Venez savourer un délicieux repas chez Tutti Matti Restaurant. Tutti Matti Restaurant est ouvert tard du lundi au samedi et en journée pendant les fins de semaine. L'accès est aisé par vélo. Venez explorer cet endroit coloré connu pour sa vie nocturne.
Chef Alida Solomon never shies away from a challenge. Opening up her first restaurant, Tutti Matti, during the SARS epidemic was an endeavour that would test any entrepreneur’s mettle. “That was rough. The city was told you shouldn’t eat out because of SARS,” says Alida. “My determination got me through...To work an 18-hour day to run your own business, you have to love what you do.”
Tutti Matti’s origins started in Tuscany, where Alida worked at a Michelin rated restaurant for seven years. She had the opportunity to be an owner there, but chose to come back to Canada and do something that wasn’t being done in Toronto. “No one in Toronto was doing authentic Italian food without influences from North America,” says Alida. “Like Wild boar, venison, charcuterie board, you know, no one was really doing that in Toronto in 2002.”
We came here in a rush with tickets to a show. The servers were understanding and did everything in their power to accommodate. They were wonderful!
The entrees were delicious - nice solid, fresh ingredients and very nice flavour profiles. The stewed lamb with the tagliatelle was perfectly cooked. The tortellone with the ricotta, pecorino and the radicchio was just perfect...satisfying and memorable.
As for the dessert, we both agree with another review on this board that this quite possibly could be the best tiramisu in the city.
Overall, great service, great entrees, and an epic dessert. Most of all, the wait staff were helpful in helping us meet our showtime. Great place that we would visit again in a heartbeat!
Food was so so. Homemade pasta is good. But they just have to cook their tomato souce longer. I found the source was bit too sour. There were only 4 parties at lunch but the service was very slow.
If you work around the area and you only have 1 hour lunch break, you will not make it back to your office on time. You will need 2 hours to have lunch here.
BEST TIRAMISU IN THE CITY!!!
This Restaurant is...
BEST TIRAMISU IN THE CITY!!!
This Restaurant is one of the best "Authentic" Italian restaurants in Toronto. There's no other place like it.
I travel to Italy quite often and the food of Chef Alida Solomon is the closest tasting to Italy's that I've ever had in this country. Many people just simply do not understand the food, because it is definitely NOT your typical "Canadian/Americanized/Italian" food like Spaghetti with meat balls, penne alla vodka, pasta with sundried tomatoes and chicken etc... thats not true Italian food. You will NEVER see chicken on a menu in Italy unless its a restaurant for tourists. The food of Tuscany is Peasant food, using seasonal ingredients, lots of hearty game meats like boar, rabbit, pheasant, and venison... Do some research on traditional Tuscan cuisine if you're going to eat here and then you'll understand.
If you want to experience a true Tuscan Dining experience with some fantastic local wine from Montalcino and the surrounding area, Do NOT go for summer/winterlicious, because for 25/35 dollars you definitely will not get it. If you don't want to spend the money then thats a differnt story.
Its very sad reading some people's 'reviews' because everyone thinks they're a food critic coincidently its obvious that by what they're writing, they have very little knowledge of food.
Keep it up Tutti Matti.
