You like good italian food and great wine selection? Look no further. The warm welcome from staff is only surpassed by the spicy italian sausage. Try the Rigatoni Giuliana if you love chicken and mushrooms in a beautiful rose sauce....
This is a classic! The food is deliciously authentic, the wine list is extensive, the service is impeccable, and the owner even greets you at the door! Highly recommended.
My FAVOURITE place! I love their chicken parm. But everything is so yummy! I definitely recommend Trattoria Cafe Italia
We always love our time here! The staff are helpful, knowledgeable, and incredibly well-trained. The food is delicious, and offers choices that appeal to both the kids and the grown-ups. The space is comfortable, and we always feel welcome to linger as long as we want. An Ottawa classic!
What a jem! Great food. Friendly staff. Great service. I’ll be back (many times).
Enjoyed a wonderful evening meal with family to celebrate our anniversary.
Food was served hot & very tasty.
Service was excellent, friendly, and on point
Missed the bread sticks!!!!
Amazing staff and fantastic staff made our wedding so beautiful and special for us!
Great atmosphere, great food. We enjoyed the experience very much. We will definitely be back. So many different dishes to try.
David Alejandro Blacksmith
+5
Had spaghetti carbonara here and I loved it. Also, the calamari is really good. Great restaurant with very friendly service.
Excellent food, great atmosphere. Would like a few more options for great red wine by the glass.
absolutely recommend this jewel...home made pasta and ricotta cheese in a place where they welcome you like no other place i've ever been. Really wonderful, my kids loved it too.
I'm Italian and the food at trattoria caffè italia is the best I've had in all Canada!! They have the best risotto in the world !!
J’ai passé une belle soirée avec la famille merci pour le bon repas italien 👏👏👏
Love this restaurant, one if my fav. Took our godchild Patrick out for lunch for his 24th Birthday. As always, food was excellent, service impeccable and timely due to the need for the return to work for the BD boy😊Can't wait to visit again. Thank you Trattoria Caffe Italia.
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I hate to start this review on a bad note, but the first part of our trip to Caffe Trattoria, parking, was one. Their parking lot it quite cramped and it was difficult to maneuver the car into a spot. Unfortunately, the man at the front of the house seemed a bit unwelcoming. The decor is sort of classic Italian, buy maybe a bit outdated. But the view from the restaurant is nice and the snowy landscape paired with the Christmas music they were playing really set the mood for my lunch. The waitstaff was quite friendly and attentive. I ordered the Linguine alla Trattoria and it was honestly one of the best pastas I've had at a restaurant, I'd recommend it to anyone who's unsure of what to get. The bread came at the same time as my food, which I'm not used to. The bread was a bit too dry, but at least it was warm from the oven. A slight nitpick: it came with butter, but I generally expect olive oil and balsamic vinegar from places like this. And I feel like their prices are just a tiny bit high for what you get, but that pasta was so good that I would recommend checking out this restaurant.
The food (ravioli and tortellini) was good and the service was great. The tiramisu was amazing. Nice relaxed vibe. The owner, Dominic, was really friendly and even gave us some Grappa on the house for the anniversary we were celebrating.
The manicotti is absolutely amazing! Definitely worth a try if you love ricotta and spinach. The staff was friendly and the service went pretty quickly! I will most definitely come back!
Was recently at Trattoria Italia with my girlfriend for dinner. We sat at a high top table near the front windows. For appetizers we had the caprese salad, carpaccio and the Gamberi Gognac (Shrimp). The shrimp and sauce were amazing! Our main courses were the Linguine Pescatore in tomato sauce and the Sogliloa al Limone. Both were delicious. The ambiance was very pleasant and the accordion player came to our table - we even got a few couples up dancing. Thank you Domenic for a lovely evening!
Good food (had a veal parmigiana), my date had a pizza, and a very impressive wine list. A good spot!
The service was friendly, and the woman serving us was quite engaging in conversation. The ambience was nice, but a bit quiet (however - we went on a cold, snowy weeknight).
Traditional cooking but comforting and cozy meals like a home cooked meal. Nice staff and great decor for the holidays. Pasta great and the veal dishes too. Desserts are ok. The best was their broth based soups. Satisfying.
Inexpensive but tasty italian meal. We've always had a great meal here- it's not overly fine dining, but the spaghetti and meatballs are delish!
Check it out - great food. Love this place. The FOOD is definitely worth your time. always great. Service normally great and all in all one of my favorite restaurants in the CITY. Check it out.
Great place, the people posting negative reviews are clueless.. I am a private contractor who has been to every inch of this restaurant. The pasta, pizza dough and sauce are homemade. The people that said the sauce is from a can and the pasta is not homemade. Stop posting reviews on anything food related. You don't have a clue what your talking about.
The interior is classical Italian, with musicians brought in on special occasions. The wine list is the best. Food is great and service was great. This is where Italians go to eat Italian food.
One of my favorite places to eat in the city.
SOOO FRESH! I love this place it's great for a date. A lot of love and the service was great vary friendly staff. I will be back many times.
Great. I have consistently had great service and food at la Trattoria. It really fees like a family place as you are always greeted and treated fantastically. I love the gnocci! Delicious!
Magnificent. I was on a business trip to Ottawa yesterday & stopped into this restaurant with a friend. I was impressed with the decor & cleanliness of the restaurant. What a beautiful restaurant this is. They had decorated the the window to a Christmas theme & it looked amazing. We had a pint of the nicely chilled draft beer & that went down smooth. So we sat down to try a few of the appetizers which varied from nice bruschetta to cheeses to calamari, to shrimp and on & on. I had the spaghetti & meatballs in a very rich tomato sauce & man it was really good. The meatballs tasted very nice & were firm & fresh. The pasta was really good also with the sauce sticking nicely to the noodle. Service was very good as the wait staff were on the ball with food & beverage being poured & served promptly. I would recommend this place to anyone & when I come back to Ottawa this is where I'm coming for dinner.
Always good. Good service, good food. Occasionally a bit much with the accordion but some of the diners get really into it, and when they know all the words to the song, it makes for an interesting evening.
We started coming for the pastas, and have gone through a number of items on the menu; all of which are fresh, flavourful, and delicious.
Meals range from good to outstanding.
Definitely worth a try.
Good food. Our family goes there for my daughters birthday every year (it's her favorite), find the food excellent and the service very good.The seafood linguini is very good but why use imitation crab(says it right on the menu). I've always had good service and the people working there are very pleasant.
Great restaurant. I've been here on several occasions over the last few years. The atmosphere is always fun and lively. I'm a self-proclaimed 'wine-O' so it's a real treat to select a wine from their extensive wine list. Was there the other day for a bday and had a great meal. The portions are huge, too big actually, but this is their only downfall in my opinon. We had calamari to start, it was crisp, but light. I find most restaurants batter their calamari too much but this restaurant does not. The texture was perfect! We had the lasagna and gnocchi next and they were both amazing. Both obviously homemade cause you could taste the freshness of the noodle. Our server was extremely professional and recommended an amazing Barolo for us to drink, she was one of their house Sommelier's. As we left, one of the owners wished us a great evening. It was a great experience and not snotty at all, right up my ally! We'll definitely continue to dine there.
4 days in Ottawa and this was the best supper we had. Everything you want in an Italian meal; great service, brilliant wine list, classic flavors, and unpretentious dishes. The texture of the risotto was perfect. We will return next time in the city.
Best eggplant Parm in the city.
Good things are worth waiting for. Really good food, but had to wait forever... I'm pretty sure there were only 5 people in the whole restaurant, and 3 of those people were sitting at my table.
Simply the Best. Easily my favourite restaurant in Ottawa. Nice atmosphere, not too expensive, great food.
A wonderful Friday evening dinner at Trattoria Caffe. We went there on whim while strolling on Preston St. Would have loved to be seated on their rooftop patio but they said they had closed it. This was a little after 8pm, which we found weird for a Friday Eve. Anyway, the food made up for it. The bread rolls were warm and soft. Linguine with salmon bits was pretty amazing. I never knew pasta with fish in it could taste so good. The chicken mains were delicious too, very moist chicken breast with a generous coating of sauce. The tiramisu was ok, I've definitely had better. It was a little on the drier side and you didn't really taste the coffee liqueur. I would go again to try their pizzas and the extensive wine collection their menu boasts of!
We came in this evening with a reservation for large party. The staff was lovely and everyone enjoyed their meals. Great ambiance. One thing I have to highlight is that our waitress was an absolute pro. A large group is difficult, especially one that has people moving between to tables to talk to everyone. I wish I got her name because I would love to sing her praises properly. From start to finish she was on top of everything. Thank you for a wonderful evening.
Booked a private dinner for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary in the restaurant’s wine room and were very happy with the entire evening. Maggie was very helpful with everything leading up to the night providing quick responses to questions and complete and accurate information. Menu was easy to arrange and flexible including options for kids in the group. The food was excellent. Service from Sophie and others was superb making sure we were well taken care of. Room was well appointed and gave us a private space to enjoy our night together. Planning and execution was great and the restaurant delivered on all fronts. Thanks so much to everyone at the restaurant who made this a memorable and enjoyable evening.
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