Mezza Notte Trattoria

I’ve been driving by this restaurant hundreds of times, but never thought to go in, having some favourite haunts on Disera drive.
Turns out, this was a mistake.
The place has decent food, with adequate pricing, large portions, exceptionally friendly service and a nice patio.
Will repeat, many times.

Really great Italian restaurant! Have been back a couple times now and they are consistently great.
Service was fantastic. They were attentive and nice. Kept refilling our drinks and checking on us. No issues anytime I’ve been there! The place is never super packed in the winter and early spring months but busiest summertime. It’s clean and reputable and intimate.
Food was really great everything you’d expect from great Toronto Italian food. I’ve had the Mediterranean pasta and four cheese pizza along with a couple salads and they’ve all been top notch and great portion sizes. All in all great place to have a nice dinner!

I will start by saying the restaurant itself is nice, great layout and ambiance.
We were seated on a Friday evening, the place wasn’t too busy, we were a party of 12
–the service was probably the worst I have ever seen, I asked for a wine list 3 times to the point where I walked up to the bar and grabbed it myself
–took the waitress 30min to clear our plates from the table after our appetizers
–the table had to constantly flag her down to order drinks
I will say the food was pretty good, but the whole experience as a whole because of the service was negative
Definitely not impressed given the cost at the end of the night, way to overpriced for the service and quality of food received

Really enjoyed my meal here! Caesar salad was to die for!!! Home made dressing was fantastic– Will be going back just for the salad. Had the Veal Scaloppini and it too was delicious… I did have to add a lot of salt though. Highly recommend this place.

nice Italian places in thornhill. Solid food. Nothing legendary. But you get good value for what you pay for.
I had the salmon it was very good
Service is pretty good too. Our waiter was really nice and helped make some suggestions.
Will be returning.

**3.5 stars**
One of the only nice Italian places in thornhill with a patio. Solid food. Nothing legendary. But you get good value for what you pay for.
I had the veal parmigiana (comes with good portion of pasta) for $ 21. Big piece of veal and lots of pasta and complimentary bread was definitely a fair price. And it was good!
Service is pretty good too. Our waiter was really nice and helped make some suggestions. Next time I’m getting g the marsala chicken. Apparently it comes with 3 chicken breast
Will be returning.

The décor is nice, the layout is OK, but the food… It definitely needs some work. Many of the dishes that came out were over salted and also over cooked. The grilled salmon was over seasoned (did not order the blackened) and was overtly salty and very well done. The pastas were also served past aldente but the sauce that accompanied was again very salty, almost taking away from the accompanying highlights of the dish. The washrooms are clean and well stocked but had an over powering smell of perfume to make you gag. For the price point, I would not come back until they work on the food quality.

Went out on a Friday night with our best friends and wanted to try something local and close by to our places. Decided to try Mezza Notte for some Italian cookin’. Reservations made for 5.
We parked in the Wal-​Mart parking lot and walked down the stairs. When we entered, it looked pretty classy. Everything had a Moxie’s black wood type finish and all the servers were in black too. Although we were sitting in the dining room, we were connected to the patio setting and the ambiance added something romantic to it all.
Paolo was our waiter and he took care of us during the night. He was nice, amiable and had a pleasant attitude. He mentioned that he was turning 21 over the weekend and was excited. Paolo was quite knowledgeable about the dishes, gave his recommendations as well as articulated the names in his best Italian pronunciation too. Pretty impressive.
I ordered the Tortellini Alla Panna (homemade meat tortellini, mushrooms, cream sauce) for $ 19 with an extra side of meatballs for $ 2 (can’t resist trying the meatballs)! Paolo said it was a good choice. It took about 20 minutes to arrive which was not too long. You could see all the chefs cooking up a storm in the background.
When the food came, I got excited and I took a picture immediately. Photo-​op time! I started to go at it and it tasted absolutely delicious. It had a creamy texture, and the mushrooms were soft and tasty. The meatballs were decently done. It had an okay flavour and I had 2 in my dish so turns out they were a buck each. They weren’t crumbly at all and I wondered about the freshness though homemade. The «absolutely delicious» at the beginning of the meal became tiresome. The tortellini itself tasted almost exactly like the meatballs but just wrapped in pasta, smothered with the sauce. Meat Meat Meat. By no means was it horrible, it’s just that the taste fizzled out in the end. I liked the dish but didn’t really move mountains for me. This dish gets a 3.5.
One of the best parts of the experience was the customer service of Paolo. He was attentive, gentle, good-​natured, checked on us frequently and refilled our waters. He gets a 4.5. I would return in the future and maybe try another dish with some recommendations. Not bad!

Went there last night for my son’s birthday as all he wanted was spaghetti with butter… It was the worst meal he’s ever tried, I can’t say «eaten» as he couldn’t eat it. My husband asked me if the cooks actually taste what they make as his chicken with white wine and lemon was horrible. The fettucini alfredo (made special) was also horrible… my seafood spaghetti was okay… the sauce was good and so was the seafood but the spaghetti was horrible. The staff was very nice and friendly and the restaurant itself is nice… but the food was not just bad, it was horrible. Will never be back.

Just went there again last week and OMG the food is just so so good!!! I would say just get the mains and skip the appetizers and dessert… I found them quite overpriced, but the mains, just wow!

Really lousy food. Smoked salmon penne tasted very fishy and not fresh. Terrible pasta sauce on the side penne as well. $ 3.95 for a kids hot chocolate. Lousy, tasteless pizza. I don’t even know how you make food this bad without actively trying.

Nice place. Try the lunch menu. Service is not great and it seems that the team is not experienced — main reason for 3 stars only. Food is fresh and good.

love being on the patio in the summer especially when I want just a chill evening enjoying my neighborhood.
Tried coming a few times in the winter but its always packed at dinner, so make reservations.
The service is good and prompt. What you expect it to be. Drinks are reasonably priced. I ordered the pizza Genovese and it was delicious!
My boyfriend ordered some veal and shrimp dish and I wish he would just listen to me cause it was bland and smothered in gravy and some green onions with a side of spaghetti… That’s why I gave mezza notte only 2 stars. Some of their dishes lack creativity.

we went to the restaurant with our kids, we ate the margarita pizza and the angel hair pasta, both dishes were very good
the restaurant is a little pr icy. however, the food is great and the service was good

**3.5 Stars**
Yeah this place is nothing special, except, again, they really have a nice summer patio. This piece of corner is actually not bad. New condo’s are sprouting up like crazy.
I really don’t like the MN location on Yonge. I remember going there when I was pretty young and didn’t think much of it (and never returned). But when my mom told me of this Italian restaurant that had a really great patio, I couldn’t resist. As soon as I saw the name though, my initial reaction was oh no.
But as soon as we sat under the sun, it was oh yes. This MN is vastly different from the Yonge St. location: modern and sleek interior. Service, the two times I went, were excellent. The menu is actually quite ho-​hum, except I had the Jumbo Grilled Shrimps which were SOOO YUMMY! 4 large sized shrimps on a bed of fresh summer salad. YUM! My mom the one night had the Sea Bass special which was surprisingly delish. A perfectly juicy square piece of plump fish with a nice crusty skin and served beside some Squash and Rapini.
Wine menu’s are typically Italian (Pinot for Whites, and Chianti’s and Valpolicella’s for Reds) and they have lots of half litre choices which is perfect for two.
Now that the summer and warm season is almost, done I doubt I will be back here until next summer. To be honest, without the patio, this place would be nothing special and it is very far from my uptown home. That being said, if you are ever in the area and want to take advantage of the last warm days, then head over to Mezza Notte for a glass of vino and car watching (forget the people!!) as I saw two Ferrari convertibles already.

I had dinner at this establishment last night and I thought that the food was good but not great. I have noticed that other reviewers commented on poor service but our server was very attentive. However, the restaurant was not overly busy last night.
We ordered the grilled calamari in a spicy tomato sauce. The calamari was cooked perfectly and was very tender and sauce tasted very fresh and was good (although not very spicy) but the presentation left a lot to be desired. I wish I would have taken a picture of it. The pieces of calamari were just kind of thrown on a plate which was covered in sauce. I guess I have been spoiled by the places I have been going to recently since the presentation at these restaurants has been clearly thoughtfully considered. After all, we eat with our eyes first, right?
I ordered the Insalata Italiana (assorted greens with kalamata olives, red onions and tomatoes tossed in a balsamic vinegar and extra virgin lemon olive oil dressing). It was good sized salad with maybe three or four olives and relatively light dressing. I should have asked for more balsamic but I was deep in conversation and didn’t bother.
One of my friends ordered the Caprese salad and the other the Insalataalaa Mediterranea (grilled portobello mushrooms, Belgian endive, eggplant, red peppers and asparagus topped with goat cheese seasoned with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar). They both enjoyed their salads. The latter was definitely a main-​meal sized portion and looked very tasty.
My friend and I shared the pizza calabrese (fresh tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, fresh mushrooms, hot soppressata, black olives and roasted red peppers). This was a large pizza on a thin crust and the soppressata was delicious. I loved the pizza.
I would certainly give this restaurant another try. The price point is reasonable and the food was good. I would like to try the meat dishes and their pasta. The outside patio is huge which is another plus when looking for outdoor summer dining in the Thornhill area.

This would be one of my standard 3 star reviews had the service been a wee bit more attentive. But with mediocre, generic Italian food and absentee service, I can’t give them anything more than 2 stars.
We came here to catch up with two of our friends, and the location was between their neck of the woods and where we’re staying. It’s located in this somewhat interesting power center-​cum-​lifestyle center (i.e. it’s anchored by a Walmart but they put all of the restaurants on a side street to have more of a «Main Street feel.»)
Anyways, the décor inside looked nice. We were seated at a half-​booth and I liked the glass tile walls and the gray-​on-​wood shades were both modern and classy. Once we were seated, our whole table received menus and bread, and shortly thereafter, water. The bread was as generic as can be — had the same taste and texture as the baguettes they’d serve in my res dining hall when I lived in Toronto. As in, bland with a cottony texture. On the upside, they serve it with both butter and oil & vinegar.
Fortunately, we had good conversation; had this been a meeting with people we didn’t like as much or a first date or the like, this could have gone into a downhill spiral. It took some «eyeing of the waitress» and eventually flagging down to get any service — we were never asked if we wanted any drinks. Eventually, a waitress came to our table and we asked if she was our server and she replied «there’s two of us, so I can be.» Hmmmm?
J & I shared the pizza bruschetta, our friends shared the cesar salad, and each couple ordered one pizza and one pasta. The appetizers were served fairly quickly. I liked the thin crust on the pizza bruschetta but the bruschetta mix was exactly what we’re able to buy at any grocery store in the GTA. My pasta (the one with rapini & sundried tomato and a garlic-​olive oil sauce) was extremely bland with the exception being the rapini, which was overly bitter. J said his pizza «was alright.»
Which again brings us back to the service. Our water glasses were rarely — if ever — refilled. I asked for a refill of my Diet Coke, and one was never offered to J; they do charge you again for refills despite it being a fountain drink, so be careful as they’re expensive to start with! It seemed like we either had to wait an inordinate amount of time or find the waitress ourselves to get any service — even picking up the check.
Since we don’t live in the area, we weren’t planning to come back, but I can’t recommend this just because part of dining out is being able to enjoy the experience and the company, and when you’re given bad service that really degrades the experience.

I’ll agree that this place is a little over hyped and isn’t as good as some people make it out to be. However, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have good food.
When I went there for the first time there was a bit of a wait and I was told that they don’t take reservations so it’s a little annoying that way.
When we sat down, the place was packed and the atmosphere was «jumpin’ «as the kids say.
I ended up getting the Crespelle alla Napoletana which was very good. It’s hard to find good Italian food in Toronto and the food at Mezza Notte is on the higher quality side.
It’s on the pricey side but if you want a classy night out, this should be an option to consider.

I’ve never really been too impressed with Mezza Notte. Maybe it is because I’m usually here for the annual office party at their location in North York, but this place really doesn’t wow me. I think it’s probably because I personally find that the flavour of most of the dishes are either a bit bland or too one note.
Their appetizers were decent, but once again. could use some work on presentation and flavour. Although I thought their mussels were probably the best out of 3 appetizers, we ordered. Skip the escargot and the portabello and endive salad, too much char on the endive.
The North York location carries Cheesecake factory cheesecake, and for some reason the Thornhill location doesn’t; so we eschewed it for a scoop of ice cream at the Marble slab next door.
The service is great, so if the kitchen could up their game a bit, this place would be a great place to have dinner with friends in York Region.
The restaurant seems to take reservations for large parties only,

The overview indicates «Reservations: Yes», however, when I phoned ahead and specifically asked if I could make a reservation I was advised that they do not make reservations… So, that being said, it should be changed to «No».
I think I had too high of an expectation when I entered this establishment. The interior was a tad small, but my date and I had no problem being seating within 30 seconds. My only issue was the tables were not spaced far enough, or they had too many tables. While being shown to our seats, even the host had to squeeze through tight quarters from other tables and servers. The lighting was dim, the décor was dark, and it had a very nice ambiance — just how I like it! (dim and dark is a «thumbs-​up»)
The wine list was nice, as I had tried a few of them at other restaurants. Though a little on the pricier side, still a nice selection. I chose from the vino rosso, since i only drink reds. I picked the Australian Tik Tok Merlot — a nice full bodied red that went well with our meal… veal.
We decided to skip the antipasti and go straight to the main — I had the VITELLO ALLA NIZZARDA and my date had the VITELLO PARMIAGANA.
My meal was very tasty! 3 veal scaloppini’s in a red wine sauce, with a nice medley of veggies on the side along with roasted potato’s. My veal also came with an assortment of sliced sauteed mushrooms which were full of flavor from the wine sauce. I didn’t eat the potato’s, nor can I give a review on the taste of them, since I don’t eat potato’s. My dates meal was a lot more delicious than mine! The veal-​parm was almost the size of half the plate; The pasta was cooked to a perfect al dente; And the tomato sauce was nice and zesty! Her meal definitely trumped mine!
We ended our meal with cappuccino’s — always a nice finisher!
The waiter was friendly, and although some people will give minuses to staff for not coming so often to check on them, I felt he came by just the right amount of times. He didn’t pester us nor did he neglect us.
I recommend this restaurant, and will re-​attend for sure.