Al Dente Trattoria

Deborah

5.0

We are regulars here, we love it. Good food, friendly staff & great service. Last night, I had the pasta from the special Valentine menu,Heart shaped pasta filled with rocotta & parmesan,light saffron cream sauce it was absolutely delicious 🫶

Feb 15, 2026

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Cheryl

1.0

Valentines dinner was a Table Hôte disappointement….

Were looking forward to the published « on line « menu & went over but instead got 45$ per TH options. (No notice on line prior)

Barely any bread that was never replaced , Caesar salad with no dressing, sent it back & it came back (we rarely ever do this) with more salad & still very little dressing.

Pasta overcooked with seafood the same.

Ossobuco may have had a powder sauce mix… ??? not good.

A Peculiar taste … not sure about it

To be fair this summer on their terrace we had a very good seafood Rizzuto, Caesar Salad, pizza & carbonara pasta,

So will give it another go one day but at 167$ dollars for three ppl this was a Very very dissatisfying meal, & this stings now days.

The Young fellow working was a very nice kid & said new ownership is about 3 years old so our good summer visit hopefully was within this same timeframe as the current management from our recent Feb 2026 visit.

Will give them a second chance because it may have been a one off, but if ANYTHING comes sub par from bread to salad to 1st bite of main; we will have to step up & politely leave.

Money too tight now days so to go out & be dissatisfied like that.

Sorry Al Dente but you asked for an honest review.

Will give you another shot, we fair people

Feb 15, 2026

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Muza

1.0

Really not great tasting food. Super disappointing. I ordered the penne Montana with a Caesar salad & my partner ordered penne alla gigi. Let me begin by saying that both our pasta was overcooked. No sauce & it was dry & very bland in taste. The Caesar salad came with burnt croutons & little to no dressing for the salad.

Now I don't understand how you say'fresh pasta' & the pasta is clearly bought from a store & NOT fresh at all. You charge me 15.75$ for a Caesar & say that it comes with anchovies but all I got was a small packet of Caesar dressing that didn't even cover the salad whatsoever. & also, if you're going to advertise'anchovies' with your salad, I'd expect anchovies for a very basic Caesar salad with burnt croutons that came with a wheel of lemon. How do you expect me to squeeze a wheel of lemon ?? Very disappointing. I don't recommend this restaurant at all.

Jan 22, 2026

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Karen

5.0

Great bring your own wine Italian restaurant. The table d'hote menu had many great choices. The chicken in lemon sauce was one of the best dishes I've had eating out in a long time.

Dec 22, 2023

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ClaireMor-7699

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1.0

Ordered 3 pizzas on sunday when my brother was in town from vancouver. My mum, who has always ordered a mushroom pizza wanted the same thing with extra vegies but no cheese. She got a pizza with about 3 sliced mushrooms , 3 slices of tomato cut in half, 1 slice of red onion sprinkled over & a couple pieces of green pepper. Just to let you know, she ordered just a mushroom pizza a few weeks prior & it was covered with mushrooms. The second pizza that we ordered was a pizza with onion , garlic & green pepper with tomato. Actually for both of these pizzas we ordered extra vegies. My mum is vegetarian & my brother is vegan. My brother got a pizza with a few pieces of garlic, tons of green pepper & a few mushrooms. They both wanted pizzas loaded with vegies, but apparently they no longer had any other vegies than that. But if you look at their pizza menu, you can see that they have quite a few different vegies other than green pepper & onion. We were willing to pay the extra for a loaded vegie pizza. By the way , i ordered the number 18, clam pizza with garlic & white sauce. Got a garlic oil pizza with cheese & a couple of clams, was basically a garlic oil pizza. Called up the next day, all the owner could say is that i asked for mushrooms on a pizza & that is what i got, 3 slice mushrooms for a mushroom pizza. My sister & mother have both been living in this area, ndg, & have ordered from al dente for over the past 30 years. The owner told me when i called tonight that costs have gone up over the board. I have worked for the past 30 years in the food industry, kitchens, & now have slowed down to work on my own. I could not, not say anything about this place. We spent over 80 dollars, & were willing to pay that, but we basically got 3 pizzas, that if you were to put all 3 together would equal one 25 dollar pizza. P.s. When i was ordering on the phone, the person taking the order very rudely laughed at me because i was asking (& by the way willing to pay extra for) for a personalized pizza. I live in verdun, if i had a car & the free time before christmas i would go there tomorrow.

Julie

3.0

I ordered the pasta napolitana & it was pretty disappointing. Tastes like way too much garlic & onion, too chunky, & over-seasoned, to the point that the sauce was a dark brown instead of red how it should be. I'm sure some of their dishes are delicious but this isn't the one for me.

Sep 29, 2023

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