Little Anthony’s

Overall, a great restaurant!
I went with a large group for a birthday and sat at the private table — great ambience and décor.
This restaurant excels at service. The moment we walked in, the host was friendly and inviting. The waiter was also great and made sure our wine glasses and water were topped up on a regular basis. During dinner service, we were all waiting on my partner’s dish to come (7 out of 8 of us had our food) and it was maybe 3 – 4 mins later that her dish arrived. Because of this slight delay, they waived her entire Winterlicious bill. That’s service!
On to the food. I had the caesar salad to start and quite honestly it was very forgettable. I felt it was lacking dressing and had very little flavour. Someone else had the bruschetta and it looked incredible; I’ll get that next time.
For my main, I had the Linguine alla Vongole and it was delicious. Very nicely cooked pasta and great flavour. I just wish there had been a bit more of it; found the portion to be a bit small as a main.
For dessert, had the chocolate gelato — no complaints. My partner had the tiramisu as part of her Winterlicious menu and that was also really good — nice and light, with great coffee flavour.
Great meal overall, and I will definitely return to LA!

We were a party of 5 and had an amazing dining experience at Little Anthony’s Italian Ristorante. From the upscale look to the welcoming ambiance, this restaurant is truly remarkable! Our experience is further heightened by the outstanding service we got from MICHAEL, our server. He was so attentive and accomodating of our needs. And the food, their Linguine Vongole is so divine! Perfectly steamed clams and al dente pasta, you should really try this classic Italian dish. Finish it off with their delicious Chocolate Budino with pine nut brittle and you’re in foodie heaven. We will definitely be coming back, thank you Little Anthony’s Italian Ristorante.

Visited on a Wednesday night for a corporate event.
I started with a Classic Caesar Salad –which was generous in dressing and portions.
For the main I had the New York Strip Loin Steam, medium rare. I was impressed with the consistency in how it was cooked. My steak also came with greens, mushrooms, and bite sized potatoes that were perfectly fried.
For dessert I had the Tiramisu which was absolutely rich and soft — full of coffee flavour! It was a tad sweet for my personal preference, though other guests enjoyed it.
Service was excellent; they made sure we had everything. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and would definitely recommend Little Anthony’s.

Absolutely amazing. Went on a Saturday night and sat at the bar. Amazing service. Had foccaccia bread, the bruschetta is unbelievable, wine, the carbonara is awesome and the bolagnese is incredible, finished it off with an espresso. My pasta was a little undercooked and they immediately made me a new one and apologized several times which was great. I would definitely go back.

This restaurant is amazing, the food is very good, but the service is not the best, The server are a little rude, but the food is the best Italian food in the city.

Little Anthony’s is an upscale looking Italian restaurant in the heart of the Financial District. I literally work beside it at an office building and when my friend from my old team wanted to meet up for dinner, craving for some Italian food, we decided to come here because it was close and looked beautiful from the outside.
On a Friday night at 630pm, no reservation was required. We were greeted and seated right away when we walked in. First impression of the restaurant was, it looked very upscale, very nice décor and would be a perfect place for dates!
I ordered the Tagliatelle alla Bolognese, the safest but yet the hardest Italian pasta to perfect. My friend ordered the Salmone Al Forno. My pasta was $ 20 for the main course size, which when it came, to me wasn’t that big, taste wise, it was okay, the meat sauce was normal, nothing too outstanding. I think Terroni makes the better Bolognese pasta and it is cheaper too! Definitely didn’t think it was worth $ 20. The salmon presentation was great, but my friend did mention it was a little too oily. For $ 20 a pasta, there is a lot of options within the area.
We also ordered the Dark Chocolate Budino to share. The name of the dessert is misleading, it says Dark Chocolate, but they actually use Milk Chocolate, thus I thought it was a little too sweet. However, the presentation of the dessert was cute.
Overall, a 3 star Italian restaurant. I would recommend just walking 10 minutes further to Terroni and have their pasta there instead.

Booked for a group dinner following work event. The service was fantastic and everything was excellent from drinks to desert. The bacon wrapped dates were a wonderful appetizer. The turkey meatballs were really good too and I loved my risotto dinner.

Wonderful meal after a long day! The waiter was fantastic, letting me merge two meals. Would highly recommend!

I used to work near this place and always wanted to try it and finally got around to it.
Atmosphere and very mellow and dim, good for a date.
Food was OK… only OK. Portions were on the small side.
Service was HORRIBLE. I don’t want to say it, and I really hate to say it, but I think maybe we got a racist server… or maybe an agist one since I look on the young side so maybe she thought I don’t tip well???
Our server took forever to bring us water and she never directly served us either. It was always the bus boy who did all the work. I understand that in some restaurants, but not when I see the server doing all the work for all her other tables, who were Caucasian and older.
Table next to us, she brought the bread and balsamic without being asked. The bus boy gave us the bread and we had to ask for balsamic.
When our dishes came, bus boy again. She also served all other tables pepper and cheese herself within minutes of bringing them their food. We waited a good 10 minutes as she seemed to be no where around.
Even if we didn’t want that stuff, a good server should come and ask, «is everything OK with your food?» within the first 5 minutes.
She also never refilled our water herself, we always had to ask.
At a «nice» restaurant I expect better service than this.

Little Anthony’s was quite a find. It is located squarely in the business/​hotel/​theater area of Toronto. (We drove, thinking they had parking, but if they did, it was not obvious to us).
Unilocal had a check in special for turkey meatballs, so we got to try them. Everyone enjoyed them. For other appetizers, we had the bacon wrapped dates (I had these other places and I always enjoy), as well as the Caesar salad. Excellent.
Pasta dishes come in tasting sizes and larger sizes, which is perfect if you want to eat lighter. We had the bolognese, the penne arrabbiata, the chicken parm, and buttered pasta for the younger child. Service was excellent and friendly. I would return. Enjoyed it a lot.

The hostess and server were both really accommodating and friendly and the ambiance of the restaurant was very open and classy. The food was good. I liked the fact that portions were pretty big (I came in for Summerlicious and I was pleasantly surprised to find out about the bigger portions). However, I found that the linguine vongole that I had just wasn’t as flavourful as it could have been. The chocolate budino that I had right after made up for the slightly bland linguine though. Overall, I would say that I like Little Anthony’s and I am looking forward to trying other items from their menu.

Came here for a quick lunch during work once. Had one of the lunch specials which was a funghi pasta. was quite mediocre for Italian food. It’s a nice resto to go for work occasions I suppose, I wouldn’t come here with friends after the medicore food though. Also did not have a relaxing feel, even though décor was quite nice. Service was great though, and I enjoyed our vanilla panna cotta dessert with caramelized apple compote and toasted oat + nut crumble. Not a memorable resto on my Italian faves but not bad, either.

Little Anthony’s is an upscale and fancy looking restaurant that comes with a moderate price tag and unpretentious service. The restaurant setting is lovely, with lots of mirrors, wine glasses, ambient lighting (but not super dim), and would be a good choice for a date or office dinner.
In terms of the actual food, I thought it was good, but wasn’t the best Italian I’ve had, hence the 3-​star review. I debated between the risotto funghi and spaghetti pomodoro (spaghetti with turkey meatballs) and ended up getting the spaghetti on the recommendation of our server. I will say that the turkey meatballs were quite good — very moist and juicy and flavourful and were really supposed to be the highlight to this dish, which they were. Other than that though, it was just spaghetti, and I think other menu items would have been more interesting. You can order the turkey meatballs separately as an appetizer, so I would recommend doing that and splitting them with your group so you can try them. I like that they offer the option to get a small size or full size for all their pasta dishes.
My group split the ricotta fritters for dessert which came with candied orange, hazelnuts and spiced crema. It was quite a tasty dessert, but honestly again it wasn’t amazing, they just tasted like regular donuts that you could get from like Tiny Tom’s or whatever — no hint of ricotta whatsoever. Probably wouldn’t get this again, although it was enjoyable.
We also shared a bottle of white wine and after splitting it four ways ended up being about $ 10/​person — pretty reasonably priced, especially considering the nice ambiance of this restaurant!
Although this wouldn’t be my number one choice for Italian food, I wouldn’t mind coming here again to try other things, and our server on my last visit was very engaging and funny and made our dining experience fun!

I have mixed feelings about this review. I went here for the first time with a number of colleagues while we were attending a conference nearby. We made a reservation here for 6:30 PM based partly on the restaurant’s reputation for great food and partly on location convenient to Church Wellesley.
The entire party was seated and served with drinks by about 6:45 PM, and that’s when the problem began. Some 45 minutes later, those of us who had ordered cold appetizers or salads received them, while those who had ordered hot appetizers, including minestrone, did not get their first course until nearly half an hour later.
We were informed that the kitchen was backed up and our server was appropriately apologetic. However, all we got for the next hour was continued occasional apologies. We did not receive our main courses until two hours after we were seated. The restaurant was not even full at this time, as there were at least two empty tables, and several tables were only partially occupied.
That said, the food was good, and beautifully prepared. the restaurant itself is lovely, and the staff were very polite. The bresaola & pear salad was good, though not stunning, and my garganelli pasta was delicious, albeit rather pricey for the half portion that I ordered. The restaurant offered us a free dessert, but at that point we had been there for two and half hours and were running very late for an event.

ENVIRONMENT — When I think classy Italian dining, I’d probably think of Little Anthony’s since it’s complete with the whole ensemble of white tablecloths, mirrored walls, dim lights, cushiony seats etc. It’s a great place to take a date imo.
SERVICE — Bill was our server, and he was fantastic and super friendly and attentive. even exchanging a couple of dirty innuendos with my table.
FOOD — They have a regular sized and a smaller sized for a slightly cheaper price. The smaller portion size is great if you’re ordering an appetizer as well. But since we didn’t, I got the Risotto funghi (regular portion for $ 19), which comes with mascarpone, truffle, thyme. It was just the right amount of creamy and mushroomy, and smelt and tasted soo good. And it’s a personal preference, but I liked how they didn’t cut up the mushrooms into tiny pieces, and kept the mushrooms into bite-​sized chunks.
My party also shared the ricotta fritter dessert with chopped hazelnuts and few pieces of candied orange. It comes with this really nice custard-​like cream you can dip your fritters in. To be honest, I couldn’t really taste the ricotta cheese as it was more like a doughnut/​fritter-​like pastry to me. It was $ 9 for 5 pieces, which I think is a little bit pricey for what it’s worth, but nonetheless it was still tasty. I’d recommend sharing this since I don’t think I could have finished all 5 fritters by myself. a bit too much dough.
Overall, great quality pastas in a classy dining environment. I’d come back to try out the other pastas!

I love this spot, I wish I worked closer to this place because everyone would find me here eating lunch everyday.
The venue is nice, staff are dressed up with long aprons, the way they set it up, you don’t feel like your crammed in a can, you can breathe.
Came here for lunch, we shared the salad and each got our own pasta dish.
Lunch:
Fall Caprese Salad ($ 15) Sweet and Sour Beets, Torn Bufala Mozzarella, Vincotto and Olive Oil.
Spaghetti Pomodoro ($ 24) Tomato Sauce, Basil with Turkey Meatballs.
Rigatoni Arrabiata ($ 17.50) Spicy Pomodoro Sauce, Italian Herbs and Pepperoncini.
All pasta dishes are served with freshly grated parmigiano reggiano and both were super yummy!
Love this place, it’s the best! :)

Service was friendly and attentive, but not overbearing. Atmosphere was quiet and cozy with soft jazz playing in the background. Definitely a good place if you want to carry conversation with friends or want a nice evening with your significant other. Good selection of wines available at various prices.
Food was well presented and everything tasted amazingly fresh. All food orders came out at reasonable times with the right amount of time lapses in between courses. Plus they decorated a slice of tiramisu for my friend’s birthday.
We shared the turkey meatballs ($ 14) which was absolutely tender and had a nice blend of sauce, cheese and basil, the bacon wrapped dates ($ 8.50) were cooked nicely; cheese stuffing wasn’t overwhelming and bacon added a nice crisp taste.
The mixed salad ($ 8.75) was lightly dressed with shallot vinaigrette and could have used more greens on the plate since it wasn’t much of a serving portion.
Main pasta portion was a little on the smaller side for $ 19.75, but was delicious. I ordered the linguine alla vongole which was cooked with a bit too much olive oil for my liking. Pasta was made with fresh littleneck clams, cherry tomatoes, smoked bacon, chili and lemon.
Overall a great dining experience, but a little on the pricey side for what you’re getting.

Exactly what I was looking for. A relatively quiet restaurant with good food that is somewhere in the downtown core. This is one of the few places I’d happily go to knowing that I can actually hear and enjoy my conversation and my food. Not a super easy find given the propensity of DT Core lunchers to crowd all the decent places in the area.
The service was excellent, attentive but not at all pretentious. The setting was pleasant and we enjoyed the natural light coming through the window, a good break for office florescent lighting! We both had the same lunch special, a blackened salmon served with pasta. I don’t remember the sauce name, but it was perfect for a cold afternoon.
Looking forward to coming here again.

This was an impromptu visit as we were heading to the pan am games concert to see Machel Montaño. They had a summerlicious menu but nothing really spoke to us. My girl ordered the chicken parm and I got the flank steak with gnocchi. They do give bread with olive oil which I always like. It was just regular white bread but still good. My steak was actually cooked perfectly to medium. The gnocchi it came with was not too heavy and was a great accompaniment. My friend said her meal was good but nothing to brag about. They don’t have an extensive menu and it is a bit pricy. The ambiance is very contemporary romantic so would recommend for a nice date. However I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here, but if you’re in the area then I would give it a shot

I have been coming to Toronto in a weekly basis, and so far (6 weeks after) I have not had any meal that could give me a WOW feeling. That ended last night when I decided to try this restaurant which was located right next to my hotel. Upon arriving inside of the restaurant, I could smell the fresh pasta in the air, which was a great sign!
Everything is absolutely fantastic not to mention the service and attention by the manager while you dine. I had the «Bacon Wrapped Dates» and that is probably one of the most flavorful foods I have ever ate! I am coming back for more and more excellent dinners here! I actually started putting this review together before my first course was even received. If this restaurant is rated 160 on TripAdvisor it is because it is underrated.

Surprenant, je m’attendais à pas grand chose mais le risotto aux champignons a passé le test avec brio et tout le reste était très bien. Rien à redire, dans le genre italien ultraclassique, c’est parfait surtout si on est dans un des hôtels tout près et qu’on a pas envie de se casser la tête. La carte de vin est «acceptable». La sélection au verre pourrait être plus intéressante.