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Tuscany Restaurant
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
7 reviews for Tuscany Restaurant
7 reviews in English
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Review from Kiki K.
West Vancouver, BC
1/19/2012
Bowen Island has limited restaurant selections in the winter, and finding a restaurant that isn't going to break your wallet can also be a problem. Tuscany currently has weekly specials - Wednesdays and Thursdays offering $10 pastas (which typically run between $10-$20) as well as a $20 3 course dinner. For this price point, it is worth making the visit for dinner mid-week. The biggest concern was we would go for our $10 pasta and receive a tiny half sized portion, but this isn't the case. The pastas are very tasty and flavourful, and more than enough (I end up enjoying the leftovers for lunch the following day!) The pizzas are also quite tasty, Thursdays are buy one get one 50% off on take out pizzas - $30 which is about average price for 2 pizzas.
The service is a bit on the slow side, but not at all the fault of the waitress, as they typically have only one waitress serving every table in the restaurant (which is made up of upstairs and downstairs dining areas) -
Review from Susanne J.
Hope, BC
7/19/2010
We felt slighted from the start, not getting a spot on the patio despite many empty tables. We were tucked inside a doorway and mostly forgotten by our waitress who seemed to be serving on an upper floor as well. We had to ask for basics like utencils to be brought to us, ground pepper and further drinks. Not once did she return to ask how our meal was and sadly our tip had to reflect this. Someone on the ferry told us Tuscany had recently changed ownership and were sad to hear nothing had improved.
The place is lovely and seems to want to invite people desiring a high standard of food and service but just really can't deliver on either. Our hand-rolled pasta with clams in white wine sauce was ho-hum, can't help but think the teenage skater boys in the kitchen might need some more experience in the flavour department.
Beyond that they seemed to run out of several things on their menu and just gave us a shrug and said "that's how it is on the island." No one seemed to give much a care about anything here. -
Review from vanessa G.
Vancouver, BC
4/21/2011
This place is trying to be something but not quite pulling it off at the price point they are asking for. $20 for a pizza with little to no toppings in the name of Italian fine dining doesn't work for me. But we still go back.. mainly because the lack of options. Pastas and salads are good but suffer from the same lack lustre. There Artisan Eats cafe in Artisan Square seems to do everything better, but maybe it's all in the cost. Sitting on the patio draped with green foilage is beautiful, and sitting inside near the forno oven in the winter is quite romantic.
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Review from Janice F.
7/2/2009
Probably the nicest place to have dinner in Bowen Island! Within the 5 minute walk from the ferry terminal that is .. I really have yet to explore the rest of the island.
Cute, shaded garden area in the front to dine in. Three levels of seating indoors, my favourite being the second level that overlooks the garden.
Service was young but friendly. We saw lots of people walking out with pizza take-out boxes to have a picnic in the park... good idea to keep in mind for next time! They have a lot of daily specials on the chalkboard.. we ended up sharing the portobello mushroom appetizer special with goat cheese and mint, served on greens. It was nice, but at one mushroom for $10 a little bit pricey and not that easy to share.
For entrees, I had the porcini mushroom and truffle sauce with spaghetti. It was really fragrant, topped with parmesan and they shave a few slices of black truffle on top - not really tasty, but the thought is nice. Also had the beef & ricotta cannelloni, which was pretty much a lasagna. They described the sauce as rose, but really it was a spicy tomato sauce.
For dessert, I couldn't resist the pannacotta with strawberry rhubarb compote. It wasn't quite as light as I hoped - tasted more yogurty than milky. But the chococlate cake with lemon mascarpone cream was delish. The cake was warm, dense and brownie-like with a few nuts. Also had an airy chocolate meringue-like top layer. Great contrast in textures including the lemon mascarpone cream.
Call ahead for reservations as this place looks like a local's favourite. -
Review from Tullia F.
9/28/2009
The S.O. and I had a wonderful time at this homey (literally, in a house that has been remodeled into a restaurant) Italian place.
We came without reservations on a Thursday and it was packed with locals, so we volunteered to sit at the downstairs bar, right in front of the pizza oven. I was afraid it would feel like a dungeon, but with all the hustle and bustle at the pizza oven and the sweet candle they put in front of us on the counter, it managed to feel both intimate and communal.
We started with a seafood panzanella with scallops and avocado (fantastic) and continued with the pizza firenze, covered in thin-sliced potatoes and goat cheese (good), both accompanied by a bottle of 8 Generations rose (excellent). We finished with a panna cotta served with an apricot compote (good). Rose and panna cotta aren't items I typically enjoy, and the rose was particularly good.
It was not cheap, but I'm used to San Francisco pricing, and it was more reasonable than most restaurants of a similar quality around here. I'll definitely be back next time I find myself on the island. -
Review from Erin B.
Vancouver, BC
7/23/2009
Absolutely delicious, fresh, authentic thin-crust pizza, in a lovely Italian garden setting. That is, if you sit outside, which I highly recommend during the summer months.
The wine list is small but impressive. At first I was put off by the fact that we were given a second water glass (a sort of "vintage" highball glass) instead of a proper wine glass. I'm not sure if this was completely intentional or if they simply ran out of clean wine glasses. Nonetheless, I will definitely visit Tuscany again! -
Review from Liv F.
West Vancouver, BC
8/17/2011
I remember really enjoying my meal here (it was a few years ago!), partly due to being able to sit outside on the lovely patio.
