Pizzeria Via Mercanti

Authentic Italian. The best pizza I have ever had in Canada. They bring chile, olive oil and Parmesan cheese to your table enhance. They even gave bread to try the oils while we awaited our pizzas. The staff are so friendly and welcoming. Our waitress was from Napoli! She said this is the closest to home she has eaten since arriving to Canada. A real gem, do not be dissuaded by the adjacent businesses. Go in and enjoy. You most certainly will.

One of the best Italian restaurants downtown! We really liked their Arancino di Riso, nice and crispy on the outside and cheesy inside. Their meatballs were great as well, the tomato sauce is delicious. Highly recommend their Romolo's pizza, you get the best of both sides.

Ate lunch today with my cousins. The food was great, the servers were polite and professional. We did not feel rushed to eat and leave nor were we pressured to get drinks or desserts. A light-hearted impromptu moment occurred while the next table beside us was being served their food. Our server and another server was carrying all of that table's orders. The server called in to assist the main server accidentally turned to serve us their plate but we pleasantly re-directed her to the other table. That server was embarrassed but it was all in good fun since miscommunications happen. After properly serving the plate she turned to me and I just gave her the "ok" hand symbol. She reciprocated with her "ok" hand symbol and smiled pleasantly. Basically these little social, impromptu interactions is what makes an activity more memorable, enjoyable and basically personable. I will deduce that she is allowed to have these light moments with patrons because she feels comfortable and relaxed in her job. That comes from management and is a reflection of the entire restaurant (for good or for bad). For me, at this moment, at that time, it is good. I would most certainly come again. The food was "lights out"! So good, the gnocchi quattro sauce was creamy, the gnocchi itself was firm and forgiving, the lasagna tomato sauce was a good balance of tarty and sweet flavours, the pizza was flavourable with crispy crusts (wood stove oven!) and our main meat was so tender! Thank you for capping off a fantastic time with my cousins with a great meal to share!

A lovely Italian restaurant in Kensington Market. The atmosphere is authentic, as much as the food. The pizza is a real deal!

Authentic Napolitano pizzas and pastas done the original southern Italian way! The wood-fired oven makes for a quick cook and lends the char to the fluffy dough characteristic of Napoli. Fresh ingredients from local producers is a no brainer. Service was friendly and efficient, the pizzaiolo is a pro running it like clockwork. The pizza that I ordered to takeaway was hand-made in front of me and ready to go in 10 minutes. Having lived in Rome for 3 years and visited Naples many times, I can say this is the real deal. È buonissimo.

Giorgia the server who served us was exceptional, very kind, and professionally really competent. As an Italian, I can confirm that the restaurant utilizes high-quality ingredients and all of them are palatable. We will definitely come back and it will be one of our favorite destinations.

Food and pizza were great, thin crust, chewy, the only thing was that the toppings fell off the slice. It’s more of a knife and fork type style of eating pizza, however the flavours were delicious.

We had a great Margarita pizza! The dough was amazing! A little more sauce would have been nice. Pizza came fast. The only downside was the washrooms were quite dirty