Levetto

sudbury location was good so wanted to try out this one. pizza and carbonara were great as was the service

I’ve been having a weird feeling about reviewing this place since I first stepped inside the building. Perhaps part of my expectations were thrown off simply because I remember the layout of when this place was called Hadley’s, and this is absolutely nothing like that. I’m not going to let a previous tenant influence my opinion overall, but I will say that the room seems much smaller now. The bar/​open kitchen area is on the opposite side of the room. It also seems much brighter, which makes it seem much more casual than what I expected in going to a place serving fresh pasta and well crafted Italian pizzas.
Perhaps this why their price points are lower than a standard Italian joint, as an order of pasta, a small pizza, 1 glass of wine and 2 bottles of beer came to just $ 39 post-​tax pre-​tip.
While I’m not as impressed as some of the past reviewers in the food, I will say it was good. There is a very to-​the-​point menu of pasta, pizza, or salads to choose from. While surprised by a lack of appetizer options, we moved on past that fact, and still enjoyed what we did settle on.
The beer menu was also very short and boring, with Steamwhistle, Mill Street Organic, and Moretti (aka: all lagers or pilsners) being on offer in bottles or cans.
Staff were friendly so no complaints there, but I still feel a little something to be desired in my dining experience, so I can’t in good conscious give the 5^th star on this review.

Just what we needed was an Italian restaurant like Levetto with its no-​nonsense fast-​food style with a clear menu and quick service. The room was bright and airy at this location with a clean sleek look and clear sight lines along the open kitchen and bar seating up near where the cooking is happening. Since it was frigid and windy that January evening, with few people braving the weather, we were the only table after the other one vacated and the temperature seemed to be chillier in the restaurant than what warm Italian food should be enjoyed at. They needed to add a double door or at least a To-​style curtain in front of the doorway to stop the cold draft from coming in.
The carbonara was delicious with the smoked bacon not greasy and the pasta cooked to a nice al dente perfection. I also tried the pizza which was tasty and had a nice chewy crust making it easily devoured. The casual atmosphere went well the cab sauvignon. They had a neat Unilocal check-​in offer of a free dessert so I ordered the Tiramisu which was different and a little lighter than the usual with its ladyfingers for the cake part.
Keep in mind Italian food like this is rich and hearty and best enjoyed slowly so don’t expect to rush in and out.
Kitty corner from the YMCA so you can time your meal out with a visit to the gym. Watch for a new location in chinatown coming soon.

Amazing neighbourhood pasta and pizza restaurant. Prices are quite reasonable and the food delicious.
I came on here to specifically rave about the Gluten-​free pasta. We had been waiting patiently since they opened to have a GF option on their menu. And WOW… the wait was worth it.
Was speaking to the owner/​chef who told me they had worked a long time to get the recipe just perfect for their gluten free pasta offering. It did not disappoint. Not dry, or overly chewy or tasteless at all. My gluten-​free eating girlfriend was quite impressed, and I had to try a few bites as well, and I could not tell the difference vs their regular pasta.
Highly recommended… and a welcome addition to the hood :)

At the intersection of price and quality, Levetto was our favorite meal in the West End!
We ordered a romaine salad, pasta with braised beef brisket, and mushroom pizza.
Salad– crisp, fresh, flavorful and plentiful.
Pasta– strong, vibrant flavors and the noodles are cooked perfectly. The braised beef added a unique heartiness to the dish, but I would have liked more of it!
Pizza– this was the real winner. The crust was crispy, yet incredibly soft ciabatta bread. I really don’t know how they get the bread like that, because ciabatta, from my experience, is either too hard or too soft! Cheese was flavorful and the mushrooms were a special blend of forest fungi.
I crave this place! Sucks I live all the way out in Michigan :(.

Dropped by the College St location for a late lunch. My partner & I ordered the Affumicato and Salsiccia along with 2 glasses of house red and the warm coconut cake to go. The pizza was excellent perfectly baked with a generous amount of toppings. The sauce had a nice tang to it and the bacon used on the Affumicato was crisp and smokey but not greasy at all. Ditto for the Salsiccia – the sausage used was not greasy but full of flavor. What we additionally liked was the crust. It was airy with a crisp finish and didn’t leave us with a heavy bloated feeling afterwards.
The show stopper for me was the warm brown butter cake. It was the nicest dessert I have experienced in ages. The cake was moist and not too sweet and could easily be eaten on its own. The icing, coconut and pistachio bits compliment it well. The cake is stellar. Staff are good folks, very friendly and approachable. Prices for the quality of the food is more than reasonable. Service was excellent.

Great fresh pasta. We had the rigatoni with braised beef which was delicious. The pizza is Romano style which has a crust that is like flatbread but a bit thicker. We had the spicy salami (soppressata) pizza. The ingredients were fresh and tasty. Service was average compared to other casual eating spots like A3.

Have been badgering the boyfriend to check out this location since our stellar experience at their Vaughan resto. We TTCed down here and were pleasantly surprised to find there was a free dessert check-​in (not offered at Vaughan location).
Once again, we ordered the Carbonara and it was even better than last time. I would say 3x the amount of bacon as the last one — so they might consider quality control on how many toppings are used each time a dish is made. The Bucatini was good, but honestly, nothing beats that Carbonara. For dessert (only one free dessert per table even if multiple Unilocalers), we went for the Brown Butter Cake with Coconut (well, I told him that’s what we were getting, so I guess we’ll try the Panna Cotta next time since that’s what he wanted). We literally had a spoon war over the Cake — I think we startled the poor server. Accompanying lattes were frothy, smooth, full bodied– better than Starbucks and higher quality than the Vaughan location.
For 2 lattes, free dessert, 2 pastas, and tip, it all came under $ 40. Not bad for delicious authentic Italian food!

I’ve heard great things about this place from a colleague and I don’t know if I was expecting too much but I was a little bit disappointed.
My colleague said the portions were huge and the food was amazing… Ok…the portions are good, not huge, and the food is good, not amazing… we left full, that’s true, but we finished our dinners with no problem if you know what I mean.
The food is good if you are looking for an American-​Italian, but if you are looking for REAL Italian food, don’t come here…
There’s not a lot of variety in the Menu, no appetizers, only pizza…
The prices are very good, so to be fair, quality-​price is an 8 over 10… but I’m just giving my experience due to my expectations.
Service was Ok. Only one waitress (very nice) for everyone (at 8 PM on a Friday).

Great place around the corner from us. We drive by this place all the time and finally decided to go in. Pizzas were tasty and made on the spot and quickly. Will definitely be coming back.

Went to Levetto for lunch. Let me tell you, exceptional pizza. Real top notch stuff. The crust is thick and doughy (if that’s your thing), but crisp on the outside. The toppings? Equally fantastic. The cheese was plentiful and stringy, while the veggies were crisp and succulent. We also had a salad to split (they don’t have individual size salads, which would have been nice), and it was fantastic. So all in all, an amazing dining experience.
However, it’s time for the «sandwich» part of «compliment sandwich». The service was just truly horrible, and not in the way where the food comes out a half hour late. Our server was prompt and efficient. She was also exceptionally sassy, coming across as angry and condescending. In fact, the general mood of the staff can be best described as «overwhelmingly melancholy». Frankly this didn’t impact our enjoyment of the food, but it was frustratingly mediocre service.
All in all, definitely a recommendation, and very reasonably priced, but prevented from being over the top by the employees.

I’ve been wanting to try Levetto for a really long time now. I noticed the stellar reviews (consistent with all of their locations) so I was really curious.
It was fantastic!
My husband and I fully enjoyed the rigatoni with slow-​braised beef ragu. All the pasta is fresh, made on the premises. We also shared the mushroom pizza which was really flavourful. To finish, we tried the tiramisu. Light and not too sweet. Perfect.
For a casual meal or for take-​out, this is an excellent option. I’m already thinking about my next visit!
Check out the artwork on the wall, it is one of a kind!
P. S. Henry, Ashley, and Zion (sp?): Thanks for our great meal!!! See you again, sooner than later!!!

Fantastic pizza and pasta. So the bread/​crust for the pizza is thick and soft and pillowy — sososososooooo good.
You can totally tell the pasta is homemade. It really soaks up the sauce and and has almost a creamy texture. They also give you a side of parmesan which is the perfect little cherry on top.
The service is absolutely fantastic — kind and attentive! Water glass was never empty.
We also had the dessert — white chocolate tiramisu was good but not as good as the warm vanilla coconut pistachio cake. Yummmmm.
Highly recommend!

Great place great staff! Very friendly. The food is good and the dessert is free! Can’t go wrong!

I loved my experience at the Liberty Village location — great service, delicious food, and value for money. Hence why I gave it a 5 star rating. I had been eager to try the College location because I work on College street and it would be more convenient for me to take the streetcar to the College location than making the trek to Liberty Village.
My 5 friends and I arrived at 6:30pm and managed to score a table. There is not a lot of seating, so getting a table was a feat. Once seated I remembered that you have to go to the cash register to order. So I made my way over and inquired about their beers. Staff pointed to the wall and learned pretty quickly that the beer options are pretty sad. There is nothing on tap and all beers are «light» and under 5%. So I decided to get wine instead — big mistake — I think I got three sips from the amount they give you. And it was $ 8! For food I split a salad with a friend, and in addition to the salad got a pasta and a pizza (yeah, I was hungry). I could not get the salad I initially wanted because the greens they needed for it were not available, so I went with something else. The portions here are amazing, and I was pleased with the three items I ordered (Rigatoni, Soppressata pizza and Roasted Radicchio salad). For dessert I kept telling all my friends to get the Tiramisu cause I loved it the last time I had it, but it was not available as well. Sigh. Sad moment. So instead we got Warm Brown Butter & Coconut Semolina Cake and though I found it a little too sweet for my liking, most of my friends really enjoyed it. No one got the panna cotta because I was not a huge fan when I had it at the Liberty Village location and even staff discouraged you from ordering it.
All in all, we had a really chill and comfortable experience at the College location. In fact, we stayed there for close to three hours chatting and drinking espressos. We never felt rushed, and service was friendly and efficient. Hopefully on my next visit they will have every item on the menu available, and I am crossing my fingers that the drink options will improve, and that when you order wine, you can have more than three sips!

I had the opportunity to dine at Levetto on Wednesday night with a group of friends, one of whom is the Organizer of a Budget Conscious Restaurant Goers group (Itanni B).
At first I was going to get just a pasta but ended up including a personal sized pizza as well incase I didn’t get a chance to come back to the neighborhood any time soon. All of us also got a free dessert because we checked in on our Unilocal app so that was a bonus treat :-)
I ordered the Patate Pizza because the description for it stood out among the list of pizzas available. The portion size for the personal pizza that I ordered is enough to fill up someone who wants to enjoy the dining experience but is watching the amount that they eat. And also if shared among four people, it works as a good appetizer and the toppings were distributed evenly enough that for each smaller piece you could taste all the flavors on the pizza. But I think I’m going try out their tomato based pizzas next time.
When I was looking at pictures of the pastas for the Sudbury St location, the Rigatoni stood out as having the most balanced ratio of meat to pasta, as in there was a enough meat accompany every forkful of pasta! And I was not wrong in making a smart choice to get that dish. The braised beef was so tender and it complimented the texture of the rigatoni. And the generous sprinkling of Parmesan cheese, slowly melts into the sauce and adds some creaminess to it. The Rigatoni had already become my instant favorite even beforeseeing it for real. Coincidentally the Rigatoni seems to be a favorite of most diners because I saw more pictures of this dish on the reviews, and also three of us (out of five) ended up ordering this dish. The restaurant did not hesitate with the amount of cheese they put on some of the pasta dishes and also the pizzas. The Patate pizza also had a good amount of parmesan on it which was also distributed to the sides of the plate, so I could even add more cheese on top of what was already on the pizza.
For dessert, I had my heart set on the Panna Cotta but ended up picking the Coconut Cake with a really tasty frosting or sauce and I’m not sure what the featured ingredient in it was. And it also had a decent amount of coconut and chopped pistachios on it. The cake itself had the texture and sharpness with the spices as that of a carrot cake but with coconut instead. I’m not a big fan of coconut based desserts and treats but this cake was delicious enough especially with the sweet sauce. But I’m still going to get the panna cotta next time I’m there.
The service of the restaurant was upbeat and the staff there were pretty friendly and also accommodating, especially when we wanted to move to a different table. Hopefully the quality of service will remain the same, you can’t go wrong with that, certainly not.
Overall, a good dining experience!

Love it! It’s affordable and tasty! Not all dishes are amazing but I personally love love the funghi pizza (must have!) and the bucatini! My 5 stars are for these dishes mmmm

Both pizza and pasta are delicious. I have tried the Smoke Prosciutto and Salsiccia (pizzas) and both were fantastic, the fist is sweet and the second one has some heat.
The Carbonara pasta is my favourite, I haven’t tried one that good in Canada (my fav is from my city Medellín), and now I always craving it. I went two weeks ago and my companion made a mistake ordering the pasta and they brought me one I didn’t want to! I told the server and she was happy to change it for the Carbonara at no extra cost! So no disappointment.
Desserts are good. Fair prices. Excellent quality. Bottle beer/​wine available. Simple menu.

Great food and great prices. What more can you ask for.
There’s a couple tables in here that you can enjoy your meal and have table service if you desire.
High quality ingredients. Generous with toppings. It’s definitely worth it to check this place out without breaking the bank. The Coconut dessert is really good.

Love the pizza and their fresh pasta! My partner and I ordered a small pizza to share as an appetizer. It was amazing, one of the best in GTA. It had crispy crust, with Italian sausage, red pepper and pesto. Their pasta I tried, was absolutely delicious.
Not only the food there is great, also the service. The staff was very friendly. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to all my friends.