OTTO Trattoria - Toronto, Ontario

Not like it used to be. In the 2000s this was my favourite pizzeria but since then the quality has greatly diminished. Management has changed is likely the reason. I booked a table in advance for a birthday and asked for a dessert with candle be brought out at the end. ... The service was poor despite the restaurant not being full and plenty of service staff. The pizza was tasteless. They didn’t top up our water or ask to refill our drinks. They didn’t take our main order till we asked after our appetizer was eaten. The antipasto dish was poorly presented - it used to be carefully set up on a wood board, now it’s enough food for 6 people and consists of 2 plates seemingly straight from a can. And worst part, the birthday candle request didn’t happen. Very disappointed! Read more

I have been coming to Piazzetta for the last two years the vealchop i ordered was perfect. Very good food, generous portions, very fast service, foccaccias, pizzas, Caprese salad, burrata, Rigatoni al forno, fettuccine alla pescatore and penne alla vodka are amazing.

Great attitude from servers, pretty terrible with everything else. Pappardelle came out as fettucini; owner said suppliers mislabeled and they had to use this batch until next batch arrives. No biggie. All pasta is good pasta! The real biggie is, fettuccine was so overcooked it broke into little pieces upon a few ... tosses. Ironically enough a lot of pieces were also undercooked and clumped together probably because the cook didn't stir when boiling the pasta. Eggplant practically raw with really chewy skin. No flavor in the pasta at all. Dish was soggy with oil and what I taste to be Knorr's chicken stock or something similar. Tried to add parmesan for flavour to no avail. Staff asked shaved or grated. I asked for shaved. She never came back and another server comes and just sprinkles grated on there. The servers are lovely and you can tell they're trying and they care... But being in hospitality for 10+ years, they seem like pretty amateur servers. Full transparency they said they were short staffed in the kitchen and after the pandemic it's difficult to find really good back and front of house. Maybe their pizzas and other dishes are great and I'd love to come back and try the branzino... but expect a potential miss with food quality. Read more

This is a review for delivery We are delighted by the containers of jalapeno and habanero hot sauces that arrive with the pizzas. These tarte and slightly spicy sauces, the consistency of chutney, is the reason we order pizza from Piazzetta. So much so, that we even added jar of the ... jalapeno sauce ($8.99) for home use – these are great on tacos/quesadillas as well. The pizza’s crust seems even thinner than what you’d find dining in, to the point it becomes too crispy, losing that slight chewiness, and morphs into a flatbread. Yet, they still load on the toppings: the pizza Bolognese ($19) covered with plenty of ground beef and mozzarella, both not overly salty so that it doesn’t overwhelm the thin crust. An interesting dilemma arises with whether there’s enough tomato sauce on a pizza that’s considered Bolognese. I felt there wasn’t enough, the pizza tasting more like a burger than a lovely ragu. Yet, I appreciated that the crust wasn’t soggy… perhaps a few dollops of sauce over the beef, after the pizza is cooked, could create something that’s the best of both worlds? The cheese that was strongest in the quattro formaggi ($19) was the gorgonzola, although you could tell there was plenty of mozzarella and fior di latte included as well, given the cheese formed a layer that was equally as thick as the crust. Consider pre-heating the oven when the delivery is on its way, as this pizza really benefits from a quick broil to melt the cheese and toast the parmigiano so you’ll get a lovely cheesy aroma. The burrata ($18 for one person) is always a great add-on. Despite the menu noting the smaller serving is for one, the tennis ball sized sphere of cheese easily feeds two as an appetizer and arrives simply on thick tomato slices topped with plenty of basil and olive oil. Really any of their appetizers can easily satisfy 2-3 people or work as a main for one person. The fritto misto ($18 for one person) is an array of deep-fried calamari rings, chunks of white fish, headless sardines, and shrimp. Being lightly coated in flour the starter isn’t overly heavy, but given the coating is light it could use a sprinkling of salt after being fried to allow it to be eaten solo without the marinara dipping sauce. While Piazzetta’s insalata di Cesare ($12) looks like it’s hardly dressed, you can certainly taste the savoury Caesar dressing that has a nice balance of acidity. Incidentally, that freshness was a perfect complement for the fritto misto, toning down the fried affair. Two popular mains that I see ordered all the time at Piazzetta is their lasagna al forno ($20) and the pollo alla limone ($25). At the restaurant, the lasagna is baked in the pizza oven and brought bubbling to the table in the cooking dish. Of course, this isn’t possible with delivery and could be why the dish tastes less creamy as the tomato sauce doesn’t continue to cook down and combine with the cheese. It doesn’t mean the lasagna’s not delicious – the pasta is nice and silky; the tomato sauce laced with fine ground beef is uber fresh and the dish incorporates enough cheese to satisfy – it just doesn’t seem as decadent. Read more

I'm the guy that sells him the wood for the oven. Every time I deliver the wood, I eat something and have never been disappointed! Smells amazing inside, great service and excellent atmosphere!