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| - We went to Toscana on Sunday night for supper. Based on the website and the menu, I expected something a bit more classy.
The look of the restaurant is half restaurant, half sports bar, with big screen tv's over the bar and in the corner of the dining room. The coat racks all had packing tape holding them together, which would be such as easy thing for them to fix. The restaurant was clean, but it's casual atmosphere does not mesh with their menu pricing. Even the bathroom had a Cellphone company ad on the wall, seeming much more like a pub than a nice restaurant. It feels like they are cutting corners in all areas - even having some tablecloths to cover the cheap pub-style tables would be a step in the right direction.
Service was prompt. The food... meh. We started with a few appetizers, which all tasted fine, just a bit bland. The olives were pretty good, but the bruchetta and the asiago dip could have been from any grocery store deli. Our Caesar salad had wilted lettuce that was browning on the edges. The salad itself was unremarkable. For our main, we shared a pizza. Again, just ok. The dough was tough and chewy. Mismatched plates, but not in a warm, cosy family way, just... mis-matched.
Overall, the pricing of $75 for two people (having a shared entree) did not match the bland quality of the food, nor the atmosphere. Quite disapointing, and I will certainly not go back. The folks at the table nearest us had sent back their dish, so I felt like our experience was not unusual.
Calgary has no shortage of Italian restaurants, but this one misses the mark on food, ambiance and overall experience.
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