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"If you’re a fan of Neapolitan pizza, then this is easily one of the best pizzas in the city. The Italian-speaking staff is friendly and welcoming, and with the fresh, high-quality ingredients coming out of a traditional wood oven, you’ll feel like you’re Sicily." - Charles Lim aka Ched

On the Grid : Pizzeria Via Mercanti

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"Pizzeria Via Mercanti, Kensington Market by Charles Lim aka Ched. If you’re a fan of Neapolitan pizza, then this is easily one of the best pizzas in the city. The Italian-speaking staff is friendly and welcoming, and with the fresh, high-quality ingredients coming out of a traditional wood oven, you’ll feel like you’re Sicily."

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helen wang

Google

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.

Nick Chan

Google

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.

Daniel Evans

Google

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

Zijie Chen

Google

I asked the waitress if she could recommend any dishes without tomatoes because I am allergic to it. I followed her instructions and guess what, I got a plate of pasta full of tomatoes🤣 Then when I complained it to her, she said I should read the menu carefully next time because she ‘ won’t be able to remember everything’.

Aaron

Google

Good crust on the Diavola, but below average overall compared to other restaurants in Toronto. Was with a group of 10 and service was slow and inattentive, especially with the baked-in 20% gratuity. Took forever to get the bills on a Monday evening.

Ronnie T.

Google

Being from New Jersey, I know good pizza. But this place, this was shocked me. Who would have ever thought such good pizza would be found way up in Toronto!? The pizza was made in a wood burning oven, and it was very flavorful. We also ordered rice balls and they were awesome as well. My only gripe was the pizza was a bit small. The prices are what you would expect in a city area. The service was excellent and very friendly and welcoming.

Nicole

Google

Ordered the ciambella ripiena and had a bite of the bambino. The ciambella ripiena was undercooked. Dough was chewy. Cheese was yummy but could’ve used a little bit more heat to melt it some more. Pepperoni on the bambino was undercooked. Fries had a weird aftertaste. As if they fried it with oil that was used to deep fry something else. Server was hospitable but not stellar. Saw the bambino was only half eaten and we did not request for a box and did not inquire if there was anything wrong with it.

Amruta Nikte

Google

This place has the nicest servers I have ever met. Katy gave us complimentary bread because it was very busy and our order was taking longer. The chef is very talented. Food was amazing and they allow for meat substitution, which is great for vegetarians. Overall 10/10

helen wang

Google

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.

Nick Chan

Google

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.

Daniel Evans

Google

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

Zijie Chen

Google

I asked the waitress if she could recommend any dishes without tomatoes because I am allergic to it. I followed her instructions and guess what, I got a plate of pasta full of tomatoes🤣 Then when I complained it to her, she said I should read the menu carefully next time because she ‘ won’t be able to remember everything’.

Aaron

Google

Good crust on the Diavola, but below average overall compared to other restaurants in Toronto. Was with a group of 10 and service was slow and inattentive, especially with the baked-in 20% gratuity. Took forever to get the bills on a Monday evening.

Ronnie T.

Google

Being from New Jersey, I know good pizza. But this place, this was shocked me. Who would have ever thought such good pizza would be found way up in Toronto!? The pizza was made in a wood burning oven, and it was very flavorful. We also ordered rice balls and they were awesome as well. My only gripe was the pizza was a bit small. The prices are what you would expect in a city area. The service was excellent and very friendly and welcoming.

Nicole

Google

Ordered the ciambella ripiena and had a bite of the bambino. The ciambella ripiena was undercooked. Dough was chewy. Cheese was yummy but could’ve used a little bit more heat to melt it some more. Pepperoni on the bambino was undercooked. Fries had a weird aftertaste. As if they fried it with oil that was used to deep fry something else. Server was hospitable but not stellar. Saw the bambino was only half eaten and we did not request for a box and did not inquire if there was anything wrong with it.

Amruta Nikte

Google

This place has the nicest servers I have ever met. Katy gave us complimentary bread because it was very busy and our order was taking longer. The chef is very talented. Food was amazing and they allow for meat substitution, which is great for vegetarians. Overall 10/10

Pizzeria Via Mercanti

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