taemo
06-16-2010, 08:33 AM
La Brezza
http://labrezza.ca
Little Italy in Bridgeland 990 1st Ave NE, Calgary, AB T2E 4J9
Restaurant:403.262.6230
Reservation Line:403.269.6000
Email:[email protected]
Located in Bridgeland and looking like a house from a distance, this restaurant apparently has been serving Calgary since 1987.
It was recommend by my boss after mentioning to him how my gf and I liked La Dolce Vita enforcing how great and fresh the food at La Brezza was, so last night we decided to check it out.
Ambience and Service - 5/5
We arrived at the restaurant at 6:30PM and were warmly greeted and escorted to our table.
The restaurant is small, can accomodate probably no more than 30 guests and despite how close the tables can be close from each others it will not ruin the occasion.
It's nothing like the Metropolitan Grill in Downtown or other chic restaurants nor a candle-light dinner (although there's a candle on every table) but the ambience they were going was more a at-home feel, with big windows overlooking 1st ave and simple paintings hang on the wall.
The only 2 waitresses of the restaurant were very friendly and attentive to our table filling up our drinks quickly.
Marco, the owner of the restaurant was there serving as well when he had the time otherwise he was mingling with his customers, like us.
Food rating - 5/5
Brezza means breeze in Italy and indeed everything that came out of the restaurant was a breeze of freshness.
For starter we had bruschetta served on focaccia bread and cozze alla marinara (mussels).
My gf was telling me how she could just eat the bruschetta every day.
Mussels were really fresh and hot coming right of the pan served on abundant amount of bruschetta sauce.
For main, I ordered Linguini alle vongole and my gf had the Linguini scoglia. Everything was served on a generous amount and hot off the kitchen.
The linguini scoglia is now my gf favourite seafood dish in both Calgary and Edmonton, it had plenty of calamari, mussels, clams and shrimp and her pasta packed alot of flavour. A 5/5 from her.
After tasting her dish, my linguine alle vongole just became a 4/5 for me and regretted not getting the steak (which I will next time) or the same dish as hers. I had no complaint with my dish, just that mine was basically only clams therefor didn't pack as much seafood taste as hers.
For dessert, we shared a Tiramisu, it was really tasty..my only complaint is that it wasn't like an authentic italian tiramisu (using savoiardi ladyfinger bread) but rather they used mocha bread.
Mamma Angela is like the italian mother you wish you had , she occasionally walks outside of the kitchen dressed casually with her apron on.
Overall, it is now my #1 italian restaurant in Calgary and will try to go once a month.
http://labrezza.ca
Little Italy in Bridgeland 990 1st Ave NE, Calgary, AB T2E 4J9
Restaurant:403.262.6230
Reservation Line:403.269.6000
Email:[email protected]
Located in Bridgeland and looking like a house from a distance, this restaurant apparently has been serving Calgary since 1987.
It was recommend by my boss after mentioning to him how my gf and I liked La Dolce Vita enforcing how great and fresh the food at La Brezza was, so last night we decided to check it out.
Ambience and Service - 5/5
We arrived at the restaurant at 6:30PM and were warmly greeted and escorted to our table.
The restaurant is small, can accomodate probably no more than 30 guests and despite how close the tables can be close from each others it will not ruin the occasion.
It's nothing like the Metropolitan Grill in Downtown or other chic restaurants nor a candle-light dinner (although there's a candle on every table) but the ambience they were going was more a at-home feel, with big windows overlooking 1st ave and simple paintings hang on the wall.
The only 2 waitresses of the restaurant were very friendly and attentive to our table filling up our drinks quickly.
Marco, the owner of the restaurant was there serving as well when he had the time otherwise he was mingling with his customers, like us.
Food rating - 5/5
Brezza means breeze in Italy and indeed everything that came out of the restaurant was a breeze of freshness.
For starter we had bruschetta served on focaccia bread and cozze alla marinara (mussels).
My gf was telling me how she could just eat the bruschetta every day.
Mussels were really fresh and hot coming right of the pan served on abundant amount of bruschetta sauce.
For main, I ordered Linguini alle vongole and my gf had the Linguini scoglia. Everything was served on a generous amount and hot off the kitchen.
The linguini scoglia is now my gf favourite seafood dish in both Calgary and Edmonton, it had plenty of calamari, mussels, clams and shrimp and her pasta packed alot of flavour. A 5/5 from her.
After tasting her dish, my linguine alle vongole just became a 4/5 for me and regretted not getting the steak (which I will next time) or the same dish as hers. I had no complaint with my dish, just that mine was basically only clams therefor didn't pack as much seafood taste as hers.
For dessert, we shared a Tiramisu, it was really tasty..my only complaint is that it wasn't like an authentic italian tiramisu (using savoiardi ladyfinger bread) but rather they used mocha bread.
Mamma Angela is like the italian mother you wish you had , she occasionally walks outside of the kitchen dressed casually with her apron on.
Overall, it is now my #1 italian restaurant in Calgary and will try to go once a month.