Cantina Gia

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   Bill

   Toronto

   17 reviews

   5.0

   17 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing food, tremendous service! Well done, looking forward to coming back soon.
   

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   Monique

   VIP

   Ottawa

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Cantina Gia is ine of our go to restaurants. Great food, wonderful ambiance and excellent service!
   

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   Alvaro

   Key West

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   The restaurant, despite being beautiful, surpasses its fame more than the reality of its food and service. The staff is a group of incredible girls, but the food is not good. We ordered rigatoni pasta with sausage, and my husband had a shrimp risotto (which had no shrimp and instead had scallops). I feel like they are constantly supervising the table, interrupting at all times to ask if we need anything or if we haven’t paid yet, and there is always pressure to leave. It was my anniversary dinner, and we honestly felt pressured the whole time. The food was almost cold (without being completely cold), which is why we didn’t return the dishes. They arrive straight to eat, but if you wait even a minute, they cool down. For appetizers, we ordered focaccia and olives with pecorino (which I think is overrated – paying $12 for such a poor appetizer that literally had 4 cubes of pecorino). We ordered some prosecco, and that was fine. We didn’t order dessert because, honestly, the dishes weren’t memorable, and I didn’t expect a good dessert. verall, for a bill like yesterday’s, my recommendation is that there are thousands of better options, so if you have the chance to go, don’t go!!
   

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   Denise

   Ottawa

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely lunch! A go to spot for lunch with a good friend! Love the arancini, especially. Very fond of the rose wine, too!
   

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   kelly

   Toronto

   45 reviews

   5.0

   45 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Food is great - always creative and delicious. Concern today as my dining guest mentioned a sensitivity to spinach. She realized her green salad was full of fresh spinach. She picked it out but it could have made her quite sick. Either server did not pass this along or kitchen forgot. Allergies are important to take note of - especially when server asks and gets a reply.
   

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   Joseph

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 8 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food and service…just like everytime I visit there! Love Cantina Gia.
   

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   Christina

   Ottawa

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 8 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   We had a reservation and we were never told that we had a time limit. Had a lovely dinner and when our waitress asked if we wanted to order another drink, we did. She returned a couple minutes later telling us that she had another reservation waiting and we needed to leave right away, so she couldn’t serve us our drinks. Not even an offer to move us to the bar. Food was great as always but that soiled the experience.
   

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   Nella

   Naples

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 8 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Our server was great. Toast was burnt asked for another toast and server gave us 10% off bill for inconvenience. Was very kind of her.
   

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   Katie

   Ottawa

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 7 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our server Emma really elevated our experience by providing exceptional recommendations on our first time at the restaurant. We ordered foccacia paired with warm olives and each had a pasta dish. Everything was incredibly tasty and unique.
   

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    Taylor

    Ottawa

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on 6 February 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Delicious food everytime - the carbonara is my go-to. Tried the calamari to start this time and was so glad I did!
    

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