons appelé pour nous renseigner, le directeur a dit qu'ils n'avaient qu'un seul livreur et qu'ils avaient un arriéré, mais que nous recevrions bientôt notre commande. Peu de temps après, leur application "en temps réel" a soudainement sauté jusqu'au début de l'étape de "préparation", puis s'est lentement déplacée à nouveau à travers la "cuisson", "l'emballage", puis une fois sortie pour la "livraison". Il n'est pas surprenant qu'elle ait de nouveau gelé au milieu de la phase de livraison, puis, près de 3 heures après que nous ayons passé notre commande, l'application est soudainement passée à un écran qui disait "le suivi n'est plus disponible". Nous n'avons jamais reçu d'appel téléphonique ou d'e-mail de suivi avec une explication, autre qu'une sollicitation pour répondre à un sondage de satisfaction, et nous n'avons jamais reçu notre commande. Mais ils ont fait payer la charge sur ma carte de crédit, que je vais contester demain. Échec épique !

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