East Side Mario's - Ottawa

The wings are still epic, the beer is still cold and the service is still friendly. Carly at the bar was great!

There is plenty of space for dine-in, but they might be a little busy if you visit over the weekend. Staff is helpful with food suggestions and the service is pretty fast. We have tried different dishes and they all were flavourful. The price of the food is decent for the quantity. Also, they serve you with freshly baked bread loaf with butter at no cost, and it is unlimited. There are plenty of vegetarian options as well!

Overall great experience. Nice atmosphere if not a little noisy. The staff was friendly and food was delicious. I could fill up with those free breads at the start though, have to watch myself. I went with a big group and everyone got their drinks and food relatively quickly. I had a pizza with a cauliflower crust for the first time and it was surprisingly good and I couldn't really tell it was not a regular flour crust, other then it being really thin. It was soft and chewy like I'd expect a regular crust to be. The server was great but could have checked back more frequently as we ended up having a pile of dishes after soups and salads, and although I only asked near the end of our meal, I never did get a refill of my Italian soda, which was great except it was syrupy near the bottom, I guess I didn't mix it well. I would recommend to anyone.

Chicken wings and bread are crispy outside, soft inside and warm. Salad is fresh. We had Italian wedding, minestrone soup and scallop carbonate. They are taste good.

Stopped in while on a shopping trip with the family. Had a crew of 5 and anything above a 4 person seating area was unavailable. Luckily, the staff was very accommodating and allowed us to add a chair to get us seated quickly. Service was good, but very flighty. Took our order quickly, but as meal progressed just failed to bring out extras promised (Cheese for salad, red pepper for pasta, drink refills). Food was all well cooked and good, but bread for the table was never refilled nor were we asked for dessert. Check was delivered quickly. Overall, food was great, service was decent. Chalking up hiccups to it being late and they seemed a bit busy. Would go back again.