When our family were tourists in Toronto we were visiting nearby Casa Loma and by the time we finished it was late and we hadn't had supper. We looked for a place that didn't close at 10:00 and came across Da Maria. Da Maria is a family owned place and they shared with us that they had been in business 45 years.

I got the feeling that they weren't expecting anyone to be ordering full suppers after 9:00 because they were unable to accommodate 3/5 of the things we ordered; however, we were pretty happy with the substitutions offered. I had cheese ravioli with rosé sauce and it was really delicious. The others had penne with Alfredo, spinach fettuccine with Alfredo, a cheese pizza and a Caesar salad. My husband said he wasn't crazy about the Alfredo, but I tried it and liked it. The kids all said they liked their food. I tried the Caesar salad and thought it could have used more garlic. Bread was served. A couple of dishes seemed to come with a mixed green and tomato salad, either that or they were making up for not having the dishes we wanted. The balsamic dressing was quite nice; even my daughter who rarely eats salad chomped on that one.

Prices and potion sizes were good. Service time was quite slow; given the late hour this might be an anomaly. Servers were friendly. Atmosphere was clean and welcoming. It would be nice if the menu was more descriptive of what they were serving.