Trattoria Candito — Restaurant in Tokyo

Casual lovely pasta & pizza joint in the area. We visited there for Wed lunch and that was perfect for the purpose. The pasta dishes we ordered (spaghettini with pork and lotus root and spaghettini peperonchino with Italian bottarga, prawns and spring cabbage) were perfectly al-dente, and seasoned nicely. The dishes are sophisticated Japanese Italian style at the reasonable (in fact inexpensive nowadays) prices. Pasta lunch with small mimosa salad and focaccia is ¥1,000 and pasta lunch set includes assorted starter, pasta, small desert (tiramisu) and coffee or tea is ¥1,700! Lunch prosecco is ¥600. The large portion deal (1.5 times more than the standard portion) is available at extra 200 yen) I would like to go back there for dinner but only matter would stop me is about their incredibly carb oriented dinner menu. There are only three non-carb main dishes which change daily. There are some non carb aperitivo & antipasti. That is why I call this place a pasta & pizza joint rather...

Pretty overpriced for what you get. The pizza base was way too thin and almost crunchy. The pasta sauce was watery and tasted like milk with no seasoning. They also gave us two tiny pieces of bread with a spread - we thought they were complimentary, but turns out they charge 300 yen each (feel free to say no if they offer you anything that you have not ordered as they may charge for it in the final bill). Definitely not worth it. Bad service...

It's definitely not authentic or fusion..inspired is a bit of a stretch. the pizza crust was made of a tortilla wrap, I'm not sure if this is customary in Japanese but it was $13 CAD for that. It also took 25 mins for the "pizza" to come out- not sure why since it was literally tortilla, tomato sauce, cheese, salami and olives. Waitress forgot to ring in our pasta and we were charged 600 yen for two tiny pieces of...