Certainly one of the best value Italian joints in the city. Chianti is a really a workin mans joint. This restaurant has stood the test of time.Tell me what restaurants along Macleod trail have been open since the early 90's? Not many ! But chiantis has survived and is still going strong! they are obviously doing something right!
They make a lot from scratch at Chiantis. All the sauces, a lot of the pastas and a variety of the condiments like ceasar dressing or the sauce they serve with fried zucchini not many if any restaurants do that especially at the price point. They make their own meat balls ( which are really good!) they make fresh cannelloni ( one of my faves) I could go on but you get the idea!
The bad? A few things have changed over the years one bad thing is that they don't bake their own bread anymore. About 4 years ago they stopped doing this and it always made me sad because the bread was actually really good, perhaps it was that whole low carb fad that took place a few years back. They also used to serve oil and balsamic but that stopped when the in house bread stopped. Only to be replaced with generic and tasteless rolls from some robot baker somewhere. I would have givin a 5 if the old bread was still here!
All in all great italian/ American fare. It's one of my staple restaurants, and I would say it should be one of yours to. This place blows all the other Italian chain restaurants out of the water and to the moon. It's chianti! ,they have earned their place and my stomachs heart. Check it!