Motorino Enoteca

I can’t say enough good things about this restaurant. I have been here numerous times and the food, service and atmosphere have always been outstanding. Today we had the calzone di Napoli for lunch and it was absolutely delicious. Thanks to Kirk, Frank and Temo for a wonderful experience here, yet again! Oh! The live music on Thursday nights is great too! Lots of fun!

I had lunch here last week with a colleague. The service was very friendly and attentive.
I ordered the salad to start (mista) and I had the rib steak for my main. The salad was fresh, perfectly dressed, and a huge portion. This was an entrée sized portion of salad. My rib steak was flavourful but it was rare rather than my requested medium rare. I’d rather have my steak under than over, so I didn’t bother complaining about it. Again, the portions of their entrees are huge. I ate about ²⁄₃ of my steak, most of my rapini and didn’t touch my mashed potatoes and I was super full.
The bread they serve with roasted garlic on the side and hot pepper-​infused oil was delicious as well.
If you like Italian food, this is the place for you.

I Absolutely love this place. The food is very good. The service is pleasant and the atmosphere is very welcoming

I went in January for dinner and enjoyed the menu and service. Went back with my husband to find the menu had been changed and I found the wine very over priced.
Disappointing. Not worth the money

I came here on a Sunday afternoon for a family function. I had no idea there was even a restaurant in this area being that it’s in a small strip mall but it takes up most of the space, about half it seems. The inside of this restaurant is really visually striking. The red and black theme is throughout the interior from the signs, walls, and tables.
The menu has a mixed of antipasto, salads, pasta, meats, fish, risotto and pizzas. It’s a decent mix of dishes and choices. I ended up getting the quattro stagione and my wife had ordered the white potato pizza. The quattro stagione literally translated means four seasons. I’m used to seeing this pizza’s ingredients on each of the 4 quarters pizzas like quadrants. I didn’t get it that way for some reason. All the ingredients (mushrooms, prosciutto, olives and artichokes) were evenly spread across the pizza. It was still decent but just not what I was expecting to see.
My wife ate about half of her potato pizza. Typically if we go to a place that serves pizza she’ll always go with a white pizza (no red sauce) if it’s an option and she likes potato pizza in general where ever she can find it. She only ate half of it as she usually does but she said it was too greasy. I was too full to have any of her pizza since I ate all of mine at the restaurant. The potato pizza came with onions and pancetta. I’m used to pancetta being thicker and more fatty like bacon. Honestly this pancetta looked like deli sliced cooked ham.
We took home the left overs and I ended up eating them that night. I have to say the potato pizza was very greasy I have to agree with my wife. The bottom crust was in fact saturated and it wasn’t pretty.
Overall the pizzas weren’t out of this world and I can safely say that in the GTA we’ve had much better than this. It seemed that the toppings weren’t very generous or distributed properly. I mean the quattro stagione is not even in quarters. Don’t get me wrong I’ve had Neapolitan style pizza before so I know what to sort of expect and mind you this place although not VPN certified like Libretto or Pizza e Pazzi doesn’t have to be like many other places out there but I simply found this pizza to be not as good all around.
Whether it’s the thickness of the crust or the ingredients simply put it’s not as good as some of the other non-​VPN Neapolitan type style pizza out there in the GTA (850 Degrees, Napoli Centrale). It is IMO a notch lower than Grazie.
I can’t speak to the rest of the menu but as far as the pizza for me, this is not a go to place. The service was attentive and friendly.

This used to be the go to restaurant for dinners after work or on the weekends with both family and friends. Everything in the menu was great, especially the Specials and the Pizza. Service was great too although the place was always very busy.
For the past couple of months this restaurant is starting to lose its vibe — all the previous staff are not there anymore and the service is not great although the place is half empty. The food is also not consistent and it often looks messy on the plate. The Specials’ board only has a few specials. Drove by to have dinner last night around 8:00PM and there was only 1 table in the restaurant — I have never seen Motorino empty like that before.
I understand there are new owners — if they don’t maintain the restaurant as it was before, including the food and service, they will lose all the clientele and it’s a shame because Motorino is a great restaurant. Don’t try to change the restaurant; it was successful before for a reason!

Just a fabulous Italian restaurant. Their pizza is among the best we’ve had and their other dishes, including pasta, are just beautiful. Make sure to check outthe daily specials, the list can be extensive.
Motorino is gorgeous inside, with a really cool vibe topped off with good service.
A must visit in Woodbridge.

If you want an outstanding pizza, this is the place!
Atmosphere: Modern, edgy and themed.
Cleanliness: Great
Constructive criticism: N/​A
Cuisine: Italian
Facilities: Clean
Food: excellent, unique, and quality in mind. Great flavors captured.
Likeliness of returning or recommending to others: deffinitley
Parking: Private, although tight since the lot is small.
Portion Sizes: fair
Price: a little high
Service: Professional, knowledgable, and warm
Selection: Wide variety of italian cuisine.

Love it here. One of my fav spots in Woodbridge. Great food. Great service. One of our monthly get together spots.

Had to chime in since the scores were so low. Have eaten here approx 6 times and loved it every time. Have tried most of the appetizers and the Marguerita, Margherita DOP, and Sophia pizzas. Their pizza is the best I’ve had and yes I’ve been to Pizza Libretto and AutoStrata. I also think the Tiramisu is the best I’ve had. So light, almost frothy. You are better off with a reservation but for a party of 2 you can sit at the bar until a table becomes available.

My idea… party of 8. Heard a few good reviews from from friends. decided to give it a shot. Service by our wait staff was great.
Food on the other hand, not so great. Overpriced, portion sizes could have been better. Taste, mediocre at best. How sad when an Italian restaurant can’t even make a good pizza.
Nice décor, extremely uncomfortable seats (be prepared for a back ache) and very loud. Barely heard the waiter. Many better italian restaurants in Woodbridge. My advice, go elsewhere.

Motorino is one of the restaurants in my neighbourhood, so expectations at finding another great place to dine at were high. Needless to say, since my initial visit I have yet to go back.
The place has a youthful, high energy vibe about… one would hope the food and the service would live up to the hype.
We arrived without a reservation so we had to wait for a table to become available. Certainly not the restaurants fault. We perused the menu while waiting and the wait was only approx. 10 minutes.
The smells in the restaurant were intoxicating… so by the time our waiter came by for a drink order, we were ready to order our food. Waiters attitude was off-​putting, as though he was doing us the favour by allowing himself to be our server. We ordered and off he went… never came back to check on us. He did stop by a table near to us as he had friends in dining that night and actually sat with them for a few minutes chatting… all while we had empty drink glasses in front of us. We had to flag him down on one of his many trips past us for a drink refill order.
Food arrived after a substantial wait (it was very busy so one must expect the kitchen to be overwhelmed) but it was unmemorable. Two of us had ordered pizza… and both agreed we’ve had much better elsewhere. The other members of our party were equally unimpressed with their food.
Obviously this restaurant is going for a younger crowd than us (lol) but the noise, combined with average food flavour, warrants this rating.
We have not gone back

Motorino Enoteca does have a modern and youth decoration. Loud, high energy and quite chic. I just wish the food and the services can be as high energy as the vibe!
Dropping by for a late lunch and the services was just indifferent and slow.
My Rigatoni alla Norma (Fried eggplant, light tomato sauce and Imported riotta salata) for $ 16 is not bad in taste but definitely overpriced.
No bread was ever offered… wish I have that to dip it in the tomato sauce.
Maybe it just me, if I ordered rounds and rounds of drinks, my services maybe a lot better?
There are so many options of good Italian food in the area, I think I am going to skip Motorino!