The Italian Osteria & Cheese Bar
Safety precautions
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Common areas deep cleaned daily
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers
- Contactless payment available
- Sealed or wrapped utensils used
- Limited number of seated diners
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Extra space between tables
- Waitstaff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
- Contact tracing information collected
Popular dishes
Caesar Salad
Romaine hearts, parmesan yoghurt dressing, honey and herb croutons, Grana Padano, dehydrated olives
11 reviews
Signature Lasagna
Traditional Bolognese, herbed ricotta, basil, mozzarella, San Marzano tomato sauce, Grana Padano
9 reviews
Tiramisu Sphere
Lady finger cookies, vanilla mascarpone cream, bitter chocolate crumble, espresso anglaise
8 reviews
Jessie was awesome!!!!
Good food
Great service
Wish there was a soup option.
Great place to go with friends or SO. Will be coming again soon.
Thank you so much for your review and we are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian! We look forward to having you back again soon!
Birthday Celebration. AMAZING SERVICE ! literally one of the best experiences ever. Staff was amazing, service was great. Food .. UNBELIEVABLE ! Very clean place. I already want to go back!!
Thank you so much for your review and Happy Birthday! We are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian and thank you for your kind words and compliments. We look forward to having you back again soon!
Service was excellent! Shout-out to Kash for doing great service. Beehive pizza was so good and the wagyu beef carpaccio is to die for.
Thank you so much for your review and compliments about your service! We are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian! We look forward to having you back again soon!
Server was so knowledgeable, made our experience perfect! He even opened the door for us on our way out! We will request to be in his section anytime we come back.
Thank you so much for your compliments of your server and your experience! We are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian and we look forward to having you back again soon!
The pizzas are always very tasty and the happy hour price is great! We have always been very pleased with the service too. We have been many times and will continue to go and recommend it to our friends.
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Eggplant Parmesan!!!! Delicious I!!!!
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Delicious meal
Thank you so much for your review! We are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian and we look forward to having you back again soon!
As someone with celiac, finding good gluten-free options is always difficult. The Italian Osteria & Cheese Bar had some great options. We tried the gluten free pizza, and it was one of the best we've had to date.
Thank you so much for your review and compliments to Brielle! I will definitely make sure to pass these kind words along to her! Thank you again an we are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian. We look forward to having you back again soon! Morgan M - Guest Relations
My pasta was a little cold and a bit on the dry side . I have dined there 6 or 7 times and this was the first time this has happened .
Good food and great service by Sydney! Would definitely visit again.
Amazing food and service never disappoints and the Wagyu Beef Carpaccio is to die for.
The food quality is not good for the cost. It is way too noisy in the restaurant.
Good afternoon stop for a drink and some cheeses I don't often get to try/
We were very impressed with the food, the ambiance, the safety regulations and the service!!! Will definitely come
Back!!
This place never disappoints.
Andrea is a manager/server and we are delighted to see her every time we go.
Arancini and Cesare salad were awesome. And the variety of pizzas are great and they’re always willing to let you change up the topping.
Restaurant had a good vibe. Food was mediocre according to my expectations.
Great first experience, will definitely be back. Food and service was excellent.
Always enjoy coming here ! One of our favourite places -great food great service !
Excellent place. Been here a few times and the food and service are always excellent.
Loved the food and the Italian margaritas made tableside.
Felt stuffy like there wasn’t enough air circulation. The restaurant was busy on the Friday night and felt like it wasn’t very fresh air (overwhelmed by the smells of all the meals of the people in the booths around us.)
Was a little disappointed by the portion size for the price.
Noisy atmosphere. Food was generally good. Our waitress was very helpful. One of our entrees was delayed coming from the kitchen so we were given a credit for that complete meal without asking.
Where do I begin? 4 of us went there on Wednesday night after choosing this restaurant over S & L in Langley, where I've been to several times and love it. Two of us ordered Spaghetti Carbonara and were so disappointed. My friend is Italian and she said it was the worst she'd ever eaten. It came warmish, so much so, that after ordering some parmesan cheese (I had to ask 3 separate times), it wouldn't even melt. It came with an egg yolk on the top (as well as one inside), and I gather, if the spaghetti was hot enough, it would have "cooked". There was an overall egg taste to the dish which was rather unpleasant. We decided not to ask for another one as we had waited quite a while for our food and didn't want to hold the evening up. My husband's lamb shank was quite small but he said it was great. To top everything off, a mouse ran under our table!!! We called the manager over and he very kindly, gave each couple a gift certificate. I wrote the company, (Joseph Richard Group), yesterday and haven't heard back since.
We’ve dined at the Italian a few times and always enjoyed it. Food and service has always been great. Will definitely be back.
Thank you so much for your review and kind words! We are thrilled that you were able to join us at The Italian and we look forward to having you back again soon!
Food and service where great. Was able to get a seat in a quieter area. The hostess was very nice and our servers where attentive.
Thanks!
Another evening if excellent service by our wait staffer. Made the choices of pizza informative and fun for our group. Will keep returning to this establishment for the great food as well.
Thank you so much for your compliments and kind words! We are excited to have you back to The Italian again soon!
Our server provided excellent service. Emily was outstanding and made our visit very enjoyable.
Thank you so much for your 5 star review and such wonderful compliments about your service! We are excited to have you back to The Italian again soon!
The food was so good and our server, Kash, was awesome!
Thank you so much for your review and compliments to your server! We are excited to have you back to The Italian again soon!
We were warned the food would take longer we had no problem with that as we had no where else to be. They took off the entrees and gave us a gift card we have visited when we went on a date and other times with our children. Great food, great space and the service was nice. Try the honey pizza it’s uhhhhgmazing we would recommend this place for sure
2nd time being back, love everything from the food, music, service, ambiance. Definitely is my #1 restaurant to go too.
Great food. Red wine should be cellar temp for the price. It was on the warm side and not enjoyable.
We usually stick to our favourite pizzas but decided on seafood appetizer, and prawn pesto and beef tagliatella - everything was excellent. Portions very generous for sure! Pasta al dente and flavourful. Our server Atash is personable and efficient - and reflective of the style of the restaurant. Had a great time, can hardly wait to return, hopefully with friends!
Most of the food was good, however the chicken parmesan and the pasta that came with it was quite bland, and I find it ridiculous that there is a charge for some extra parmesan cheese. Most places, especially Italian restaurants, are usually very generous with parmesan.
We had the Agnolotti of Butternut Squash & Truffle Forest Mushroom pastas... both were delicious!!
Thank you so much for your 5 star review! We look forward to having you back to The Italian again soon!
The food was not good. We ordered a Caesar salad and couldn’t eat it. It had a strange, unpleasant taste.
My pesto prawn pasta came with 3 prawns and 2 cherry tomatoes and nothing else. Pathetic. The pasta was super heavy and greasy but the flavour was ok. My husband’s carbonara was awful. It had little flavour - smoky water. That’s what it tasted like.
Friendly service and the carbonara was taken off our bill. Still, I’d never go there again and I would not recommend.
We would love to be able to follow up with your experience. Please reach out to us at theitalian@jrg.ca with the comments from your review and so that we can continue the conversation to help make this right. Thank you again, Morgan M - Guest Relations
My husband and I came here for Valentine's Day dinner and the service and quality of food was subpar. It wasn't too busy; as you would assume with COVID protocols, but the service was lacking. Although there was a good amount of staff, it seemed like a task to try to find our server to get simple things like a spoon for our spaghetti, or some fresh parmesan. My husband ordered a double scotch, which when it arrived looked like a watered down shot, I don't think the bartender is familiar with how to pour a scotch neat. For mains, I ordered the prawn pesto and my husband the papardelle short rib. Our pastas were good, but nothing special. I have eaten here before and the service was lacking at that time as well, not much has since changed.
Thank you so much for your review and I am so sorry to hear that this was not the ITALIAN or JRG experience that you were expecting. We would love to continue the conversation, please email us at theitalian@jrg.ca with the comments from your experience so that we can follow up properly. Thank you again Morgan M - Guest Relations.
Valentines
All good! Great service and atmosphere. Corner booth was private!
Thank you so much for your review and compliments! We look forward to having you back again soon!
FAQs
You can order delivery directly from The Italian Osteria & Cheese Bar using the Order Online button. The Italian Osteria & Cheese Bar also offers delivery in partnership with Skip The Dishes and Uber Eats. The Italian Osteria & Cheese Bar also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (604) 371-4708.
The Italian Osteria & Cheese Bar is rated 4.6 stars by 411 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Due to local restrictions, this restaurant may not be accepting reservations at the moment.