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| - This is my 5th time at Terroni Adelaide and it's one of my favourite Italian Toronto restaurants for occasions, casual dining, dates, and birthdays! I've celebrated all of those at Terroni over the past 2-3 years, and I haven't been let down yet. If you're looking for a date spot with great wines and fresh pasta for a reasonable price, this is your spot. ALWAYS make a reservation in advance, otherwise you'll be waiting 1-2 hours minimum on a busy night. It's always packed. I'll give a summary for the restaurant, menu, what to expect, pros/cons, and tips!
Pros: Romantic atmosphere and interior with candle light tables and dim lighting (but you can still read the menu), *daily* specials for apps and main dishes, all pasta is made fresh in-house, great recommendations for wine and dish pairings from servers, live DJ on weekend nights, great consistent service especially for occasions, delicious and filling apps + main + desserts with medium sized portions, enough to fill you up. Reasonably priced per dish (about $12-$25). Huge menu with lots and lots of options from Italian apps, to pizza, pasta, salads, panini's, desserts, teas, coffees--likely something for everyone.
Cons: Drink prices are somewhat steep, while some cocktails and wines are more reasonable. Al dente pasta tasted a bit more raw than al dente should taste. Some dishes just didn't taste good at all (the eggplant appetizer, and duck confit pasta + pesto gnocchi pasta and it was 2/5 stars, we had to send one of the pasta's back, but management was great about redeeming the situation and switched it out for any pasta of our choice, free of charge).
Atmosphere: It's in a old courthouse with 3 levels, a large main entrance with a fully stocked bar and a large list of wines. Fun tip: their menu wine list changes weekly! You can always hang out here while you wait for a table. Interior is beautiful with dim lighting and lots of accent lights to warm it up. Definitely a warm space. Lots of small tables and booths. Good for groups. BUT, the tables are quite close together (you can always hear everyone's conversation and need room to move from your table) and I don't think it would be suitable for kids or have adequate room for high chairs.
Menu: Lots of great options for everyone, with some unique twists on Italian food. Dishes are written in Italian and described in English, and servers are great about offering recommendations based on what you like and don't like. Drinks are pricey and you don't get as much as you're paying for, but usually I've had 1-2 drinks at most. Pasta's are worth it, they are fresh and filling with decent small-medium sized portions. The pizza's are okay, a plate size version and not worth the $15-20 in my opinion. Usually for a group of 2-5 people, we get: 1-2 apps, 2-4 pasta dishes, 1-2 pizza dishes, 2-3 drinks, and 1-3 desserts--which we usually all share. But they are all individually portioned. For birthdays, I've received a complimentary Nutella croissant with a candle, and complimentary Tiramisu in the past few recent years.
A++ recommended dishes that I eat every time I go and tried multiple times and loved them each time:
Appetizers - Burrata with basil, tomatoes, and crostini, calamari grilled or fried, and octopus.
Pastas - Spaghetti in Canna a Mare, Tortelloni di Ricotta, Ravioli di Zucca. Dessert - Tiramisu and the Nutella croissant!
Summary: Go here for great Italian pasta, apps, and dessert. Bring a date, your parents, a friend, a group of friends, it suits all kinds of groups. Reasonably priced. You can dress up or be casual, on a weekend, or after work. Maybe not suitable for kids. Try it out and enjoy!
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