rosa's place

dunno what all the negative reviews are about. food and service was excellent. we went with a groupon and we enjoyed our dinner very much!! can't wait to bebackfor their regular menu!!!!

went to dinner last night and tried to use my groupon. the owner was rude and obnoxious said i couldn't expect to use a the groupon for a saturday and sunday. i had made a reservation and he said i did not but i remembered the name of person i made the reservation with, he tried to lie and said we did not have a reservation. terrible owner, we begged for a table, the experience was terrible. even though the food was good would never gobackor recommend it to anyone.

exceptional!! a must visit for italian.. i must say, i have never been as happy visiting a toronto restaurant. and it had nothing to do with the food, which is out of this world. there caprese bufalo is to die for....and that's just the beginning. the fettucini alghero was a perfect symphony of taste.....i just camebackfrom naples, and i must say, it is at par with any of the great italian restaurants in italy. the wait staff is kind quick and very good....it"s no wonder that they have been toronto's landmark for fine italian dining for years. and the great thing about rosa's is even though it's been totally refinished, the food has always remained consistantly outstanding. to top it off, they have there very own liberace, a pianist that is immeasurable in talent. great food, great music, great romance.....how else can you find it easy to impress that one, that few, that many people at once. so believe me when i say that the negative comments above must have been written by a jealous restaurant owner ....very well priced....very good food....warmest of ambience's....

terrible experience. food too expensive and not up to the quality of other less expensive restaurants in the area. this is certainly not the rosas place from 20 years ago. the service was poor. potatoes were raw. pasta was horrible. we had a gift certificate that didn't use to full value and had an extremely hard time to had a certificate reissued for remaining value. will never bebackbut it was out of principal.

by far one of the best dinning experiences. i was a little concerned when we scored a groupon for this place that we would be treated like a discounted customer, but the moment we stepped into the door we were treated like we were the mayor of toronto. now i may not be the pickiest fine dinner but everything about this place struck home for me. the staff were incredibly professional yet at the same time extremely down to earth. we shared many laughs with them and felt completely relaxed and valued as their clientelle.

the food was everything i could have hoped for. we partook in some antipasto which was a beautiful mix of fresh ingredients with fine bread to boot. their table wine was rich and full of flavour. they even gave us complimentary martinis.

they had a live piano player who performed tastefully and even was open to chat in between sets. by the end of the night we felt like regulars more than just customers.

i suppose if one is extremely picky and wants to be treated like a king the staff's lighthearted warmth might come off as inappropriate but for this guy and his wife it made us feel like we fit in with the classy delicious food and atmosphere.

saving up our pennies to gobackand would tell everyone to go! absolutely bested my expectations.

never again!. went to rosa's place restaurant with my family (who came from out of province) to celebrate my daughter's first communion.
our food was served almost 2 hours later and that considering the fact that restaurant was almost empty!!!
my father-in-law scolded the waiter who did seem a bit nervous about the lengthy service situation. something was clearly not working right in the kitchen. it was so obvious after he asked us to change our food choice due to insufficient stock. we did not get our food order together. there were intervals of approximately 20 minutes between each person. one finished and the other one started. food was cold and tasteless. almost as if the meats and fish had only been boiled. i'm italian and make great pasta dishes. as a true connaisseur, i can swear on two things... #1 the pasta dishes with tomato sauce at this place is crap and #2 i will never bebackor recommend this restaurant to another living soul.
if you have good reviews about this place, you either eat at mcdonald's everyday or are a family member trying to bring in business. shame on you!