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| - I came here for my boyfriend's birthday dinner and I was surprised how not so good this place was. I scavenged the realms of the Internet to find a perfect Italian spot in Toronto, and I was kind of really disappointed.
The ambience was ALRIGHT, the food was ALRIGHT and the service was just NOT GOOD. The only saving grace was that they (the executive chef???) were kind and gave my boyfriend a special present for his birthday (unexpected), but other than that, DAMN, not worth. The final bill came out to be almost 200 dollars.
We made reservations for 9. We probably got there 3-5 minutes before 9, but we still ended up waiting 15-20 minutes for a table at the bar. (How??)
When we finally got seated around 9:30, the two of us ordered:
1. Orecchio di maiale (pig ears)
2. Nodini (warm bread knots)
3. Funghi pizza
4. Gnocchi ripieni
5. Sopresini alle vongole??? I cannot remember (All pictures are attached)
6. Tiramisu
The pig ears were delicious but damn, they were salty AF. So were the bread knots (which I thought would be soft and pillowy, but they were REALLY hard). I think my lips started to burn after a while.
The pizza was OKAY, the mushrooms tasted amazing (I love mushrooms), but everything else in the pizza was just OKAY.
I'm fine with OKAY, you know, if the food is OKAY, then it's not bad, which means the restaurant is coming-back-able.
Then came our pasta dishes!
Everyone supposedly loves al dente pasta, but I don't. I like my noods to be a little bit softer, but you know what, I'll eat al dente if I have to. I took a bite of my pasta, and it was REALLY al dente. I wasn't sure if I was delusional so I took another bite, and again, VERY al dente. But there was no way they could undercook my dish! It was a birthday event and I didn't want to send a dish back! But I asked my boyfriend to try a bite of my pasta and he confirmed that the pasta I was eating was INDEED CRUNCHY and I should send it back because it was quite inedible.
We proceeded to tell one of the waitresses, who was just standing there and doing nothing. She came over and we both explained that the dish was undercooked and that it was hard and crunchy. I don't think she understood a single thing we said because she left and never came back. Nothing happened for the next five minutes, no one took my plate away, so we tried to wave at her, but she just looked away, like she didn't see two people trying to get her attention in the most polite way possible. And then I never saw her again! I don't know, did she hide in the bathroom?
We proceeded to tell someone else and he kindly took my dish away (and my boyfriend's dish) and said the chefs will cook the pasta dishes for us again. After a bit, he brought us back NEW dishes and we ate it, and I'm glad to say that this time, the pasta was NOT crunchy and it was al dente at its finest.
We ordered tiramisu (which was crazy heavy and my BF LOVED IT) after our pasta dishes and our night ended when the executive chef brought my BF a special present.
Honestly, if it wasn't for that dreadful experience with the waitress who ignored us completely, I would have given this place 3 stars! It's not like we were howling and screaming and crying for disgusting crunchy pasta. We told her politely that the dish was undercooked and she blinked once and that was all the interaction we got from her.
TLDR; Be aware of waitresses that pretend you don't exist and crunchy pasta. Come at your own risk.
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