Given the abundance of Italian restaurants in Toronto, there is not much that sets this place apart from the others. It's not bad, in fact the food is quite good, but there just isn't any reason for me to pick this place over the many others in Toronto. The restaurant is also so small that it feels a bit claustrophobic, and if you sit too close to the door in the winter, you're hit with a gust of cold air every time it opens, and it is quite hard not to sit close to the door because there restaurant is probably 2 square feet total. read more

For a casual but delicious dinner Sotto Voce is a great little place on College. Menu is a good mix of pastas, apps and a few main dishes. There is always several specials. Last night I started with an amazing fig salad and had a simple pasta. Others at our table enjoyed the cesear salad, the special meat, pasta and seafood and the special pasta as well as the special burrata. No complaints about the food or wine. As the night went on, it did get loud and it was difficult to carry on a conversation. In several visits this was the first time we had this experience. Staff are attentive and very accommdating. read more

Came here on a Saturday evening for a date with my partner (who does not love Italian cuisine as much as me). However, he loved Sotto Voce. From the romantic atmosphere to the lovely staff, everything was great! This small restaurant has a fabulous wine selection, and an even more exceptional menu. Everything we ordered was fresh, seasoned perfectly, and just amazing. I will 100% return, and recommend for everyone to visit when the opportunity arises. 10/10 read more

Sotto Voce Wine & Pasta Bar - two plates of food - Italian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Service is great in the beginning when we just got sat at 6:30pm. Appetizers were okay; ordered a crostini with goat cheese, fig & prosciutto, meatball sliders and beef carpaccio. Not much flavor in the carpaccio, for the crostini, it was toasted with goat cheese melted nicely but the prosciutto was cut way too thick. Should have been at least half or more thinner because it was just hard to chew off and was tough. The meatball sliders were nothing special, just meatballs in tomato sauce with arugula on a slider bun, but wasn't toasted or anything, room temperature. For mains I got a lamb rack, seasoning is okay, could of used a little more salt, other than that there was no other herbs seasoned on nor marinated. Feels like I can buy it in a supermarket and cook myself at home. Came with sauté rapini, wasn't cooked through enough, still raw in the middle and still crunchy. Also ordered a sirloin with frites. Sirloin was cooked to our request but as we ate the frites, we found a piece of hair in it, very disgusting. We told the server and she just threw out the plate and ask if there was something else we want. She wasn't sorry for what happened, didn't even feel bad. Then we got seared tuna with mixed greens. Tuna was not seared on a hot enough surface, more meat was cooked then needed, it lacked seasoning and the mixed greens were tasteless. No seasoning in the salad and dressing was basically none but vinegar, that wasn't what it stated on the menu. There was only 3 kinds of desserts they offered. Got the vanilla ice cream with espresso and lemon meringue cake. They poured the espresso over ice cream melting it making it taste like cold espresso, nothing special. The cake was huge and overly sweet, none of the tables around could finish it and wasn't anything spectacular. I was disappointed and would not come back or recommend any of my friends. read more

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(closer to 3.5 stars) PROS + Customizable pasta dishes + Patio seating available + Servers seem to be knowledgeable about the wine list + Takes credit cards CONS - Patio tables are spaced too closely together - Slooowwww service (understaffed) - Antipasti plate was just okay Came around 7pm as a group of 3. Initially we wanted to sit outside at the patio but we couldn't find space to accommodate the 3 of us (only 2-tops were available). We ended up sitting outside. With the wide-open doors and windows we were still able to catch the warmth and summer breeze from outside. We shared a bottle of the ALBARINO. As a chilled white it was plenty refreshing enough for a hot June evening but I found it to be a bit uninteresting and too light in taste to be memorable. It was said to be similar to the pinot grigio, which they had run out of. Our waitress seemed to be fairly knowledgeable about the wine list, which I appreciate. We also shared the ANTIPASTI plate. Came with 2 kinds of charcuterie, sliced fresh mozzarella, 1 piece each of grilled eggplant & grilled zucchini, slices of provolone-like cheese, and wedges of sundried tomato. Everything was in portions of 4 except for the grilled veggies. I guess the plate was meant to be shared between 4 people. It was strange to have to cut up the veggies to divvy up. The meats were good, the mozz was good, and the star of the plate was the sundried tomatoes. The provolone-like cheese was unmemorable. I had the DAILY PASTA #2, which on that day was penne rigate w/ hot italian sausage, sweet onions, & peas in a Parmesan cream sauce. I switched out the penne for spaghettini. I appreciated that the chef was able to accommodate my pasta request. The sausage was delicious - had a nice spicy kick and well-flavored with fennel. Al dente pasta, just the way it should be. A solid pasta dish here. My friends had the other daily pasta, an olive-oil based spaghettini with various vegetables and shrimp; and the risotto with chicken and mushrooms. I found the pasta dish to be a bit dry. The risotto had a nice rich broth. Service was extremely slow due to being understaffed. It took a long time to flag down our server each time, but she was pleasant and took good care of us in between running around. read more

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Nice place to go for patio lunch or drinks. Bruschetta was delicious. The olive oil was quite good that I asked what the brand was. They have those San Pellegrino sodas (aranciata). Service is friendly. If I'm ever in the area again during patio season I can see myself coming here again for sure. read more

Sotto Voce Wine & Pasta Bar - Aranciata - Italian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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We started here for our great night and food crawl. We were welcomed with the Crostini Tre Modi (prosciutto with fig and goat cheese on bread, roasted peppers with parmesan on bread, and sauteed rapini with ricotta on bread). I had the rapini and the taste was very subtle - not overpowering by any means. The Sicilian meatballs came afterwards - Oh my God, these little balls were packed with flavour. I loved the pine nut crunch inside its texture, and the tomato sauce was amazing. We then moved onto the pasta, where we had the Campagne (potato gnocchi with swiss chard, cherry tomatoes, boar sausages, and lemon, garlic and olive oil) and some Linguine with a rose sauce and sundried tomatoes. I absolutely loved the gnocchi - the sauce was somewhat tangy and the gnocchi tasted very pillowy. The two Italians beside me was also blown away by the gnocchi (as was everyone else at the table!). I would definitely return, even if just for the gnocchi. read more

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I wandered over here with a date on a recent Saturday night. The weather was incredible and I was looking for a patio in Little Italy, which as everyone knows, is difficult to find when the weather is great. There were only two tables left outside, so we were squeezed in between two couples. The tables were so close together that it was impossible for anyone to have private conversations. Me being the kind of person I am, I struck up a few conversations with the women on either side of me, which made my date a much more enjoyable experience (was that a low blow?)... The wine list is quite impressive, though I ended up sticking with a non-aIcoholic drink (very out of character for me). I ordered the beet and goat cheese salad and Le Date had the Caesar. I love goat cheese and beets, so I was really happy with it, but the Caesar was nothing to write home about. It consisted of just four pieces of Romaine lettuce and a smattering of dressing. For the meal, Le Date had a sandwich (the only one on the menu and what it is escapes me) and he said it was very bland. I had the roasted garlic and chili pasta with olive oil. It was pretty good. I would normally have dessert (the options looked yummy) and coffee but wanted to split, so I will have to go back with different company. read more

I came on a Saturday night with my boyfriend We made reservations so we didn't have to wait since it was actually a pretty busy night. The weather was nice and the patio was pretty much completely full. Once we sat down, shortly after we were asked if we wanted drinks and the server was very knowledgeable and recommended something for my bf. She also let us know of the daily specials. Once we decided to order, for some odd reason, we had another server that took our order. We ordered the following items: Daily special crostini with prosciutto, fig and goat cheese Daily special- grilled calamari Grilled Rack of lamb with rapini Grilled New York strip loin Side of their signature meatballs I was quite disappointed with the grilled calamari as firstly I was not expecting the calamari to be sliced into small pieces; plus it was literally soaked in the tomato sauce. It was served in a bowl so it suppose to be a saucy dish- I have definitely had better grilled calamari at other Italian establishments. I did not like the crostini combination as I guess I am not a fig-liker- I didn't think the flavours went well together and basically just took out the fig. The one part of the meal where I thought would be great was the meatballs, but they were dry and the mozzarella inside was not thoroughly melted and was chunky. My lamb entree was okay but I though lamb was a bit small in comparison to my bf's steak. The rapini was also a little burnt so it wasn't the greatest dish. At the end, when we wanted to pay, it took quite a long time for someone to come over as I guess it got super busy and they were all trying to bring the food out. Service at the beginning was great, but at the end, it wasn't so great. I like Little Italy, so I will be trying a different restaurant next time. read more

There weren't that many street meat choices as like other festivals I had attended, so we decided to go to Sotto Voce. The menu was decent enough and surprisingly the wait to get a table on the patio wasn't too bad. I understand it was busy there, but we had two different servers come to our table at multiple times. I know I'm not in the hospitality industry to understand logistics, but maybe some owners/managers handle customer service differently. Anyway we ordered a white wine sangria which took quite a while to get. Compared to the red wine sangria we ordered a few weeks ago at Milagro, I don't know if it was worth the price. Hardly any fruits and it looked like more of a fruit punch. We ordered a slew of appies - sliders, arancini and polenta fries. The polenta fries were probably the best part of the meals with the exception of the dipping sauce which was served in an espresso cup. The arancini and the sliders lacked flavour. I don't know if I really felt that pine nuts were needed in the sliders. At the end, the manager (I assume) was apologetic for the food and service. She mentioned to us that it's "an experience" and hopes we come back to visit. Maybe she could tell we were disappointed. Who knows? This is why I jumped the rating from 2 to a 3. read more

The ambience here is wonderful. The wine list is exquisite. We had the Ripasso which was full and complimented the candle-lit room. Also had a slice of Dufflet's chocolate mousse cake which went well with the wine. We got there around 8p on a Friday evening, and around 9p it got extremely busy. Be prepared to move to a smaller table if there are a larger group. One of the nicer aspects of College & Manning. read more

The food here is as good as it gets for Italian food in Toronto. So delicious, I had the bruschetta, the salad and a pasta and was blown away. The staff is incredibly kind and always on point- I asked for about four million things and somehow they were still happy to serve me ahaha. Plus check out the cocktails- honestly the drink special was super delicious and so well made. Tastes amazing and super unique. You can tell that this place really cares. I hate writing reviews and felt like I needed to after this amazing meal. Monday has a special but every night looks like it would be cool. read more

Great food,great atmosphere! I had the lamb chops with a side of Brussel sprouts with chorizo and raisins, I'm not a big fan of Brussel spouts but they were so amazing ! The Lamb chops were amazing !! read more

Sotto Voce Wine & Pasta Bar - Lamb chops with a side of Brussel Sprouts with Chorizo and Raisins= Amazing !! - Italian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

The service here was incredible! We dropped in late on a Saturday night without reservations, as were had been headed to the Distillery district, and got sidetracked by some event happening there. We were treated royally by the bartender Jasmine, who has both a knack and a golden touch for mixology, and our waitress Lauren, who knows the Ins and outs of everything o. The menu. So much fun, and what a great experience. Truly a gem of a restaurant that seats about 25 people, and works hard to take care of everyone of them. We enjoyed the polpetti and zucchini fritters for an appetizer, I had the Il Polpo salad, and we both ordered the mushroom risotto because neither of is was going to share. SO GOOD! Thanks for a great time, and for the brunch recommendations for the next morNing. read more

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We had a fish and seafood dinner, everything was great. They were very attentive to our needs. Service was fast, we were early so I'm not sure if it gets busy later in the evening. Pasta plates are generous. read more

The ventilation in this place is so bad that I had to wash all my clothes when i got back home (everything including my hair smelled like burnt butter). At the same time the airco was on so high that i was freezing. Food was nothing special. Dessert was especially awful and an insult to Italian cuisine. read more

This place was actually not to bad. The front entrance needs to be more clearly marked. Overall the atmosphere was excellent. I took a date their and it was very romantic. The prices are typical of the neighborhood but the food left something to be desired. Now I should mention that I do consider myself to be somewhat of a foody. The antipasto was just fine, the pasta was Cooked well and the tuna seared just as you would expect. The prices are just a little too high. If your looking for some decent Italian food and it's too cold to look around then I would definetly recommend this place, otherwise try something else. read more

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Fridayevening was empty and we got a good table without reservation. friendly welcoming staff. Zucchini Fritters that was v. good. Sicilian Meatballs was really good. Rustica Salad was really good. good size portion as main dish, or for share. Pasta Dal Mare, did not really meat my expectaion. Street Parking is really challenging. in general I find it overpriced for the service and food. read more

Here for a company Christmas party and the staff is great! Amazing appetizer selection and such a cozy vibe.

One of our favourite restaurants in Toronto. It's a gem. Intimate, incredible food, run by Anita an impresario with personality, flair, and style. Great and reasonably priced wine, and go with the special, authentic, delicious and Italian. Highly recommend - date night or with friends. read more

I went here last night with a group of eight for a birthday dinner. They accommodated us well and Anita was so lovely! We started off with the Tre Modi with amazing flavours (definitely try this!) and the zucchini fritters with a very delicious sauce. Most of us in the group ordered the Campagne (with spicy sausage) which was a hit with everyone, although I do which they added more veggies and sausage in the dish. Will definitely be back! Thanks! read more

My girlfriend and I went here for a dinner that I purchased with a groupon. My only complaint was that she immediately (before we even had water) explained, in detail, the parameters of the groupon. Which detracted from the considerable ambiance. Perhaps, this particular server had had poor experiences with groupon customers in the past. Other than that I had an excellent time and a wonderful dinner. We had the goat cheese and pear crustini, the beet salad, the meatball antipasti, the seared tuna entree and the tiramisu. I haven't a single complaint about any of them. In fact, I'd order them all again. read more

Came here for my birthday on Friday with six friends, and we had an amazing time! The food was incredible, I loved every bite of the scallop linguini. My friends enjoyed the risotto and gnocchi. The staff was friendly, and the atmosphere was cozy and intimate. Can't wait to go back! read more

A wonderful quaint spot to enjoy some authentic Italian cuisine! Our hostess/owner/server Anita made us feel like we were dining in her home. Food was exceptional but the staff and ambiance made us feel relaxed and at ease. Our special requests were honored and taken in stride. I can't recommend this special restaurant enough! read more

This is my favourite Italian restaurant in the city so far. I love sitting on the patio and watching the variety of people walk by. I usually have whatever is on special for the day and always cooked to perfection. Inside is a bit small and we got choked up with the garlic cooking one night but overall it has an inviting atmosphere. The carpacio is delicious and they have a great wine selection. I love the easy, relaxed feel of the place - it's like going home and the servers make you feel that way as well. read more

Love this place. The menu is limited but that only makes it easier for me to choose any one of their delicious dishes. The wait staff and cooks are all super friendly and helpful. It's always an interesting trip down the stairs to the well kept washrooms too. I've tried many of the other little Italy restaurants and this is by far my fave. read more

Came here with my husband right before going to a concert. My husband ordered a drink, we shared an appetizer (fried zucchini flowers) and both ordered different pasta as an entrées. The pasta was definitely not made fresh and they were overcooked. The service wasn't the greatest neither. The waitress seems to try to hard to look cool and hip that she lacked some simple service formalities. She never came back to ask how our dishes were. And at the very end, when we asked for the bill, she than asked how was the food. I told her it wasn't really good. She quickly wipe that smile off her face and change attitude right away. Didn't even bother asking what was wrong with the dishes. She just gave us the bill and left looking annoyed. Did I also mention that the ventilation is terrible here? We left there smelling like burnt food and was so embarrassed walking into the concert like that. This place is an insult to Italian cuisine. Will never come back. read more

I have been here a few times and the risotto is delicious. The last time I went, it was a little dry so perhaps there was a different chef that night. However, I think I added too much cheese to the dish as the server was very accomodating. The best item that I just love is the fig appetizer. Who knew how delicious they could be? That is consistently wonderful. Great place for a date night! read more

Didn't bring bread or butter. Had to ask. Mussels were over cooked and tasted like rubber. The pasta was just ok for the price. Nice ambience but the food and sevice were mediocre. read more

Went here on a date with Groupon overall meal was great and service was exceptional. Will definitely be back

We arrived in Toronto on Valentine's after a long drive and were lucky enough to find a table at Sotto Voce. The atmosphere was wonderful. Great music, good vibe and great service. The owner took care of us. We were with our 12 y.o. and made all of us feel welcome. She even went off menu and made a special dish for her. The apps were delicious. The Carciofi Fritti was a hit and the Crostini Tre Modi were delicious and portions are generous. We had 3 of the pasta dishes as well as the meatballs and all were a hit. If we were locals this would definitely be on our regular rotation. read more

Understaffed with only one bartender and waitress and the owner waiting on tables as well. Took forever to get anything and had to wave the staff down to get their attention. The food itself was forgettable and arrived cold in parts. The real kicker? The owner asked us if we liked the food and when my disappointed Italian boyfriend after paying said that he was disappointed in the authenticity she literally yelled at us. She only stopped attacking him when I looked into her eyes and softly but firmly told her that we understand that she wanted us to have a good time but yelling at us is not helping. I should not have to use my conflict resolution skills at dinner. Its not like we asked for a refund.... we had already paid!!!!! Avoid: the crostini (cold) the meatballs (cold in the middle) and the pasta del mare (you can get better from a cafeteria) read more

Don't buy a Groupon for this place. Your choices are limited by the prix fixe options available. In the end, you pay far more than you would have paid for the meal without the Groupon. The Groupon entitles you to SHARE your appetizers. Worst Groupon deal ever. read more

Fabulous atmosphere, outstanding food and friendly staff! We could not have asked for a better experience! We can't wait to go back! Order the meatballs to taste authentic Italian taste. read more

Nothing special, over priced regular pasta, the portions are very small for no reason, the table I sat on was moving and the surface was not properly clean although I went on an empty Wednesday evening. save your money and go to another place read more

hands down my favorite restaurant in the city, and had been for years. the food is amazing- do yourself a favor and order the aglio e olio. lovely intimate dining room, open kitchen, al fresco dining in the warmer months, a gorgeous wine list and a friendly owner overseeing everything to make sure nothing is awray. so good...enjoy! read more