This restaurant is our favourite. Sorry to see it closing as the Hard RockCasino expands next month. Ally is the best server!
Mark
Very expensive no side dishes,beef short ribs very sinuey and tuff you would think paying $42 they would give you a salad Horrible value
Courtney
It was a great experience. The only trouble we had was trying to leave. It took a long time for our waitress to get us checked out. It'd be nice if we could do it at the front counter.
Susan Thyne
Service was atrocious. Our reservation was for 5:30 and we didn't get our food till 7pm. The lasagne was mediocre. Unable to detect any lobster in the lobster ravioli which tasted like stodgy dumplings. The fish of the day was a small piece of salmon covered in a bland sauce. The tiramisu was served frozen solid. They were kind enough not to charge us for that as we couldn't eat it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sylvie
I had the dip and the handmade mushroom ravioli. Delicious! Loved the bread and sauce served while we were waiting for our appetizers.
H D
Well the service was great the view was nice to watch the horse races, but the food was overpriced for the small portions and didn't taste good. The brochuetta and wine was the only thing I liked about my meal the lasagna was super sweet and the ravioli was only 4 small ones In a bowl for like 24$ we won't go back for dinner just for apps and drinks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jo L888
The cannolis dessert is so good except too little strawberries n berries. A little bit more will be perfect. The main courses so delicious! The chefs should be at Casino Lac Leamy.They lack Michelin star chefs at Lac Leamy. Cheers to the chefs at Caffe Italiano.👍👍👍
Jomy Lian
The cannolis dessert is so good except too little strawberries n berries. A little bit more will be perfect. The main courses so delicious! The chefs should be at Casino Lac Leamy.They lack Michelin star chefs at Lac Leamy. Cheers to the chefs at Caffe Italiano.???
Heather
The food was the best part, everything else was not ideal. The noise level was that of a sports bar, it was difficult to have any kind of conversation and the prices for the food are definitely more on par with a nice restaurant where you could have quiet conversation. The service was extremely lacking, the poor server had far too many tables to serve them properly. It was our first visit and it will be the last, not impressed at all and that is disappointing because we were looking forward to our night out.
Keith
Service and food were excellent but we weren't expecting the noise level....but a great place if you want to bet on the horses while you eat. A bit pricey but I guess that is the norm now.
The food and the portions suck. I’ve been here twice now and both groups I went with left disappointed and still hungry. I had the ravioli the first time and it’s nothing specular. At least they upped their portion from 5 to 7 pieces for the person that ordered it this time. The second time I went with the cappellacci. My seafood was undercooked and I caught 2 lobster shells in it (They offered me a drink for that but I don’t drink). There were also only 5 small cappellacci. Portion was so small that I was asked if I had even received my plate because it was gone when they had just finished serving.
From a taste perspective, they’re trying to be fancy but failing at it and would do better sticking to the classics. Our group tried oysters, lasagna, chicken marsala, butcher’s cut, etc. Noone liked their plate.
Also, beware of going with a small group (8 in our case) as they charge you a 18.5% tip automatically.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Mary
Great service, excellent food. I had the Chicken Marsala and substituted the angel hair pasta for a Cesar salad. Hubby had the lasagna. Our friends had the mussels and a pasta dish. Nothing left on any of our plates. We will definitely visit Cafe Italiano in the future.
Melissa G
The food was amazing. You start out with bread (think it was sun dried tomato and rosemary but aren’t sure) and some oil with sun dried tomatoes to dip. The bread was warm and amazing tasting. We ordered the calimari to start. Then shared the chicken Marsala and special of Alfredo. Could not decide which was better because they were both amazing tasting. We ended with the canola that you build yourself. The atmosphere was really good. Noise level was fine as there wasn’t many people there. Can’t comment on the noise level with full capacity. We will go back. Only drawback is the limited menu. Not sure how often we will go based on that but it was a great meal for sure. 1 app, 2 meals, 1 dessert and 2 non alcoholic drinks for $125 (tip and tax included)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Marsala
M&T Purcell
Great service, fun watching the horses! Delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nancy St Denis
There are no Italians working in this kitchen. Pizza Pizza is more authentic. EVOO drowned all dishes except the inedible calamari.
This restaurant is our favourite. Sorry to see it closing as the Hard RockCasino expands next month. Ally is the best server!
Very expensive no side dishes,beef short ribs very sinuey and tuff you would think paying $42 they would give you a salad Horrible value
It was a great experience. The only trouble we had was trying to leave. It took a long time for our waitress to get us checked out. It'd be nice if we could do it at the front counter.
Service was atrocious. Our reservation was for 5:30 and we didn't get our food till 7pm. The lasagne was mediocre. Unable to detect any lobster in the lobster ravioli which tasted like stodgy dumplings. The fish of the day was a small piece of salmon covered in a bland sauce. The tiramisu was served frozen solid. They were kind enough not to charge us for that as we couldn't eat it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
I had the dip and the handmade mushroom ravioli. Delicious! Loved the bread and sauce served while we were waiting for our appetizers.
Well the service was great the view was nice to watch the horse races, but the food was overpriced for the small portions and didn't taste good. The brochuetta and wine was the only thing I liked about my meal the lasagna was super sweet and the ravioli was only 4 small ones In a bowl for like 24$ we won't go back for dinner just for apps and drinks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
The cannolis dessert is so good except too little strawberries n berries. A little bit more will be perfect. The main courses so delicious! The chefs should be at Casino Lac Leamy.They lack Michelin star chefs at Lac Leamy. Cheers to the chefs at Caffe Italiano.👍👍👍
The cannolis dessert is so good except too little strawberries n berries. A little bit more will be perfect. The main courses so delicious! The chefs should be at Casino Lac Leamy.They lack Michelin star chefs at Lac Leamy. Cheers to the chefs at Caffe Italiano.???
The food was the best part, everything else was not ideal. The noise level was that of a sports bar, it was difficult to have any kind of conversation and the prices for the food are definitely more on par with a nice restaurant where you could have quiet conversation. The service was extremely lacking, the poor server had far too many tables to serve them properly. It was our first visit and it will be the last, not impressed at all and that is disappointing because we were looking forward to our night out.
Service and food were excellent but we weren't expecting the noise level....but a great place if you want to bet on the horses while you eat. A bit pricey but I guess that is the norm now.
Restaurantji Recommends
The food and the portions suck. I’ve been here twice now and both groups I went with left disappointed and still hungry. I had the ravioli the first time and it’s nothing specular. At least they upped their portion from 5 to 7 pieces for the person that ordered it this time. The second time I went with the cappellacci. My seafood was undercooked and I caught 2 lobster shells in it (They offered me a drink for that but I don’t drink). There were also only 5 small cappellacci. Portion was so small that I was asked if I had even received my plate because it was gone when they had just finished serving.
From a taste perspective, they’re trying to be fancy but failing at it and would do better sticking to the classics. Our group tried oysters, lasagna, chicken marsala, butcher’s cut, etc. Noone liked their plate.
Also, beware of going with a small group (8 in our case) as they charge you a 18.5% tip automatically.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Great service, excellent food. I had the Chicken Marsala and substituted the angel hair pasta for a Cesar salad. Hubby had the lasagna. Our friends had the mussels and a pasta dish. Nothing left on any of our plates. We will definitely visit Cafe Italiano in the future.
The food was amazing. You start out with bread (think it was sun dried tomato and rosemary but aren’t sure) and some oil with sun dried tomatoes to dip. The bread was warm and amazing tasting. We ordered the calimari to start. Then shared the chicken Marsala and special of Alfredo. Could not decide which was better because they were both amazing tasting. We ended with the canola that you build yourself. The atmosphere was really good. Noise level was fine as there wasn’t many people there. Can’t comment on the noise level with full capacity. We will go back. Only drawback is the limited menu. Not sure how often we will go based on that but it was a great meal for sure. 1 app, 2 meals, 1 dessert and 2 non alcoholic drinks for $125 (tip and tax included)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Marsala
Great service, fun watching the horses! Delicious food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
There are no Italians working in this kitchen. Pizza Pizza is more authentic. EVOO drowned all dishes except the inedible calamari.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
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