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Display Allrecommend(49) pasta(48) pizza(46) wine(40) sauce(34) italian(32) chicken(32) chef(32) youtube(29) video(29) family(28) attentive(25)I ordered two sausage subs for takeout, but I found it reeeally dry. It only takes me 10min to get home from the restaurant, so it could not be becasue of that. Strange becasue I heard alot of good reviews regarding the sub. I`m just wondering if there was supposed to be a sauce or vinigrette for it that may have been forgotten to be put on? Other than that, I normally eat dine-in & get either the veal or gnocci, & those are always a 5/5.
I ordered the veal al limone with a side of fettuccine Alfredo. The veal was thicker than expected, but it was delicious & very tender. The pasta was excellent but the portion was on the small side. We ordered some calamaris, they were good but there was only one tomatoe-ish sauce (from a jar) & no white sauce - for 25$, I expected better.
Ok. So I reviewed the reviews of this restaurant & immediately got the feeling that this is a version of the famous sources boulevard Italian eateries called Del Friscos. I happen to generally enjoy Del Friscos so I thought I would try Vivaldis. So here is the review. Interior. Basic & lacking sound absorption so it's quite a noisy place - but so is Del Friscos for the same reason. Value. Portion is reasonable as is the freshness of ingredients. In terms of what you're going to eat as a dish on the whole this is a little different. We had a house salad, cheese pizza, & chicken Parmesan with tomato sauce & noodles as its accompaniment. The pizza sauce lacked zest & it tasted on the bland side. The dough was fine in flavour & texture but was a very floppy crust line a dominos or pizza pizza crust & you can only eat this by folding the slice it using a knife & fork. Salad was a good portion with nice ingredients though appears bland as there is no flair to it such as shaved Parmesan or colourful veggies except for a hot pepper. The chicken parm was the weakest dish. The chicken was about 25% while the breading was about 75% & was also cooked too much & tasted somewhat burnt. When you cut into the chicken all the breading fell off indicating poor technique in the breading if the chicken. The size of the thinned out chicken breast was actually not very large are you remove all the breading & as such your made to think you have a large portion with all the cheese covered breaded chicken, where in fact there very little chicken which at near $30 it should have a decent sized piece of chicken. An example of a proper sized chicken breast can easily be seen at Del Friscos where it's always juicy (here it was thin & consequently dry), moist, tender, lightly breaded where the breading remains on the chicken when you cut into it. Additionally there is not sufficient sauce which is one of the cheapest ingredients & should not be skimped on. As with the pasta it was really nothing special. A small portion of noodles & then a lack lustre tomato sauce. I like more sauce to my pasta as it's what it's all about, unless you have fresh pasta. & as such asked for extra sauce. There was no extra sauce & the noodles were lightly touched with the sauce. Now some people believe that this is the way to eat their noodles however I am not of the same kind. So if you enjoy little sauce with your pasta the. You are just fine. The slightly warmed buns we fine & had a lovely aroma, however, the type of bread they use makes it not as soft & a harder chewy crusty that's even a slight challenge to test it apart in two. Not that the issue is strength to split, the point is to have a light airy almost pollowy roll. Bring your own wine is nice. Service was adequate as well. The audience appears to be a majority of 55 years & older so perhaps this is like a Miami early bird crowd. Not a date night place.
Best sub in the West Island & great value. They have a takeout special: 14" sub, fries & a soft drink for $22. It's easily enough for 2 people & delicious Just missing a Hot Sauce (hint hint).