Stelvio

First time at this restaurant. Was slightly scared when there was only one other couple in the place at 6:15 PM but my fear was soon put to rest.
Laura was our server and she was fantastic! Fully knew the menu, had a great personality and charming.
The menu is about six pages of black and white copy paper on a clipboard and the names of the foods were surely Italian. Laura made some excellent recommendations though and we weren’t disappointed in the slightest.
We started with the Sciatt and Tagliere Misto. Well actually we started with some great bread they get from a local bakery and some olive oil to dip it in. Both of the appetizers were delicious. The prosciutto was really nice and not too salty as many I’ve had before are.
For the entrées, we ordered the Pizzoccheri Di Teglio. Reading the description I was originally put off slightly because of the mention of cabbage and potatoes mixed with pasta. When it came out it resembled a stroganoff but was very tasty. Don’t let the look of it deceive you. Laura said it was one of the dishes that’s returned to the kitchen most frequently because it doesn’t look like what people expect. Once you get past that though, it really is quite tasty.
We ordered a Zigeuner as well which comes out on a large wooden skewer that looks like a jumbo pencil. I forgot to ask what type of meat it was and although it was a bit salty, it was nice.
We had the Estiva salad as well for some green accompaniment to everything which was nice. Traditional oil and lemon to dress the salad which I’m personally not too crazy about but got past it quickly enough with the other food.
I let Laura twist my arm on dessert and followed her recommendation again with the Torta Di Mele E Gelato which is fancy for apple cake and gelato which was a really nice way to end this fantastic northern Italy cuisine.
Almost forgot to mention the white wine she recommended. Can’t remember the name and the online menu doesn’t list the wines for me to refer to but was like a Sauvignon Blanc and was a great choice with all of our picks.
Overall if you’re looking for a nice Italian restaurant that’s outside of the norm, you’ve definitely got to give Stelvio a try!

I enjoyed my dinner at Stelvio. Finally an Italian restaurant that is not all about pasta with tomatoes sauce or meatballs.
We loved their brasato with polenta and the tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms.

Pros:
— Love the whitewashed patios, walls and décor. Overall, the restaurant is very stylish, clean and gives off the ambiance of a hip, modern Italian bistro.
— The homemade tagliatelle pasta was delicious! The mushrooms were also very flavourful. You can definitely taste the difference between the pasta here compared to other pasta dishes at restaurants that use store bought pasta.
— Accommodating staff.
— Food was served really quickly.
— Washroom was clean (which is a definite plus, especially since it was one of those basement washrooms).
Cons:
— Menu was a bit pricey.
— Bread was very dry and crunchy.

Really cool place. It’s got an antique feel. The food was excellent. They started off with a plate of bread and olive oil, which was pretty good. I had a risotto and I thought it was really good at first, but it got old about halfway through.
The waitress was really nice and friendly.
The bathrooms aren’t that great though. They’re really small, the toilet paper had a weird dispenser and there was no paper towels.
Great place though!

My friends and I stumbled into Stelvio after noticing the new bright white patio that popped up on Queen street.
Stelvio prides itself in serving Northern Italian food near the Valtellina region. The service was great, our waitress pointed out the well-​known dishes from the region and recommended which ones may be heavier/​lighter meals. I ordered the tagliatelle with mushrooms, while my friends ordered the buckwheat spaghetti and the taroz (potato purée with beans, butter and cheese). My pasta was very satisfying, but it was heavier and had a little bit too much butter/​oil for my liking. My friend felt the same way about her spaghetti and as a result we both could not finish our pastas.
I would try Stelvio again but it may not become one of my staple Italian restaurants.

This is restaurant that we have liked in the past — different take on Italian food and very vegetarian friendly. The last time we were there (earlier in the summer of 2015) shortly after their patio opened, we had a great experience — good food, excellent and friendly waitress who made sure I, my wife and our 2 kids were accommodated on the patio. Last night however, we had a bad experience — despite there being a couple of empty tables, the (head?) waitress came out to tell us that they can’t move anything on the patio to accommodate us — not only was the outcome unfortunate, but worse, the manner it was conveyed was rude and suggested that they’d rather just not have us there. Too bad. We won’t be returning though we live in the neighbourhood and were looking forward to trying all the different dishes as we had told the friendly waitress the first time around. Management — hope you get that this is a service business — its not just about the end-​product (food) — people go to restaurants for the entire experience.

The staff is very friendly, but this restaurant is nothing but a poor, ill-​advised attempt at Italian food. The polenta tastes like greasy cheese and nothing like polenta. There are way too many fried and pork-​based items on the menu. Their idea of grated parmesan is a salty powder of what may have been one day actual parmesan cheese. Even the salad was way too greasy. It has nothing to do with simple Italian food made with fresh ingredients.

We enjoyed our recent first time visit to Stelvio. I’m giving 4 stars because while the food was enjoyable it is overall a bit overpriced, $ 20 for a plate of polenta and sausage doesn’t seem reasonable for such simple ingredients. But the risotto was really good, and the server was nice, though the restaurant was surprisingly empty. Would consider coming back to try some of the other dishes, though I would definitely be back if they adjusted their prices to better fit the menu!

Well… Where do I start. I’ll start with the price category. 60 dollars for two people and one drink is two dollar signs only if both people had a three course dinner, not when one of two people leaves the place semi hungry. So don’t be fooled it’s priced as a fancy three dollar signs place. And as such it falls short on menus, silverware, plates and service, they are not bad, just way short of where they should be. Also, I am not sure what they are trying to be, cheese and meets or a healthy eating place with buckwheat pasta. I’ve never been to northern Italy, it’s possible that that food is very authentic, but if that is the case I am sold on southern Italy style of cooking from now on.

I ordered the Bormio Panini (pork sausage, lettuce, fresh tomato and homemade cheese sauce) couldn’t taste much cheese but tasted lots of mayo, which I’m not really a fan of. But other than that, it’s a solid sandwich.
The polenta fries are also amazing! It came with the sandwich, but I wish they gave more. They’re delicious!
The olive oil that’s served with the complimentary bread is also very good.
Will definitely return and try something different on the menu.

Was there last night for dinner and everything was amazing! I’m not going to try and remember the exact names fur things as I can’t even pronounce them but my friends and I shared a few things including the meat skewer, the signature pasta dish, the meat & cheese board and a polenta dish. Everything was super flavourful and our server was attentive and gave good recommendations. I’ll definitely be back!

Nice place! Didn’t think that i find a place which makes delicious italian food in kanada. :)

Cool setting and attentive service. A great addition to Queen W. culinary experience. As owners proudly shout it is not a «me too!» offering. It is uniquely dedicated to a single region with its menu and wine list, Valtellina of Northern Italy.
Tried Pizzaoccheri di Teglio, the signature dish upon recommendation of the waitress. It was absolutely yummy. Homemade fresh short tagliatelle with Valtellina cheese, cabbage, cube potatoes, fresh sage and garlic with generous amount of butter.
Wines are of Rivetti & Lauro, the iconic producer of Nebbiolo wines. I was most pleased of seeing their 2010 UI Valtellina Superiore DOCG on the wine list, the wine decorated with the prestigious Regional Trophy award in Decanter 2014 that I tasted earlier with a great admiration. Unfortunately it was my brief lunch stop. Soon will be back for food and but also wines.
Thank you!

Stopped in on a holiday Monday night for dessert. Place has style, which is cool — and clear the owner is very proud. Which is nice.
Place was relatively empty, so not much competition– but regardless the service was great. She was friendly and really tried to be helpful.
Got the Biscotti al burro con panna at the suggestion of the waitress. So they’re called butter cookies, and I’m not sure if there was some confusion w the waitress — but I was under the impression that these would be like wet biscoff cookies. I might have (wishful thinkingly) mentioned biscoff instead of biscotti and she didn’t want to correct me. But what I thought I was getting was not at all what I got — but what I got seems like what was supposed to come out. So, it was like 3 butter cookie/​short bread like squares w whipped cream. Like butter cookies, not much flavor and little sweetness. I was expecting a less dry biscoff/​speculous like cookie. Luckily for me, I asked for Nutella to dip it in. And Nutella is sooo good and basically turned the dessert into Nutella w butter cookie dippers. Which wasn’t at all worth the calories, but worked ok. So if you’re not a fool like me and know what you’re getting, you’re going to like it. I like sweet, which this was not. Nor was it cinnamony like biscoff.
Again, service was great and the place was cool, but Im guessing I would’ve rated it higher if I’d not been an idiot. The other ppl seemed really happy w their food and wine.