Old school Italian at it's best! The atmosphere is warm and cozy, you just feel comfortable being there. Service is akin to going to an Italian friend's house for dinner. The staff are well versed in the food, and wine. They are happy to make recommendations as to wine pairings with any of the amble food menu. Ahhh the food ........ in a word, delicious! Good solid Italian food that will take you back to Venice, Rome or Tuscany. Highly recommend making a reservation at least a couple days in advance. This is a popular restaurant. read more

Outstanding! Food, service, ambiance were all excellent. Lamb shank was probably the favourite but veal, chicken and pasta all won cuduos. Pina, the owner-workaholic was everywhere and always right there with attention, suggestions and, as always, good humour. What more could one ask for? TerryC read more

Small very busy place. Make sure to make a reservation. The gravy on the rack of lamb I believe was from a sachet & was extremely salty. The risotto was way too watery for the dish but it tasted good. read more

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A very disappointing experience. I was so looking forward to a nice dinner with a friend prior to attending an event. When we arrived the staff were chatting about a phone call/reservation. We stood there listening to their convo and not acknowledged upon entry. Then attention drawn to us with an apology. We were shown to our table and were not greeted by a server for at least 10-15 minutes. At that point we each ordered a half litre of wine. My friend ordered an appetizer and we weren't ready to order yet. My friend completed her appie and it remained in front of her for 10 minutes and her water was empty. We waited another 15-20 minutes before a server returned to take our meal order. Another 30 minutes go by and she we ask for someone to check on our meal. Server finally returns to let us know our order is next to come out. So in my mind that's a couple of minutes. But no. It was almost 10 minutes. We asked for our bill when our meal came out. Once paid, I went to the washroom and my friend paid her bill. When I returned ahead told me the server spilled water on her. I expected so much better from an authentic italian restaurant with linen tablecloths and pricey meals. The food was mediocre. Ambiance was lovely but service was terrible. Will never return read more

This place was amazing, no clue why it's only 3.8 on here. I had the feticini toscana with mushroom and spinach in rose sauce, bruschetta- so Fresh, my partner linguini with muscles and oysters. We finished with the Nutella cheese cake. All of it was amazing. Would 10/10 eat here again the rose sauce and that cheese cake yum! read more

Average food for gourmet prices. Sausage Appy was best. 1 medium sausage cut into 2 slices, great sauce. Main of Veal alla Firenze was 2 tiny crepe like rolls of some pork with veal? And a tiny bit of cheese with batter. Veggies were raw, unable to cut them with a knife. Tiramisu for dessert. A $50 meal cost $70, taste was so so read more

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Tried it for lunch. Fantastic Vongole with white wine sauce. Service was exceptional. read more

Decent Italian place: the ambiance is great, and the servers know their regular clients. This family owned place does a swell job of interacting with their customers; however the food is average for a $$$ dining experience. The service here is absolutely amazing and it is a place for dressing up. The diner was alright. The saphron seafood penne was ok, and the wrapped veal was decent. Good date/event/celebration experience and great service overall. read more

Another Italian restaurant in my neighbourhood, Bridgeland, which provides excellent service and consistently good food. While my wife prefers the 'competition' up the road, I prefer the Villa! The restaurant is cosy and there is a larger room for large noisy italian-like gatherings! The italian menu is varied and the food exquisitely prepared and presented. Great wine list and great desserts on offer. What more can I say? You will have to drive there. I simply walk which means I can end the evening with a Grappa and Expresso! The Villa is well worth a visit. read more

Villa Firenze - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

We had a delicious homemade lasagna and a Veal dish. They take a lot of pride in their food quality, great service by Queen and Marie a third generation family owner. Will definitely make this one of our favorites. read more

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I want to give it less stars but that wouldn't be entirely fair. The service was decent and the food was OK. Nothing bad necessarily but nothing that stood out that would make the prices line up with the experience. In my opinion, the food is of a chain restaurant quality with a price point that suggests a superior meal and/or experience. I went a second time thinking maybe I was possibly over critical and had a different meal. Decent wine, again ok food. This time the service was not very good. Long wait times, felt understaffed for how (surprisingly) busy it was. Again the price seemed high for the meal quality/experience. I won't be back any time soon, likely. Unfortunate because I really was excited to try this place. read more

I was here for a large work party, and I was very impressed! First off, I love the architecture of this place. Definitely has the 'villa' feel to it. We were in the large back room because it was a private function. The service was excellent. My wine was constantly topped up before I was even halfway through my glass. Dangerous, yes. But fun! The food was great. We had fried red peppers as table snacks, and it was delicious!! I have never had red peppers fried crispy like that - and I like it! We had veal, shrimp, bruschetta, and an amazing creamy portobello mushroom dish. The sauce was heavenly, and was excellent to dip the bread into! I hear it is not on their regular menu though. Their tiramisu was good too, but I was a tad too umm.. 'wine-d up' by then to really remember it. All in all, I will definitely go back to have a regular meal here! read more

My work's Christmas party has been held here the past two years and I am definitely impressed. It was a set menu, but everything was delicious. Their portobello mushrooms in the brandy cream sauce and the stuffed veal were divine. The red table wine was delicious. My water glass was never empty. When I asked for tea instead of coffee I got my own cute little teapot. They let us play games and basically take over the room. Both the food and service are A-1. I can't talk about the menu (because I've never seen it), but everything we had was delicious, including the tiramisu. I would love to go again on a regular day to check it out. read more

We have been to this restaurant many times and have never once been disappointed. The food is delicious and the service is first rate. The prices are reasonable and, in fact, very reasonable given the quality of food. When we get a craving for great Italian food, great service, and a great atmosphere, we go here. read more

If you happen to enter the large wooden door of Villa Firenze you're in for a treat. From with a friendly staff and fresh baked in house hot bread to the quinoa penne pasta and the amazing dried red peppers made by chef Joe- you won't be disappointed. read more

Came here upon a friends recommendatiion. He was salivating just telling me I had to order the mushroom special and save the foccacia bread to dip into the sauce. Needlessly to say, we ordered the dish and did as told. The waiter was nice enough to have the kitchen split the portebelllo mushroom for us and serve it on two separate plates too! Overall, I thought the appetizer dish was good but the sauce could have used more salt and it was actually very rich so I couldn't finish the whole half portion, but I can see how someone easily could. :). For dinner, I ordered the penne w arrabiata sauce and sausage. Sausage was a bit on the dense side though it had a lot of flavor, but I enjoyed the pasta and sauce. It was cooked perfect. My friend got shrimp with spinach linguine which was also very good. We both have hearty appetites but had to take home our left overs. Besides that, we appreciated the friendly service, thought the space was nice, and they even had free WiFi. :). read more

Villa Firenze - Mushroom special - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE!! If I could give them zero stars I would, they deserve nothing. If you are celebrating a special occasion or make any special requests while at this restaurant, you will be IGNORED and given exactly what you DO NOT want. My son died a month ago and yesterday would have been his "champagne" birthday, which my family and I had gone to celebrate at Villa Firenze (my first time there). When I asked to be seated at another table that would be quieter (pointing out the vacant, preferred location), the manager instead put us at a table that was no quieter and now in the dark (which was even worse!), stating that the one I wanted was no better. I guess that was her showing me who was boss, instead of giving me the table I had pointed out - which remained empty for the duration we were in their restaurant (2.5 hours). The server was also a bully, staring me down when I told her that the manager had "turned me off" and I therefore wanted nothing when it came time to order. She just smiled at me and very curly said "yes I know", glaring at me until I had to turn my gaze away from her, she was just plain scary! I cannot believe how cold and callous the staff at Villa Firenze are!! When I told the server about the "special" birthday celebration it was to be for my son (him dying a month ago, etc), she said she'd tell the manager but yet no apology or acknowledgement for their actions was ever received. I will NEVER go back to this restaurant. I was mortified at their behaviour and callous treaatment in my time of angst - we had just come from completing a balloon release at the cemetery for my son. What should have been a nice, relaxing dinner during a very stressful time, was an absolute nightmare. read more

I attended a talk for Doctors at this restaurant. The event was catered by the restaurant for a drug company that was holding an educational event. Long story short - the food was probably the worst food I have experienced in a restaurant in over a decade. The salad: 4 pieces of wilted romaine lettuce with spoiled edges and a couple of wedges of mushy roma tomato in a greasy and flavourless dressing The Veal Scallopini: thinly pounded slices of gristle that could not be chewed by anybody at our table, sitting in a thin and flavourless cream-based sauce. Lots of napkins on the plates with chewed gristle. The Chicken with peppers: overcooked chicken with what tasted like a canned sauce that was watery and flavourless, but with mushy peppers. Pasta: Boxed catelli rigatoni with a flavourless "canned" red sauce on it. Pasta was overcooked. Nobody ate it. Penne "Carbonara"....eggs were actually SCRAMBLED due to an apparent total ineptness of the cooking staff. Some slices of soggy pancetta inside that added nothing to flavour and nobody at the table could stomach more than a cautious taste of the vile presentation. The Tiramisu for dessert: Frozen! Also completely flavourless and based on cream cheese, so it had a slightly offensive sour flavour. Could not eat more than a small forkful to try it. Was crunchy with ice crystals throughout. Service: Attentive. They at least got the horrific food out from in front of us in record time. Serving staff didn't seem to notice that nobody seemed to like the food. Portions: Completely inadequate. For 4 people at our table: Literally 4 small pieces of veal scallopini and 4 small pieces of chicken and very small servings of all the other items that were embarrassing in terms of presentation. Not exaggerating about the tiny salad portions. To be fair, some of the professionals seemed to "know better" and they asked to have their dishes "customized". The restaurant seemed to bring THEM some dishes that looked pretty good. To be fair, to order food at this restaurant on the restaurant side may be a much better experience - but on the "banquet side" where they host educational dinners and meetings for professionals - I would not attend the even just because it was being held here. A bunch of us went to A&W after....their new burgers are EXCELLENT! read more

Great Italian food. Went here for lunch and the restaurant was busy. We tried their garlic portobello mushroom special which was cheesy and smothered in a cream sauce. Sooo yummy! Definitely try this if it's their special! I had the linguine alle vongole in the white wine sauce. The pasta was perfectly cooked and there were plenty of clams in the dish. The portion was the perfect size for lunch. read more

I have been going to Villa Firenze for over 20 years, the food is execellent and staff are always welcoming and attentive. This is one of Calgary's "hidden treasures" and will not fail to impress. Please try the portobella mushroom...heaven! read more

We enjoyed the ambience here and the service. The restaurant is extremely dated...likely no updates since they opened over 25 years ago. The food is average, absolutely nothing to write home about. The Penne with sausage was awful...no much garlic and big clumps sausage. My pasta was just gummy. There was no thought of fresh Parmesan either. There are better places in Calgary. This is not one of them. read more

Service was very good. Tuesday evening. Not busy. Appetizers were good. Ceasar salad and house specialty portabello mushroom. Main course a huge disappointment. Penne with seafood. Very salty and fishy. Seafood did not taste fresh. Pasta done nicely but red sauce was disappointing. Marinara from Costco has more flavour. Researcherd for a go to place for Italian food in Calgary. Wrong. Will not go back. Too bad. read more

Went here about a week ago on a week night. Wasn't too busy so quickly seated. Appetizers & the main course were delicious for all four of us. The desserts were ok. Had much better tiramisou (sp?) much better in other places. Not saying the dessert was bad, just not as wonderful as the rest of the meal. Would definitely go back again in future. read more

I made a reservation at Villa Firenze for my boyfriend's birthday. I found myself googling best Italian restaurants in Calgary and stumbled upon Villa, a restaurant I had never heard of despite living in Calgary for years. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a friendly face, our jackets and belongings were taken and we were directed to our table. They had set us up with a quieter corner table for two which was ideal for conversation. Our server promptly came by once we were seated. She knew her menu and was also a pleasure to chat with. We ordered some appetizers to start - their portobello mushroom appetizer that is spoken highly of and bruschetta. Our bruschetta came out first and it wasn't as good as I had hoped. It was unfortunately a bit burnt and far too crunchy for my liking. The portobello mushroom appetizer was excellent and made up for the bruschetta. Onto the mains! I had wanted their chicken but instead of the side the chicken came with, I had hopes of substituting it with a side of their gnocchi. Sadly our server said that I would have to order two mains to get both chicken and gnocchi (they have gnocchi as a main and chicken as a main with a side) and they couldn't sub a smaller portion of gnocchi for the chicken side. OK, well, that's a lot of food and I would be getting a side I didn't want but I was set on trying their gnocchi out. If I could make a suggestion, it would be working on menu flexibility - being able to make substitutions or have the menu not as set in stone would be great. Our server did mention at the point of my request that the kitchen was busy - understandable. We had arrived at evening peak hour. Our server wasn't kidding - they must have been extremely busy or ran into some issues as we were waiting for what seemed like an hour after finishing our appetizers for our main dishes. It was an awkward amount of time. Our server did come by a couple of times to apologize. Things happen. Our mains arrived and their portions are huge. My (two) mains were good but just good - nothing to write home about. My date had a veal dish that he wasn't a fan of and he mentioned some type of texture could have been added to the dish - breaded, crusted, something. He had a side sausage which he liked. Overall, the ambience and staff were great. The restaurant itself is beautiful and full of character. The staff are excellent. The food... not so much. Average, run of the mill. The atmosphere was their saving grace but let's be honest - people go out to eat to eat, not for the wall texture and decoration. Also, I'm not sure if we were there on an off night, but less of a wait time between courses would have made our experience better. read more

They must have had an off night judging by other reviews, but this evening, no one in our party enjoyed their food. I ordered the papardelle con prosciutto cotto and it might be the worst dish I've ever had served to me in a restaurant. I could only eat about 3 bites and the gross aftertaste is still with me. Nice service and great wine, though. read more

Love this restaurant! The food is delicious (especially the mushroom appie) and I love the quiet and elegent feel to the place. It's great! read more

We have been going to Villa Firenze for years and every time we go, it just seems to get better and better! Pina is so personable, she always takes the time to come say hi and chat with us. We always look forward to occasions when we get to eat there! In the top best Italian restaurants in Calgary!! read more

Our favorite restaurant in Calgary! We have been numerous times and the service is always great and the food is unmatched. They always have spectacular wine selections and large private parking lot =D read more