Ristorante Pomodoro

We have been to this restaurant more than any other restaurant in all of Montréal. In fact, since discovering this gem, we find ourselves inviting friends and family to join us here for dinner. And if it is summer and a beautiful day in Montréal, chances are you will find us on the patio, sipping cocktails and eating alfresco. But I confess, we did not discover this place on our own. No, our first time here was thanks to our dear friend from Tuscany who invited us here for dinner one evening several years ago. He said, and I quote, ”this is the best pizza outside of Tuscany.” The guy knows his pizza so who were we to dispute that?! Not only is the pizza molto authentica and comes out of an impressive brick oven, the calamari is so good that one order is never enough for the table.
Having said that, I must agree with some of the other reviewers who have questioned the huge flat-​screen TVs on the wall. I can’t stand TVs in restaurants! I find them to be nothing short of disruptive and distasteful. Leave the TVs to sports bars! Restaurants should rely on pleasant music and artwork to help create an inviting atmosphere. Also, it is in great part because of the TVs that we prefer to sit outside when the weather permits.

Stopped in during the Italian Week Festival and we were pleasantly surprised by the size and ambiance of this restaurant. The service was great and timely for our group of 6. Adrian was our main server and he was very attentive. We were given 2 large bottles of water and then we got our Italian beer and red wine followed by our appetizer of meat, cheese and olives and of course delicious warm bread rolls. They had prepared a condensed version of their usual menu during this Festival and we each made our selection of different pizzas and pasta dishes. We left full and happy. This is a restaurant I would go to again with pleasure.

Nice looking resto (ambiance) and great wood fired pizza. Efficient service.

i went to their workshop last year where they showed the art behind a pizza. did grabbed something to eat and drink afterwards as i was still hungry.
nothing to write home about. drink was expensive but boozy. as for the pizza, expensive! on the other hand, wood oven!
the really bad: place is, most of the time, empty except during summer where the terrace is full
anyway, for the asking price, you’re better off somewhere else

Wanting some real pizza (i.e., woodfire rather than fried!), we tried this place to take away a couple. We got the Cacciacavalo and the Margerita… All in all, they were good, though we noted nothing extraordinary about them. The one thing we did note was the price… 40 $ for 2 pizze? Seriously? For that price, you could at least put some gold or foie gras on your pizze!

Nice server, good pizzas.
The tout garnie was my favourite (we tried that plus the meat-​lover & funghi).
The best part? The pizzas are woodfire.
An enjoyable friday lunch.

Should have gone here before shopping for groceries. Waiter extremely kind, even spoke English, recommended 4 different appetizers for light fare, the zuppa was broccoli, not so yummy, the assortment of fromage, crositini with pesto delightful. Little space for too many banging bags, atmosphere hip, beautiful Sunday afternoon dining. Forget about parking, walk it.

On my visit to Montréal, Canada, I stopped by this Italian restaurant considered by the locals as one of the best pizzerias in town.
I ordered the Pizza Margherita which was decent and the Fried Calamari that was excellent, probably the best Calamari I ever had.
I will definitely comeback to this restaurant on my next visit to Montréal.

Our waiter was friendly and helpful but clearly struggling to serve more tables then he could reasonably handle alone. The décor was chill but a little generic, and personally I think a nice restaurant is severely diminished by TVs playing sitcoms mounted on the walls where the art should be. The eggplant parmesan and the lasagne were both tasty, cheesy, sizable, not disappointing, and the bread was fresh and hot. Sitting in the wide open window in the summer breeze on St Laurent in Little Italy is always nice, and given that a lot of our favourite restaurants in the area are closed on Mondays this place was a lifesaver that kept the hungry kids happy.