La Notte Italiano - Vancouver

La Notte was my Italian friend's restaurant of choice, when we all decided to go out for Italian. It's close to UBC, it's a family run establishment, and it has an extensive wine list!<br/ <br/ It was fairly busy, but we had called ahead and reserved a huge table for all (12 13 of us. First things first: complimentary bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We were very hungry, and even had seconds. <br/ They were running a special offer on Thursdays, for $25, you could enjoy a three course meal! Almost everyone ordered one of that, as did I.<br/ <br/ I took my friend's suggestion and went for stracciatella for the first course, and vitello al funghi for the mains. For dessert, they had chocolate mousse.<br/ The stracciatella was not the most flavorful soup I've ever had, but I still enjoyed it. The main course was pretty good, and I loved their mousse.<br/ <br/ La Notte's price to portion ratio is a bit on the higher side, but maybe coming back for $8 pasta on a Tuesday would be worth it : I would definitely go for that, but otherwise, not so much. Extra points for their super friendly servers though! They were very nice, and would chat and joke with us. The restaurant itself has a welcoming vibe as well.

Excellent value. Once again we had a fine meal, properly served without delay. The pasta, shellfish and my Pollo Marsala (chicken) were all very good. The Bruschetta appetizer and even the coffee were enjoyable we had no desert.Last time we all had the Osso bucco (friday evenings) which was delicious since it is our family 's favourite, we requested it, over the 'phone, in our reservation!This is a great place, not overly fancy, but totally competently run.

Waiter was not receptive to criticism. He had an air of arrogance when it comes to how the food is suppose to be. There was also a feeling that the waiter was intentionally ignoring us.

Boccocini salad was tasteless- no tasty dressing. Pasta piping hot, great parmesan, good size portion. Very personable server. Piano background great. Didnt need 15 min reminders to thank the musician though.

La Notte is a great Neighbourhood restaurant. Food is great, Music on the weekends, the best Cappucinos and service. Never disappoints!