Overall Amazing Restaurant
Went there the other week for a date and had the best experience ever. Food was outstanding and certainly has the best gourmet pizza and pasta in Toronto. Food was both delicious and fast as we told our server that we were in a hurry due to us leaving for a raptors game shortly after. Very cool atmosphere and very welcoming staff as I didn't feel out of place from the time I walked in to the time I walked out. This restaurant also has amazing drinks and endless beers to pick from. Amazing experience!
Great Italian food, all the pasta dishes are quite delicious with an extremely impressive wine selection.
Service is friendly, the decor offers wonderful ambience and there’s a patio to boot!
One of the better Mercatto locations in the city. The setup and decor of the restaurant is very nice. A bit crammed for the 2 seater tables in the middle section near the window though but overall a pretty good experience. Wait staff has always been friendly and helpful when making food and drink choices and the portion size is fair.
Delicious all the way around. Berkshire pork chop is unctuous and salty, and melt in your mouth tender. The agro dolce is the perfect sauce to bring out the natural sweetness of the pork. Side salad is a thoughtful pairing of balanced ingredients. Prosciutto pizza fine, but the crust is no where close to the quality found in other restaurants in the city (see Pizza Libretto).
Service is swift and efficient.
Quick dinner on route to Bluejays game. Had Carbonara (very good), seafood linguini (very good), margarita angle hair (not good) and roasted vegetables (excellent). Super fast and friendly service! Great spot for a quick but good pre-game dinner. Excellent vibrant atmosphere and comfortable seating.
Taverna is a great spot to eat if you're headed to the Rogers Centre or ACC. You seldom have to book a reservation in advance to score a table on a busy night and the menu has something for everyone, though some items can be pricy. I like the appetizers, salsiccia (sausage) pizza and recommend the Don Juan cocktail if you want something with a hint of lemon.
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Taverna Mercatto is the latest addition to the Mercatto brand. It opened earlier this February 2015 in the SouthCore Financial Centre. Similarly to all of their other locations, Taverna Mercatto serves Italian food from pastas to pizzas. I was familiar with their food, as I attended an event at their Eaton's Center location last summer. Walking into the restaurant, I was immediately taken by the interior. It was a nice mix of rustic, and trendy decor with an open kitchen. The high ceiling, and lights make it a lovely location for either business matters, or even special occasions. As for the menu, it was small, and I liked that it was, as it shows that they rather keep it simple.
As a starter, I opted for the calamari ($14), and it was one of the best that I have had in years. The calamari was lightly battered, yet it was super crispy, and well-seasoned. Lastly, it was simply garnished with fennel with some garlic crema, which tasted great with the squid.
The Spiedini ($14) - grilled octopus, fregola, panna fresca, tomato, olive tapenade was another appetizer that was ordered. The grilled octopus was tender, but it was slightly lacking some flavor.
All of the pizza sounded tempting, but I opted for the Pepperoni ($19). It was a thin crust pizza topped with fior, padano, red onion, san marzano. There was a generous portion of large slices of pepperoni, and I liked the crispiness of the crust. I'd return to try one of the other pizzas on their menu, as they sounded pretty good.
We visited Mercatto on the last night of our short stay in Old Toronto. The atmosphere was lively and bustling. We were seated in the bar area in a nice booth even though there was only two of us. I ordered the Italian sausage pizza and my son had the pasta carbonara. Our server was fast and friendly, and recommended the wine and pizza I ordered. The food came out so fast, I wasn't sure it was ours at first, thinking it might have been a mistake. Instead of red pepper flakes, I was given a small jar of peppers in olive oil (delicious) and a grating of fresh Parmesan instead of a shaker or bowl of the standard dry grated 'Parmesan'. The pizza was very good, hot, fresh & with a pleasantly chewy crust that was slightly burnt, giving it the savory flavour from a wood fired oven. The carbonara satisfied a hungry young adult, with flavour, but it was a pretty small serving for the price. I gladly shared my pizza and we left full and happy we tried Mercatto in the entertainment district.
dre @mercattoTO: We went to Mercatto for dinner after the Disney on Ice show. There was a large group of us, and we were fortunate to get a large room all to ourselves. Perfect for all the kids to run around. We started with some calamari as appetizers. Does anyone just eat calamari as their main dish?
Nadege Kelechian Vergura
+3.5
The food was good. Looked fancy but was really not. I had the Arctic char and my husband the sirloin steak. I ordered sparkling wine and it was flat. The service was good. Conscious of allergies although we don't have any. This is a place near Air Canada Center. It beats eating the crap inside for the same price (~$100/2). I'd go again.
Visited on a Wednesday night for dinner and it was busy!
We ordered the Diavola pizza and Linguine de Mare (seafood pasta).
The food was tasty and fresh!
Overall, the service could’ve been a bit better, we didn’t get our drinks until after the food arrived, but I would definitely come back to try their other items 😋
I had dinner it was ok food nothing amazing service was great. I went back for lunch because the restaurant is close to the Delta Hotel, I ordered the Margherita Pizza and the Gnocchi, the pizza was really good. The service was not that great but I guess you can’t have everything at once. 🙃
Cozy spot with an outdoor patio for those nicer days. Food was top notch and the staff were very accommodating. They could have used some patio heaters but maybe that's in the works.
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Decided to pop into Taverna Mercatto since it was close to where we were staying. The decor inside was beautiful, warm, and inviting. The hostess was very accommodating and allowed us to sit at the bar instead of where we were about to be sat at. The bartender was extremely friendly and tended to our needs accordingly. I ordered the Chitarra alla carbonara, after feeding into the hype. In my opinion the pasta was a little too undercooked, which could be the perfect Al dente to others but I just could not take another bite. It was pretty bland and only had like three pieces of pancetta. The bartender was so nice and replaced my dish with the gnocchi dish. The gnocchi dish was DELICIOUS! The dollop of ricotta and layers of grana Padano married so nicely with the soft gnocchi. It needed another texture component but otherwise it was so much better than the carbonara. The lasagna though, was the talk of night! Beautiful soft layers with crispy edges, ricotta, and very flavorful bechamel sauce! We ended the dining experience with a classic tiramisu dessert with two accompanying gelatos and it was so freaking good! This is a great restaurant for a nice date night or a quick bite before a game. I can see myself returning!
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