Ottawa Foodies

Ugh. The pizza here is subpar. The sauce is bland, the crust tastes like it's store bought from Loeb, the sausage has no flavour, the peppers are not roasted and the sundried tomatoes (my favourite pizza topping) are sliced so thinly that you can't tell that they're there.

On top of this, the service is mediocre: I'm not quite sure what Mers meant when s/he said that their water was refilled often, because it took us four tries to get water (but they had no issue pushing the $1.75 soft drinks...oh, that's for a can by the by).

It wasn't awful, but it sure as heck wasn't great. Won't be back.

I went to Forno Antico to meet up with old friends. One of my friends had her 6-year old son with her and I had my 3-year old son with me. The two boys played with toy cars on a nearby table after the waitress had told us it was okay.

After they had been playing for about 10 minutes or so, the owner stuck his head out of the kitchen/cash area and shouted (yes, shouted) something like "They can't do that in here - you can't do that in here!". We were all shocked. His behaviour was extremely tactless and rude. When we left he gave us a phony-sounding "Have a great evening folks". Right.

I will never return there and I will be telling everyone I know with kids never to go there. Lots of other places have good pizza. The pizza was good, mind you, but the owner's behaviour pretty much ruined our get-together and our evening. No thanks.

I was worried because I didn't want it confused with Casa Antico Forno which is at 270 Montreal Rd. We've actually gotten them mixed up when calling in and ordering!! Haha...

Unfortunately, they listed themselves as "Antico Forno" with the phone company (probably mixed up firstname and lastname). The good news is that "Forno Antico" still kind of works for the Location lookup. So I changed it. :)

My bf and I dined in at Forno Antico tonight. The decor is simple but nice. The service was prompt (water refills when our glasses were empty, greeted as we walked in the door, orders taken within a few minutes of arriving, and food arrived quickly) and friendly. I had the Primavera pizza (I asked for no cheese) and bf had the Mediterranean. Just like foodlover, I didn't get any spinach on my pizza, but it was tasty, so I didn't bother to ask about it or send it back. My bf enjoyed his pizza too. My new favourite pizza joint. I was happy to see that they deliver too.

The name of this restaurant is backwards on this tag...it should be FORNO Antico, the one at 683 Bronson Ave.

This is the Primavera (I wanted to take a pic with it still in the box b/c it's square but we already put it on our plates...)
On the menu it says: Mushrooms, green peppers, black olives, roasted red peppers, and spinach. BUT, there was red peppers (not roasted), no spinach, and fresh basil? I hate it when resto's don't follow what their menu says!! Grrr..

With that being said, the sauce wasn't really flavorful and a little skimpish on the mozza cheese. I had asked what kind of cheese, if any, was on the Primavera when I called, since it didn't have it listed with the toppings like the other pizzas do.
Not too memorable...I think he's selling the fact that it's wood burning....

Antico has some great pizza, and its rectangular too. For those of you that enjoy a traditional style the margarita (sp) is a great choice. Its just a simple tomato base with boccocini and basil. I usually have to pick up as their delivery driver takes off early.