Reviews for Folco's Ristorante in Markham, ON
Love this place! The staff we're very friendly, the food was fantastic. The patio was loud but nice. Started the meal with... probably the best Calamari Fritte I've had. Battered lightly, complimented by yellow and red pickled peppers with a balsamicreduction. So tasty! My wife said the spaghetti bolognese was very good. I am happy to report that the melanzane parmigiana wassuperb. And the recommended wine, Popoli Aglianico, was full bodied and flavourful, with a noticeable notes of berries.Unfortunately you can't buy it at the LCBO. I'll be back. Read more
I came in after 9pm and the staff was very nice to ask if the kitchen could cook for me. The waitress recommended ravioli as I... only wanted to have a small portion dinner. The food is an average and not hot enough. Actually, the ravioli is only mildlywarm. The cream source is a bit sticky than expected. After coming back from washroom, I found that they have cleaned up mytable! Although I have finished the ravioli, I have half glass of wine on the table. Then, a waitress came and brought back mywine and said didn't realize I was not yet gone! Maybe they are rush to close. I may have to come earlier next time if I wantto try again. Read more
I was extremely excited to try this restaurant based on people's reviews. Our experience was not good. The food did not arrive... at once. For a party of 6, half the meal was served while the other half was delayed. By the time it came the rest of us wasdone eating. Ok, about the meal itself now. The pasta was sticking together like it was stale. The creamy sauce it was in wasat the bottom of the plate and not mixed in properly. I thought this experience would have been authentic but I could have donebetter on my own at home with a bottle of Alfredo sauce from Walmart. The interior dinning area was like a fast foodjoint. Only positive was the waitress was nice though. But unfortunately I would not recommend this restaurant. Read more
We enjoyed the food especially the carpaccio. The tables are a bit too close together and the lighting was too dim. Our server... was polite and attentive. Read more
First time here and this place is amazing! The staff are friendly and informative (many of the words on the menu are unknown to... us). They have a good selection of items on the touchless menu. It?s located in an old home built in 1890. The parking is on agravel area in the back of the restaurant or there?s parking on the street. The complementary bread is crispy on the outsideand soft on the inside. Pre-sliced with butter, oil and vinegar provided. Just perfect. We ordered: RAVIOLI DI MADALENA$27 ?slow roasted 8 hour veal roast, butter, sage, parmigiana this dish is very near and dear to our hearts. it was taught to usa by a wonderful woman by the name of madalena in piemonte, italy. she housed many of the chefs going to the local chef schoolin her home town of asti; one of them was mario folco.? Absolutely delicious with a good amount of veal stuffed in each miniravioli. Meat was tender and juicy. WILD MUSHROOM RAVIOLI $26 ?house made ravioli, forest mushrooms, white truffle,parmigiana, crisped prosciutto, in a parmigiana cream sauce?. Never had mushroom ravioli before and this dish sets the bar. Theravioli is thin and flat so you don?t feel like all your eating is dough. Each ravioli has a good chunk of mushroom, the creamsauce paired with the crispy prosciutto complements the each other and elevates the dish as a whole. One of THE best raviolidishes I?ve ever had. FETTUCCINE CARBONARA $28 ?house made fettuccine, smoked speck prosciutto, farm fresh egg, spinach,parmigiana cream sauce? Feedback from my son ?Yummy, yummy, yum. Hee hee, delicious. Tummy feel good.? Daily special FrieRoasted Pesto Salmon?With Amalfi lemon Spaghetti $36 ?Awesome flavours. Can really taste the lemony pesto without it being overpowering. Pasion Fruit Bomba $12 Did not know what a bomba is so decided to give it a try. Such an incredible dessert. Anexplosion of passion fruit goodness. Would highly recommended trying this dessert. Thank you for such a lovely family di Read more
interesting pizza flavours, though one of the pasta and fried salmon is a bit lemony. Good place, a hit on the pricier side, but... that?s expected for this kind of dine in. Portions are a good size and has a nice atmosphere. Read more
The service here is very good, the team was very accommodating. I was very excited to try their wood fire oven pizza and fresh... pastas. The pizza was ok (depends what you're comparing it to), its above average for the typical fast food pizza but its notwhat I expect from a good Italian restaurant. The pizza was very oily and greasy so its best shared. The portions are verygenerous, which is great. The pasta dishes we ordered were well made and had that nice texture you expect from fresh pasta. Iwould recommend the pastas over the pizza dishes. We went on a week night (Tues) at 530pm and the place was busy and had a lotof reservations. Thankfully we were able to grab a seat because we were a party of 2 but if you're coming here, I'd highlyrecommend reservations, even for dining during the non-peak times. Read more
Borderline 2 star, highest 3 star. Everyone?s preferences are obviously different, but I found that the combination of a lot of... what they had did not complement each other well (ex: ham with escargot, the ham overpowers the escargot; bacon with truffle,bacon overpowers truffle). But also the carbonara and ravioli pastas were just sitting in very watery sauce. Cute place andservice was fine! They were pretty busy though. Read more