Valentino’s Restaurant – Westdale - Hamilton, Ontario

My wife and I as well as our daughter and granddaughter went here for dinner. Parking is okay if you are early otherwise street parking will be necessary. We were seated promptly. The waitress was very nice and friendly. She came over and introduced herself and of course asked about ... drinks as she gave each of us water. She was very pleasant and helpful with the menu. My wife and I hadn't eaten here in many years and were unfamiliar with the food choices. She helped us through the menu and then gave us time to look through it in more detail. We ordered our food and we're pleased that it came fairly quickly. The food was hot and delicious. The waitress was very attentive and brought drink refills when we were low. This was a great experience and we will be returning. Staff were friendly even if they were not serving us. Friendly smiles and acknowledged our presence, which doesn't happen at all restaurants. Read more

Great local restaurant with a fantastic lunch menu. Combined with an outing to the Westdale movie theatre nearby. The panzerotti special on Tuesday is great - love how the center has a small hole to show the toppings you ordered.

Went for lunch with a friend. Service was a bit slow today, lunch took about 1.5 hours, I didn't have anything planned today so I enjoyed the atmosphere and very clean restaurant. It is a small restaurant, definitely holds less than 100 guests, see picture I took. ... She got the house salad with their housemade dressing, and the veggie pizza. She liked the salad, I really like the dressing, the salad is kind if plain, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onions, no croutons. She has ordered that pizza before, and recommends you substitute the regular tomatoes for sun-dried one. She complained about having enough pizza for lunch tomorrow, I laughed. I had the minestrone soup special, it tasted good but came with too many chickpeas, reminds me of the one East Side Marios had. I ordered the spaghetti, tomato sauce with hot paste added, with chicken, I asked for extra sauce, got too much, see picture, I didn't mind. The sauce had a good flavour and spice to it. It came with real chicken breast, not the super processed stuff in a McCrispy or a Subway chicken. They give you free bread, although most young kids still ask for the garlic bread app when I go. Ordered the diet Pepsi, not sure if the syrup was running out but didn't have a strong taste, I will probably order a different drink next time. Read more

Nice restaurant and neutral choice of music, service was nice but the food was eh. The bruschetta had too many spices (too much oregano or black pepper?) and was served warm, did not feel authentic or leave me wanting more. The meat sauce pasta was good. And a good portion ... for one. But nothing super special. I was surprised to see they didn’t have a carbonara dish. I will likely come back and get something else Read more

We came here on Valentine’s Day. Great service, and even better food! We had arancini as an appetizer, starter salads and pastas for our mains. We also got dessert to go! Everything was incredible. Only complaint is that there was a crying baby next to us the entire meal. We ... had headaches when we left. Edit: Here again for dinner! We reserved a spot on the patio and it was lovely. They recently renovated it so it’s very very nice. Food was incredible again! Read more