Il Cavallino Ristorante - Vaughan, Ontario

The atmosphere and services were lovely. The food was fantastic! The only thing that knocked off a star was charging us for water. 14 bucks! That's like a whole other appetizer!

Beautifully plated, delicious food. The ambience was well thought out. We went for family dinner, I think next time we will leave the kids and just have a delicious date night out.

Nice atmosphere, good recommendation of wine, food tasteful, pizza could be more crispy. Tiramisso is my favorite. Friendly server

A local establishment which has been around for some time. I came here with a group of 10 people for dinner. First i noticed the place has been updated a bit and new management. Service here was excellent. From arrival we were seated and served with excellent timing. The atmosphere has been updated ... from a few years ago but not overly done. Had the salami and cheese board to start. Unfortunately my least favorite dish of the night and I hope they fix it. Fried calamari was beautiful. Crisp and not oily. Served hot and plenty of it for an appetizer. Then we moved to the pasta which was beautiful. Well made and well plated. Not just a hunk of pasta in a bowl. So portions of pasta are normal size for Toronto but not the usual heaping bowl typical of Woodbridge. The steak dinner was made to order. Nice and well seasoned. For dessert I had the Tiramisu which was made in a modern dome and had a bit of gelato on the side. Very impressed. Espresso was spot on. Overall well priced for what we got as a group with everything. Great place for all occasions including family. Happy with the new management. I hope they do well here. Give them a visit if you havent been in a while. @foodreviewca Read more

Our experience here was a bit of a mixed bag and I really wanted to love the place. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of what seems to be an office plaza. The interior was bright and comfortable. My wife and I had reservations and were promptly seated upon ... arrival. I would say it was 40% full that evening. Our waiter (whose name escapes me) was great. Very friendly and attentive. He came by several times to check on us throughout the evening. One thing I noted was, as I was going in, I happened to glance in the kitchen and my eyes were drawn to what seemed like broken concrete floor in the kitchen - no tiles. Definitely weird and may have been a turn off if my wife saw it. We ordered the Insalta Arugula and Polenta Fritti. My wife enjoyed the salad and the Polenta Fritti was new to me but I enjoyed it. It was a sizeable portion and quite filling. It came of fresh and hot with a small dip to the side. I found the portion of dip to be too small based on how large the fries were so I couldn't really tell what was in the dip. However I enjoyed the Polenta fries on their own. That coupled with the bread had me worried that I wouldn't be able to enjoy the main. However that was not the case. The place was a little under half full from my estimate but our mains took quite a while to arrive, so filling up on bread and appetizers wasn't an issue afterall. My wife and I had a good conversation so it wasn't so bad but it was definitely a longer than usual wait. Also the online menu is *outdated* and the prices are higher in the restaurant. The online menu really should be updated. I was expecting to pay between $22 - $25 for the mains (based on the online menu) but both our mains were $30 each. Also some dishes are not available and others are new when compared to the online menu. I had the equivalent of an oven roasted half chicken with potatoes - that I don't see listed online - so I don't recall the exact name. My wife had the Linguine Di Mare and it was great that she was able to sub the mussels for calamari. I believe my dish caused the delay because my chicken dish came out piping hot as if it was just made. So that was great and made the wait seem kind of worth it. I liked my dish, the chicken breast was nicely cooked and moist with a nice crispy skin. However the thigh was a little under cooked for my liking and so was the drumstick. My wife thoroughly enjoyed her dish and joked with me that I should have stuck to pasta lol. Overall it was a pleasant evening and I was glad my wife enjoyed it. I was a bit more mixed with my impression. I really want to give it 4 stars but would 3 1/2 stars is more appropriate in my experience for the evening. We may revisit in the future. Read more