Terrazza

We have been to Terrazza on several occasions with friends and family. The food and service is always top notch. The atmosphere is comfortable and warm. Bread and hot olives — delicious — garlicky and warm. Get the chocolate cake — it’s amazing and fresh — it’s a perfect balance of sweetness! Pasta is amazing!
You (or your guests) won’t be disappointed!

I came here recently with a large group for a friend’s birthday dinner. The service was pretty terrible and the food was average. The pizza was thin crust, but part of mine was quite burnt (it’s thin crust not in a Neapolitan pizza kind of way, but in a crispy/​cracker way. so burnt cracker is not tasty). The toppings were delicious, though. My friend’s pizza with a non-​burned crust was good, and the pastas looked alright, so maybe I just ordered the wrong thing. As for the service, the waitress who was serving us seemed constantly annoyed with us, which was honestly quite uncomfortable. A number of weird things happened, but one of the most frustrating was that she seemed to rush to put things down and get away before we had the chance to ask for anything else, and she wasn’t really checking in to see if we needed anything, which made it tough to order more drinks/​food etc. Another guy came and served our table for a second, though, and seemed awesome, so I think it’s possible to have an entirely different experience here. Be warned, there’s also a 20% auto-​gratuity for large groups, which was pretty annoying given the poor service we received.

One of the best meals I’ve had in a while. Great food, phenomenal atmosphere. Will definitely be coming back.

If you want delicious Italian food make the turn off the Ossington strip and come here. The atmosphere is warm and inviting and the food was amazing. I will definitely be back

White wine mussels are probably the best in all of Toronto. Pizza, pasta, salad — doesn’t matter what you order, this place is amazing.

Had the pleasure of eating dinner here last night for the first time. Every time we pass by the restaurant is packed, however when we stumbled in it was completely empty.
Shared a La Famiglia meat and cheese board. A delicious collection of treats, but would have liked more variance in the types of cheese served. All three cheeses were tasty, but similar.
The pizza (salami, red pepper and Gorgonzola) was fantastic. Thin crust and cooked to perfection.
Wait staff were friendly, attentive and helpful with suggestions.
¹⁰⁄₁₀ would recommend and go again.

May 9, 2015, Party of six with reservations for 8:30 pm and needed to be finished by 10:15 pm for a birthday interactive event. Arrived on time. Waited 35 mins for drink orders, (never asked for a second order) which at the time we also placed are complete food orders, one app of caesar salad and and mussels, and basic pizza/​simple pasta entrees by each of us. Drinks arrived 20 minutes later, with an olive and bread board as an apology.
Never been to an Italian restaurant where bread/​olives are an «apology», but rather a standard staple. At 9:30 pm I asked would are food be showing up soon or shall we be stuck just doing take out and eat in our car? Answer: we will try and get it out by 10:00 pm. That would give us 15 minutes to chow done our dinner.
At 9:45 pm the owner/​server/​bartender said our entrees would not be ready before 10:00 pm and would we would like some quick appetizers so we would not go hungry to our interactive event. Well seriously what could we do? MacDonald’s anyone? We were brought some apps at 10:00 pm and the table wolfed them back as we were starving and had to dine and leave.
Nothing else was complimentary, but we were told the table of 12 that-​showed up at 8:00 pm still did not have their main course either… like I care should that be a saving grace, others at a RESTAURANT are hungrier than us? In 1.5 hours you should be able to serve your customers a full course meal including dessert and coffee. We got one drink and appetizers to share.
The restaurant could have made $ 300 – 400 off our table if they got there their act together. The only reason I am giving them 2 stars is what few appetizers that came out were tasty — caesar salad is perfect — with the exception of the mussels, which were very small in size, but the tomato sauce topping was excellent.

Dined at Terrazza with a party of 4 on a Saturday night around 9pm. We walked right in without a reservation and were sat in a great booth near the back. Our party ordered jess’ lasagna to start, the lipstick burger, the Verde pizza, the Piccante pizza and penne bolognese. Everything was great. This will be my new go to spot in the neighbourhood for pasta.
Service was friendly and efficient.
Normally I’m put off by an italian restaurant hawking burgers, but this place is legit.

Had a great experience here on Sunday. attentive service, intimate space, great food, big portions (without being excessive), and excellent quality. This is definitely one of those hidden gems. The antipasto plate was enough food for 3 or more. Some of the trendier beer bars I’ve been to around town have much smaller antipasto plates and charge much more. I would recommend this place to everyone I know. We had a great time.

Amazing and cheap!!! Dinner for two including one starter and wine was 55 plus tip. She had the gnocchi with a Gorgonzola sauce it was thick hearty and delicious. I has the meatzizza a gorgeous thin crust pizza with prochutto salami and pepperoni. Waitress was busy but super friendly and service was excellent. We actually found the place randomly by the AMAZING smell of garlic coming from it

My favourite Italian food in Little Italy. Make your own pizza or try the walnut pesto pasta. This place is a constant favourite every time we order.

What more can I say? I love Terrazza. The restaurant, the food, the environment… Frankie, you’re restaurant is right up there with the best Toronto has to offer in my mind.
If you are in the area or want to try something different visit Frankie at Terrazza and tell him Nick recommended you to his restaurant. I haven’t tried the same thing twice yet because I want the full experience and Terrazza has yet to disappoint.
Lunch or Dinner, the food is magnificent. It’s fresh, always updated and my mouth is watering as I write this review.
The wait staff is very friendly and everyone has a personality that is inviting, exciting and fun. When I ask for recommendations, they are more than happy to list their favorites and Frankie always comes to personally see how my meal is. He cares and is always open to suggestions; I like this in a restauranteur and restaurant.
Go on, give Terrazza a try, it’s sure not to disappoint.

Amazing atmosphere, service and food. I will be back! I love the garage doors, the cosy fire place and the friendly atmosphere. When I first walked in, you see the kitchen at the front door, the waitresses were busy so I asked the chef if there was a menu, he walked all the way down to the restaurant and back to give it to me with a smile. I love to see that hospitality from the back of house to the front. The waitresses were knowledgeable and the food tasted fresh and delicious.
Then almost at the end, I heard my favourite reggae song! Along with a lot of other great tunes. I am sticking to my statement: this is my new favourite place. Thanks for the great night Terrazza, I’ll be back soon!

Terrazza… means Terrace in English, though you’ll def. have the choice of eating indoors ;) Esp. i the wintertime. RSVP’s recommended.
Modern feel to this open-​kitchened Italian restaurant, that plays a variety of Anglo/​instrumental (jazz) non-​Italian music in the background.
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More plusses than minusses…
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–fresh crispy romaine lettuce used in their tasty salad;
–thin-​crusted pizza was above average;
–nice bread to begin whetting our appetite with — served with better than average quality of olive oil;
–service was good;
–there was parking on a nearby street, and Terrazza was only a short walk away.
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–prices are a bit… $$;
–pasta was not made from scratch. sauce was tasty, but I wish the fettucine was homemade since this restaurant is family-​owned and otherwise had good food.
don’t get me wrong, the pasta was good enough. It would just have been better if it was made from scratch.
I’d go back… for their Pizza for sures!

I had my first experience at Terrazza a couple weeks ago when my husband and I went out to dinner with a couple friends. We went there because my friend’s boyfriend really liked the pizza there, and because I always enjoy a good wood fire oven pizza, we figured we’d give it a shot! I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the food.
We had a reservation there, and we ended up sitting in a really nice booth at the back of the restaurant. Aside from the bachlorette group that was there making a bit of a ruckus, and the poor music selection for background noise, the restaurants atmosphere was pretty nice.
Once we were seated at our table it took a bit of time for our waitress to come by to get our drink orders. (Our friends had arrived before us and got their first drinks at the bar, so I’m not sure if the waitress just assumed we all had drinks…) Once our waitress came by to take our drink order it again took some time to get our drinks. We ordered a bottle of wine, which was brought to our table and opened so that we could taste it. The waitress then poured one glass of wine and left. While this wasn’t a fine dining establishment, I kind of expected the wine to be poured for us.
Between the four of us we shared the Antipasto Platter, the Bruschetta and the Arugula salad. Each of these was delicious, and each was a very healthy serving. I’m sad to say that we didn’t finish it all because we wanted to save room for our meals.
For our main course 3 of us ordered pizza. I had the Tuscany pizza, which I thought was very delicious. I can’t recall what pizza the other two ordered. All of their pizzas sound delicious, so I don’t think you can go wrong. As for my friends boyfriend, he ordered the one of the penne pasta dishes, which came with a very runny sauce, not what would have been expected of a cream sauce. When finished it just looked like a bowl of cream soup. Given that experience I would recommend sticking to the pizza.
We finished off our meal with a dessert of spanakopita. It was very delicious, though somewhat difficult to eat!
Overall, this was an okay experience. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone in the area who is looking for a good pizza. I would not go out of my way to go there again, but I did really enjoy the food!

Been by this place literally a thousand times, but never been in. Finally broke down, and was very pleased!
Very quaint, lovely ambiance. Didn’t have appetizers, but the bread board with olives was fantastic. I created my own pizza (arugula and prosciutto) with whole wheat crust, and my guest created her own calzone. Both were perfectly cooked, and the thin crust on the whole wheat pizza tasted great. Would definitely return, just note they do not take American Express.

Ate lunch for the first time at Terrazza last month. I was lured onto their Harbord St Patio by the lush greenery camouflaging it from the street traffic. Let’s just say I’ve been back about a dozen times since.
Each meal is accompanied by olives and bread which are to die for. I’ve ordered the Caesar salad with nearly every meal because of the rich home made dressing, croutons and oven-​baked bacon it comes with. The fare is simple but done right. Pizza, pasta and paninni an assortment of salads and a descent wine list to boot. You won’t pay an arm and a leg and the service is friendly and speedy.
This place has quickly become my go-​to neighbourhood lunch/​dinner spot, can’t wait till they do Brunch!

I loved the atmosphere in this restaurant. When you walk in, the whole place smells like garlicy tomato sauce. It made me crave a bowl of pasta immediately. However, they don’t have any vegetarian tomato-​based pastas, so I had to settle for an olive oil-​based dish — the ‘Tomato’ — tomatoes, olive oil, garlic on linguine. The linguine was cooked perfectly and tasted very fresh, but I would’ve preferred more vegetables mixed in. Our server said they are known for their pizza, which I’ll have to try next time — they definitely smelled amazing, and you can get any pizza made into a calzone.

I’ve walk and driven past a million times never really sure what kind of spot it was/​if it was open or not– it’s got a lot of foliage in front of it.
I was a sorta-​fan. Service was attentive. Space was really nice– prices were reasonable. Food was… OK. I’m gonna give it another try though because those other factors made for an enjoyable experience.
We started off with the «Italian Spring Rolls» — which was arugula, parmesan, and green onions wrapped in prosciutto, with a balsamic based dipping sauce. It was about exactly as you’d imagine it– maybe bigger than you’d imagine so don’t order it just yourself (see the photo submitted by Michelle A for reference).
We had the plain tomato pasta and a sausage/​grilled zucchini/​caramelized onion calzone. Calzone was a bigggggg one– came with a little bowl of better than average tomato sauce to dip in and some chili oil. If you finish everything on your plate– you’re in serious risk of a being a fat fuck.
The pasta was plain, but by no means bad (I guess there’s less to do with just tomatoes and olive oil– everything involved better be top notch to make it memorable).
The restaurant has a small patio along Harbord which looked OK– but you should probably go for the more comfortable chairs/​tables along the open garage door windows inside… up a little higher, and with all the greenery right beside you makes you feel like you’re somewhere in Italy eating something sorta OK.

Super good — never met a bean salad I liked until now.
Lovely, simple Italian food. Family owned, great service, charming patio.
Oh and not to be a dirty old man, but the waitresses are smokin’ hot.