Great Food & Service
We love this restaurant. Fresh food and great staff, the owner makes sure your experience is a good one. Highly recommend eating here.
Melt in your mouth pasta. I was in town for work and had an intense craving for Italian food, so thought the best place to get it would be in the neighbourhood of Little Italy. I came across Marinella and was immediately taken in by the ambience and charmed by the energy that I felt when I walked in the door. The service was excellent and very attentive and my food was to die for. I consider myself to be pretty well versed in italian cuisine and I have to say that the fettucine pomodoro that was served on the side of my Catch of the Day, was hands down the BEST pasta I have ever had. It was melt in your mouth, fulfill every taste sensation in the book. The owner popped by to quality check and after telling him how much I loved the pasta, he went so far as to give me some pointers as to how to make my pasta sauce taste the same at home. I can't wait to be in Toronto again so that I can go back to Marinella
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Friendly and some great Italian entrees. Very friendly staff, without attitude and some great Italian food. I had the Seafood Fettuccine Marinella a house special that was piping hot with a fair amount of seafood and a delicately balanced white wine sauce reduction. My hubby had the special a pork Rigatonne, a rich tomato sauce also piping hot.
However our evening could have turned out poorly as our first dish a Spinach salad with goat cheese arrived limp with mushy rotten leaves and we sent back, but we got some attitude from from a second server (a female was not our original server) who argued that the spinach was fresh when it lay limp on the plate. They graciously replaced it with a Caesar salad which they did not charge us for.
From then on we had two servers a male who was more subtle and the female who hoovered a little too much and having two servers ask about each plate was rating.
The dessert of chocolate cake was touted as home made but it was a boxed cake with a purchased frosting and not an in-house butter cream but it was not overly sweet. Hubby liked it. The best part of the dinner was the main course the worse part of the evening was the smoking on the outdoor patio. Enough to not bring us back to eat on the patio again but we would eat inside and would return.
Great food!. Having passed by this place so many times, finally decided to try it out and was I ever surprised!! Very attentive staff, with great suggestions and recommendations. All bread and pasta made in house, which definitely adds to your meal. I highly suggest the Shrimp Marinella to start. Overall great customer service and GREAT food!
Best Italian I've had in Toronto! Incredibly friendly atmosphere, and clean decor. Had the salumeria tasting, loved the cured meats and cheeses. Pasta is fresh and made in house, pizza was so good. I got the fettuccine chicken Alfredo which was perfectly creamy and rich, and my boyfriend had the prima Vera pizza which was well sauced and not dry at all. Tiramisu is also homemade and the mascarpone is light. We were served by one of the owners, who informed us that his brother and mother were doing all the cooking that night. I would highly recommend!
Here we are at marinella since shopping in the area we were hungry so sat down we order half litre house red. few app and our main course service was freindly foid was amazing we will be back again with friends and family
Tonight we are trying this restaurant for first time the service was ok and food was good pasta was little salty side.
Great service , very friendly. Food was very tasty. We had the sampler plate which was a great appetizer to share. Food was fresh. Overall a great experience and I would come back.
Tsultrim Tibet Dorjee
+4.5
Awesome. Been there 3 times with the wife. Food is great and very simple. Not overpriced at all. Other reviewers are weird. that's ok. More room for us when we go. Pizza is my favourite but can't always get it because I won't have room for my fettuccine Alfredo. Wait staff has always been great. No issues. Love it and will be there in 2-3 weeks. Diana
Good food, excellent service. Went with my wife to Marinella tonight.
We ordered:
Minestrone soup, which wasn't exactly minestrone, but was delicious!
Gnocchi, which wasn't exactly gnocchi as I know it, but the sauce that it was in was amazing, which made it pretty good overall
Pizza I forget the name of it-with green olives, tomatoes and a few other veggies; which was also very good.
Also had the fried calamari, which was ok.
Service was excellent, with sociable staff (we spoke to 3 of them that came to see how we are doing and to answer various questions). This was despite the place being pretty-much at capacity.
House red wine was pretty decent, and the home-baked bread was delicious!
two of us ate (with one glass of wine) for ~$90 after tax and tip. Most of the pizza ended up coming home with us, as we over-ordered.
Nice place to go to. you won't regret it.
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Marinella is an amazing family owned Italian restaurant with a great al dente pasta. It has a great selection of food and drinks. The service was amazing, and the waitress was very nice and knew the menu really well.
Its a bit pricy but why not if its every once in a while.
Food:
1.
The pizza margarita was beyond reason, it had every element of a great pizza. The dough was outstandingly soft from the inside and crispy from the outside. And it was Cheeeezzzzyyyyyy. eating this pizza takes on a trip to Italy and back. 10/10
2. The Shrimp Marinella
made by their signature in house white sauce was rich in flavour and it was mouth washing. Its a small portion and its a bit pricy but worth it. 9/10
3. Fettuccine Chicken Alfredo
Amazing sauce amazing pasta. Its a really unique and good dish. The chicken wasn’t really flavoured or spiced well. 8.5/10
4. Penne Arrabiata
Classic dish with a really great spice into the sauce. 7/10
5. Veal Parmigiana
Its a great dish because it combines a protein and pasta for those meat lovers like myself. The veal was cooked well but the breading wasn’t crispy enough and it had nothing special. You can customize the pasta sauce that comes with it for additional $2
Good dish overall but nothing special for the price ( 6.8/10 )
6. Catch of the day
It was a fish fillet lemon and herbs spice. I have admit its a dry pasta sauce but was amazing!!!
8/10
7. Mushroom Risotto
Well cooked Risotto that is full of flavour and perfectly salted. 8/10
*** Something very odd happened, but they would refuse to give us the vinegar and and oil bottle so we can pour for ourself so that we can dip it with the bread. They get it for you in a small bowl but you cant mix the bread with both oil and vinegar due to their immiscibility so you are basically just soaking the bread with oil and not much liquid. The bread was cold and not really fresh.
Awesome fresh pasta and delicious pasta sauces. The lobster was really good as well as the mushroom and chicken fettuccine. Came here for a birthday celebration and we shared some pickled veggies and a meat and cheese platter. Everything was amazingly delicious. Service was also great, attentive and friendly staff.
I've been here twice and will continue coming here. It's now my favourite Italian restaurant in Toronto, as I can't get enough of their rice croquettes and lobster risotto - divine, the best I've ever had. My partner had the Pappardelle Giovanni both times, which he loved.
The place has a jazzy and lively atmosphere, but also has the charm for a nice date. We didn't make reservations ahead of time for our second visit, but the staff was able to squeeze us in the day of. We were kept waiting to be seated for a while when we arrived, but once we did the staff was friendly and attentive.
Their risotto takes some time (about 40 mins), so I recommend ordering that as soon as you're seated if you're set on risotto.
Wow what a meal. Service was good and still quite quick for a Saturday evening. The food was outstanding. I ordered the catch of the day which was a grilled sea bass paired with pasta in a lemon cream sauce. The plate looked fairly standard/simple however the taste was phenomenal. Best meal I've had in a while. We can't wait to come back!
Amazing cosy place. Family run. Hence the food is prepared fresh , not pre prepared. All fresh. Pasta is made in house and the sea food is fresh. The food takes time to arrive, it’s prepared fresh. The lady who takes the order will explain to you in detail how the food is made. Loved the ambience !!
Great food served with love. Don't come here if you're in a rush and going to complain about the time. Mama has only one speed and it's just right to make her magical sauce. So don't miss Mama's sauce! Put that S*** on everything!
This little gem was a real treat. We thoroughly enjoyed the croquettes to start and heard all about momma's Marinella sauce. It sounded to good to pass up - so I had to order the Seafood Fettuccine. We were not disappointed.
I came here for the first time with my boyfriend and I thought it was so amazing. The food was authentic just like the people. I thought it was a very nice intimate place. I will for sure come back to this restaurant if I am in the area. Thanks for the great experience.
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