Ottawa Foodies

#4:
Another friend had Chicken breast with blue cheese, he said it’s good. - $23.99 (?)

Overall, it was a restaurant that I’d like to go back again. Service was good, food was good, and atmosphere was pretty good. Price was alright. The only thing was that it was quite packed - not that comfy to sit for too long.

#3:
My boyfriend is a big fan of lamb, so no surprise he ordered grilled lamb rack again, according to him, the meat was cooked well, but the sauce was quite bland, I’ve tasted and agree. - $28.99.

#2:
Girlfriend ordered the special entrée of the night – Spaghetti with grilled chicken, plum tomatoes, and roasted veggies in pesto sauce (?) She is quite happy, portion was filling.
- $ 16.99

Main courses #1:
I ordered Linguini with Grilled chicken, sun dried red bell peppers, artichoke in white wine creamy sauce.
The chicken was cooked just right, very flavorful. The linguini’s texture was great - wondering if it’s made in-house, the creamy white wine sauce is good too, not so heavy. - $ 13.99

I always heard the good comments on this tiny Italian restaurant, so finally I decided to give a try :)
Friday night, 4 of us went to Café Mio, we made a reservation @7:00. It’s FULL HOUSE by the time we
got there!
Beside the regular menu items, they also had a few specials of the night. I ordered from the menu, but have tried their daily soup – sun dried tomato and mushroom soup with dried basil… hot and fresh made - $5.
My friends ordered their house salad, very fresh too but nothing special - $6.

Had an excellent lunch here last week. I had the sandwich special and salad, my date had pasta and we shared a yummy lemon creme brulee...what looked best was the soup of the day (cream of mushroom, full of mushrooms)at the next table. Courteous, attentive and nicely paced service. We'll be back soon.

Had a soup and pasta lunch here, on the patio, last summer.

Yummm Yumm soup. Pasta, pretty good.

Meant to post a review here after our last visit to Caffe Mio, but forgot until I saw Fat Cat's review.

We were last here during Westfest, having wanted to get away from the busy, limited menu restaurants in Westboro.

The wine we wanted (Fazi Battaglia) was no longer on their menu, so we got a recommendation from the waitress on a nice white wine. She recommended a pinot grigio.

We started with a Caesar salad (husband) and baby greens (myself). No complaints, both were quite tasty. For mains, I had a special off the board: a tuna steak, served with polenta and fresh veggies, in a beurre blanc with capers. Very tasty, although the tuna seemed like it was probably frozen at some point. Even still, it was quite good. My husband had one of their pastas, with spinach, roasted red pepper and prosciutto in a garlicky oil. He said it was very good.

For dessert we just had cappuccinos. They do a decent job on them here, with a nice amount of foam. Most places in Ottawa seem to do a cappuccino as a latte with just a little extra foam.

We'll be back for sure.

Had dinner here on Saturday. No reservation and were pleasantly surprised that a table was a available. The boys started with the caprese salad which were pretty good but they needed a little balsamic as there was no fresh basil (which is typically the major flavour).

I had a penne with a very light cream sauce with broccoli and sundried tomato. Lots of flavour without feeling heavy. The boys had the penne with rose sauce. They were raving over this one.

Had what appeared to be a hand-rolled tartuffo with pistachio and amaretto gelato and crushed almonds on the outside. Nice light dessert to top the evening off.

The coffees were not quite up to their usual good standards. The boys tell me they were a little strong for lattes but no bad.

All in all, a good meal for a reasonable price. Will keep going back.

Thanks for the spelling correction. :)