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Eataly

Eataly

25155 Bloor St WON M4W 1A6, Toronto, United States

Wine • Pizza • Cheese • Italian


"These two weeks, Eataly is doing a promotion that it costs about $26 for a 2 course meal. So my Italian girlfriend and I decided to try it out, however it was extremely disappointing…?One of the most iconic dish in Italy, Bruschetta, was served with half a toast and some ricotta cheese with a little of honey drizzle… completely different from what bruschetta is.We also order arancini, which is another iconic Italian food. It only came with two fried balls. Inside, it is not stuffed, it was simply just a fried risotto ball with some peas, which has minimal flavor and cheese. It comes with no sauce.Salad was very simple, anyone who knows how to chop can make it, nothing fancy, portion is small.Pizza was a bit better and authentic, not too bad, but it costed EXTRA $8The fettuccine pasta, costed extra $10. They were supposed to cook the pasta hot, place it in a wheel of parmigiano reggiano cheese, let the cheese melt and mix it with the pasta, and then serve on the plate in front of you. Initially the server did it with another customer by mistake, and then she just handed the pasta to us. It was already cold/warm by the time it was handed to us. We talked to the server about how the pasta wasn’t hot and we missed the show, they just use the same plate of pasta, which we had eaton and tried, into the same wheel of cheese and did it in front of us. By the time it was on the plate in front of us, it was cold, not even warm. The flavor was there but it’s a plate of cold pasta.Overall, I paid about $100 for 2 people. A lot of items require you to pay extra. The portion is small. Quality isn’t great. I could have a lot nicer Italian food somewhere else. Eataly gave me a fast food vibe, but just the environment is a bit nicer, pretend to be a fine dining restaurant.As a foodie who loves and knows Italian food, I will NOT come back and I advise people NOT to go there. There are a lot of other nicer Italian restaurants, including Piano Piano, Trattoria Neevosa, Tosto… that serve really good Italian food that worth the money you spent."

Antonino's

Antonino's

701 West Hillgrove Avenue, La Grange, 60525, United States Of America

Pizza • Pasta • Italian • Vegetarian


"Wow! A friend of mine when asked ‘what’s your go to Italian recommendation in Lagrange’, told me Antonio’s! I am so glad he did. Wow! The service impeccable. On a cold, Saturday night, my 4 person party was met by server extraordinaire Nanette. Excellent! It only got better from here. Calamari is probably the best I’ve had in the country no joke! And I’ve been all over. The freshest, lightly fried, melt in your mouth calamari. You won’t go wrong ordering it. Paired well with the Pinot Grigio she recommended. Salad and FRESH minestrone soup (which I normally don’t order) were excellent as well. The minestrone was so fresh, seasoning just right, I stopped using my spoon, picked that bowel up to my mouth like I was finishing the last bit of Frosted Flakes in a cereal bowl, and went to town! Almost ordered another bowl but had to move on to entrees… Which got more rewarding as we kept eating. Someone ordered Chicken Lemone excellent! Another, Spinach Lasagna excellent! Me had to have the Gnocchi and asked for spinach thrown in, Nanette TOLD me I wouldn’t regret my decision guess what? I didn’t, it was excellent! Man on third trying to steal home… Nanette sees our almost filled faces, says must have dessert. Of course we said no, we’re good. She’s like, but the cannoli freshest in America…yada yada, you get where this is going. Two cannolis AND two espressos later we’re done! It was THE freshest cannoli, ever! Home run!! If you’re reading this, really wondering can it be real, I would suggest you RUN not walk to get a reservation and eat here. You’ll be coming back saying dude was right!"