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East Side Mario's
Category: Restaurants Italian Italian [Edit]
12 Lebovic AveSte 9
Scarborough, ON M1L 4V9
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 285-6626
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
6 reviews for East Side Mario's
6 reviews in English
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Review from Restie c.
Pickering, ON
9/29/2009
Make sure you're being served by Gina.
Great appetizers
Havent really tried their main course stuff.
Any appetizer goes well with their pitchers of beer.
I suggest the garlic parm chicken wings. -
Review from Christine R.
Scarborough, ON
10/29/2011 6 photos
It's Friday Dinner and a Movie Date Night! This location is conveniently located in the same plaza as the Eglinton Town Centre Cinema so its a perfect fit!
It's a bit after 8pm and theres a 30 minute wait to get a seat in the dining room. I inquire about the bar side and the hostess alerts me that we can just on over and seat ourselves. It's also packed on this side, but luckily I spot the only vacant bar table in the very back corner.
We seat ourselves and await the arrival of our waiter. He comes on over and runs the menu by us and takes our drink order. I soon realize that our waiter who is also the bartender on this side is solely in charge of waiting all the tables over here. However he somehows manages it well never neglecting anyone.
After quickly perusing the menu (we have a little over one hour to dine before we have to depart to our movie) we are ready to order. Our waiter notices our closed menus and comes over to take our orders:
Both Entrees come with all-you-can-eat soup or salad and garlic homeloaf.
Garlic Homeloaf - Soft, warm, baugette brushed with garlic butter, beautifully presented, How can you flaw fresh baked bread?
Garden Salad - Mixed greens, grape tomatoes, pepperoncini peppers, red onions, black olives and croutons tossed in there famous house vinaigrette.
Caesar Salad - Romaine lettuce, bacon pieces and seasoned croutons tossed with creamy Caesar dressing.
Both salads are dressed well, fresh crisp greens, simple, basic salad, but good flavour.
Hell's Kitchen Chicken - Spicy chicken sautéed with mushrooms, fresh Roma tomatoes, spicy chilli peppers and our Arrabbiata tomato sauce. Served with fresh seasonal vegetables and spaghetti with spicy tomato sauce.
The chicken had a good kick too it! It was also served with a plump red hot pepper which increased the heat, if you dare to bite into it! Chicken was cooked well, I just wish it was a bigger portion of meat. Pasta came out steaming hot which I love and I enjoyed the plump mushrooms served on the chicken.
Small Pepperoni Pizza - The classic pepperoni pizza with a blend of cheeses and pizza sauce.
Hot and crispy, gooey cheesey ... simple, basic, good and it really is small...
No time for dessert we ask our waiter to bring our bill over. He does so quickly because he knows were running over to the movies.
Overall simple, basic, tastey Italian food. If your looking for a meal close to the theatre this is your best bet, even without reservations we got through our meal fast enough to catch our movie. Prompt and friendly service despite the overly full and busy restaurant. Definitely make reservations if your planning to come here on a weekend or try your luck at the bar side for speedy service. -
Review from Tamarah S.
Scarborough, ON
8/26/2011
Food was good, prices are decent. Had to keep tracking down the waitress to get more bread, drinks, and the bill though!
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Review from Katrina L.
Richmond Hill, ON
5/27/2009
I haven't been to an East Side's in a really long time. The last time I went it was horrible and I vowed to never go back again. But then I was invited to a surprise birthday party for my niece and it was being held at an East Side Mario's and of course I must attend.
The decor is that of any East Side Mario's but then was pleasantly surprised with the service. Our waiter's name was Kyle and he was very cheerful and upbeat and a great waiter. Always filling our empty platter with more hot bread and filling our salads once they were finished.
The food came and I was blown away. It was really good compared to what I had remembered from previous visits. My boyfriend got the half chicken and it tasted superb! It almost rivaled Swiss Chalet's chicken...ALMOST!
A big thumbs up to this particular location as with all franchises, they vary from location to location with the quality of food and service. Prices are great and good for families and children. -
Review from Jenny T.
3/18/2010
What can I say except the service sucks. I don't exactly come here for the food. We like the free bread and unlimited soup/salad but why do we have to ask so many times for it?
I remember going to this location with my cousin once and the girl said we could only pick one side... but what if my cousin had picked the salad and I had picked the soup? I really need clarification on this. She rolled her eyes at us but complied.
The other time I went here with a friend, she didn't bring us bread until we were half way into our entrees.
To sum it up, I'm okay with mediocre italian-ish food at this price point, as long as the service is at least mediocre as well... which it is not. I'd rather go to the Old Spaghetti Factory, at least their bread/butter comes out and tastes good. -
Review from S. S.
Toronto, ON
8/8/2008
This restaurant was decent. Prices were reasonable though, especially if you get the entree + movie pass deal for $20.
The fries we got with a half chicken dinner were caked in salt, we sent them back because they were unedible. But the remaining 3 entrees (2 pastas and 1 salmon) were pretty good.
Caesar salad here has gotten so much better from the one I used to go to in Waterloo. The dressing isn't runny, its thick and they seem to use real bacon as well.
Overally I'd give them a 3.5/5 but since there's no half stars here, they get a 3. I'd go here maybe once every 6 months.
