La Rucola

La Rucola went above and beyond my expectations. The restaurant is intimate with an elegant Italian décor. They have a wide variety of appetizers, entrees and desserts so you’re guaranteed to find something you like. My friend got the rum chicken and the flavours were so intense and complex – it was heaven. Their wine selection was great too. Service was impeccable. They constantly made sure our glasses were full and all our needs were met. At the end of the night they even gave us complimentary shots. Sufficed to say, I was blown away. I’m definitely coming back.

I have been to the restaurant several times. I will be now going here regularly when I want good food close to home.
The service was great. Our waiter was Jadran. He is very attentive and knowledge about the food and he even does great napkin art. The owner, Tony, was also very attentive and helped us celebrate a friend’s birthday and even dinner with a large group of friends.
The food here is made from scratch and excellent. The desserts are even more decadent. We had a good experience at this restaurant. I have tried the gnocchi caprese, tiramisu, Nutella pizza, and their wood fired pizza. Friends have also enjoyed their specials which change regularly — fish and even their lasagna verde. I absolutely enjoyed the roasted peppers with the bread.
Will be back for sure!

Decided to eat here after a LONG work week. I did not want to venture down to Walkerville to my favourite place. I had seen reviews on Unilocal about this restaurant and since it wasn’t too far from my house I decided to give it a try.
We started off with the «bruchetta tre colori». It was two pieces of bruchetta, two pieces of garlic bread and two pieces of bread with melted gorgonzola. It was Ok.
We also ordered the rice balls. Rice balls are different everywhere I go. I can honestly say that these were not my favourite. They reminded me of the rice balls at Spagos on Erie Street. I don’t like Spago’s rice balls either.
My boyfriend ordered the lasagna and said it was good. I ordered the tortellini and it was good too.
Overall, I did not hate my experience. The staff was very friendly. My only issue was with our drink glasses. Luckily we ordered pop which came in bottles, so we drank out of our bottles. Both our glass rims had what appeared to be dried up coke on them.

Great food, even better service. Artan the owner is a class act. Hard working, a wine connoisseur with great reccomendations and pairings. Knows his menu inside and out. Great experience at rock salad (arugula)
Definitely will be back!

Absolutely fabulous food! Best meal in town! Everyone at our table had a different meal…, risotto, veal, chicken parm, veal marsala. We were all very happy!