Reviews for Fratelli Westboro in Ottawa, ON
First time here! Decor was really neat and the service was exceptional. No fault of the restaurant's but we found the atmosphere... really loud and I could barely hear across the table. Do not come here for a quiet, romantic dinner. The fried zucchini was thebest I'd ever had. Paired with the herb aioli it was amazing. I had high hopes following this, but I ordered the linguinepescatore with shrimp, scallops and salmon and was disappointed. They put 2 large shrimp, and then the rest of the pasta wastossed with mini salad shrimp. I imagined the scallops would be 2-3 large nicely pan seared scallops, but instead received maybe5 what tasted like previously frozen bay scallops, so very tiny. The salmon was more plentiful and was cooked tender. It wassuper anticlimactic in terms of a main. I tasted the linguine on its own and the white wine garlic cream sauce tasted like justcream, not much flavour, for $30 I expected more. My guests Penne picante was also only ok. Overall, ok..I would go back fordrinks and apps but I was definitely expecting more. Read more
Dropped in forb a quick dinner with no reservation and we were lucky to get a table, and yeah the food was amazing. The staff... were courteous to explain us all the food questions we had. The food was so good that I have all the good reasons to believethar it's genuine Italian way of cooking. Read more
My friend Arthur recommended this restaurant. The food is delicious and the service is exceptional. The staff are super friendly... and accommodating, just to name few: Eric, Julianna, Will, and Chef Tanya. I highly recommend it if you are visiting Ottawa. Read more
Always a go-to spot in Ottawa. Great food and great atmosphere. The gnocchi with Gorgonzola is amaaazing. Staff is amazing as... well! Make a reservation, you'll need it! Read more
My partner and I really enjoyed this restaurant. We came in 15 minutes late for our reservation which was only 15 minutes before... close and they still gave us the opportunity to dine with them which we really appreciated. Our server was very nice and fast.The design of the restaurant is modern and has little unique details that make it stand out. They have a good sized menu whereyou can make any of the pastas and pizzas gluten free. We got the geona (chicken pesto) and brea (salmon goat cheese) glutenfree pizzas. We loved them both. They were a generous size for a personal pizza, had good quality toppings and the bread wasfluffy and did not taste like it was gluten free. We will definitely be retuning to try some more of their options! Read more
I am really satisfied about all the aspects. They have delicious food,nice atmosphere, fair price and friendly servers. The... bacon mushroom truffle pizza is really tasty. I ordered one extra pizza with fig. I prefer the first one, but the fig one is sospecial as well, I haven?t tried the combination anywhere else before, so it definitely worth it. Read more
Cozy, casual, and classy atmosphere with heartwarming Italian eats. Makes for a nice date night! There's a great selection on... the menu, but not too much to make it overwhelming. I want to come back to try pretty much everything, because it all soundsamazing. I got the Bria, which had a delicious combo of flavors; briny sourness from the pickled onions, and tangy goat cheesecontrasted well with the smoked salmon and capers. Will definitely be back! Read more
Update 1: Editing my initial review based on the service we were offered yesterday, the 8th of August 2022. We walked in for... dinner around 6pm and we were turned away by the lady in the front citing the reason that they?re really busy at the moment (with plenty tables still free) and were asked to come back by 7:30 pm the earliest - not sure if it was because we were the onlynon- whites expecting to be seated or if that?s their general norm. We came out and dialled the number for the reservations andmagically they had a table available in the next 10 mins; she was clearly surprised when she realised our accents didn?t matchour skin tone when we walked back in. Anyway, we got seated and our server for the night came in and we placed an order for ourregular pizza which we always ordered before; asked to substitute Zucchini with sun dried tomatoes - again something we?vealways asked for and have been granted despite the rush . He curtly told us that they don?t alter any requests on a busy nightassuming this was our first time in there. When we request him to at-least check in with the chef he shrugged and went off. Wehad some questions about the beer and he again curtly said ? oh that would be an extra ? as if assuming we won?t be able to ?afford ? the price difference. Another humiliating experience to add on to. We had to request for breads thrice before a kindlady decided to bring them in for us - our server clearly didn?t bother to be attentive. Having attended Fratelli?s plenty oftimes and recommending them to our friends and family - we were certainly appalled by the level of service last night. We don?tthink we would want to return to an experience of this sort anytime again which is a shame. Leaving a single star on since thefood has always been delicious. Old Review: Fratelli?s has always been such a delightful experience. The food is absolutelydelicious and the service is so wonderful no matter how busy the restaurant might be. Their tir Read more