Fusaro’s

I’ve done a couple of take-​outs from Fusaro’s since my very first raving experience here. And the quality has definitely deteriorated. What a shame! I used to love the pasta here.

Beautiful place; hip, casual and down-​to-​earth yet fine dining at the same time; great atmosphere and level of liveliness on a Friday night.
Super friendly and amazing customer service; delicious food!
A fine dining place yet unpretentious, with generous portions at lunch prices! (Entrees $ 9-​$ 12).
This is one of the best Italian restaurants I’ve been to. It really doesn’t get better than this.
The prosciutto pizza and white cream penne pasta were delicious.
An excellent place to go to for dinner.

If you want something that won’t break the bank, Fusaro’s is the place to go to. The pasta and paninis are all reasonably priced and just as good as higher end restaurants! I also like the fact that they come with complimentary salads! Not too keen on the lack of table service — you actually have to get up and fill your own glass yourself. Other than that, it’s a great place to go to, especially for lunch. The place is nice decorated and there’s free wifi too! Staff (despite the minimal table service) were friendly. I’ll be coming back here again if I’m craving for some pasta!

I’ve been a regular to Fusaro’s over the last couple years since I live and work in the neighbourhood. I’ve noticed firsthand that service and food quality has gone downhill in the last year especially. The first thing I noticed was how slow they’ve become to get orders done. They’ve made mistakes with my orders multiple times, the first time they forgot to put the chicken breast in my usual Pollo panini, second time I noticed half my pollo was a different sandwich, they must of switched the bottom half of the sandwich because I got roasted peppers and arugula instead of the usual spinach in my pollo. With the new menu launched in the summer, it was nice they gave a salad with our sandwich but bad idea on their part to put the salad and sandwich in the same box which caused the sandwich to get all soggy. I noticed today they were smart enough to start separating them. I preordered via Ritual today and got a pop up saying they were going to take longer because it was busy. When I walked in the restaurant was not busy at all AND they forgot half my order, so I had to sit for an extra 10 minutes to wait for the other wrap. The server was nice enough to offer me a free drink to make up for it. Food quality has gone down for sure, salad dressing was way too salty, and my sandwich didn’t seem to taste as good as before, over dressed with pesto and mayo which was the case last time I ordered. I will say that their pastas and cookies still taste delicious but with all these problems, I’m losing faith in Fusaros. Hope they pull their act together.

Great place for lunch or casual dinner.
Pizza is excellent but once was undercooked.
Pasta was good but bread comes with olive oil already on it.
Little bit pricey but worth it.

Fantastic restaurant for lunch. The specials menu I found to be a great value. I had the pasta from it — very tasty! Would definitely recommend to everyone.

I’ve tried their pasta a few times and they are good (on the salty side) but this review is for brunch. Yes they never advertise it but they do have brunch on Saturday. I believe they open at 10am. Sun morning they are closed. But do call them before you go.
They used to have a small menu including a plate with two eggs bacon and fruits toast And a nice americano single shot for 8. It is the best value I could find in east end near me. And there’s no line up.
Sadly they no longer offer that and this time I went it was some sort of ham and egg burrito with coffee for 10, and another two chioces. Written on a chulk board. But still, it is quiet, I never had to line up for breakfast (I don’t know how PPL deal with that) and the food is good. The coffee is also delicious.

My boyfriend and I have been coming here for years, and there was a time where we really loved it! Now however, they food quality and service seems to have really gone downhill. I walked in the other day during the afternoon (not the lunch rush, a bit later on) and all of the employees were literally standing around the cash register with their backs to the door talking. While I get that this was their downtime between lunch and dinner (I work in a restaurant as well), I think it looks pretty unprofessional to be standing at the front like that. When I asked if they had any more pizza slices, I was answered by one of the girls quite rudely that they didn’t, and went on my way.
I get it, working in a dead restaurant is boring, so I was trying not to hold this against the place. I went there for carry out dinner last night however, and I think it’s safe to say I’m done with this place. I ordered the chicken parm and salad for $ 13, as well as a pizza. The girl quoted me 15 minutes on the phone, which I knew would be inaccurate because I’ve gotten take out from Fusaro’s many times. I went in after 20 minutes had passed, and she informed me that my pizza had been burnt on the first attempt, and that they were cooking another for me, it would just be 2 more minutes. No problem, again, I get it. After an additional ten minutes I got my food and left, not thinking much of it. As compensation for my wait time, the girls said that she had «beefed up» my salad, which I took to mean she added extra tomato and cucumber.
The salad however, is what has turned me off of this place. I went to eat it, and not only were the tomatoes mouldy (as in, blue mould was actually growing on them) but the cucumbers were completely rotten! In addition, at the bottom of the salad there was one, nasty, dried out piece of chicken, which should not have been in there at all. All in all, it was absolutely disgusting and I definitely won’t be back for at least a good, long while!

Fusaro is so close to work I often end up getting lunch there… It’s great casual lunch experience with friendly staff. Panini, Pizza, Pasta & Salads are all made with fresh quality ingredients. I tend to rotate between all the items offered on the menu depending my appetite and mood, they really do have a great selection. Make sure to try out their tiramisu for dessert, it’s a massive portion!

Great Food and good portions for the reasonable prices. I loved it and will definitely be going back.

Service here has gone straight down the tube. Food is still OK, but do NOT expect to have good service if you are dining in. Do NOT go.

I’ve eaten here a few times. Really tasty food.
They also do catering, from which I’ve ordered a number of times for corporate luncheons. Good value for the quality and amount of food you get, and everyone is always very happy with the lunch. Food arrives on time, and is still hot when it’s delivered.

Ive been meaning to review Fusaro on Richmond for a very long time so here it is. A couple of months ago we reserved the whole restaurant for an intimate engagment party. Sandra, manager in charge of Fusaro Richmond location, helped us to coordinate a set menu that suited our budget. Our set menu included antipasto board to share as the appetizer, 3 main choices including the seafood parpadelle, chorizo rapini, and chicken scallopini, and tiramisu as the dessert. Not only did the food tasted exceptional but the presentation of the food was top notch. sandra and her staff went above and beyond and put detail to everything including printing up the dinner menus, to rearranging the set up of the restaurant to accomodate our guest of 15. Fusaro on Richmond is the perfect location for intimate dinner party and their staff will make sure your group is well taken care of. Thank you for the wonderful experience.

Simplest delicious, fast and friendly service. What more do you need when it comes to casual dining?

My lady and I shared a pizza and pasta. Both were meatless and very tasty. The food took an unusually long time but the quality made up for it.

The food was just mediocre, I had bruschetta, salad, and two different pastas. The bruschetta was nothing special at all. The salad was actually not bad, one of the pasta was very undercooked; very hard to chew. And the other pasta was just okay.
The atmosphere and the restaurant is nice enough. The food was just meh, wouldn’t go back.

I can’t get over how super noms the food at this place is.
I got the pasta alla vodka, my favourite pasta dish of all time, and they do it beautifully. I went to this location Friday afternoon and the spadina location two weeks ago Saturday and at both locations, the quality and quantity was more than perfect for someone who eats a lot, plus for $ 15 for the meal, tax & tip, it can’t be beat. The noodles were perfectly cooked, the sauce not overwhelming but the kinda graceful fullness that one gets when the dish was crafted with love. Lots of pancetta too, which was noms.
Definitely will come back! Havent gone during their busy periods but i think thats helped to contribute to how quick and well made it was. This place is golden. Check it out, its definitely worth it.

this place makes a great rainy day stop especially when it’s a weekend morning. i had the ability to order from the special colazione menu (basically, breakfast in italian). turned out to be one of the best meals i had while in toronto.
like most restaurants in downtown toronto, the place has limited seating options. it’s maneuverable though. with such a small space, however, the attention you receive is really good. constant drink refills, quick service, etc.
we split the fiorentina and the calabrese (colazione). i’m not sure which was the better of the two. the fiorentina was the recommended dish by our waitress. the calabrese was unique though — egg on top of a plate of crusty bread with spicy italian sausage in tomato sauce over that. yum. hardy. warming.
the tomato sauce is slightly too acidic for my taste but still enjoyed it quite a bit.

Whenever I’m at George Brown College, I always head to St. Lawrence Market. I wanted something different today so I decided to drop into Fusaro’s. Am I ever glad I did!
I ordered a Tre Panini which is a tuna sandwich basically. It was very delicious as all the ingredients inside were very fresh — red peppers, tuna salad and the bread. A much better option than having a Timmies sandwich :). Price isn’t that far off either. I’ll be back here very soon!

The food is good. the only thing i didn’t like was:
1) to much garlic inside pasta
2) to much different ingredients inside the panini (this means that some ingredients cover the taste of others)
But was good. Waiters are friendly and the price is good too.