Via Roma

I had never been to Via Roma until tonight, when a friend gathered us together for a thank-​you meal after a charity event. Because of the structure of the meal, I was fortunate enough to sample several of Chef Pasquale’s dishes. The evening’s fare was EXACTLY what I’m looking for when I’m craving Italian food: authentic, delicious, FRESH! The chef got everything right, down to the most minute detail, from the vinaigrette on the salads and buffalo mozzarella and tomato appetizer, to the bubbling cheese on the pizza (oh yum, now I’m craving it) to the perfectly cooked gnocchi. The tiramisu was perfect and the espresso (and I’m PICKY when it comes to coffee) aromatic and STRONG! I highly recommend Via Roma… and you’ll probably be seeing me there shortly too!

Tried Via Roma for lunch. It was alright. Service was alright as well. I think it says it all. Wasn’t blowed away by the experience so I won’t be going back.

The reason we came to this restaurant was because of the place’s lovely vines and lights and the big window, letting in lots of light. Charming during the day and even more romantic at night!
However, my boyfriend and I looked really out of place with our kinda carefree outfits (being teenagers doesn’t help that much either…), and I think we didn’t look like the average clientele they served.
The menu had many delicious choices, and the price was very reasonable. I remember the server serving my boyfriend’s plate with mine, and vice-​versa, but that was quite funny. I don’t remember what I ordered, but I remember devouring my plate and not even finishing it because I was so full!
The ambiance was great. I loved watching people pass by and being amazed by the place. Quite a nice experience!

Had a very nice dinner here in the pleasant terrace area. The space was charming, the service was friendly, and the food was delicious — lasagna, gnocchi, and caprese all delivered. I highly recommend this place and will definitely return.

This place was amazing and the staff was so friendly! They even made items for us that we’re not on their menu! I highly recommend this place!

I really wanted to like this place… I went there with my husband for our anniversary. The terrace is one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen, it’s completely magical and it’s what made me want to go there in the first place. I had the meat tortellini with rosée sauce, and my husband had some too. After dinner, he started feeling sick. The next morning, he was okay, but I started feeling terrible and found out I had a bacterial infection. It’s been four days now and I’m still terribly sick, I’ll most probably have to be hospitalized.
So yeah, avoid this place — or at least the tortellini. I just had a talk with the owner and it would seem it’s not the first time something like that happens. She did seem really sorry and I hope she’ll try to do something about this.
P. S.: I think the owner also works as waitress, a member here posted a photo of her. She was our waitress too. I must say she acts a little condescending and that pizza thing doesn’t really surprise me. She really seems to take people for fools.

The service here is the worst, we had a group of 30 people in the empty restaurant and I asked to move some tables together and they said no that’s impossible. Then after waiting 45 min for our food I got the wrong pizza and went to give it back, the waitress then wanted to give me the half already eaten pizza which was sent to another customer to me. She then started to argue that she saw nothing wrong with it, we all thought that was gross and crazy… I cancelled my order because I did not want someone Else’s half eaten pizza! ewww!
From those who did have the pizza said it was hard and had no taste!

J’aimerais dont bien pouvoir parler italien pour me sentir comme si j’étais en voyage quand je vais chez Via Roma. Heureusement, Érik M qui avait organisé un bon souper s’en est occupé pour nous et nous a aidé à choisir les meilleurs plats puis nous a montré comment dire quelques phrases simples en italien. J’ai donc mangé la salada capresse (tomate, mozzarella, huile d’olive, origan, sel et poivre) qui était extrêmement simple et autant goûteuse. Par la suite, on m’a recommandé la spécialité de la maison, les gnocchis à la roma. Oh miam! J’ai commencé à en manger en me disant que je pourrais garder la moitié pour le lunch du lendemain, mais après avoir dévoré le deux tiers de mon assiette, il né m’en restait pas assez pour en remmener, donc j’ai mangé l’assiette au complet. Et bien que j’avais l’estomac plus que plein, vu qu’il y avait du tiramisu au menu pour le dessert, j’ai sacrifié mon confort pour en manger un bon morceau et je né l’ai pas regretté. La place comme telle est très bien éclairée avec les grandes fenêtres, puis quand le soleil tombe et que les lumières de Noël qui parsèment les vignes du plafond s’allument, ça devient très romantique comme endroit.

My instinct is to yearn for this place to survive and thrive, it’s got so much going for it that every time I walk by I quote the song and: «say a little prayer for you.» It’s just a little further north on St Laurent than the other Italian restaurants of the same size in Little Italy, and I think that means that the few tourists who come through our tiny Petite Italie generally don’t make it. But that’s a shame — the food quality is the same if not better, and the ambiance, especially on a summer eve, is lovely. The entire front section of the restaurant — storefront and ceiling — is windows that open to leave nothing between you and the starry sky but thick green vines and white fairy lights. J’adore.
If there was a more basic anti-​pasto appetizer on the menu I’d eat here more often — you know, a mix of cured meats, cheeses, olives etc — because I could eat this every day, and because the menu is otherwise quite dominated by pizza and pasta.
The ambiance is so pretty it does seem a shame to have that giant TV in the middle of the space — personally I think Via Roma is so romantic and yet unpretentious and classy they would do better to remove the TV, or use it exhibit video art, and focus on drawing people in with events like wine tastings, pizza and pasta lessons, Italian folk music, but hey, maybe that’s just me.

Via Roma is a authentic Italian Restaurant. Its is owned by Italians, and actually Italians cook there. Its is a Family operated business.
It’s a great place for a date, so bring your special person to enjoy a great atmosphere, in a cosy/​romantic wonderland.
The Pasta and Pizza, is a great touch to your evening.