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Falasca
Category: Restaurants Italian Italian [Edit]
2059 Yonge StToronto, ON M4S 2A2
Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant and Davisville
(647) 352-5155
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Caters:
- Yes
16 reviews for Falasca
16 reviews in English
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Review from Terry P.
4/28/2012
Falasca has it all. At lunch, you can choose from a variety of awesome ready-made pizzas. Your piece is cut as large as you like, and you pay by weight, which means you can sample a few of them if you want.
Dinner is bright, lively, and casual (not your traditional dark candle-lit Italian dining room). A choice of a few types of bruschetta and two types of rice balls dominate the appetizer menu. Dinner is largely pizzas but there are always a few pasta specials. Thursday is gnocchi night, when any of the pasta specials can be made as gnocchi.
They have a couple of desserts each night, but you also have the option of going directly across the street to the awesome gelato shop, which is owned by the same person as Falasca.
Prices are very reasonable - a glass of house wine each, a rice ball each, two pizzas, and a shared dessert for $60 + tip. -
Review from Dane S.
Toronto, ON
5/18/2012
Went to Falsca authentic Italian pizza eatery yesterday evening. Its in my neighbourhood, on a nice strip of Yonge St between Davisville and Eglinton. Got there at 8pm on a Thu, about half the tables were full. There were two young servers. I started with a rice ball, no meat in it, just rice in a crisp golden fried coating. It was very good. Very salty. Shared it with my dinner companion, might have been too salty to eat a whole one on my own. We then shared the arugala salad with capers, olives, tomatoes, and little balls of white cheese. It was good, looked beautiful, all of the ingredients were very fresh, not a brown or withered leaf in the bunch. For mains we had a marinara pizza, just a generous amount of their marinara sauce and thinly sliced cloves of garlic. I thought it was very good, my guest found it to be unbearably salty. We also had the pizza with prosciutto, cheese, mushrooms, and tomatoe sauce. It was very good. All pizzas are restaurant style very thin crust and all creations look authentically Italian. Also had a pear nectar juice which was delicious. Bill came to $45 with tax, before tip. Kind of steep considering we didn't order any alcohol. The pizzas were $10 for the marinara, $14 for the prosciutto one. I think the rice ball was like $4, the salad a hefty $10, and pear nectar $3. Nice place, will be nice when the weather permits opening up the wall of windows to the sidewalk. I like that they have wooden benches storefront. Downside: too expensive.
Oh, and the server didn't even tell us that they had a pasta selection of about half a dozen choices which aren't on the menu, they're on chalkboards in the dining area. I only realized because I saw another table eating pasta, just noodles and marinara sauce, but I saw other items on the board. -
Review from Slim H.
Toronto, ON
4/18/2012 1 Check-in Here
Just came back from a late dinner with my wife. Wasn't very busy so the service was top notch and the food came out quickly. bruschetta was good (but a little on the expensive side) and my rice ball was less then average. Pizza was the salmone with aged and fresh mozzarella. Very, very good. Better then both Liberettos. Would go again.
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Review from Amanda D.
Toronto, ON
4/8/2012
Been in three times for pizza al taglio at lunch - twice for take-out and once we sat down. It's so reminiscent of Rome and I loved being able to split a few different types of pizza. Great arancini and all the pizze I've tried were amazing - sausage, truffle and cheese; zucchini and cheses; tuna and onion; rucola, pomodorini and mozzarella di buffala. Can't wait to taste the suppli' and check it out at dinner time!
Listed in: Missing Italy?
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Review from Eugene M.
Toronto, ON
4/11/2012 1 Check-in Here
Just tasted pasta, it's excellent. And thought it's a pizza outlet !
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Review from Kat T.
9/21/2011
Terroni vs Falasco vs Libretto
What do you think? I like it more than Terroni, partly because they'll let you make a substitution, and partly because the toppings I've had are amazing- the Parmagiano with Eggplant is my favorite and I've been there twice and ordered it both times.
I don't like it quite as much as Libretto because the space is very loud, and a little stark with bright white walls and lights everywhere. There are also flies everytime I've been and the smell of burnt crust. My crust always tastes amazing, but the smell is a little smoky. -
Review from Shasta K.
Toronto, ON
8/10/2011 2 Check-ins Here
I was referred to this place by a wise yelper....thanks Fraulein!
I'm in love! I've been to Falasca three times for lunch and am yet to be disappointed. The pizzas are REALLY good - I could eat here every day I swear - only the finest ingredients are used and they are truly a delight to my palate. There are some interesting concoctions...brie and prosciutto, some sort of a stuffed pizza with spinach...mmmm
A few things irk me about Falasca that prevent me from giving it a perfect box score:
(1) The "cash only" payment mech is antiquated in this age of Visa points....gotta collect my points!! I kindly ask "management" to invest in some electronic payment infrastructure.
(2) Reheated pizza is not warm enough - the place gets very busy at lunch and isn't really set up for a mass arrival of people - as such, the pizzas aren't reheated for very long during busy periods and they are a touch on the cold side. If you're lucky, you'll get a fresh pie out of the back when you arrive (you always have the option of waiting for a fresh pie I add). Ask to have your slice stay in the oven a bit longer.
(3) Price of a pop - ridiculous for a can of diet pepsi. Close to 3 bucks I think - there are no posted prices for beverages so you are subjected to "market pricing"
All in all, a great place that'll see a lot of me by the looks of it.
When you're done lunch, pop across the street for dessert at the Gelato place..owned by the same guy as others have mentioned. -
Review from Heather B.
Scarborough, ON
Updated - 10/23/2011 6 Check-ins Here
They are trying new dessert flatbreads now
NUTELLA WAS SOOOO AMAZING!
Update on Credit card use - now you can use with the the purchase of over $10
Still a fan! :D1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/19/2011 First to Review
Mr Gelatro from across the street has opened up his pizza place!!
This place is quite small - like a… Read more »
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Review from Elyte B.
Toronto, ON
11/3/2011
BEST PIZZA IN TORONTO.
There's not much more I can say about this place. -
Review from Robert K.
7/11/2011
Good pizza here. There seems to be a major divide between those who went for dinner and paid $30 and those of us who went for lunch and paid $5-7. Not sure what's going on there, but since I'm only in this area around lunchtime I don't care.
I paid $7 for a large amount of white pizza with rosemary, pancetta, and 3 cheeses. I liked it. This might be the best lunch option around for those of us working in the area. And the gelato across the street (owned by the same guy) is also good. So put the two together and you're doing pretty darned well.
Also, because they charge by weight you can get a few little slices of different pizzas, rather than just picking one (as I, being a total dummy, did on my visit). I predict a number of return visits here over the course of this summer. -
Review from Ksenja T.
8/26/2011
Falasca is not pretentious, kind of like a cafeteria feel, but the food is amazing. And by food im referring to their pizzas....they come out so quickly and they're delicious!! I have also tried the potato croquettes they were good too. The staff is very friendly...
I came here once in the afternoon and the dining area was closed..so you might want to check their hours before coming... -
Review from Imran N.
6/8/2011
Good pizza.
Not better that Queen Margarita or Liberto, but well one its way to compete in the future.
Since opening, they are figuring out their kinks.
The place does make good pizza's. Everything is fresh and top quality. It's fairly expensive at around $13 a pizza (of which anyone could eat two).
Nice touch was to give us a dessert on the house (and the waiter reminded us we didn't have to go accross the street to the gelato place for dessert, and he could say it because the owner owns both places).
I think all in all, the place needs to be tweaked. The inside needs an AC if they are goign to survive the summer. The menu is good, but they need to wrap things up to offer value to customers (like Queen margarita's pre fix menu for $25).
But food quality and taste wise, they are doing a good job and it's not bad to have a napoleanite pizza place in the north.Listed in: Yonge and Egl
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Review from jocelyn l.
7/16/2011
Extremely thin crust pizza (the thinnest i've ever had) with yummy toppings.
I had the Funghi Proscuitto and it was the perfect size for 1 person (Me!). I really liked the thin crust here @ Falasca.
Good service- the server was attentive, friendly and nice. We went on a night when there were just too many crying screaming kids but it wasn't anything the restaurant could really do about that.
Prices, i thought were fairly reasonable.
This isn't Pizza Pizza, folks. And honestly, my 1 and only experience at Pizza Pizza was NOT cheap ($10++) and the quality was Disgustingly Awful. I'd rather pay a couple of dollars more for good quality, healthy options here. $14 for a pizza here is fine; and no one needs to have 2 pizzas to satisfy themselves, Please!
I've been to LIbertto and although I do like the innovative toppings, didn't think it was So amazing that i'd stand in line for an hour again.
I'll come back to Falasca! A great pizza/ dinner option @ Yonge & Eglinton -
Review from sepand s.
Toronto, ON
6/1/2011
I just got (and finished) two whole pizzas: the funghi and prosciutto, and the spicy salami. The Funghi was OK but nothing amazing, and the salami was really good. I do like the dough (very thin and just a bit crunchy) and cheese a lot, and the sauce on the salami was just right. But I do take issue with the price: $30.17 for two pizzas which are very thin and small. Plus, I got a can of coke and Alessandro just said "let's make it a round $33". $2.83 for a can of coke? Are you serious? As much as I like Alessandro (the owner), the pizza, and the Gelato across the street (Alessandro's first shop), this was just pushing it. But I will go back to it, just not that frequently.
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Review from james c.
York, ON
6/20/2011
Pizza is truly authentic to Roman style pizza. They have both round pizza and pizza slices "pizza al taglio". The sliced pizza is only during the day for take out or stand up and the rounds for dinner. This is not napoletana style pizza. It is very different in style. I can go on forever trying to explain it, so your better of going during the day for the thicker square pizza (my favorite) or the rounds at night to judge it yourself
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Review from Kirst W.
Toronto, ON
6/1/2011
Haven't been here yet, but my husband spent $27 for two lil' takeout pizzas. The crust was really good, but there was barely a suggestion of cheese on either, and after a forty minute wait, they were stone cold. May just be the opening jitters, so I'll wait a while to try again.
