Vino Rosso

We came in here on a Thursday evening mainly because there wasn’t a large number of people here. We were hungry and figured we would be able to get our food fast.
We started with the soup of the day (a sweet potatoe soup) and ordered the grilled salmon with pasta and eggplant parmesan (a special of the day) to have for entrée. We asked for a recommendation for what to have with our meal and were recommended a red wine. The soup tasted good flavour wise but could have been a little creamier and less watery. Both main were good, but it was a little surprsing that the eggplant parmesan wasn’t served with anything else (no pasta? no rice?). It tasted great (I love eggplant), but wish I was told that so I could order something to go with it. We didn’t think the wine went well with the meal, and it was a little sour as well (the perils of ordering per glass I guess). For dessert we ordered the house made tiramisu. I liked that it was not overly sweet.
The service was friendly. We split the soup and dessert and they were nice enough to split the soup into two bowls rather than just give us another spoon. It wasn’t as fast as we had hoped, but it wasn’t necessarily slow.
Other thought: It is a little dark in the restaurant. I guess that’s the ambience they want there, but a part of me thought it was a little too dark.

A group of co-​workers decided to go here for summerlicious, first of all, summerlicious is an opportunity for restaurants to put out there their best food so you want to come back and pay regular price for it… well this place completely missed the mark on that.
The menu sounded appetizing but it began with the server bringing water to the table and proceeding to ask us for our food orders, that’s all fine but then she didn’t even ask if anyone wanted a drink (other than the water). Once our food came out it was a disappointment after disappointment, some food was cold, tasted like it had been re-​heated and the best parts of anything was the sauces put on the food.
Definitely not going back here.

We came here for summerlicious. The apps were the best part of our meal– crab cake and calamari. Both delicious. My dining companion had the lobster ravioli and I had the salmon. The salmon was a little over done. The ravioli was good. The trio of desserts were meh.
At some point I ended up with a bug in my wine glass. As soon as the waiter saw it, he got me a new glass, poured me a fresh glass of wine from the bottle and apologized for the incident.
If you are not in a rush and want to go to a place where you can hear your date talk, this is a good place to go. The restaurant was at half capacity, and we found the pacing and service just right.

First let’s mention that this place offers halal meat and does not serve pork. They do use wine to cook but if you mention that you eat halal, they can make substations for you.
Now, I came here with old colleagues for summerlicious and to catch up. We made reservations for 6pm. When we arrived, one of party was running late. But the server kept coming around to refill glasses and check up on us. When everyone was here, however, they tried to rush us into ordering a little. Eventually they stopped, to the point that we had to then call them over when we were all ready to order.
The excellent part is a lot of us were torn on what we wanted. They were really nice and offered us to somewhat combine dishes. They usually offer a substitution for the steak, instead of mashed potatoes and veggies you can get pasta. But the pasta is usually like penne. Thy graciously allowed us to have lobster ravioli as out pasta side. Two pieces of ravioli (the actually dish has 6 pieces) with our steak. We even got complimentary veggies to share amongst the four of us.
The downside to this great offer was that I ordered a medium steak and got something closer to medium-​well. And the lobster ravioli wasn’t that great. Although the sauce was amazing.
For our apps we had gotten calamari, meatballs and crab cake. The crab cake was a bit lonely, just one cake. The meatballs were good. But tiny and only four. The calamari was delicious!
The most pathetic part of our meal was the dessert. When put together it was pretty yummy, esp the ricotta gelato. The brownie was okay and the poached pear looked like tuna sashimi on the plate. It was yummy but two pieces of it was too much for the tiny dollop of gelato. I wish they hadn’t presented it deconstructed on such a large plate.
So the food was hit and miss. My negative comments relate to the service. We were very pleased with the service until we finished dinner and dessert and no one came around for ages. Then they went to get four bills and did come back for another 15 mins. In the meantime I had to use the washroom. When I saw there was no toilet paper, I went back to notify one of the employees there. She said okay, but did not go to replace the roll. I had to borrow wet wipes from a friend to use their washroom … That is not good service. ESP in a restaurant. That isn’t bustling with diners. Lastly, I paid in cash and it took another 15 mins before my change came around and we could finally leave.
This seems like a nice place, but it also seems like they won’t be open for long. The food was okay, the service averages to okay. They weren’t busy. I won’t be going back. It’s harsh to say it, but it definitely doesn’t look like a business that will last.

This is my first time rating on Unilocal as I felt it is necessary to inform everyone about what I experienced in this restaurant. We made a reservation for lunch with a few of my coworkers. I’ve read on Unilocal that this restaurant is very understaffed and they’re fairly slow on preparing the food orders. I didn’t expect to wait 40 mins for an appetizer; after finishing the appetizer, we were all waiting for the main course. We waited for another 20 mins but no food has showed up yet, and we asked the waiter if the food will be ready. We waited another 10 mins and realized that we have already been in the restaurant for over an hour and it had already passed our allowed lunch time; we have only had an appetizer. As a result, we asked the waiter to have our lunch to go. Since the summerlicious menu we paid for also includes dessert, we asked the waiter if we could get the dessert to go. He was extremely unhappy about it and told us that «you can’t expect us to have your food ready in 25 mins! If you want dessert, you have to wait!» (But we were there for over an hour). Overall, the food was not the best quality I had. It was not worth the money and time to go. Make sure you guys read Unilocal before going!

Good value for money. Decent Italian cuisine. Rony gets a little old Italian lady to make his pasta and she does a great job on the gnocchi and his chef adds the red sauce. I recommend the veal Marsala. On the drier side, not the meat, I mean not so saucy but delicious and moist pasta and crisp veggies. Small but respectable wine list. We had a 2011 Italian Barbera for under $ 50. Lovely desserts and pretty good espresso.

A quaint little restaurant. Very quiet which was expected for a weekday evening. Food was great with the waiter referring to the «Ossobuco» as magic meat. Well I don’t know if it was magical since I didn’t see any sparks or flying pigs (flying veal?) but it was quite a tender piece of meat. My friend’s whole wheat spaghetti was quite disappointing, such that she could not finish the dish.
Overall not bad for an Italian restaurant, but would like to visit again to try out other menu items.

I went here on Valentine’s Day. The service was so slow. It took them 20 mins to get my boyfriend and me water and we actually asked for it twice. For the 4 course meal, it also took so long, like 30 mins for each course. They has Valentine’s manu for that day but I asked for regular menu as well because I wanted to order something else. The waitress gave me the manu but when I finally decided what to order, she told me that they couldn’t do regular manu because they don’t have enough time. Anyways, the food is good; just the service.

My boyfriend got a good deal online for a 4 course meal for this resturant. I have no idea whether they were under staff or not but that shouldnt be the issue, they couldve let us know for a heads up and not make us wait for each meal. My first experience at vino rosso was horrible and this was on Valentine’s day. Dont get me wrong, the food was great but the SERVICE was hell. They questioned us back if we wanted water when we clearly wanted water and they shouldve given water when we first sat down, i think that is proper service 101 for any resturant. Literally took them 20 – 30 minutes for each dish to come out. Whole experience was feeling agitated and anxious. And the last course which was dessert, the order that came out for me was wrong and didnt even take it back and my boyfriend and i wanted was get the bill and leave asap by than, so thats what happened, asked for the bill when dessert came, stuffed it down asap and left. The customers to the right wasnt too happy either about their service, when they sat down, they waited probably about 20 minute to take their order and they had to get the waiter’waitress attention. By the end, we told ourselve that we wouldve rather stayed in and order take out and not have dealt with the experience and expecially how cold it was outside.

It’s was simply the best Italian restaurant in Toronto with warm atmosphere and amazing service! Strongly recommend Vino Rosso for a lovely evening!