Alioli has been open at the corner of Confederation Parkway and Burnhamthorpe for many years. This Italian restaurant features a wide variety of traditional and Northern Italian dishes. The food quality is good and the prices are average to a bit on the pricey side. Service is good and for some reason the only time I have visited this place is with large groups. We recently reserved a table for 10 for Thanksgiving and the overall experience was good. There is an automatic gratuity of 18% which seems a little high and I never understood why that is the case. There was one waiter looking after us with a couple of food runners. If we were there with a group of 4 people we would have tipped at most 15%, based on the service which was average and not outstanding.
Alioli really has no competition in the immediate area. It is certainly better than any Italian places within a few kilometers and overall I would really have given it a 3.5.