Ottavio

Food and service at this branch are within my range of satisfaction. I would say the overall dining experience with my parents and husband was nothing «Wow» but we left a good tip for the service.
We wanted the mussel for our starters but they were out of mussel that evening.
We will be back one day.

I found it extremely disappointing & upsetting to find out that this specific Ottavio restaurant charged an additional fee for those with allergies. Parents with children who have allergies should be aware. I’ll be avoiding this location as though it was an allergy. #BadBusinessPractice

I’ll be honest, I expected to like Ottavio, but I wasn’t prepared for how much I would love it. As someone who has been a diagnosed Celiac since 2008, I’ve found that almost too many restaurants now serve ‘gluten free’ food, but haven’t necessarily trained their staff to know what that means. I often worry at chain restaurants about cross contamination — or worse — that I’m getting entirely the wrong thing.
At Ottavio, the back of the menu lists all gluten free items and explains that they’ve provided a Celiac-​friendly menu since 2007 (i.e. Before it was cool). I was immediate more at ease.
The server brought me gluten free bread as a starter. It was on the house and — wait for it — served piping hot as opposed to dried out and terrible. My partner (a typical gluten eater who no longer sees bread as a novelty) had originally declined his serving, but after stealing a few bites of mine, he decided he definitely wanted his own bread.
I had the granite (or garlic bread with cheese if you’re from outside of Montréal) and GF Californian pizza. The crust was good — maybe a little dry, but very satisfying with a ton of goat cheese. Everything came quickly. The portions are big and I left with half a pizza for lunch tomorrow so that we could save room for dessert — crème brule. To top things off, it’s BYOW.

The food tastes good. I will say, I am VERY picky with noodles/​pasta but I always enjoy it at Ottavio. It really does taste like homemade pasta. It’s casual dress but the restaurant (Ottavio St. Leonard) itself is quite beautiful however, it’s so dark! You can barely see the food on your plate, let alone the people you’re with. If you’re having a party of some sort & plan to take pictures — just make sure your flash is on the highest option.

Last Sunday, I was spoiled and was brought to the Restaurant Ottavio in St Laurent for dinner.
It was delicious. We went on a Sunday night so it was pretty quiet when we first arrived. Later on during the night, it seemed to get quite full… of children with their parents. (We found out later on that children eat for free on Sunday nights).
For starters we got the Garlic Bread Gratiné and my date was right– it IS the best cheesy garlic bread I’ve ever had.
For the main meal, he had Linguine duck cont …(cream, teriyaki, duck, prosciutto, shallots, sesame seeds) and I had Angel hair four tomatoes … (tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes, sun-​dried tomatoes, bruschetta, bocconcini). Oh my gosh, was it good.
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We both had leftovers because the portion you get is definitely worth the money.
The atmosphere was very comfortable and we were comfortable being a bit dressed up (it was our first official date– very, very nice). You can make reservations online and they have three locations: Laval, St Laurent and St Léonard. It IS bring your own wine & beer so keep that in mind!
I will definitely be going back– I will probably want to try every single thing on the menu.

Ottavio se situe au mieux dans le milieu de la liste des restos de Montréal. Le décor est très bien. La bouffe est bonne, sans plus. Le service est VRAIMENT ordinaire 1h pour une pizza… C’est pourtant un tier de leur menu principal avec les pâtes et les moules! Reçevoir comme excuse qu’un nombre extraordinaire de commande de pizza ralenti le service: est un peu comme rire de moi en me donnant une claque! La serveuse a quand même fait ce qu’elle a pu pour sauver la mise, mais elle né peut pas tout faire… Première & dernière fois.

Je dois avouer — ce resto d’Anjou est un peu loin pour cette résidente du centre-​ville. Toutefois, c’est une superbe alternative pour un menu italien gourmet sans avoir à se déplacer si on habite dans le Nord-​Est de l’Île. Des prix fort raisonnables, formule apportez votre vin, avec une salle à manger bien spacieuse font de l’endroit un choix parfait pour un souper de groupe! J’aime aussi que leurs pâte à pizza et pâtes sont faites fraîches et qu’ils ont une grande sélection du menu disponible sans gluten ou tout autre agents souvent considérés allergènes — chose qui est venu comme une belle surprise pour plusieurs personnes dans notre groupe.

The pizza here is really good & the pastas too! The service was outstanding!!! So much so that we let the manager know!!! The deco. Is really nice & perfect place to celebrate a special occasion friends or to check before hitting the clubs!

Tout ce qui manquait c’était un peu de vin… eh oui ! c’était un apportez votre vin et nous n’avions pas prévu le coup. too bad :(
Sinon, Ottavio est une belle petite découverte, cachée dans Anjou: un resto au décor moderne ou on y sert des pâtes et des pizzas, du veau et autres spécialités italiennes. Nous avons pris tous les deux une salade césar en entrée, délaissant l’énorme plateau de calmars pour une fois, et avons opté pour des pâtes pour la suite des choses. La lasagne a la viande était fondante, la sauce tomate avait ce petit goût acidulé du ’ fait maison ‘. La serveuse m’assure que tout est fait maison a la location a Laval, mais que tous les matins une cargaison leur arrive prête a servir.
Pas de desserts pour nous, mais un café latté un peu froid, mais assez bon. Le service était a la hauteur du reste.