[4.5/5]The happy hour food menu features a few small plates such as Chef Tavela’s signature Tuna Crudo ($16), the Fried Chicken ($16), and the Beef Tataki ($15). With the protein nicely executed in the dishes, I was impressed just as much with the whimsical sides, such as the silky smooth pomme puree under the fried chicken, and what seemed to be gluttonous squares made of rice for the beef tataki, but looked like deep-fried tofu. This little peek at the cooking definitely sets up the expectations for my future visits.
Truly a Devine experience, between the service and the patio hung with rows of lights and then heavenly happy hour cocktails a must visit every time! Plus a personal favourite, the fleece blankets hung on the backs of every chair, idk if everyone gets as cold as I but this makes all the difference for me.
Make sure to try the "Veal tongue", you won't regard. The sliced tongue is so thin, and it will melt on your mouth, even quicker than the ice cream. Their new chef is excellent, the dessert is also worth to try!! (normally not a big fan for desserts).
Unique residential cozy spot restaurant in the westend. Has a really homely feel and very friendly, professional staff and service. The food is standard Italian fare. Good quality, but nothing unique about their menu. My linguine vongole had a few Sandy clams which was a bit unpleasant. The calamari appetizer was great. Their bartender shakes up a great dirty gin martini too!
Add another one to the list of Iconic places that you must eat at before you die. Adesso ticks all the boxes for me, it has excellent food, paired with great wine and cocktails on a patio that you simply must experience. They really know how to draw out the nuances in the food and force you to savour every bite.
The only downside is that I found the atmosphere quite stiff. Maybe it was the crowd, but I was really hoping for something more relaxed.
Have been here twice in the past 4 weeks. The Adesso is not like a regular restaurant as it has a large dose of personality and uniqueness which I think comes from the interesting owner and the well chosen staff. Also the food is excellent and you have to love the setting and location. So I give it the highest rating and look forward to my next visit.
Love their truffle pizza!! So delicious. Next time will try for a patio seat. Service was alright. A little snooty but willing to overlook for the truffle pizza!
Overall, an excellent meal. Very romantic and secluded dining experience in the heart of downtown that’s not downtown. Only complaint was the service, it seemed to be lacking or nonexistent. It might be because of the Groupon, but it felt like we were being ignored as our waters were not filled regularly, servers were just walking around talking amongst each other. Another thing I found off putting was the automatic 18% gratuity placed on the original bill before placing the Groupon discounts. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt that they have had bad experiences with patrons before, or that they want to guarantee their staff proper compensation for their service they were giving. However, for Fatboy and I that usually do that when using a Groupon, or for outstanding services/food, it felt a bit rude and uncalled for. Specially because we weren’t really given any service at all, but we obliged.
I didn’t know such a restaurant existed, especially hidden away in a residential area like this. Located downtown, but blocks in, past apartment buildings and town house duplexes. I wouldn’t think to walk in to find this, so I guess it’s one of those places you have to know to go. It sure served its community well.
Went here to celebrate my friend getting married. So we came here for a nice fancy dinner. She ordered the duck which she really enjoyed. The drinks are very expensive. Nine dollars for a champagne flute. The atmosphere is very nice. So a nice romantic dinner would be possibly here. I think it's a little overpriced.
Hands down, Best Italian in Vancouver! The food is amazing, you gotta get the mushroom pizza. The servers are always so honest and forthcoming, as well as super nice and accommodating. This restaurant also has such a cool vibe, being tucked into the West End side streets.
If you check it out you will definitely go back!
Simply wonderful. What a lovely dinner and evening we had last night, thank you Adesso, we all had something different, all was excellent!
Excellent Italian Cuisine Experience. The descriptions on the menu had us desiring virtually every dish from the start. Presentation, flavours, food combinations, service . We were seated outside in this Mediterranean - style patio ....oh so romantic !!! All amazing. This was the best brunch I have had for a long, long time and I usually order smoked salmon benny ! I was informed by our waiter that the salmon is smoked on the premises and that they cure and smoke the meats in house !! I started with a delicious basket of goodie ( homemade brioche and croissant with homemade strawberry marmalade and creamy cheese ) I highly recommend this restaurant as I will be surely going back again and again !!!
AMAZING!!!. This is some of the best food I have had in a long time! All cooked and seasoned to perfection! They even had discounted martinis which topped it all off! I am visiting from the UK and would recommend this place to anyone I speak to! I will be going back here again before I go home!!
Amazing Evening. We came with six people to enjoy dinner on the patio before the fireworks. The garden is so beautiful and just sitting there on the quiet hidden away patio was just sublime. The food was as usual very very good and their specials are alway so interesting. Our group of six tried so many things and everything was great so I'll mention just a few spectacular things. The mushroom pizza is the best any of us have ever had. The halibut preparation was perfection, the asparagus salad delicious and the scallipini so tender and amazing. Do not skip dessert! This must be the best tiramisu and chocolate mousse in town. Our friend raved about the fresh cherry cake. We have been here six times now and we are never disappointed. Our server, the same one we have had a few times before has a great sense of humor and just seems to anticipate everything you need. The owner came by to suggest a great wine to us. Highly recommend this place to all.
Different and very good. We very much enjoyed our night out at Adesso Bistro. We came with a Groupon but we will definitely be back to this great neighbourhood bistro. The service was beyond friendly and knowledgable, and the food was equally impressive. Our server told us that everything is made in house and you can sure believe that with the brasola, the fresh focaccia, the filled pasta and the desserts. Everything is so fresh and good and also different from every other Italian restaurant we have been to. We shared a lot of food and its hard to pick a favorite but I thing the pesto, bean, potato pasta was my favorite. My friend loved the filled pasta (ricotta and herb I think) and the asparagus salad. The lemon tart was also outstanding. We highly recommend and we will be back.
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Surprisingly Good Dining Experience with Coupon. I was bracing myself to a bad dining experience because I had a coupon and had read previous reviews. But surprisingly, we had a great evening at Adesso. Initially I was a bit turned off when I tried to book a reservation, the man on the phone wasn't very friendly, and said they only take reservations every 2 weeks for certain times for people with coupons. But when I phoned back the following week, the person who answered the phone was really friendly and we got a reservation with no problem.
Our service was attentive and excellent. We were given bread and even got 2 spot prawns on the house because we had to wait awhile for our appetizer. Food was great and I like how the restaurant is in a quiet and nice neighbourhood.
LIke the previous reviewer, I thought it was a bit off we weren't 'qualified' for the special martini prices when the coupon only covers food. So pay full price for the drink when the coupon doesn't cover it anyways?
Overall, it was a great dining experience. I'm glad I was able to try this place and would come back on a nice day and sit on their patio and try their prix fixe menu.
A fantastic dining “experience”!. What I love about this restaurant is its location. It’s positioned near Stanley Park in the heart of a residential neighbourhood and feels like discovering a hidden garden. It is a quiet enclave, very warm and inviting, and that is the most enjoyable aspect to me that separates it from other restaurants. The menu is more adventurous than traditional Italian fare that I’ve had. I enjoyed a veal dish that was a special for the evening and let time pass me by. It makes a good getaway.
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Great food but a few problems.. Overall our experience at this restaurant was good. The food was excellent and we got to try elk which is not offered at a lot of restaurants. Service was prompt and friendly enough. Although as noted by a previous diner we were not offered any bread whereas we did see bread at the table next to us. It is interesting in that we had a Travelzoo voucher as did another table and we observed that neither one of us received any bread. Also, I had booked on open table and was not informed that I would not get points for doing so. I only found this out when I got home and there was an email saying that open table had cancelled my reservation? When I phoned the restaurant they said it was printed on the voucher that phone reservations only for coupons. I understand this policy but thought they should have mentioned it right away on my arrival . Not good PR on their part and that is what the coupons are all about. Would I return? Perhaps, as the food is good, however, there are lots of good restaurants in town and the way in which coupon users are handled doesn't sit too well at this point.
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Superior Dining Experience. As our first time here (booked the reservation through Urbanspoon with no hassles!), we were overly impressed with everything. The atmosphere of the restaurant was what we pictured. The room had the energy of many conversations of happy tables, which set a great mood while not being too loud.
Our waiter was friendly and helpful in every way, to the point of taking his name (Gavin) so we could request him when we go back.
The food was simply amazing. Some of the best that either of us have had anywhere in the world and definitely our favourite meal in Vancouver. There was no rush to the meal. We ordered a bottle of wine to begin with which was accented by a light and tasty foccacia with olive oil and balsamic. An appetizer would have worked here for fun, but we did not leave the least bit hungry, so there's no regrets either way.
She had the Bourrida, a Ligurian fish stew that she liked so much she wouldn't share, and I had the Bistecca, a superbly cooked elk steak with roasted potatoes and root veg and a creamed spinach that I'm regretting not asking for the recipe of. And some cooking lessons to get it just right (and I'm a damn good cook).
After dinner we ordered some dessert because it sounded so good - and this is something that has not happened in over a decade of dining experiences. We went for the Lemon cake but, as they were out of it, got the Chocolate Mousse instead, which was much darker and sturdier than the fluffy whipped cream style mousse that we'd always seen and came with some five-star homemade vanilla ice cream. While we are fans of the lighter kind of mousse, this one definitely stood out from the pack. We also received a complimentary quince pudding (because they were out of the lemon cake) that the two of us spent over half an hour taking little spoonfuls of and just grinning because it tasted so good.
This was a long dinner experience, and not a cheap one, but it was worth every second and every cent. The fact that we were not rushed added that much more to the meal - go there and enjoy your time there. Explore the menu and bask in the experience. While this was a winter dinner, the patio looks (and sounds) like it is also a beautifully unique environment that can not be matched. We will definitely be back again, for both indoors and out.
Our favourite restaurant!. We discovered this hidden gem in August, while walking through our neighbourhood, and have been regulars ever since. Whenever we have out of town visitors, we take them to Adesso, and everyone we've brought has loved the place just as much as we have. The food is excellent, the prices are very reasonable for the quality and size of portions, they have a fantastic wine list, and the restaurant is intimate, with no blaring music and (blessedly) no televisions forcing hockey games and advertising on us while we try to enjoy a nice meal.
But most important of all is the warm, friendly and accommodating service that we have received, without exception, on every visit. Our family always feels welcome there, even with our small baby in tow, and they go out of their way to ensure that all of us are able to have a comfortable and enjoyable dining experience.
Great food, average service, friendly staff. The food here is amazing, classic traditional Italian. Flavor profile is on point. Ingredients are of quality. I can't say anything bad about the place. I will definitely be going back.
Absolutely amazing, authentic, delicious, the duck gnocchi was best I've had outside italia
Great resto! Great service and delicious food. Would totally recommend!
Food was great, yummy! Service was fantastic. Great place for a romantic evening, a business dinner or just a casual night out. Classic building in a quaint neighborhood. Check it out!
Wish we lived in this neighbourhood!. We had a lovely dinner at Adesso Bistro on a recent visit to Vancouver. The service was well-paced with just the right amount of attention. Staff were helpful with wine selection and each aspect of the dinner showed great attention to detail in the kitchen from bread to vegetables to coffee. The main dish, lobster risotto, was wonderful but it was all the supporting elements that raised this dinner to excellent status. I can highly recommend a visit.
Best meal on our vacation. My wife and I had a lovely vacation to Vancouver and ate at all the wonderful places this amazing city has to offer,being from south London our usual comfort zone is quite small but being our first vacation in 20 years we decided we would be adventurous.
The ambiance was very nice,people striking up conversation,not too posh but just nice enough and our server was very nice and helpful with telling us about the food.
We had the Pizza as a starter, and it was well lovely and perfect for sharing,it was like no Pizza we ever had before.
For our Mains I had the Stripsteak which was cooked to perfection and the Misses had the Linguine and clams which i ate a bite of and it was well nice.
GREAT FOOD. Dined here last Sunday with some friends. Amazing food at a great price point. I had Lobster($24??!!!), perfectly cooked on a bed of risotto with beautiful micro greens. My partner had the veal chop, again cooked to perfection & seasoned just wonderfully. Our friends had the duck pasta and the steel head trout, which they wouldn't even let us try! lol. We shared a few apps i believe it was the fritto misto and the pescatore? salad.. both wonderful and truly Italian. Service was great, we had a very well informed foreign gentleman who really new his stuff. Dessert was no let down either, we had a semi freddo and a cheesecake, both looked and tasted like they came out of the kitchen of DB's or another high-end kitchen here in Vancouver. I would recommend Adesso to anyone who wants true Italian cuisine at un-unbeatable price point ! Keep it up guys, with food like this you will be the talk of the town!
True Love. I love coming here and my biggest problem is choosing something to eat because I keep going back to my favorites. The lobster risotto is truly amazing as is the Pork ragout pasta. The service is always friendly and professional and the wine list is interesting and predominantly Italian.
One word; delicious! Eggplant pasta was divine! Would definately go again. Service was attentive & welcoming.
Amazing winemaker's dinner. It's always a pleasure to return to Adesso.Last time was on Fri. night,the room was full yet the service wonderful,and the food just amazing.My first time there was for a wine tasting early Sept. w.3 friends.The winemaker from Laughing Stock,BC,gave us insightful information about the wine pairings to the food.We all agreed that the scallops were the best we've ever had.The tuna was prepared like nowhere else,poached in olive oil&coriander,very very delicious.They also probably have the most delicious pesto in town, we had it with home made pasta.I chose the lamb as a main,cooked to perfection, my friends had the veggie risotto which they loved.The wine was amazing, too bad you can't find it in stores.Can't wait for their next wine tasting!
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Great food!. A group of six of us dined at Adesso recently. The room hasn't changed much since the old Parkside/L'altro Buca days. This isn't a bad thing as it is a very comfortable room. The room is on the dark side but I prefer that to a restaurant being too bright.
We ordered several appetizers: Oysters, spaghetti carbonara, bruschetta & risotto. I sampled all the appies and they were very good. The spaghetti and risotto were my favorites.
For a main, I had the short rib. It came with a chickpea "frittelle." Think of it as a chick pea french fry. The short rib was absolutely delicious...extremely tender and flavorful. The chickpea fries were also great. I managed to grab a bite of someone's halibut and a bite of the cornish game hen. Both were very tasty.
The wine list is on the short side, but they have some great stuff that you likely won't find elsewhere.
Service was prompt. They brought one of our party the wrong entrée but they let us keep it (free of charge) to share while we were waiting for the proper entree to arrive...nice touch I thought!
Will I be back? Absolutely!
Tucked beside the dining room is their outdoor patio space which can only be described as magical. Enjoying a meal here is like having dinner in your own backyard garden patio, but with servers. Magical. Adesso Bistro is at 1906 Haro St and with just a few steps down from the street you enter the restaurant which has a dark, cozy and intimate atmosphere. Step to the left to enter the patio and you are transported. Walled on two sides by massive hedges and covered by a huge pergola twined with lights, even
The waitress and waiter who oversaw us at Adesso were both very kind and attentive. The food came out at a very good pace and overall the dining experience was excellent. Will definitely be coming back!
The pizza was delicious, fresh and cheesy. The mussels – wow. The broth was amazing and they were cooked to perfection. We couldn’t get enough. Even though I said I’d have no more bread I couldn’t help but have some more with the broth.
At the end, we are very very very satisfied with Adesso’s food.
All of them are surprisingly and amazingly good.
You won’t be disappointed! ;D
Siobhan was leaving for Iceland in the new year (yes, this visit was a while ago), and so the task fell on me to choose a restaurant for our last dinner date of the term! I had scoped out Adesso Bistro as a possible location for my birthday dinner (we went with Catch-122 instead), but the restaurant and menu still stood out to me, even a few months after I visited their website. So, despite the rain and cold, we made our way to Haro Street (Haro! Love the name) for an early night out. I tried to make reservations for a later time, but since the restaurant was flooded with Christmas party reservations made eons ahead of time, we had to settle for dinner at the really early hour of 5:30. We were the first table at the restaurant, so we did get quite a bit of attention throughout our night there. After some fresh-baked focaccia bread accompanied by the expected olive oil-balsamic vinegar dip came up, we looked over the menu to see what was being offered. At the time, they had a winter pri
Truffle cake was good to balance out the richness, light sponge chocolate cakes layered with cream. And the hazelnut gelato was also very delicious.
I loved how this restaurant was located in the residential part of down town, so I can enjoy some peace and quiet on this gorgeous patio. I also loved the trees that act as wall to truly take you away from the outside world, so you can enjoy your meal.
My fascination for urban form is well known both in academic circles (I have done extensive research on industrial/urban restructuring) and social circles (where people know that I always have been amazed with the little corner stores within neighbourhoods like Cardero Bottega , and with houses within a condo-transformed area such as Coal Harbour ). I have a great ability to be amazed and marveled by little things. And one of those little things I totally adore is a cute restaurant that is totally off the beaten path. Embedded in a fully residential neighbourhood (West of Denman), Adesso Bistro is a wonderful gem of urban restaurants who are little gems. I had been wanting to try Adesso Bistro for years, but for one reason or another, I hadn't gotten a chance to visit. So last night I took JT there for dinner. The exterior patio is wonderful, and while I felt minorly bad for taking photos when people were having dinner, I felt really great about the fact that their patio was packed. Lo
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Having read all the rave reviews I thought I’d give Robba da Matti a look.
The good: the location is cool, in a residential area, a short walk from the beach.
2/3 of the food was super tasty, such as the burrata starter and the Parma ham bruschetta starter. The cheese gnocchi was delicious and very obviously made in house and the desserts were wonderful.
Service was also fabulous mostly, but slowed down towards the end. We had to ask for black pepper and I could have used a coffee at the end to combat my carb crash!
The inside space looked very romantic with lovely decor.
The not so good:
The tomato based dishes we had were bland (pomodoro bruschetta and pasta alla primavera). My experience with Italian food is that even though the it is generally simple, it’s always full of flavour.
We booked the patio because of how pretty it looked on the photos. However, we had an outer table with a view onto the unused patio area which was full of old tables and chairs. It wouldn’t take much effort to move them and fill the space with some big pots and plants, which may also diffuse the smell of cigarette smoke drifting over from the street.
Great italian restaurant with cute ambience. The servers were super friendly, and service was quick. We got the beef carpaccio, spaghetti allo scoglio and the parapadelle rosche rosche. Beef carpaccio was delicious, topped with a light horseradish aioli, arugula and parmesean. The pastas were quite tasty as well. The seafood in the spaghetti tasted fresh, and the parpadelle had very tender shortrib meat, but I thought the flavour was a bit underwhelming.
Overall was a great experience, except that our table was right next to an outdoor bench that some smokers were sitting at so we had the smell of smoke for half of the evening.
This location is amazing! One of my favorite Italian places in Vancouver (& I love Italian). Have sat both inside and on the patio and prefer the patio—it’s covered with heaters so even when it’s not summer it’s an amazing place to go. I’ve never not gotten the four cheese Gnocchi because I’ve never had a better Gnocchi dish in my life.
We went there during the dine out vancouver event. Looking at the regular prices, the dine out vancouver set menu is equivalent to getting a free dessert.
Me and my wife got the same appetizer which is the beef carpaccio. The serving is big and technically can be shared. It also came with bread. Delicious 😋
Our mains
Shrimp & lobster ravioli
Pesto pasta
Both were delicious and very yummy. Serving size is about right.
Desserts
Tiramisu and panna cotta with berries. I like them but it's not the best.
Staff is very attentive and very friendly. Serving time is good. Ambiance is cozy. Bathroom is clean but ordinary
We will come back!
Very high quality, authentic Italian food at a reasonable price. It was my birthday and they accommodated my group perfectly. Zero complaints. Will be back in the future!
Good Italian - not great, but solid good. The 'Sicilian' was supposedly baked but it differed from what I was led to expect...and it was all confusing because the QR code/mobile menu and website menu differ, and then there's a print version which was quite different for wine. Not sure why it's not more in sync? Worth trying again.
My husband and I came here for lunch and the food was phenomenal! Such a peaceful place to dine as well =) thank you to our amazing server, Andre for everything! We will be back!
Being Italian I think I can say this is an authentic italian restaurant, really good! I don't know why I took so long to try it but I am definitely coming back. Everything I tried was first class and Kelley being our server made things even better!
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