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| - When my boyfriend and I read about Jamie's Italian opening in Toronto we were super excited:D We could not wait because we love Italian food. My first visit to Jamie's Italian was in the spring and it was amazing! I had the famous prawn linguine, the pasta was fresh, tomato sauce was to die for, the garlicky giant prawns were tender & delicious! My bf had the porcini fettuccine and he loved it. The price was on the high side but we didn't mind because the pasta was delicious. The cocktail drinks were good but we were disappointed with the serving size, too small:( Service was great, attentive staff and we felt important. The food was so good we went back two days later for lunch. Again really good pasta, this time we skipped the drinks. Service 2nd time around was okay not the same as the first time. A few months later, we went back, this was our 3rd time and this was NOT the 3rd time's the charm one may think:/ I ordered the same famous prawn linguine (I love seafood!) I noticed something odd. O M G, the prawns were now tiny shrimps. AND they no longer offered complimentary house-baked focaccia, ciabatta bread! You now pay, if you want carbs. Cheap! Not nice. This past weekend, I was weak, I confess, I made a mistake, went to Jamie Italian hoping that they may have gone back to how they were, when they first opened. Nope, I was WRONG. The pasta was bland, tomato sauce was lacking, the garlicky prawns were long gone, it was still the tiny shrimps & they weren't even deveined! Pasta lacked the rich fresh garlicky tomato sauce that made us fall in love with Jamie's Italian. We also noticed the portion size of the crispy squids keeps shrinking in size. They should rename it "a one two bite size crispy squids". This was our 4th time dining at Jamie's Italian. Not impressed. The service was average like every where else. The special feeling we had disappeared. We noticed a lot of changes in the food and service and we will not be returning unfortunately. We had high hopes for Jamie's Italian, thought we found our favourite Italian restaurant to dine weekly. Would have rated it 5/5 if standard was kept high. We are very disappointed and would not recommend. Arrivederci Jamie's Italian. Gordon Ramsay would be disappointed.
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