La Squadra – Restaurant Cuisine Italienne

Disappointed. Primed up for a night out for a birthday celebration, but they lost our reservation!? Wednesday night, 10 girls, restaurant was near empty and they were not very welcoming. The food that followed was either bland or too salty, not sure if the chef was off, but we were not happy with the price for quality. The hostess/waitress never smiled or said anything nice, didn’t even try. Won’t be given a second chance.

We were greeted and seated promptly, our server came over right away and filled our glasses with water & took our drink order. They left us plenty of time to view the menu and make our choices but at the same time they did come by a few times to make sure we were OK. We (party of 4) ordered our entrées and main course at the same time. The somellier (Martin) did come to our table to make wine recommendations, this is one of the little things we like. The entrées (polpetta and escargots) came in a decent amount of time, I would say about 20-30 mins (we weren’t in a hurry so I was not watching the time). I had the wild boar and it was excellent! the meat was cooked perfectly, it was so tender it melted in your mouth (compliments to the chef and her crew). The other persons in the party had the Linguine Louisana, Wild boar and another pasta dish and they all loved their meals. Again, the main course came within a decent amount of time and it was very hot. Our waiter kept our glasses filled with water and wine and was very attentive, polite and respectful. We spent a very nice evening (3 hours) in a great ambiance, not too noisy, great décor and excellent food/wine. Thank you to Kassandra and crew (chef/kitchen), Martin and Nathalie (somellier/host) and our server (Joelle).

First time at this gem of a restaurant. Our meal was perfection done by a chef who knew how to surprise us with our yummy meals. Started with the snail dish which was so yummy and can’t wait to have it again. My main meal was shrimp fettuccini which was a big portion and I ended the meal with crème brûlée which is a favourite of mine and was happy to see it came warm.
The atmosphere was stunning and had great serves from the sommelier for our wine and our waitress was so attentive.
I recommend this restaurant and will be certainly going back.

The food was good overall. My wife had ravioli which consisted of about 5 pieces in a very tasty sause. The issue is that the quantity was less than that of an entre. Myself and our friends shared our food with her. They charged $32 for the tiny portion of ravioli, it was worth $15 max. The weird thing is that all other meals were of standard portions. The service was pathetic. They were fast getting us wine and taking our orders, but it took more than 1.5 hours to get our main course and the snack for my wife. It is an overpriced and sad excuse for a upper class restaurant. I do NOT recommend.

i would rate the food here as good. however, service could be a little better. we were seated at such a small table that we had to ask the waiter to take things away.

can use a better layout and tables.

the fish was good