La Picola - Calgary

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"La Piccola Napoli Restaurant has been serving authentic Italian cuisine at the same location in south Calgary since 1988. We have been awarded the Reader's Digest Best Restaurant award, and the Calgary Herald's Reader's Choice for Best Restaurant in Calgary."

Address: Mcleaod Trail SE Calgary , Calgary T6H, AB, CA

State: AB

City: Calgary

Zip Code: T6H

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Excellent Italian food.  So good.  Plus an admirable job done by the owner running the front of house by himself.

This place is awesome! The food is incredible, and you can even taste the freshness in all of their dishes. Nothing is overdone, and the portions are just right. For one person you can look to spend anywhere from $30-$40 after taxes depending on what you order. I would highly recommend this place for anyone who is looking for an authentic Italian meal, as well as to support a small local business.

The food was bland and did not seem very fresh or of high quality. Portions ample and price reasonable. I would not want to eat there again.  The service was confusing -  one of our three servers asked us if we were finished when we hadn't even gotten our entrees yet.  Several other mistakes were made - everyone makes mistakes sometimes, but there were a lot of them.  The decor - while I like a little eclectic and kitchy and wacky, this lacked charm. Not to my taste. I found the lighting too bright and the music tacky.

The food was so-so generic "italian" and the service matched. They didn't write our order down, and there was a long wait between the appetizers and main. We had 3 different people "attend" our table, and none of them seemed to be on the same page. I kinda liked the old school family-ran vibe, but it was not enough to make a return visit.

This place is very antiquated. Food menu probably hasn't changed since it opened. Pasta is store bought not made, perhaps the sauces as well. Dishes are not put together as one but separate. So if you order veal or chicken with pasta, you get a sauce with the meat, and a different sauce with the pasta separated out on each side of the plate. The quality of the food isn't very good, especially considering the prices. The service isn't very good either, couldn't even get a refill on water. Desert was also poor. Don't want to beat up on local family businesses since it would great to have a good one in the community, but I don;t think this restaurant has much life left unless they get better and change the menu drastically.

Unfortunately our experience at La Piccola Napoli was very disappointing. We came into the city to celebrate a family member's birthday and chose this restaurant based on the reviews.  The service we received was basically non-existent. Some of the entrees were brought to us cold, but we could say nothing because our server never returned to our table until it was time for us to leave. Another staff member came just to clear our dishes long after we had finished eating and alerted our server that we were likely looking for the bill. The bill was then dropped at the table along with the debit machine and we were once again left to fend for ourselves.  For the price of the meal, the portion sizes are quite small and the presentation is sloppy. We won't be returning for our next special event.

Such a disappointing turn for this restaurant, which pre-pandemic was one of my favorites in the city.  The food is still delicious, but there's a total lack of service that the food can't make up for.  We had a 6 PM reservation for 2 on Friday night, and when we came in, there was absolutely no staff to be seen with only 3 tables seated. Our server, Mike, seemed anxious to get our orders in as soon as possible and was waiting by the bar for us to close our menus. We weren't given the specials though later in the evening we heard some tables got them sporadically. When I ordered my dish, I realized I wasn't prompted for what sauce choice I wanted - I had to physically flag him down to ring in the correct dish to the kitchen.  The food came out fairly quickly, but then we were left alone for more than 45 minutes. No one came back to check on how the food was, or to refill any of our water/drinks. Both Mike and the other server were frantically moving around, taking orders and delivering dishes, even though the restaurant was quiet and calm. The entire night we only ever saw 2 staff in the front of house, presumably the owners themselves.  At one point they were right behind us and quietly sniping at each other - he then spun around and took our empty plates from us so roughly that he almost dropped dirty cutlery on me.  Based on that experience, we will not be returning. If you do go, definitely don't go during a "busy" time.

We came in during busy hours on a weekend dinner without reservation. We waited for a seat and it was worth the wait. The service is top notch and friendly. A memorable experience. The decorations were outdated, but it shows the age of a successful restaurant.  All of the food were amazing, salmon was cooked well and we'll seasoned. The bread was delicious, warm and perfectly soft to my liking. The pasta servings were just right. Overall, I would go back again.

The owner made us feel at home from the moment we walked in for a dinner date, he is very friendly and chatty and explained the menu for us. The food was some of the best Italian food I have ever had in Calgary, the chicken parmigiana was delicious! I am sad that I didn’t discover this place sooner, as it had been around for 30 years but I am only discovering it now! Will return anytime and if you love Italian food you just check out this quaint and family run restaurant!

FILTHY restaurant with chairs that are falling apart and unsafe not to mention the HORRENDOUS attitude of the self appointed shaggy unkempt “owner” His demeanour was ATROCIOUS… and his level for distain for service…… is definitely projected upon his guests….. I would NEVER step foot in this DUMPSTER FIRE if a “restaurant” …. also … food ALL OVER the dining room floor… i am considering calling the food inspectors due to the absolute minimum…you can’t tell me there is no mice….. .. i’m so glad we can say - without  a doubt -  we will never be back….  actually and truly deserves NEGATIVE 5 * …..  i mean if your going to act like a total pig…. at least put it directly on the menu….

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