850 Degrees

First of all, I’ll like to give this place a shout-​out for the free Unilocal «Garlic Bread».
I give this place a «A» for effort for being a successful small business in Etobicoke, but the food simply doesn’t cut it for me. I understand they use local ingredients, and all that good stuff, but the taste is simply absent. As a Italian restaurant aficionado, I had never seen Prosciutto (in antipasto misto) that looks like Roast Beef (colour wise). Thus, nice little place in the area, but I’ll still go for a Pizzaiolo if I’m craving a Pizza.

Came on a busy Friday night and the restaurant was very busy. Although we didn’t have a reservation the wait wasn’t that long. Service was lovely and waitresses did their best to be attentive while the kitchen was a little behind. She even gave us a complimentary dessert for the longer wait time for our food which was very kind of her to do.
The food overall was good, the pizza seemed to be the main focus of the menu but we were quite disappointed with it (we ordered the superman pizza but it was greasy and lacked flavour). We also ordered the pasta al forno, which was quite delicious except I expected it topped with a layer of mozzarella cheese but there were only bits of cheese found inside of the pasta.
Our appetizers were the meatballs in tomato sauce and that was also disappointing as it tasted very dry and unflavourful with minimal tomato sauce. The cannoli tasted a little stale but enjoyed the presentation with fruits and caramel.
It was a good experience but don’t think I would visit here again, if I do I will probably stick to the pasta choices!

Never disappointed with this place. Amazing thin crust pizza with premium toppings. Group of 7 and long branch are my favourite and despite always feeling like there is no way I could finish a whole serving, I usually do. Great craft beer selection also. Can’t go wrong.

Hands down the best pizza place in Etobicoke. The ingredients are fresh and locally sourced and the menu caters to everybody; meat lovers and vegetarians. I personally love ordering the «pizza of the month». It is always unique from the regular menu and it uses ingredients that are in season so you know it’s fresh!

Great think crust pizza here! Love their tomato sauce. Like the relaxed and open dining area. However, we also order for pick up! I have never been disappointed.

Delicious pizza’s. The crust is baked to the point it is still doughy tasty and crispy. Ingredients taste like they were all picked that morning. Beer selection is phenomenonal to compliment the pizza. Try the PALENTA app… Very good. Love this place in the neighbourhood.

I tried this place out for the first time last week, I got the Canuck I believe which had pepperoni and bacon… Sooooo GOOD! Pizza crust was amazing, nice wood oven taste, and the sauce was just great. I also ordered a side of meatballs, and they were probably the best I’ve ever had. Following week, I had preferred myself the beef ravioli, and those were really good also! Just a little overpriced in my opinion, but because of the taste, and the fact you just get that super fresh feeling when eating it, I might just be able to let it slide. The place is nice inside, very vibrant, and you just can’t feel depressed sitting in there.
Highly recommend

This place us adorable! Cleanly chic and bright! (Not like the usual dimmed down «ambiance» lighting) which is great bc you can actually see your food! We also spoke to the owner! Great irish guy Chris, we requested to meet him because our party was mostly irish too!
My party ordered the antipasto with foccica to start, the courtesy of Unilocal garlic bread, and a cheese covered garlic bread. ALL delicious! Got the dinner portion:
The Canuck: which was packed full of hot peppers! But in all fairness, upon ordering they warn you and double check that you indeed want the heat! (Or at least Jen — our lovely waitress did)
Oh Canada: Can you say bfast on a pizza?! Maple flavored bacon! Topped with an egg! The egg on this particular pizza however was fully cooked, when I believe over easy is the goal so that is spreads on the pizza. (Maybe upon reorder we will request the egg not fully cooked)
The Rocket: so much fresh arugula and prosciutto! The freshness adds a nice texture to the usual pizza flavor.
Pasta: Pollo e Fungi. Sadly this was the dissapointment of the evening. To begin with: it isn’t a pretty dish. It looks very thrown together. The pasta does taste freshly made but there is WAY TOO MUCH SAUCE to get through to even taste the pasta. Perhaps going lighter on the sauce would allow the customer to ask for extra (easier to add more then take out!) The large quantity of sauce I feel is what causes the rest of the dishes problems. For example, the chargrilled chicken — you cannot tell if it is grilled or not because it has drowned in the sauce. The eggplant and mushrooms are also cut too largely. With cuts of wild mushroom as large as they came, it becomes tough and stringy, which is not enjoyable. Also because the skin of eggplant doesn’t «reduce» there were very large skin chunks in the dish of sauce. Also the dish is said to have a drizzle of truffle oil… where?! IN THE SAUCE?! you cannot taste it. It would be much better presented with the sauce in the middle of the fresh pasta, with the chicken sitting on top of the sauce, and the truffle oil drizzled across the plate so it’s visible and then the customer can mix at their own will.
All in all though, great place! Will return! :)

great great pizza! the toppings are fresh and the pizza always tastes awesome. I’ve had the group of seven and the long branch and both are great veggie pizzas. I normally don’t like veggie pizza but the ingredients make it worthwhile. I’m new to the area but this is definitely my new regular pizza place :)

Five stars to NICK the waiter!!! I am vegan and asked my usual 50 questions about the ingredients. He was amazing. He even called someone to ask if the pasta has egg in it (it does).
Nick was friendly, helpful and the best waiter I have had in a long time. The pizza was incredible! I ordered the StJohn’s with vegan cheese and sundried tomatoes. The pizza is huge so i have leftovers and am certainly not complaining
Great lunch, excellent waiter. Nuff said.

Wow
Una de las mejores pizzas que he comido!!!
Me encanto la pizza del mes
Muy recomendable

I’m scared that 850 Degrees has spoiled me of any other pizza for life! I would say call Guy Fieri and get it featured on Diners, Drive-​Ins and Dives but it doesn’t fall under any of those categories — it’s pretty nice inside.
After it’s been open for what, almost two years, I finally tried it last week. I ordered the Dave Bolland (Calabrese salami, fior di latte cheese and tomato sauce). I’ve eaten pizza from a lot of different restaurants and this is the best ever! The crust was so light and I know they used the finest of ingredients because you can go for that third, fourth slice and not feel like a dirt bag. The Calabrese salami was outstanding; seriously, I don’t know where they get it from but now I don’t know if any other will compare. They put so much of it on the pizza too and didn’t skimp on it or the other ingredients as well. Not to mention the sauce was like nothing I’ve ever tasted — little hints of garlic (but not overpowering) in every bite. No word of a lie but I could eat this pizza every single day.
The only drawbacks were that I was a little confused about the pricing on the menu so I called ahead and the phone must have rang about 15 times. I thought I had the wrong number so I called again and same thing but this time someone (very nice) answered. I said I’d call back when I was leaving No Frills to place the order but, that time, they just didn’t pick-​up PERIOD. I kept trying and trying but, eventually, the nice person answered, took my order and it was ready in time. Anyway, could have been just one-​off but, if you try to order over the phone and no answer, just go into the restaurant as the pizza only takes a few minutes to prepare.
5+++ stars!

It was my last day in Toronto before I flew back to Los Angeles, so I Unilocaled a place close by to where I was staying for lunch. This place had good reviews so my cousin, uncle and I came here for lunch.
We were their first customers when we promptly arrived at 11:30am and decided to sit on their patio outside since it was such a nice day out.
Our waitress quickly came out and brought us water and took our drink order. The placemat is the menu so we were easily able figure out what we wanted to order. Their menu consist of various thin wood-​fired pizzas (8 or 12 inches), build you own, salads, and pastas. They has several bottled beers, wine, and a pomegranate ginger ale which was so refreshing.
We started with the antipasto plate and the free garlic bread with check-​in which came with two different meats, cheese, olives, eggplant, artichokes, mushrooms, and roasted vegetables. It was a great starter to share and the garlic bread was great.
Then we ordered three different pizzas to share, the rocket which had arugula and ham, the oh canada with ham and egg, and the superman with spinach, olives, and pepperoni. We tried to order the muskoka pizza with sausage, but they didn’t have any sausage.
The pizzas were overall good, but not as crispy as I was hoping. I also thought they were a bit skimpy of the tomato sauce and cheese on all the pizzas. Of the three we tried, the oh canada was my fav because an egg on top makes everything taste better. They also give you chile oil on the side which I used to dip the crust in.
Service was very pleasant and attentive. Our waitress was great at checking up on us with us choosing to sit outside. Parking is directly on the street in the Long Branch neighborhood.

Start to finish 850 was on point.
This is a great joint to check out if you want good Italian style pizza but don’t want to travel all the downtown. Located in the quaint neighbourhood of long branch this joint brings all the «downtown» quality without the travelling headache!
We were greeted promptly when we entered the restaurant, we chose to sit on the patio because it was a beautiful evening. The patio albeit noisy because it’s located next to the street, was still quite comfy. You could tell this patio is only installed when there is good weather.
The service was also really good. There was a switch between servers at the beginning of our meal, but we preferred the girl who switched on so it worked for us! She seemed knowledgable and very friendly and laid back.
The food… Amazing pizza, the choices were endless, the crust was perfection. The right thickness, the right chewiness and the right crispiness.
I also loved the Canadian theme for naming of the pizzas. This theme was also found between all the products they carried.
From the pear cider we had to the whiskey in our coke.
Overall, a really good local pizza joint. Check it out when you have an opportunity.

How do I put this nicely: holy effing crap. This place continues to amaze me. Their pizza is awesome, their garlic bread and appetisers are so good and fresh, and the service is so friendly and just the right amount of interaction. They are there when you need them, gone when you don’t.
The pizzas are a very good size and have amazing flavour combinations. There’s something for everyone, lots of vegetarian options, and great stuff for kids.
Their beer selection is fantastic, and the beers pair really nicely with their pizzas.
I have nothing bad to say about this place, except that there aren’t more locations. Please open more locations. Please.

Free garlic bread upon checking in through Unilocal?I love this place! It’s a great place for Humber students to eat when on a long break. The waitresses are always super nice and friendly (they even remember us as regulars)! The 2 friends that I go with agree that their sauce is amazing and the crust is perfect. The small size pizza is a great size and fills you up. Their garlic bread is so different from typical garlic bread and I LOVE it. Yum.
I like the décor and its a nice family spot as well. I wish they offered lunch specials such as a small salad and half a small pizza! The waitress said they were in the process of coming up with some so I look forward to that. I will 100% keep coming back.

I’ve had 850 Degrees in the past and it’s always tasted very good although the toppings are very skimpy but I eat here because it’s the only gluten free place nearby. This time around it was a bit minimally excessive. Our gluten free pizza (as seen in the photo I posted) had so little tomato sauce that towards the edge it was so thin it was dried out and the edges were almost 2 inch thick with no sauce or toppings at all. It was a pepperoni pizza with extra artichokes. The artichokes were just single leaves which left no artichoke taste, as it was just crisped artichoke leaves. Maybe they should supply a free dipping sauce for all that extra crust. The crust itself is very good.
Needless to say, I will not be returning here again. Too many lackluster experiences for the price. It’s also quite expensive! $ 19 for one 12″ pizza with one extra topping. There’s more and more places serving gluten free pizzas and there’s no excuses.

Free garlic bread with Unilocal check in! Woooooo!
Absolutely love this place! They have a great option of 8.5″ pizza instead of 12″, which is a perfect size!
Booked on Open Table and got seated right away.
Scored my free garlic bread and had the antipasto platter to start. Great variety on the platter!
I had the Rocket pizza, and Patti had the Superman! Perfectly cooked!
No dessert tonight, we were stuffed! I did see a tirimasu go by a few times to other tables, but didnt have a good look at the dessert menu.
Can’t wait to live a block away from this place! I will be a regular for sure!

Great lunch time experience all around, not really anything I could complain about. Located in the Long branch neighbourhood of Etobicoke (literally half a block from the Mississauga/​Toronto border), it’s a fun, modern, and surprisingly Canadian wood fired pizza joint. I say surprisingly Canadian because of their pizza menu utilizing classic ingredients fused with a little canadian flair both with ingredients and in name.
Our server was wonderful, patient, very sweet and was a joy to speak with (I believe it was Chantel?)
My pizza, was amazing, I had the one with fresh pepperoni, olives and spinach. I can’t recall the name but it was amazing (maybe Superman???)
They have my fave brew «Canuck» by Great Lakes Brewery in a can, so that made my Pizza and Beer splurge experience even more enjoyable!
AND… with Unilocal check-​in you get a garlic bread style pizza, for FREE!
Great fresh ingredients, perfectly cooked pizzas, and fab service. Can’t go wrong with this joint!
Eatcrest Out

My friend who lives just down the street had recommended I come here after I had told him about Pizza e Pazzi. The location for this restaurant is in Mimico near Lakeshore and 30^th street just east of Long Branch.
There is some parking along the south side of Lakeshore and although there are meters you don’t have to pay after 6pm.
I had made a reservation for 850 just today around lunch time by using Unilocal’s reservation option on the business page it self. I was pretty much immediately emailed a confirmation for the table.
We had arrived literally right on time and I immediately noticed the restaurant was packed. They had a countertop along the storefront windows where people could sit and one of them was actually occupied but the person sitting there wasn’t dining, just seemed as if she was waiting.
I was greeted immediately and mentioned I had a reservation and there was a table waiting for us near the front of the restaurant. The place was definitely hopping and it was rather loud inside because of it. There was music playing in the background as well and for the most part I really had a hard time speaking to my wife just across the table.
For what it’s worth the table for two that we had I found was a challenge for what we order and what eventually was coming.
Upon checking in I received a free garlic bread notification which my server noticed on my phone and said she would be bringing it right away. She also brought a decanter of water with lemon.
The menu is your paper placemat. I find that rather efficient and it saves the servers time not having to give them to us and then eventually take them away. They do however have a long card with the drink menu and desserts. The non alcoholic drinks are on the same side of the card as the desserts while the beer and wine choices are on the other. I had started off with a Canuck Pale Ale. The server went to the trouble to tell me that it was a very bold and hoppy beer and I assured her that I knew what I was getting into. The beer was fantastic. It was made in Toronto and came in a tall can.
We had ordered the Antipasto as our appetizer. I was shocked to see how much food came on the antipasto which was priced at only 10 dollars. It came with another garlic bread (same as we received for checking in) along with a long plate of mixed mushrooms, artichoke, roasted peppers, 2 different cheeses, olives, eggplant, rapini, soppressata, and prosciutto. This appetizer could literally have been a meal on its own since it was such a large serving.
For the mains I had ordered the Muskoka which was a mozzarella, rapini and boar sausage. My wife had ordered the BC which was without cheese but had red sauce, onions, capers, kalamata olives, albacore tuna and anchovies.
By the time the pizzas came we had to make room because as I had mentioned the table was kind of small for what we ordered. We had to reorganize the plates around so we had room for the decanter of water, my beer, my wife’s drink the left over garlic bread and some of the antipasto which I had moved off the long plate.
The pizza I had ordered was fantastic. Rapini and any sort of pork is just a magical combo and their sausage was really unique and went very well with rapini. The BC however my wife found it to be quite salty. I had a piece of hers and I while I liked it I could see how she could think it was salty. Between the capers, olives and anchovies there were definitely pockets where it was really salty. I happened to like it but I would have to say the pizza could do without the anchovy or olives but not necessarily both if I had to pick something to come off. I love anchovy by the way.
The dough for the pizza is sort of thin in the middle but does get thicker towards the edges. I liked the quality over all but I have to say if I had to pick which place is better (between 850 and Pizza e Pazzi) I would still have to go with PeP. 850 though for not being an official Neapolitan establishment makes an awesome product. This place has a very Canadian spin on a pizza and is amazingly good all around.
The service was great. Our server was on top of everything and was very professional and super polite. I would love to try some of the other pizzas that I didn’t get to try tonight like the bacon and egg one (Oh Canada) as well as their 4 cheese (Old York).
While we were both full my wife still felt like having a cannoli. I had some of it and I did like it considering I hardly ever eat dessert. She had a latte and I ordered a limonata.
The prices are very good as well for the quality and quantity we received.
I know we are going back here since my wife liked it… sold…

Great little place.
Ended up here right before closing last night with my brother looking for something to eat.
Since we happened here super late we were told we had take out as our only option. Totally cool seeing as we got there five minutes before their posted closing time. The place was super cute and very clean.
I ordered the Canuck pizza, free garlic bread (thanks Unilocal for the check in offer!), a side salad, and the pasta al poppette (spelling?).
Everything was really delicious! Loved the homemade pepperoni on the pizza. The salad was simple and could have been a bit more fresh (this is my only complaint and cause of one star demerit lol) and the house made dressing served with the greens was so good (basically like a creamy garlic — yum!). The pasta was awesome, the sauce and the meatballs were great. Garlic bread was also super tasty!
Make sure to try the cray unfiltered pomegranate ginger ale from Bruce Cost if you are a ginger person, it is awesome!
Definitely looking forward to return for dine in next time!