Trattoria Milano Eataly Toronto

I’ll echo many other reviews.. really cool place to be overall. Such an immersive Italian experience… their ingredients appear to be of high quality with a massive selection. I’ve dined at two of their restaurants now same experience at both. Quite pricey for what you get, and the food is ok.

Eataly is such a different experience.Being able to shop, eat and drink all in one place is so enjoyable!We were able to shop after our meal to bring some of the experience home.Loved the lemon spritz and wine selection.

These two weeks, Eataly is doing a promotion that it costs about $26 for a 2 course meal. So my Italian girlfriend and I decided to try it out, however it was extremely disappointing…?One of the most iconic dish in Italy, Bruschetta, was served with half a toast and some ricotta cheese with a little of honey drizzle… completely different from what bruschetta is.We also order arancini, which is another iconic Italian food. It only came with two fried balls. Inside, it is not stuffed, it was simply just a fried risotto ball with some peas, which has minimal flavor and cheese. It comes with no sauce.Salad was very simple, anyone who knows how to chop can make it, nothing fancy, portion is small.Pizza was a bit better and authentic, not too bad, but it costed EXTRA $8The fettuccine pasta, costed extra $10. They were supposed to cook the pasta hot, place it in a wheel of parmigiano reggiano cheese, let the cheese melt and mix it with the pasta, and then serve on the plate in front of you. Initially the server did it with another customer by mistake, and then she just handed the pasta to us. It was already cold/warm by the time it was handed to us. We talked to the server about how the pasta wasn’t hot and we missed the show, they just use the same plate of pasta, which we had eaton and tried, into the same wheel of cheese and did it in front of us. By the time it was on the plate in front of us, it was cold, not even warm. The flavor was there but it’s a plate of cold pasta.Overall, I paid about $100 for 2 people. A lot of items require you to pay extra. The portion is small. Quality isn’t great. I could have a lot nicer Italian food somewhere else. Eataly gave me a fast food vibe, but just the environment is a bit nicer, pretend to be a fine dining restaurant.As a foodie who loves and knows Italian food, I will NOT come back and I advise people NOT to go there. There are a lot of other nicer Italian restaurants, including Piano Piano, Trattoria Neevosa, Tosto… that serve really good Italian food that worth the money you spent.

Food is super overpriced for the quality. They are very understaffed, the service is not very good. Have to ask the server multiple times to bring chilli flakes or extra water. $20 for two pieces of bruschetta that almost broke our teeth it was so hard.

This is where you can get a taste of Italy. Wonderful interior and design with restaurants and gelato bar and pastry. Good selection of cheese, ham and meat. Really nice place to eat good Italian food and have some decent wine.