La Vecchia - Etobicoke

Even though we didnt have a booking, the manager went to the trouble of looking after our party of 7 really well. When seated, service was impeccable, food well cooked snd tasty. An experience well-worth repeating!

tldr: Decent Italian with an inviting modern atmosphere. Great food, decent service, except for a terrible miscommunication and attempt to resolve our issue.Word of advice: bottles of water cost $7 each, and this restaurant makes no effort to distinguish this from regular tap water!Made a first visit to La Vecchia. Great ambience, with a very clean, modern interior. We were served quickly and the menu has a great spread of appetizers, house-made pastas and pizza, pretty much on par with other Italian restaurants in the area.We had an issue where our server failed to communicate that 'regular' still water is charged $7 per bottle. When we arrived, our server had only offered the choice of regular still or sparkling. Naturally, like all restaurants in Canada, still water or tap water is free.We had several rounds of refills to our water over the course of our meal. The bottles appear generic and came open, so there is absolutely nothing to distinguish this water from regular tap water, as restaurants frequently do with used wine bottles.Unfortunately, we were hit with a bill of $7 bottles of water. When we brought this to the attention of our server, he called the manager who blamed the fault to the server for not communicating this well enough. The manager was unsympathetic towards the issue and offered to take just one bottle off the bill. He admitted despite being the fault of the restaurant staff, it was our fault as the customer to pay for it even though we were misinformed. Quite the cold shoulder treatment, and said we could simply not tip to have the server 'pay' for the fault.Overall, the food was decent, the atmosphere and location are great. It's a bit of a shame that the level of service was dismal to end our night here.

Had another great dining experience at LaVecchia last night. The house made pasta was outstanding! Service is attentive. This is a no rush place where you can enjoy the food and your dinner conversation!

Awesome. We sat on the patio and had terrific service (outstanding really) and the best pizza. Perfectly prepared. Really fantastic!

Quality of customer service is excellent and so the food. This a very relax/european feeling restaurant. No one comes to pressure you to order, eat and then pay so they can fit more clients in. You can relax, eat chat and enjoy the food and atmosphere. Visited this location a few times. Always left with a full stomach and as happy client.