Mirto Italian Restaurant & Bar

Great experience — food was fantastic, easily the best pasta I’ve tasted, and made from scratch. Excellent service, myself and my partner were made feel truly welcome. Probably the most friendly experience I’ve had — Carlo and Shauna were awesome!
Will definitely return, looking forward to our next meal here! (Pro tip — the drinks are excellent too!)

Went with a group of friends on New Year’s Eve, it wasn’t busy yet the service was bad. There were enough servers for the amount of guests that night, however none of them really wanted to make our dining experience a memorable one.
The food was okay; their pasta was too hard, sauce was too salty. The bread for starter was cold and it wasn’t even fresh. My point is, if you’re not gonna put all effort into serving something, you might as well not serving nothing at all. Don’t do anything half-​assed.
The ambiance was good, I liked the atmosphere the restaurant and its decoration was giving. The servers weren’t pleasant to talk/​interact with.
Didn’t ruin our New Year’s Eve but it was a big disappointment.

Went on a Monday night and the place was practically empty — we were there about 90 minutes and including us there were only three tables seated at any one time and only five in total. I expected it to be slow, but not dead. At least the service was decent as there was no way the wouldn’t be able to keep up.
You expect a good Caesar at an Italian restaurant — not so much at Mirto. No romaine lettuce and only a passable dressing. The cheese was pre-​grated. It was disappointing. Next up was the rigatoni — extremely salty! I like salty, but this was too much. Next was the chicken which was pretty good. Desert was good.
Décor is nice, but run down. Presentation of the food was very good. Looks like they’re struggling and cutting corners where they think nobody will notice. Decent value with the Groupon, but won’t be going back — Mercato down the street is a better bet.

Where do I begin?! This place was awesome!
Quiet because its summer and the locals like to eat outside (its in a busy downtown area) but didn’t bother me any… It was my birthday dinner.
4course Italian dinner… They set the bar for any other place I go. The waiter is down to earth and very conversational– I love that! The place has a very welcoming feel, not stuck up.
The chef gets 6 stars!!! Tender chicken full of flavor and the bolognese sauce. Amazing!
I wish we lived closer!!!

No problem if a restaurant is closed to the public on a Friday night for a private event. But if someone calls to make a reservation and is disappointed, then you better pull out some customer service skills and make sure that someone wants to try to make a reservation again in the future. That phone conversation has turned me off from this place and I haven’t even tasted the food.

Small Italian restaurant in downtown core. Food seems to be home made and decent. Service is lacking though.

Used Groupon coupon 4 cours dinner for two.
Restaurant is almost empty and there were two other groups who also seemed to brought same Groupon.
Start off we got salad which was pretty bland and half of normal portion and pasta was okay but still ridiculously small.
Both of us got beef steak but it was almost half of thickness of normal steaks that you get from Sobeys or Metro. The worst part was the mashed potato that came as a side with the steak which I swear it was made from one of those nasty mash potato powder that you get from grocery store.
Lastly we ordered tiramisu and red velvet for dessert — tiramisu was delicious but red velvet seemed not fully baked because it felt soggy in the centre.
The service was nice and the waitress tried her best to make us happy. but the food was just mediocre.

Went here on a Thursday night and the place was empty, the service is substandard and the food is average at best. Had the mixed antipasti plate which was basically a selection of cold cuts from your grocery store and the main course rigatoni with meat sauce was overcooked and without flavour. The espresso for desert however was very good.
Consider spending your time and money at a different place in you are in for food, for an espresso it has my recommendation.

My dining partner asked me to meet her here at 5:30 pm on a Tuesday.
I work up the street. Strolled in. Big burly white haired man looked at me cockeyed. Oh well — I say I think I have a reservation for 5:30 pm. he said nope nothing on my reservation list. He said «are you paying with a groupon, because if you are I cant honour that without a reservation.» I said I don’t know because I was meeting someone who had planned it. He then said there is a problem with their gas line and no grilling could happen and only the salmon was available for a main course.
Anyways I was told where to grab a seat, and pointed at where to sit. I sat down. Waited. My dining partner arrived and sat down and said she had called earlier and heard about the gas line issue.
Big burly man arrives with water and stale bread. Another woman shows up puts on a servers pouch and starts to take our order.
I had the fusilli pasta with light cream sauce, salmon, arugula salad and TM.
Food was okay but I could see frozen veg were used. I ate it all because I was starving after work.
Would not come back here, service was null, and food was lower than average. for a $ 70.00 cost and valued groupon, with two glasses of wine, I still owed them $ 50.00.
I left feeling unsatisfied.

Went to this restaurant on a BuyTopia. Ordered Cesar salad, penne, and salmon with Tiramisu for dessert, something gave me Food poisoning, I was very sick about 4 hours later. Not very pleasant, will obviously never go back. Visit at your own risk.

We were using our voucher from BuyTopia which was expiring soon. Our pre-​fixe 4 course meal for two. I’m not much on the ambiance side, usually my focus is more on the food only.
We both got the salad… One caesar and one arugula. Both standard and definitely half portion if someone was to order their regular price option.
We had the vegetarian fusilli pasta and bolognese pasta. Both were cooked well and the portion was half size as well. Fusilli tasted better in my gf opinion.
Our mains were the striploin cooked well at medium but with too much fat, it seem I only got half of actual meat. Gf got the salmon which is alright, but not the best.
Dessert we chose red velvet cake which is a bit dry but its alright.
Service on a friday there was two servers. One didn’t seem like wearing proper uniform. One would just take the food away quickly without really patronizing us. I guess eating as a discount guest you get second class treatment…
And they automatically include the tip in the bill and give themselves the 15−20% rate regardless of service. Its alright, good thing its a chance to see what they offer which is just, ‘Meh’.

Stumbled on to the Mirto by accident. Looking for another restaurant and asked for directions. The owner gave directions and was so friendly, and after looking at the menu posted outside the door. I said we should be come back tomorrow.
Went back last night and experienced a wonderful meal in a very friendly atmosphere. My wife loves PENNE ARRABBIATA and loved this one. I choose the RIGATONI MIRTO with Bolognes sauce. Both had just the right amount of sauce. Both were great and food came piping hot.
The chefs take care in crafting each dish, you can watch as they plate the items if you are sitting in the right spot. The two gentlemen who were out front looked at each dish as it left the kitchen. How much better can it get. Noise level very comfortable.
Nice food, service great, and enjoyed our last night in Toronto!
Enjoy!

Went in here after dinner at Carisma last night for dessert and coffee. It was an impulse decision and I am so happy we decided on this cute little place!
Don’t let the odd entrance fool you! Once you’re inside, you are instantly welcomed by the warm lighting and kind ambiance.
The staff are super friendly too, which is always nice to see.
Our order:
1 Pc of red velvet cake — So fresh and delicious!
1 Pc of Crème brûlée cheesecake — Super rich but yummy!
1 Cappachino
1 Speciality coffee w/​liquor
I give it 5 stars and will plan to come back for dinner :)

Amazing pasta. The starters and mains are all good, but the pasta is amazing, made from scratch and done to perfection with outstanding sauces. Great place to take your special someone out for a nice dinner in downtown TO!

It is the second time I visited this restaurant. I almost order the same plate. First the mussel is so juicy and tender, and then comes the Seafood pasta that tops with lots of seafood. Of course I won’t miss the Tiramisu. Don’t expect a very high class service. It looks as if it is a family owned restaurant. Just blend in and enjoy the good food.

One of my last holiday lunches with my workplace family, we decided to go to Mirto. Located on Toronto Street in a restored historic building with very high ceilings and a Victorian interior, Mirto provides a welcoming and comforting place for folks to dine. There are 2 large rooms and one room can be used as a private dining area.
Antonio, one of the co-​owners, greeted us with gusto, he is one of my colleagues’ hubby. Throughout the walls on the restaurant, patrons may notice signatures of Toronto celebrities like sport stars Kelly Gruber and Cito Gaston and even the Queen of the Nile has signed the walls of the resto.
Their menu specializes in blended Italian comfort cooking with pastas, pizzas, entrees and chef specials of the day. Their freshly baked foccacia bread was very well received at the table as we were hungry

Ended up here after viewing the hopeless lineup at Terroni’s (at 5.45 be forewarned). Very similar menu and style. Food was quite good, I had the gorgonzola pasta and it was very nice, subtle and not too overpowering. My friend ordered the veal chop and everyone at the table did a double take… a number of Fred Flintstone, brontosaurus jokes were made. Suffice to stay it was sizable and was reportedly tasty as well. I agree with the comment that service was a bit erratic and didn’t give you that warm, well-​fed jovial feeling typical of Italian restaurants. We chalked it up partially to our early start but perhaps it is more chronic. I would recommend as a good choice for theatre goers as an alternative to that other italian restaurant.

Great food. Service could have been better. A great place if you are looking for good food away from crowds. On a Friday night this place was more or less empty.