Vittorio's On Avenue Restaurant | (647) 977-6476

My Guest and I also had a hard time finding the entrance on a very cold rainy night you'd think they'd make it a little clearer knowing this! I've eaten in a lot of Restaurants and Italian ones and this by far is the worst I have ever been to. In fact I used to go to the original Vittorio' s when Vittorio owned and ran it Yonge St N and he's probably turning over in his grave knowing this place is not honouring his name, quality and service. I think the Owner is tired and over this business and should get out. The place was not that busy but the service was slow and sluggish and the bottle of wine took forever to arrive. Ordered the Carpaccio and although it was advertised with Arugula it came on spring mix and the waiter insisted it was Arugula (too funny) until he checked with the kitchen who confirmed it wasn't Arugula; from reading other reviews this is not the only time this happens so what gives? My Guest likes fish and we ordered the whole grilled fish but can't eat it if she sees the head on the plate, so I made it very clear to the young and obviously inexperienced waiter and he confirmed that the kitchen would remove the head and guess what arrived? Staring eyes…We asked that they deboned it and it was poorly done that I had to fix it and debone it properly at the table. The Waiter knew how disappointed we were and tried to make it up and asked what he could do and I asked for a small side dish of Pasta al Aglio & Olio which came out not so good and soon after some Guy comes over and without introducing himself asks me what the problem is and I ask why he is asking, he then said that the waiter asked for the pasta to be comped…so when I told him everything, he got all upset and started arguing with me and walked away…he was the Owner…go figure! The waiter embarrassingly came over to apologize on behalf of the Owner and tried to convince me that maybe the service was not that bad…but is was and slow! I will NEVER go back there and to be charged for bread, 'nickel and dime' cheap! The food is not authentic and their cutting corners over and over again shows up in lack in quality! Ughhh! A real embarrassment to Toronto Restaurants!