Reviews for Mr. B's Osteria in Ottawa, ON
Service, very good. Value for money, very good. Been a customer for 32 years. French Onion Soup a favourite, but not on the... menu any longer. When I asked, server had chef make one for me. Classy. Only con was the noise. Half full when we arrived at1800, near full when we left 2000, and volume was very loud. Be great if they could find a way to lower very high ceiling, ordampen sound some how. Read more
Calamari was among the better I?ve had (almost buttery crunch). The pasta dishes were excellent. My tortellin was wonderful. I... wish I had a taken a shot of my guest dish it was a beautiful ravioli. Service was very good. They also have a lovely wineselection. Read more
Came to Mr. B?s for a large group dinner and the food, drinks, ambiance and service were all amazing! Tried a few different... pastas (cheese ravioli, chicken Parmesan, penne with sausage) and appetizers (arancini, bruschetta, caprese salad) and they wereall very good. Will definitely be back! Read more
Follow my food blog on Instagram for restaurant reviews: @mimi.munches! ???? If you're craving freshly made pasta, traditional... comfort food, steak, or even seafood, Mr.B's is an amazing place to visit! There are so many types of pasta you can try,ranging from rigatoni, linguine, fettucine, lasagna, penne, tortellini, raviolio, and mannicotti fiorentina! Smelts: lightlyfloured & fried with tomato aioli & fresh lemon ($12): fried nicely, not too much batter, and not oily. Tomato aioli wasperfect! Spicy pork belly appetizer ($14): Make sure to check their specials on the chalkboard - this was one of the"specials"! The pork was really tender, and it wasn't spicy at all (in my opinion). A great start to the meal. My favouritedish out of everything was the Fettucine with fruitti di mare (clams, crab, scallops, mussels, with large & matane shrimp, $24)- the pasta was perfectly cooked, and really soaked up the delicious seafood sauce. The seafood was very fresh - I couldn't stopeating this! Definitely a must-try if you like seafood. If you don't, you could choose the Alfredo version of the Fettucine withParmesan Cheese and Cream (you can add chicken for $3)! If you like thinner pasta, the Shrimp & Scallops Napolitana ($26) isalso fantastic, sautéed in garlic, white wine, and tomato. The size of the shrimps and scallops was massive! A classic comfortfood dish is their Chicken Scallopine Marsala, with sweet wine & sautéed mushrooms - this was a nicely balanced dish, withdecadent marsala sauce, mushrooms, capers, veggies, and potatoes. The interiors are gorgeous, and really add to the dine-inexperience, which I recommend. There is a lot of space with the lofty ceilings, and cream/muted colours. They also have a nicecocktail list - I tried the lychee love ($12), as I'm a huge fan of lychee, and found it well-made. It goes especially well withfried dishes! Read more
Poor service! We waited over an hour for our food to arrive. I had high expectations for this place and was really disappointed.... We even had to get up and chase after them to pay our bill and leave. I could understand if the food was slow because there wereso many people but we had a hard time getting them to even fill up our water while we waited. I do have to say that when wefinally were able to pay up, our server took off our drink because she thought we waited a bit longer than everyone else. Asfor food, it was just good. I got the frutti de mare with rose sauce. I liked the amount of seafood and the quality of pasta.The sauce was fine but I wanted to taste the seafood flavour in the sauce, which I couldn?t. I liked the bread they served as anappetizer but it would?ve been nice if it was warm (the butter they served was cold too and not great to spread). My husband gotthe penne peppers n garlic tomato and really regretted it because it was nothing special and seemed like something we could makebetter at home. The restaurant very dark and loud - and being put in the corner and waiting so long made it seem like theyforgot about us. I won?t be going back and don?t recommend if you want to eat within an hour of getting there. Read more
Delicious. Well worth the visit. I had a Caesar salad, the penne chicken and peppers with red sauce. (Don?t remember the... actual name). Also had house red wine. Warm buns served to start. Delicious. I want to go back! Read more
I have to say I was not expecting much given the plaza this is situated but it?s a real gem! The restaurant itself has a lot of... character and is clean and fairly large and great for date night or even having an event at! The food is so lovely and homecooked - very tasty, and good ingredients. We had the penne with Italian sausage which was smokey and delicious and simple. Thespaghetti bolognese was so tomato-y and tasty too with lots of character. The clam in cream sauce with linguine was good but notmy cuppa tea but my wife liked it. Would definitely return and dine in! They only do take away, not delivery if you?re planningon take out. Read more
Upon my friend?s recommendation, we ordered a turkey dinner for the thanksgiving for four persons. The food turned out really... disappointing. A box of turkey as shown in the picture is what we got for four persons, each 3pieces.. and all of this cost us$171 + tip. What a disappointing experience. The taste is okay but I?m really disappointed by the potion and what?s included inthis $47(include tax and 10% tip) per person turkey dinner. I don?t think it worth that much money at all, I strongly recommendnot to go here for turkey dinner. Read more