Antipasti Toscana Salad ($16): The tuscan kale, farro, roasted tomagoes and shaved pecorino was pretty good and makes a fresh opening for the meal. (4/5) Caesar Salad ($15): The romaine lettuce, fresh croutons made in house, grands cheese tossed in a creaming dressing was one of a kind. There are not many italian restaurants who serve og caesar salad. But the fresh croutons in my opinion was too crispy and hard. (4/5) Whole Fresh Focaccia ($7): The made in house focaccia was interesting to see different part of focaccia it came from. Known as sciacchiatine croccanti. It was not my favourite focaccia but definitely interesting (4/5)
Pasta Caserecce e Tartufo ($28): The short twists of pasta made fresh in house creamy truffle sauce featuring a variety of mushrooms, parmigiano with smoked pancetta was the star dish in my opinion. It was very flavourful and sublime to the right extent. (5/5) Tagliatelle al Ragù ($23): The long, flat pasta made fresh in house, authentic Bokognese sauce, parmigiano was good too, but it was farigna a legna did it better in my opinion. (3/5)
Pizza 'Nduja ($23): Mozzarella, smoked provolone, 'nduja, black kale, sweet corn was spicy and got up to the right taste. Very recommended to get. (4/5) Diavola ($19.50): San marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, spicy italian salami, grana, basil was basically margherita with the salami which was good too but the 'nduja was better. (4/5)
Dolic Tiramisu ($10.5): Savoiardi, espresso, mascarpone, cream, cocoa was up to di beppe and farigna a legna standard. But it doesnt beat piva and lupo's tiramisu. (4/5)
Nonetheless, it was great to find another authentic italian place in town which has two branch: one is at hastings and another one at commercial drive. Although the pizza was made with wood fire oven to get that napoletana pizza, the pizza needed to be stretched even more. It should have been thinner on the inner side of the pizza and more airy on the crust of the pizza. I recommend adding more yeast and salt to the dough to get that correct texture of pizza napoletana. But Sopra Sotto Pizzeria was really good to come and try. Recommended for italian food in...
Read moreI love Sopra Sotto as my regular restaurant and when I heard about it opening up in my neighborhood I had to go visit it! When coming here, I knew it was specialized in Pizza in this branch since they are called it a Pizzeria, so I had to order a pizza as a dish and a pasta dish because it is Sopra Sotto.
I arrived with my boyfriend for a party of two and the place was already packed on a weekend night. We asked how long was the wait, and the hostess said it was 25 minutes, we said okay and put our names down. We walked over to the dollar store for a quick shopping trip. We waited for another 30 minutes after being in the dollar store for some time wasting.... It was a long wait. I got extremely hungry.
When we were seated, the waitress was extremely nice to us, but I felt like she was overly busy. It felt like the place was understaffed, because I felt the chaos a bit from time to time. The amount of fast moving around the restaurant really triggered me a bit, but it could just because it was small? idk, i just wanted to bring it up in case.... just a small feedback.
The restaurant kept the iconic bird wallpaper that I loved so much from the Commercial store and the you can kinda feel the oven when walking past it to the washroom. I love the whole oven open concept~! It is pretty nice.
My bf and I were planning to share a pizza and a pasta for the night. We saw the special pasta, it was the shrimp & prawn in a tomato butter sauce. It was delicious. And then the pizza we ordered was the Porchetta e Friarielli and it was extremely delicious.
I felt that the pasta was missing a huge component, the waitress didn't offer any Parmesan and I felt it was missing a huge cheese component, and then the pizza was perfectly toasted!! Loved the pizza. Pasta was 6/10 and the pizza was a 10/10.
Will only come back for the pizza with friends, pasta, I will go back to the commercial location for it. Overall I loved the place. Welcome to The Heights...
Read moreI was at my favourite fisherman’s Market today on Hastings street in Burnaby I took a cab there and had to wait for a cab to go home. So I wasted time in the $Tree 2 doors down. And knew I was going to have to figure out another distraction. I was kind of hungry. I’d seen a restaurants of sorts right next door to the fish market. So I went in. It was clean streamlined. And I liked it. Someone came to ask if I’d like a seat. I explained I was waiting to catch a lift home. So he showed me a menu that I could lot read. My vision is deteriorating. And there no chance of me reading the menu u. He came back and asked if I’d decided. I explained I can’t see. He immediately took me to a table and brought a pitcher of water and glass and asked if anyone was joining me. I said, no so he cleared all but one place seating. He asked again what he could bring me. I then said. I don’t want a meal. But do you have salads. He said yes. We have Cesar salad. I stooped him and said. I will have that. And skip the croutons. And can you put it in a takeout box in case my my ride arrives. Of course. And before I knew it the brought me the best Cesar salad I’ve had in years. . In a take out bowl. I consumed more than half, and I called him back and asked if I could pay. As I need to get out to eat h for my lift. But I also need help. I said because of my vision problem, I need help with my cart full of fish I’d just purchased. This man was a delight. He took thst cart And put out his hand to help me navigate the slight decline to the street and thanked me for the opportunity to serve me. I thanked him warmly and thanked him and the chef for the best Cesar salad I’ve had in decades. I will have another Cesar salad when I make the trek back to the fish market next time. Thanks for your kindness...
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