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I don't give too many 5's, but this place is just great and deserving of 5 stars. One of my favorite attributes of this restaurant is that you can bring your own wine. My other favorite is that they have great food.
When we moved here, we found it difficult to go out for dinner, because my wife has a gluten allergy and we don't speak french. A friend of ours happened upon Ottavio, due to their gluten free menu options, and invited us along. Since then, we have become regulars here.
Again, they have great food, from Italian favorites like pizza and pasta to traditional Quebecois fare like mussels and fries. My wife and I usually start our meal by splitting either a caesar salad (gluten free) or the eggplant tower (gluten free). The appetizers are large and good for two. For the main course, I typically get a pizza. There are multiple options for toppings, perhaps 12 pizza alternatives. They are cut into 4 quarter slices and easily reduced to 8 slices. My wife either gets the mussels and fries or a gluten free pizza. For pasta, they have lasagna, spaghetti, and a series of pastas with tomato, rose, alfredo or pesto sauce. Accompanying the dinner is complementary bread which is not gluten free.
It is important to note that among their gluten free options, they have pizza, pasta and mussels available. If you opt for gluten free, they provide you alternative silverware, and they even have gluten free soap in the restroom.
They have two seatings, early and late. The early seating is around 6 and the late seating is around 8, although you can go in between seatings without a reservation.
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