Bottega Pizzeria — Restaurant in Laval (administrative region)

A wonderful meal in a timely manner--Italian food done right.

Entrees consisted of a plate of calamari and prosciutto with burrata. The calamari was well portioned, fresh and well seasoned; the tomato sauce that came with it was light and flavourful--absolutely excellent. The prosciutto and burrata was also delightful; it had chew with no sinew.

Our main course consisted of two pizzas: one with burrata, tomato sauce and basal, the other with rapini, sausage, and mozzarella. Both were cooked to perfection; the usual error of overloading the bottom of the pizza with flour to avoid sticking in the oven was not present--the chefs clearly know what they are doing! Crust was light, crispy on the outside, and had a good, flakey chew. Flavours were very much on point, and well salted. The rapini and sausage pizza was on the dry side as there was no sauce, but olive oil was provided and ameliorated the dish.

The deserts consisted of a meringue and an ice cream; I found the ice-cream to be slightly underwhelming--it was somewhat solid when I was expecting a soft and light texture, though the flavours were certainly there. The meringue, on the other hand, was out of this world. Light, sweet, and well portioned.

One other note: I ordered an espresso (as I often do) and was blown away by the quality. At every other restaurant I have ever dined, the espresso is always burnt and watered down. Though it was somewhat thin, and the "schiuma" not quite formed, the coffee itself was sweet, and slightly bitter, as it should be. While not the best espresso in the city (you will need to suffer an Italian bar for one of those), this was far an away the best espresso I have ever had at a restaurant. I ordered a second to be sure I was not mistaken, and was not disappointed!

Overall, with tax and tip, our bill came to just over 200$--well...

I was pleasantly surprised with the service, the food and the ambiance of this place! We were warmly welcomed by the hostess upon arrival who took our coats and hung them herself. We then got a place at the bar because there was no table available. I usually do not like high chair but these were supper comfortable (we stayed here about 3 hours). Then despite the restaurant being so busy, we were greeted right away by our waitress Genevieve who was super welcoming. They gave us a complimentary bread for starter and it was delicious with olive oil that you can add to taste. We order 2 entrees and a pizza, the entrees got delivered together and almost as soon as we were done we got our pizza. Perhaps the BEST PIZZA IN TOWN! everything about it tasted delicious even the crust!. We finished off with a coffee and dessert. The whole time we were there the service was impeccable! I remember dropping my napkin and I didn’t even notice until someone from the staff handed me a new one after picking mine from the floor! I absolutely wowed by this place! It felt like being in a high end restaurant. ...

We have been going to La Bottega Laval for many years. Although we live downtown and Laval is far, but we went because they have the best pizza, amazing dishes and great service. Today we found the service just as great (Marie) but the food was not up to their normal standard. The burrata was delicious but I cant say as much for the shrimp. The pesto on the tomatoes was so bitter that I couldnt eat it. The endive salad was a joke. Tasty but I make endive salad at home all the time and I can tell you it wasnt even one whole endive in my plate tonight, and at that price. Ridiculous. But the worst part of the evening was this group of maybe 20 people drunk and making so much noise that people around us started leaving. We couldnt hear ourselves talk. One person from the group kept screaming and cursing. The manager did not do anything about this obnoxious group who did not care about the other clients in the restaurant. As we left I spoke with the manager who did not seem to care about what I had to say. Therefore, we have decided to never go back...