I don't give out 5-Star ratings easily, but our experience was truly sublime.
My wife and I stumbled upon this restaurant when wandering in the neighbourhood and was pleased to step inside, and see a really unique, creative, warm, modern and unique decor coupled with a nice menu (which we viewed before we sat down. The restaurant was busy but not full, and there are lots of restaurants with nice decor and a good menu that aren't extraordinary, but we opted to give it a try.
Our friendly, not pretentious waiter greeted us immediately and offered us drinks and walked us through the very creative specials. We learned that the chef is fairly fresh from Italy and makes everything homemade, including all the pasta.
To start my wife and I shared the most unique and tasty buffalo mozzarella with cherries tomatoes that we had ever tried...we loved it.
I had an italian beer that I had not seen elsewhere and my wife had a glass of Riesling that she thought was excellent.
We decided to share evenly two pasta dishes. I ordered the rich, creamy, and mushroomy, ravioli, and my wife the Gnocchi with buffalo mozzarella and tomato sauce. The ravioli was so amazing, the sauce so rich with flavour I personally thanked the chef (in my very poor italian); the Gnocchi was actually light and fluffy, with a truly homemade tomato sauce that we both loved.
We had to skip dessert to get home to our kids, but can't wait to return.
Btw, the pricing was very similar to many other similar italian restaurants that don't have the decor, great food or the great service.
I hope our second visit is just as perfect!!