Tutti Matti Restaurant

Came here for winterlicious lunch and the service was great. The restaurant wasn’t too busy when we went around noon, however, filled up by the time we left around 1pm.
I ordered the radish and pear purée soup, sausage and mushroom pasta, and the chocolate caramel pudding.
— Radish and pear purée soup ⁵⁄₅: the soup was a generous portion. The sweetness of the pear went well with the radish, since the radish can easily taste too «root-​like»
— Sausage and mushroom pasta 3.5÷5: the pasta itself was chewy and I really enjoyed the texture. However, the flavours from the sausage and mushroom toppings was a bit underwhelming.
— Chocolate caramel pudding: ⁶⁄₅: definitely the highlight of the meal — the caramel on the chocolate pudding was still liquid with every scoop, dripping off your spoon with every bite.
It was only after when we left and realized the restaurant had a regular prix-​fixe menu offer at $ 20 (vs the $ 23 winterlicious lunch option). Maybe it’s a calling to come again to try it out.

A group of six on a business trip to Toronto — we picked Tutti Matti by chance and were absolutely thrilled with the experience! We experienced 5 different entrees during our dining, including wild boar ragu, tortelloni, costole di manzo, maiale, agnello and orata. Every dish was beautifully presented and really delicious. The service was outstanding, too!

³⁄₅! Good food but there are better Italian restaurants in Toronto– especially for the price point. As mains, I would recommend the pappardelle or costole Di manzo. For dessert– hands down go with the tiramisu.

Very happy to find such delicious and expertly prepared Tuscan food in this area. Quite a contrast with the strip of touristy and generic Italian American restaurants just around the corner.
The suckling pig appetizer was delicious and a good size to split between two. Short ribs managed to be both tender and juicy inside and hard baked on the outside, I particularly liked the creamed parsnips it came with.
The cacciucco (seafood stew) is served in an individual sized Le Creuset casserole and was also excellent, with a light broth and plenty of delicious lobster, clams, mussels, etc.
A bit pricy for an every day place for us, but a good range of wines by the glass helps to keep the price down, and definitely a place to come back to regularly. My only problem in a restaurant like this is working out what to order, as I would probably enjoy every dish on the menu.

One of the best restaurants in downtown Toronto. The staff was amazing and the owner and head chef took our dining experience to the next level. If you stop by, ask her to show her her steak options. The onion jelly is out of this world.

I found everything to be fresh and meticulously prepared. There is a nice selection of dishes to choose from but inline with the Tuscan inspired menu, most of them are meat-​based. We ordered the fried zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta cheese, the porchetta appetizer, tagliatelle and papardelle. Everything was excellent, the flowers had a perfect crisp batter, the porchetta was moist and fatty, the pasta was perfectly cooked and the sauce was flavourful and complex. The portions were less than generous, which was only noticed because the prices seemed to be slightly inflated for what we ordered. The wine list definitely isn’t intimidating, but doesn’t miss a beat. A solid Italian option in the city, but a little more food would help.

I keep saying «Tutti Matti» like if I’m an especially terrible Super Mario impersonator.
I know about Italian food like I know about cars. I don’t know anything about cars. So this is mostly a review from someone with tastebuds, as opposed to someone who is an expert on Italian foodstuffs.
I’ve waffled on the rating for a while now. But based on some fantastic service, and food that was mostly enjoyable, a very low [*][*][*][*] seems reasonable.
The first dish was easily the highlight of the meal. I can’t remember what it’s called, but it was like an open-​faced sandwich thingie. It was rich, flavorful, and and had me excited about the rest of the meal. Sadly, everything else was just… Okay. The «Costole di Manzo» (short ribs) were really tender. It could have even been the most excellent part of my meal, except it was missing the most obvious of seasonings: Salt. As a result, it had an orangey sweetness to it that was almost cloying. The dessert was gelato of some sort. I gave it to one of my dinner-​mates to finish. The portions are… not necessarily miniscule, but they’re also on the edge of being not entirely filling.
Was the meal worth the price? Meh… Maybe. I think the excellent service carried our group through the night. Our waiter was knowledgeable, and helpful. He was chatty enough to make us feel comfortable without hovering or being phony. And he had a distinctive Italian accent that was a lot of fun to listen to. The food was decent, albeit overpriced for the offerings. In fact, if the whole meal had been like… $ 10 cheaper, the experience would have been better. Now I’m thinking that [*][*][*] is more appropriate. Maybe I’ll change my mind again before I actually post the review… Go for lunch (or when they have a prix fixe menu available), and maybe you’ll leave more satisfied than me. At approximately $ 50+ a person though, I expected a little more.
Random: Facebook tells me that people who like Tutti Matti’s Facebook page tend to also like Snooki’s page.

If I could give it 10 stars I would.
Possibly the best Italian food I have ever tasted, including what I’ve eaten in Italy.
There were six of us and the owner chef had graciously agreed to serve us a tasting menu of her choice. It was spectacular.
It consisted of six or seven courses, depending on how you count, and the flavors of each course built to the crescendo of the deeply delicious back ribs and pulled pork style dish on a delicious bed of home made pasta.
Chef please forgive my crude description of the last course as back ribs and pulled pork, it was a much more complex finale than that rustic description.
Here’s the food list:
Tempura battered zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta and served with pattypan squash also tempura battered.
Shaved zucchini and burrata cheese with heirloom tomatoes.
Home made egg pasta with wild boar ragu.
The back ribs and pulled pork also on a home made pasta.
Then a delicious desert board which we all swore we couldn’t eat cause we were so full … However by the time we left it appeared to have been vacuumed.
Our waitress was the delightful charming and very beautiful Kelly.
A spectacular dinner from an amazing chef. Food Channel here she comes.

It’s a little on the pricey side, but we loved the food and received friendly, prompt & attentive service.
Group of 9 and everyone throughly enjoyed their orders (we got dishes across the board on the menu). Fantastic pasta dishes and short ribs, those were highlights for me. Pasta very fresh, cooked to perfection and meat dishes were full flavoured. Loved my anchovy appetizer as well!
Fair warning that the appetizers are pretty tiny, non — sharable portions and pretty pricey (about $ 18 each). Mains were moderately sized for the price though.
Overall I’d recommend the restaurant for its ambiance, unique and delish food, and great service received!

I’ve now had my second prix fixe lunch here and can’t rave enough about it. Enjoyed each time immensely — salads, pasta al Ragu, maremma Toscana (open face sandwich with suckling Tamsworth pig — amazing!). Highly recommend.

Ate the burrata… very nice. Main course was the short ribs… phenomenal. Melt in your mouth. Had a bottle of the Pazzo Sangiovese blend wine from Cali… very good.
I am a fan!

Outstanding food and service. Had the Spareribs pasta, one of the best Italian meals I have ever had. Server was great, recommended the dish. Made the evening very nice. It will likely become one of my frequent restaurants when in the city.

Meh. This place is pretty good, but not on the value scale.
The entrees were pretty solid, but our appetizer was pathetic. $ 18 for a tablespoon of pâté? Poor form. And when we shared our feedback, we were clearly told that this wasn’t the first time they’d heard such comments, and yet nothing has changed — for me or the general portion size. They only offered a defense of how special it is. This ain’t my first pâté rodeo. The portion size is absurdly small. And when faced with a dissatisfied customer, it goes a long way to attempt to make it right — but they didn’t.
All in all, I’m not opposed to Tutti Matti, but hope they become more customer centric and responsive to feedback to improve their 3 star rating from me and overall 3.5÷5 star rating for the masses. It would’ve led to a willingness to try more courses, extend our evening and spend more money.

Our party of 12 had a wonderful meal! We literally had one of every appetizer and every meal on the menu. We all agreed that the food was prepared well, the presentation perfect and the service impeccable. A great selection of wines in all price ranges from Niagara, California and Italy.
I would highly recommend this restaurant if you have never had food from this region of Italy!

I thought the food portion here for the price was a joke. I still felt hungry when I was done and left. It was no wonder why this place was empty when my friends and I were there at what is considered peak business hours at a normal restaurant. As for the taste, food here is good but nothing to rave about.

Ate here a few weeks ago when a Vancouver friend of mine was in town. It was recommended to me by another friend who has consistently recommended good restaurants, and once again he came through. The food was excellent, the service was above par, and the wine was delicious as well! If I had to make 1 comment that is not necessarily in the restaurants favour it is that was quite noisy. At one point we were virtually almost screaming across the table to be heard. Other than that it was a great experience.

I adore this place… Authentic Italian cuisine… Very nice space modern and classy. Attentive and very friendly staff… all… they act so proud and also enjoy Tutti Matti.
If i lived in Toronto this would be a weekly visit for me… Food is spectacular… the Antipasti is enough for 3 people minimum and top quality. The short ribs are simply as good as they come and are thought about days before being served no doubt… Last visit i had a Pasta with Octopus and Pork??/ Yes ??/​Wow, it was a treat…
If you have not been you must… I will continue.

I ate here during TIFF with a friend with just 1.5 hours to eat and get back to the theater. She mentioned our time crunch to the waiter when she got there. He did an excellent job of firing our courses slightly earlier than normal so we could make sure to make our screening. We both ordered the maccheroni con granchio and split the ortolano to start. The salad was excellent and the pasta was delicious. My only complaint is that I wish there was little more crab in the pasta. Because it’s shredded, the flavor gets lost in the pasta.

This is a very solid 3.5. Toronto really needs more places like Tutti Matti: fairly priced, scratch-​made, reasonably authentic Italian food in a comfortable, unpretentious, casual setting. No posers (thinking of Buca), no hipsters, no white tablecloths.
The pastas and main courses alike were very good. Not exceptional, but well above average. Only real disappointment was my affogato, which was mostly a watery mess and the «gelato» seemed more like Haagen-​Dazs ice cream.
Also, by-​the-​glass pours are some of the smallest I’ve seen.

I went here with a couple of friends last week and I am glad that we dropped by for dinner. The place nicely decorated a lot of dark wood and it had a nice vibe to it. Our waiter was friendly and helpful. The place is a bit small, so if you are a bigger group I’d recommend making a reservation.
For the appetizer we had the porchetta di maremma. I recommend that everyone tries this dish at least once, it was delicious. The pork was tender and juicy and had a really great meaty flavour to it. The onions and arugula nicely offset the pork. The bread it was served on was also delicious. It was a tasty vessel to serve the pork on.
We all got pasta dishes. I tried the truffle pasta special. I liked the woodsy flavour of the truffles. The pasta was cooked perfectly. I also got to try my friends’ meat tomato pasta dishes, which were all really good too. The beef was tender and the tomato sauce tasted amazing.
It’s a great place to go if you’re looking for good Italian food. I’d recommend it to anyone.