Geez. From entry to consuming food was 64 minutes.My lady ordered this $35 steak entree, asked for the cream sauce to be set aside, they didn't the first time and tried to play it off like it did.That could have killed her, folks!Drinks took 15 minutes to show up, Pineapple-based cocktail was underwhelming.Alfredo had no taste, bland.Her cream sauce, bland.Pasta, undercooked.Veggies, cold.Meatball was not even set up like a ball.Place seemed busy at first, so I understood the staff's plight, but people showed up after we did, got seated and their food shoved in 35 minutes, we were still waiting.Shoutout to the one lady in a tank top, she hustled.The place seemed understaffed at first, understandable, but when people left, service was still slow. TF....Our waiter didn't seem concerned about our experience, other than giving us sliced bread 45+ minutes in, and mildly acknowledged the delay.Water was partially refilled once at the very end.Disappointed over this $121.43 bill; will never recommend JF to hotel guests, friends or family.Should have gone to Ribfest across the street, at least a $70 saving.Rustic decor was okay.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Deepika Bhargava
The gnocchi was great, loved the service from Avery. She made the whole experience wonderful ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Suzanne Crouchley
The food was good and it was interesting to hear about the history of the place but it was way too noisy.We had to shout to make ourselves heard which just made everyone else have to shout as well.I'd love to go back but the vocal chords just wouldn't take another battering like that.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood
Ty Findlater
I went there for my birthday last year and you guys were welcoming and very very friendly and very supportive because I am trans and you guys treated me like a girl and that made me feel so great on may 25 this year I am coming to lunch with my mom super excited for that, I also would like to thank the manager who made me feel really special because I don’t drink wine so he severe my coke in a wine glass
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Starter House Salad, Lasagna, Burrata, Penne Johnny Farina
Susan Ennis
We have been to Johnny Farinas 4 times. Twice last summer we thought it was great BUT the last two times we have been extremely disappointed. We even asked the server if the management or chefs had changed. The bruschetta (bread aprt ) was so stall that you could not cut it. The pastas were very mediocre and bland. We had to ask for salt and pepper by going tracking down a server and carrying it to our table ourselves. The server was very nice...not blaming her. Paying $12 for 5oz of wine is too expensive. Very disappointing!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Elaine Bedard
Went with the family, kids and adults all enjoyed the experience.Recommend definitely
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Phelan Snow
5 stars across the board! Jonny Farina is our go to for my wife’s birthday, this is the 3rd year in a row we’ve gone and they just get better every time. Pizza: delicious. Pasta: delicious. Everything: delicious. Our server went above and beyond to make my wife’s day special, I can’t recommend Jonny Farina enough. If 6 stars was an option they’d get it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Linguini Pescatore with White Wine Cream Sauce, Bruschetta, Seafood Pizza, Chicken Parmigiana, Penne Johnny Farina
Matthew Lawrence
Fantastic restaurant! The service was amazing. The food was scrumptious! The wine choices were very good. The only thing that wasn't perfect was that we were seated amongst two large groups which made things very noisy. But considering they seated us on a Friday night without a reservation, we consider ourselves lucky.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Paul
Dish was ok. The food that everyone else in my party order looked delicious and it was tasty. Mine, not so much. Quite bland and visually unappealing.Service was great. Atmosphere was also great
Went there for the first time with my family. We really enjoyed it, the staff was super nice and friendly, we didn't see any kid menu online, but they will offer some options for kids which was great! We tasted their pizza and pasta. I took the linguine with meatballs. I thought it was good, pasta was fresh, but the pomodoro sauce was lacking a little something special. Meatballs were big but not heavy so everything went down smooth and fine. My wife took the chicken and shrimp pasta and she LOVED it! I tasted my daughter 's pizza and it was very tasty, my other daughter had Alfredo linguini and she really enjoyed it too. We also had bruschetta as a starter, bread was soft inside, crunchy outside, we really enjoyed those too. For dessert we took the sharing platter and OMG that Toffee pudding was soooo amazing!! Tiramisu was smooth and soft and the canonolis were very good and tasty! So other than my plate which was alright, everything else was super tasty!!One thing was that we thought overall service was a little slow for kids. I'm happy we had things to keep them busy, because while the restaurant will accommodate children, I wouldn't necessarily call it a children friendly restaurant like other places - not to say it's a bad thing, I think it's fine that some restaurants aren't super catered to kids, but just keep it in mind if you plan on going there. But overall, our meal lasted almost 2 hours which can be long with kids of a young age. It won't stop us from going back for that Toffee Pudding and taste their other options on the menu however.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta
Cameron Bonesso
The food at Johnny’s is always pretty good albeit being in the higher price range compared to some other Italian eateries in the city. The service can be kinda mixed depending on what time you go, however. Made a reservation in advance for Friday evening at 7:00 PM for 3 people and when we arrived they told me the reservation was only for 2 people so we had to wait an additional 10 minutes for a table to open (which was okay), but once we were seated, I got a phone call 15 minutes into the meal from the host telling me that we somehow missed our reservation? Clearly some communication issues with the scheduling. Took way too long to get the bill once we told our server we were ready and once it arrived mine didn’t add up correctly. Still love the food, just not the service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
Alejandra Van Hensbergen
The food is good, although I think they changed the menu, they used to ha e a very tasty lasagna. The service was nice, we got our aranchinas cold and they replaced right away. The pizza was great, highly recommended!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Kristal Siu
Food not as good as reviews! Quite disappointed than I thoughtOverall experience: 6/10 - won’t come backOnly 2 server served the dinning area, our server keep forgetting our orders that need to be repeat 2-3 times. They don’t even bring out complimentary bread like normal Italian restaurant ( even when the server mentioned about it himself first )The linguni meatball was not tasty and the meat was not feel fresh at all, I have light food poison that nightLasgana was ok.The only dishes we like is the mussel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Kim Potvin
My first time at Johnny Farina. Best Calamari I have had in Ottawa since moving here 6 years ago! Will be going back again.
Geez. From entry to consuming food was 64 minutes.My lady ordered this $35 steak entree, asked for the cream sauce to be set aside, they didn't the first time and tried to play it off like it did.That could have killed her, folks!Drinks took 15 minutes to show up, Pineapple-based cocktail was underwhelming.Alfredo had no taste, bland.Her cream sauce, bland.Pasta, undercooked.Veggies, cold.Meatball was not even set up like a ball.Place seemed busy at first, so I understood the staff's plight, but people showed up after we did, got seated and their food shoved in 35 minutes, we were still waiting.Shoutout to the one lady in a tank top, she hustled.The place seemed understaffed at first, understandable, but when people left, service was still slow. TF....Our waiter didn't seem concerned about our experience, other than giving us sliced bread 45+ minutes in, and mildly acknowledged the delay.Water was partially refilled once at the very end.Disappointed over this $121.43 bill; will never recommend JF to hotel guests, friends or family.Should have gone to Ribfest across the street, at least a $70 saving.Rustic decor was okay.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
The gnocchi was great, loved the service from Avery. She made the whole experience wonderful ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was good and it was interesting to hear about the history of the place but it was way too noisy.We had to shout to make ourselves heard which just made everyone else have to shout as well.I'd love to go back but the vocal chords just wouldn't take another battering like that.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood
I went there for my birthday last year and you guys were welcoming and very very friendly and very supportive because I am trans and you guys treated me like a girl and that made me feel so great on may 25 this year I am coming to lunch with my mom super excited for that, I also would like to thank the manager who made me feel really special because I don’t drink wine so he severe my coke in a wine glass
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Starter House Salad, Lasagna, Burrata, Penne Johnny Farina
We have been to Johnny Farinas 4 times. Twice last summer we thought it was great BUT the last two times we have been extremely disappointed. We even asked the server if the management or chefs had changed. The bruschetta (bread aprt ) was so stall that you could not cut it. The pastas were very mediocre and bland. We had to ask for salt and pepper by going tracking down a server and carrying it to our table ourselves. The server was very nice...not blaming her. Paying $12 for 5oz of wine is too expensive. Very disappointing!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Went with the family, kids and adults all enjoyed the experience.Recommend definitely
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
5 stars across the board! Jonny Farina is our go to for my wife’s birthday, this is the 3rd year in a row we’ve gone and they just get better every time. Pizza: delicious. Pasta: delicious. Everything: delicious. Our server went above and beyond to make my wife’s day special, I can’t recommend Jonny Farina enough. If 6 stars was an option they’d get it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Linguini Pescatore with White Wine Cream Sauce, Bruschetta, Seafood Pizza, Chicken Parmigiana, Penne Johnny Farina
Fantastic restaurant! The service was amazing. The food was scrumptious! The wine choices were very good. The only thing that wasn't perfect was that we were seated amongst two large groups which made things very noisy. But considering they seated us on a Friday night without a reservation, we consider ourselves lucky.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dish was ok. The food that everyone else in my party order looked delicious and it was tasty. Mine, not so much. Quite bland and visually unappealing.Service was great. Atmosphere was also great
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Great place, amazing service, a must visit :-)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Went there for the first time with my family. We really enjoyed it, the staff was super nice and friendly, we didn't see any kid menu online, but they will offer some options for kids which was great! We tasted their pizza and pasta. I took the linguine with meatballs. I thought it was good, pasta was fresh, but the pomodoro sauce was lacking a little something special. Meatballs were big but not heavy so everything went down smooth and fine. My wife took the chicken and shrimp pasta and she LOVED it! I tasted my daughter 's pizza and it was very tasty, my other daughter had Alfredo linguini and she really enjoyed it too. We also had bruschetta as a starter, bread was soft inside, crunchy outside, we really enjoyed those too. For dessert we took the sharing platter and OMG that Toffee pudding was soooo amazing!! Tiramisu was smooth and soft and the canonolis were very good and tasty! So other than my plate which was alright, everything else was super tasty!!One thing was that we thought overall service was a little slow for kids. I'm happy we had things to keep them busy, because while the restaurant will accommodate children, I wouldn't necessarily call it a children friendly restaurant like other places - not to say it's a bad thing, I think it's fine that some restaurants aren't super catered to kids, but just keep it in mind if you plan on going there. But overall, our meal lasted almost 2 hours which can be long with kids of a young age. It won't stop us from going back for that Toffee Pudding and taste their other options on the menu however.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta
The food at Johnny’s is always pretty good albeit being in the higher price range compared to some other Italian eateries in the city. The service can be kinda mixed depending on what time you go, however. Made a reservation in advance for Friday evening at 7:00 PM for 3 people and when we arrived they told me the reservation was only for 2 people so we had to wait an additional 10 minutes for a table to open (which was okay), but once we were seated, I got a phone call 15 minutes into the meal from the host telling me that we somehow missed our reservation? Clearly some communication issues with the scheduling. Took way too long to get the bill once we told our server we were ready and once it arrived mine didn’t add up correctly. Still love the food, just not the service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 2
The food is good, although I think they changed the menu, they used to ha e a very tasty lasagna. The service was nice, we got our aranchinas cold and they replaced right away. The pizza was great, highly recommended!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food not as good as reviews! Quite disappointed than I thoughtOverall experience: 6/10 - won’t come backOnly 2 server served the dinning area, our server keep forgetting our orders that need to be repeat 2-3 times. They don’t even bring out complimentary bread like normal Italian restaurant ( even when the server mentioned about it himself first )The linguni meatball was not tasty and the meat was not feel fresh at all, I have light food poison that nightLasgana was ok.The only dishes we like is the mussel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
My first time at Johnny Farina. Best Calamari I have had in Ottawa since moving here 6 years ago! Will be going back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Genoa Pizza, Seafood