Sotto Sotto Restaurant

Came here for Dinner and have to say the place is great. The service is impeccable — great recommendations on wine, quick service, very professional. The quality of the food is what you’d expect from a place that calls Yorkville its home. It is a little dark inside, but certainly a good ambiance for those on a romantic date.
Overall, highly recommend if you are looking for a top Italian dining experience in Toronto.

Went there for the first time to celebrate my wife’ birthday. We had an amazing time and will definitely return! The food was amazing and the service was excellent as well. For our appetizer we shared a antipesto platter. It was perfect for sharing and the seafood was excellent. We both had the baked gnocchi special with tomatoe sauce. It was cooked perfectly and so delicious! Highly recommend this dish. For our dessert we shared a Tiramisu. It was the best Tiramisu we ever had!

Incredible!
I can’t say enough good things about this restaurant. All of the waiters were so warm and friendly and our particular waitress was just the sweetest lady. The food was SPECTACULAR, well seasoned, and cooked with care. The number of celebrities that frequent this place is mind blowing, and after our amazing dinner tonight, I can see why!
Now on to the food:
Seafood Antipasti — Came with shrimp, calamari, caprese, and grilled veggies. The grilled calamari was outstanding, I would have ordered a plate of just that! (4.5÷5)
Carbonara — Even though it’s a pasta dish one can easily make at home, I urge you to order this! The pasta was cooked to a perfect al dente, it was peppery and cheesy and absolutely delightful. (⁵⁄₅)
Bisteca — Good, typical steak! (⁴⁄₅)
Chicken Marsala — The mushrooms were awesome and the chicken was tender. The side veggies are not an afterthought here, they were really tasty. (⁴⁄₅)
And my faaaavourite part of the meal was the tiramisu our waitress gave us, on her, for my sister’s birthday. I can’t even put into words how creamy and delicious that heavenly slice of cake was. Still dreaming, people. Still dreaming.
Anyways, it’s clear to me (and hopefully to you at this point) that this place is one of the best Italian restaurants Toronto has to offer. Come here for your next special occasion… Or tomorrow!

I had the Ontario Cornish hen and it was great! The wait staff was awesome too. Good cocktails

I’ve been to many really nice Italian restaurants, and have to say that my experience at Sotto Sotto was amazing!
Was there with a large party for my wife’s birthday, and they were easily able to accommodate us upstairs without any real issues. Overall, the service was excellent. our waiter was very attentive, and was very knowledgeable of the menu. We didn’t even ask until afterwards, but he provided us separate bills, and didn’t have ridiculous gratuities added on top.
In terms of food, everything I ate from the salad, to the burrata, to their pasta was on point and worth every penny. I found the portions of the pasta to be quite a bit larger than I would expect at other 5* italian restaurants, so left the restaurant pleasantly full. I didn’t have any fish, but the other patrons who did were raving over how well cook and delicious their fish was. Overall, had a great experience and I am already looking forward to my next meal there.

This restaurant is actually a joke. Not even close to Italian food. It’s over priced and poor quality. Why don’t you ask them where the shrimps are from? China, Thailand. I have been here twice in the last 2 months, not by my choice. The second time just confirmed that it is poor quality, over priced food. Why would I pay for boxed pasta? There is nothing authentic about this place. Even the hot peppers are nothing but chopped up red thai chillies in oil. Pathetic. The worst part is the bathroom. No insolation, the bathroom is freezing. Our whole table was making comments about it. My system was to turn on the hot water before using the stall so at least there would be warm water after. Forget the heater plugged in, the staff would turn this off as soon as someone exited. Poor reno job. Save your money and go to Terroni, where they actually make the pasta and the products are imported from Italy. This restaurant is a JOKE.

It’s hilarious at how a desperate attempt to flee from the rain had led me to find a true Gem in downtown Toronto. First of all… the establishment is gorgeous. With beautiful art displayed everywhere and comfortable seating areas, I knew that the staff took pride in this place. It is a house like area so there is an upstairs as well for those that would like more privacy. And the washroom is also there as well. I am such a sucker for clean, fragrant washrooms and even though it was under construction, the scent was well worth it. The server… wish I remembered his name… was so knowledgable and attentive. He sat me in a quiet and comfortable corner of the restaurant and helped me pick out the Quinoa salad as a starter. The chef promptly served it to me and oh my goodness the goat cheese was so smooth and buttery and felt so compatible with the sweet cranberries. While I felt that I had a bit too much quinoa… the salad was honestly one of the best I’ve ever had. Omg the Pennette Via Frattina was amazing the salmon was so fresh and seasoned very well into the pasta. Penne itself was al dente, not at all soggy or hard. Sauce was savory. The broccoli was so buttery soft and cooked in a delicate olive oil with beautiful cloves of garlic placed in the center. Food so good but had no time for dessert. The earl grey tea was a soothing end to my meal and the vibe was so peaceful that I actually studied there for a while Even though there are no strict dress codes for lunch, everyone I met had on at least semi formal attire. Lol I just rocked my PINK sweats and combats but def will dress for dinner when I return. An amazing experience and I will for sure be coming back.

5 stars all the way, except the service was horrible. Not horrible for an average restaurant, but for one of the best restaurants in Toronto, this was almost embarrassing.
Shortly after being seated, our server asked what was wanted to order — so far so good. We wanted a cocktail and some conversation so didn’t pay much attention to the menu. She came by every 3 minutes to keep asking what we wanted. Enough already. We caved and ordered appetizers to put her off. It didn’t work — she hovered again constantly asking if we were ready. We caved again and ordered our mains.
On the menu we were intrigued by the $ 48 (!) mushroom risotto so we ordered it to share, along with our own mains. Our mains came (we all ordered fish — all excellent), but no sign of the risotto. We finished our mains and had to cancel
The risotto as it still never showed. Server took responsibility — huh?
And also while eating we had a couple of bottle of wines — it was embarrassing watching her try to uncork a bottle of wine. She blamed the opener, but to be honest I think it was her first time opening a bottle of wine. The cork almost broke the way she was twisting and bending it.
Sotto Sotto — you can do better. Your food is lovely, and your new space is lovely. Your service needs to match. Especially for what you charge.

Its just a basement restaurant with very low ceilings, old house, same foods over and over again, nothing special, just breaded veal and penne and staff, .It is only about the location, nothin else, old house.

One of the best dining experiences ever. Loved our upstairs corner table, our very attentive and knowledgable server. Fish of the day was excellent, as was the Old Fashion. Get the cannoli!
Loved!

One of the best Italian restaurants in Toronto. Consistent food, service and experience.
My Favorite dish is the veal parm with a side of penne. Great dish. The salads are great as is the fish.
Highly recommend and I frequent it often?!

Loved it. Food was delicious. Had their rabbit special of the day and so, so tender. The scallops anti pasta also amazing. Loved our server as well. Great service and personable.

Me and my boyfriend went here for his birthday in January and I was very pleased with the food and overall experience .
We started off with some wine and the cheese platter. Then we got some seafood plate which was also good and seafood was cooked perfectly.
I got the seafood linguine and it was delicious, no complaints
My boyfriend got the mushroom linguine I think but he wasn’t 100% pleased with it
I would definitely return

Food not worth the hype but the service was excellent.
I had a veal chop my wife had a fish filet (that was quite good) z

I’m Italian. You want Italian, come here! Felt like my momma and nona were in the back making the dishes for me. We wanted a mixed platter to start with and asked the server if we could have it. They made up an incredible spread for us and I got to try everything. OCTOPUS… who knew I would love it??? I have had it before, but nothing like this, WOW!
Will be back soon, next weekend, maybe tonight LOL

Wow is all I can say… I’ve never had better food ever in my life. Great Sunday with my parents who are very hard to please when it comes to Italian food! My father ordered a second entrée too so we will be back here regularly… The price is totally worth it! Had spaghetti carbonara and it was perfectly cooked. Yum!

Food was delicious! We ordered a bunch of seafood apps. I had the fish as a main and husband had the lamb. Everything was cooked perfectly and yummy!

Back and forth on Sotto Sotto. More of a 3.5 but I struggle to give it a 4. I had been to their previous location once before and had good memories of it, but this time around it was not my favorite.
First off, I feel like the food is very expensive for what it is. But I am also the kind of girl that would prefer to go to a dive rather than an expensive place like this…
I ordered a salad for an appetizer and a pasta. This place is not vegetarian friendly.
The salad I ordered was the Tres Gusti, which was the favorite thing I ordered for the night. I remember the salad being perfectly dressed and it was very tasty. I actually would order this again if I ever came back.
I can’t remember what pasta I ordered. It didn’t stand out to me in my mind as being amazing. My dad also ordered a pasta and it was very simple and bland for the price.
A coworker raved over the sardines he ordered. I think this place is more of a meat/​seafood place, to be honest.
The weirdest thing about this place, however, was the atmosphere. We were originally seated next to a very loud table and we asked to move, but they were still incredibly loud the whole meal. That’s fine, they’re having fun … but it just got weirder the more they drank, and obviously the topic of our meal was what the heck are they having, because maybe we should have some too…
Sotto Sotto is too expensive for me to want to go here on the regular. It’s definitely more of an «impress your partner» type of spot.

The swordfish, the gnocchi, the Caesar salad, the desserts, the people, the wine, the desserts, the Louie the 13^th shot at the end. EVERYTHING about my experience was amazing.

Haven’t had better Italian food (yet). Period. I had the Linguine Scoglio and it was great. The servings were decent sized for an Italian restaurant. Our waiter was helpful since I couldn’t decide what to order first.
For dessert we ordered the Tiramisu (very well made), the molten lava cake (ok) and the custard (so so)
It would be great if they could remove a few tables and make more space for people to move around. I would recommend dressing up.

I went last night with 6 people at 8:30pm… We sat in the back… Something happened when the restaurant moved. My pasta Palomodoro changed. BOO. Not as amazing as it once was. Not as cheesy. Or To die for! New Chef? The staff is still amazing. Happy and our waitress remembered me… (She is fun) I will be back. But I may not order my favorite thing on the menu. Oh well..

First time here after hearing all the hype.
Likely my last time. Nothing was terrible, most dishes actually we’re pretty good.
Service was great. Our waiter was friendly and very helpful.
The downfall for me was the typical pretentious portions and prices. I couldn’t believe what we were offered especially considering the price. Two small wedges of potatoes as a side dish? Come on now.
If you want to try it out, go for it. Tell everyone I say hi, I definitely won’t be there.
Oh and since its on avenue and you’re likely going during or near rush hour, spring for the valet parking. That wasn’t east :(