Love love LOVE! We recently moved to Yonge and Englington and have made La Vecchia our go to dinner date every weekend. Service is always superb with a wait staff who actually engages with the table and offers great meal suggestions. You can never go wrong with the specials. My husband doesn't even look at the menu, just chooses one of the specials every single time and then raves about it the entire meal. La Vecchia also has a nice wine list. Since we usually consume one bottle each visit some of the servers now recommend wine based off of our past consumption. The French waiter has the best wine knowledge and always steers us right!
Reservations are highly advised on the weekends. The bar is small and not roomy enough to wait for a table so you're better off making a reservation or come around 9pm when the dining room starts to clear out. We were there til midnight the other night and never felt rushed. They take good care of their customers and seem to have a lot of regulars.
Some of my favorites - grilled calamari and tiger shrimp for apps. Love the green salad with mushrooms. Any pasta! Veal chop - Wow. And then dessert. Haven't had one we haven't liked yet!
The last time we were in I watched as we were waiting for our table. The staff is very efficient and quickly moving here and there but yet the diners are super relaxed and having a great time. It's a great restaurant when the staff is exhausted at the end of the night but the diners never had a clue about what it took for them to have that amazing meal with such wonderful personal service.
La Vecchia does it right!