Scaddabush

Love this place!!! Service was great! Food was amazing! Baked carbonara is a must try and their mozzarella was goooood! The show kitchen is open and you can just sit by it and watch them make fresh mozzarella. Me and my friend went up. The chef was nice and even gave us sample to try!

The menu has a nice selection for every pallet and our server recommended we try the meatball as it was one of the more popular dishes. We shared the meatball and each got our own entrees which were large enough that we couldn’t order dessert! The food was a ⁸⁄₁₀ but service a ⁵⁄₁₀. This is a good place for an Italian dinner date and I will be returning to try the fresh mozzarella!

Scaddabush is a 3.5 for me. Overall I find the food a hit or miss.
I’ve been disappointed with the flavours and quality of the pasta and pizza which is disappointing since this is an Italian restaurant. Recently had the Pesto pasta where the pesto sauce was way too watery and also lacked flavour. The fresh pepper and cheese we asked for afterwards helped.
On the positive note, the appetizers are excellent. I particularly like the fried cauliflower /​asparagus, aracini and the polenta bites.
The restaurant itself is comfortable and pleasant to sit in. Prices are reasonable and service is fine.
Although not a top choice for me, I’d visit again and for Italian shops nearby in Markham, it’s definitely one to consider.

The rebrand and reimage of Alice Fazooli’s — trying to make the restaurant cater more for the young and hip. The restaruant is in the same layout as the old Alice Fazooli’s. The service was a bit slow, it took some time for the main to come out. The appetizer came out a lot faster. The stuffed meat ball was a little disppointing as it was just stuffed with more meat inside rather than some like cheese or something more exotic. The shrimp spaghetti was ok but I found the over of all the food was on the salty side, especially the meatball.
The up side was the kids menu, the pasta option came with quite a bit of food and their chocolate Gelato wasn’t bad either.
Average rating for not being too bad nor too spectacular. Could potentially go back to try again.

Fresh mozzarella was made fresh daily and served with sliced toasted focaccia, prosciutto, and fig jam. Very tasty and would reco. 3 stars because the other dishes were just ok. The salad was pretty oily and with large uncut leaves; the meatball in the spaghetti was good but noodle was just avg. We also ordered a pitcher of sangria, it was filled with half pitcher of ice… for $ 27. With all the choices in this area, not sure I would go back again.

Scaddabush in Richmond Hill location was originally Alice Fazooli’s. Menu is pretty much similar to Alice Fazooli’s. Been to Scaddabush about 6 times since opened.
The pizza is good, a quick fix for something near the area in Markham (but I like another restaurant located in downtown, Toronto). **Remember to ask for the chilli oil**
I tried ⁴⁄₈ types of pasta they have and I liked none of them solely because there wasn’t enough sauce (for all pasta I ordered), not enough flavor and pasta was a bit over cooked to a bit soggy. Bare in mind I tried the 4 types of pasta at different visits. So I wouldn’t order pasta from their menu anymore. For the price, I’d go to other western cuisine restaurant for much better quality pasta (in the same plaza).
Their mozzarella is famous for being freshly made everyday. They are good if you have someone to share or if you go as a group so everyone can have a try.
I tried their bruschetta (classic & pork 3-​ways) and I personally love the pork 3 ways. Very tasty, the bread was grilled/​baked with butter; it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside (not rock hard). Good sociables with a few friends sipping on some drinks.
Their classic vs. stuffed meatballs, I liked classic. Juicy, aromatic and just the right taste paring with beer.
*They have drinks specials on Wed & Thurs.
*They have a social club, you can sign up and receive $ 10 off coupon (takes 24hrs) and get most updated information from the company and get invited to social meets and parties.

FANTASTIC!!! I seriously love this place — I love the décor, if you are fan of rustic feels. This place will make you go gaga on alot of their décor. They have different chairs per table, apparently they were collected from an antique store, that’s why the chairs are all different. How neat is that?
Services was excellent, the food was great. I love pasta and they have delivered the pasta I’ve been longing for. I got the meatballs and spaghetti. they have HUGEEEEEE meatballs! I eat alot and I barely finished my plate.
I didn’t have any more room for the dessert. But I will be back!!!

Some out of town guests were craving pasta for lunch so we decided to come here. They make delicious fresh pasta and pizza. Everything tastes fresh. Portions are quite generous, especially the social size which is meant to be shared family style.
We ordered stuffed meatballs and charity bread to share. We also got the fresh mozzarella which was served with sliced toasted focaccia, prosciutto, and fig jam. These were consistently delicious as had been my last experience with these dishes.
We shared social sized portions of the pollo pesto pasta (one of my faves, which we requested to be cooked with penne) and the Capri pasta (fettuccine with assorted types of seafood in a marinara sauce. We also ordered the Sophia pizza with caramelized onions, goat cheese, and chicken. Even between 8 adults, this was a lot of food.
As we were celebrating a birthday, our server was kind enough to bring us a complementary freshly baked chocolate cake in a jar with whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Delicious and not too sweet.
If you’re looking for good service and consistent Italian food for reasonable prices, you should definitely give this place a try.

Came here for a bachelorette dinner party and tried the salad, carbonara and their burrata cheese.
Food isn’t too bad and the place is pretty nice just really busy and the service is a little slow.
I probably won’t come back here unless it’s a special occasion

I don’t like writing bad reviews but I didn’t have a pleasant experience during dinner. I came for a friends 40^th birthday. The music was so loud no one could hear one another even sitting side by side. We must’ve asked at least 10 times to have the music turned down only to have it turned back up again. Service needs improvement — slow and absent.
I ordered a coffee for dessert. I never got it but was charged. The waitress asked if I wanted it now. I asked her what’s the point we’re all leaving and to please take it off my bill. She offered to put it in a to go cup. I wasn’t interested 30 mins after I ordered it. I felt like the $ 3 was more important for them to have than my satisfaction.

Came here on a Friday evening at 5:30 and the place wasn’t busy yet. We had a reservation, though the woman at the front desk was on the phone, one of the servers saw us waiting and he took us to our seats.
Just like expected from other reviews, the staff here are all friendly.
Service is prompt and though the place got busier around 7PM, the service quality didn’t change, and our server was always making sure we got what we need.
Food is good, portions are just a-​ok. I ordered the baked carbonara and there was a little bit much pepper than I expected. I expected a bit more creamy sweet sauce.
The place is cozy and inviting, by about 7PM there was a DJ playing good music.
I will come back to try their pizza and desserts as the dessert pictures here on Unilocal look yum!
Review 27 of 100

The interior hasn’t changed from when it was Alice Fazooli’s. I must say though that I much preferred the food offered by Alice Fazooli’s over Scaddabush.
Not too many items were appealing on the menu as they seemed very standard for a chain restaurant.
My group decided to order and share apps:
— Calamari fritti ⁴⁄₅: I think this was the best part of the night for me, the calamari wasn’t super tough and was fried just enough.
— chicken parmesan bites ³⁄₅: the chicken bites were quite salty with the parmesan and the sauce it came with balanced it out but I thought this was only average.
I ordered the butcher pizza and also sampled the bolognese. The pizza was super salty and I could barely finish half of it. The bolognese on the other hand was bland and quite tasteless.
Will most likely not come back.

First tip — do arrive earlier than usual because although the lot is huge, parking can be quite insane on Friday nights. My first impression of this place was that it has a pretty nice rustic feel to it. We came here at around 8pm and there were a lot of people but it was not completely packed. There was a DJ standing near the front door. There’s a mixture of booths, high chair/​barstools, bar in the middle that looks pretty nice. Like Jack Astors there is also a piece of paper in the middle where you can scribble. Scaddabush is Italian slang for a little bit of everything so we decided to try the Bomba Burratta Fresh Mozarella and the Diavolo Pizza.
The Bomba Burratta is basically cream-​stuffed fresh mozzarella with spicy roasted tomato, chilli ragu, and olive oil. When the Bomba Burratta arrived I almost mistakened it for vanilla ice cream lol. But it was actually just a ball of mozzarella that looked like ice cream with some spices on it and a a couple slices of bread on the side. The cheese was not as stringy as I had imagined it to be but it was still okay.
The Diavolo pizza comes with spicy chicken, mozzarella, Pecorino cheese, caramelized onions, roasted grape tomatoes, balsamic reduction. It was almost rectangular shaped and came with pizza scissors that you can use to cut the pizza. The pizza was okay, a little doughy and quite spicy if you normally eat mild food. They put a pretty decent amount of toppings though.
Service was good, the waiters were friendly and helpful. Unilocal does not have 0.5 ratings but all in all I would rate this location 2.5÷5

Came here early at around 6pm, the service was really good and the food came out on time. The last time I was here was when Alice Fazoolis was open, the interior is pretty much the same — almost unchanged. But there is a new, revamped menu, in which we tried 3 dishes. We had the spinach and artichoke dip with bread, the pasta carbonara in a hot plate with a sunny side egg on top and finally the butternut squash ravioli.
The spinach and artichoke dish was comparable to other restaurants around the same level that make spinach and artichoke dishes. The carbonara was better than other carbonaras I’ve tried from restaurants at a similar tier. It was baked and put in a hot place so cheese was crispy and then they add parmesan cheese on top to make it even more tasty. Finally the butternut squash ravioli was so good, I savoured every bite of it.
They have a lot of dishes that are meant to be shared, and they have various sizes for many of the dishes from small, regular and «social» which is larger than regular and is meant to be shared among several people.
I’ll definitely be back to try this place again, though the dishes were more on the expensive side, coming to around $ 16-​$ 20 for most of the pasta dishes and all the entrees were above $ 20 (probably averaging around $ 25).

Scaddabush is one of my favourite Italian restaurants! I’ve been to both the downtown and the new Richmond Hill location many times. The difference is the service. At this one, I always have a wonderful time. Every server I’ve had here thus far has been so great that I tend to remember their names. Daniel is really funny! And Stephanie is so nice and sweet. Since I like it so much, I came here again last night for Valentine’s Day.
Appetizers:
Spinach & Artichoke Dip — my personal favourite. I get this at every restaurant I go, but I absolutely love it here! The dip is so flavourful and creamy. It’s a must try.
Stuffed Meatball — very good but it’s a bit big. We weren’t able to finish this, as there was too much meat for me.
Mains:
Lobster Spaghetti (social) & Pesto Pollo (small) — I’d highly recommend either of these items under the pastas because they are just so tasty! However, the social size is huge! Probably best for 4 people to share. NOT two. We ordered the social size for one of the dishes with the intention of having a little bit of leftovers to bring for lunch the next day but this was still too much!
Unfortunately, everything came out pretty much all at once, which was what we didn’t want. We wanted to pace ourselves and our server, Stephanie, kindly understood and was extremely apologetic about it. She quickly offered to ask the chef to remake certain items and insisted on giving us complimentary drinks and desserts on the house. We loved her positive attitude.
I’d recommend this place to anyone who likes pasta and pizza! But they also have other items if you don’t like those. Scaddabush will continue to be one of my regular go-​to restaurants.

Went here on the weekend because I’ve heard some good things about this place when it replaced Alice Fazooli’s…can’t say I was impressed. Sure, the new layout was quite interesting. Hostess that took us to our table was very polite. But let me tell you, as much as I am an impatient person when it comes to being hungry, I was NOT hungry but had to wait AT LEAST 25 minutes for SOMEONE to bring us a glass of water and menus! Any sign of team effort for coverage of tables? NOPE! This waiter kept walking by our table and can CLEARLY see we were not helped at all. Given his attitude with the way he displayed himself and his facial expression, he couldn’t care less. Perfect. We even made eye contact and he just looked away like it was nothing. Hmmmmm, ok.
Finally a waitress comes around and gives us the menu and water. She’s all smiley and has a super soft voice. I don’t care how smiley you can be, do your job properly and own up to your mistake because your smile doesn’t fix anything! She takes our order and APPARENTLY because it was too busy (and believe me it was not) she took forever to bring me my drink. Actually, she FORGOT about it. Honestly I’m not even going to continue. Pretty much I was not impressed at all with the service here.
Food was ok. Nothing special. I had the Zucca and I was hoping it would taste pretty good since it was an italian restaurant and I haven’t had good ravioli in ages… turned out ok to me but maybe it’s just because I got all riled up prior to my food.
I really don’t have much else to say about this place. I’m really surprised a couple of my friends said it was really good. Perhaps I will give it another try later but for now, I think I will pass.

Came here for my girlfriends birthday. Upon entrance the lady in the front had her arms crossed and did not smile. But that wasn’t going to ruin my night with the girls.
It was a Sunday evening, the bar area was pretty empty, so she asked if we mind sitting on tall chairs, which we didn’t. We were just hungry.
We were served by AJ. Who was very personable, talkative, and busy since it seems like he was the bartender too.
We ordered the honey and truffle infused fresh mozzarella. It was pretty unique, was a little sweet, but needed more crostinis, only came with 4 very small pieces.
Then got a Tuscan salad to share. This was really good. Very refreshing vinaigrette, crunchy bits on top, mix of Arugula and kale, raisins. Definitely highlight of our meal.
Next we got the Sophia pizza. The crust was pretty good and chewy, the goat cheese wasn’t overpowering, and it came with a pair of scissors which made it very easy to cut into strips for everybody to share.
We then got pesto Pollo sociable size to share. It was about $ 33.00. The server told us it was enough to serve 3 – 4 people, it was quite a decent portion, but I’m not sure about the price. The pasta must be fresh since they all stuck together, the chicken breast was a little dry, but the sauce was pretty good. Overall not too bad.
At the end of the night we wanted to try a dessert, so we got the toffee brownie in a Mason jar. It was pretty good. The chocolate brownie was nice and fluffy, with crunchy bits on the top. There wasn’t enough toffee, drizzled over the brownie, but that might make it too sweet.
The meal was pretty good, a little pricey. But we got great service. A little disappointed that it didn’t come with complementary bread being an Italian cuisine. I miss that part of Alice Fazooli.

Scaddabush finally expanded into Markham! I went to the Mississauga location a year ago and really enjoyed my time there as the food and environment were perfect. So when they opened in Markham, I came here with a friend on a weeknight craving for some pastas!
Reservation was easy, they have OpenTable so it makes the booking experience very easy and seamless. Requested a booth using booking and the server took us to a very comfortable booth seats. For two people, we ordered the Prosciutto Mozzarella to start, Tuscan salad to get some healthy in our system, Large Capri pasta as main and wrap the dinner up with the Baileys Express to share.
I was very impressed with every dish, the Prosciutto Mozzarella was great for 3 people, the cheese was amazing and it complemented well with the sea salt and prosciutto. Salad was also surprisingly amazing, I am not a big salad guy especially salads with seeds, but the Tuscan salad was amazing! I love the dressing pairing up with kale and some seeds which brings out some bitterness from a vinegar base dressing. The Capri is probably the most disappointing dish out of all, although it’s still decent in terms of the seafood and sauce it comes with, the pasta itself was a little overcooked, but this could be because the sauce soaked it up a little too much.
Baileys Express is a MUST if you are a big coffee lover, strong coffee with Baileys actually tasted very good, my friend almost wanted to drink the whole thing from me!
Overall, Scaddabush is a great newcomer in Markham area and is a must try place if you want some decent Italian food.

Scaddabush: a place that is as fun to say as it is to eat in. Where else do you get to cut your own pizza with shears and reminisce on kindergarten arts & crafts? Having been disappointed by its overpriced predecessor Alice Fazooli time and time again, I am very pleasantly surprised!
The most important thing is the food. Wow, I’ve got to say, I am definitely impressed with all the flavours in their dishes. My boyfriend and I started with the Burrata, a mozzarella ball infused with honey truffle oil served with crispy bread. It was such a unique flavour profile, with the delicate sweetness of the honey mixing with the slight saltiness of the cheese. What a great way to start a meal. They’re also very proud of the fact that their mozzarella balls are freshly made in-​house and you can sit and watch/​interact with the chefs making it.
Then came the entrees. We got the shrimp spaghetti and butcher pizza. The pizza is an ordinary meat pizza. Not that it is bad, just nothing special. But the shrimp spaghetti!!! It was lemony, creamy, briny, and just plain delicious. There was an ample amount of shrimp and there were these crunchy little bits on top that just added great texture. Did I mention they have sizes for the pasta? For someone who doesn’t have the biggest appetite for a boatload of pasta and cream, this is perfect!
For dessert, we settled for the raspberry and chocolate tartufo. Again, good but nothing special. Tasted like fruity chocolatey sorbet with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
In my opinion, Scaddabush completely succeeds with its quality and flavour combinations. The décor is rustic and cozy, more or less similar to Alice Fazooli’s. Service was relatively attentive and quite quick (though we did come on a Tuesday night, during a snowstorm, so there weren’t that many people). I am not usually a fan of Italian food, but I am definitely a fan of Scaddabush. What a welcome addition to that cluster of restaurants!

Food is okay.
Had the fresh mozerella with prosciutto and that was nice with the salt and fig jam.
Pesto pasta was okay. Heavy cause of the cream sauce.
Spaghetti and meatball was okay.
Overall, way better than Alice fazooli.
I had a great server btw so that made the meal enjoyable. What I didn’t enjoy, was how there was an old couple in a booth behind us, and they were making out the whole night. Not classy. Get a room losers!