Experience the essence of Italian cuisine and culture as we prepare and serve genuine, exquisite dishes in a traditional comfortable setting.Savour such dishes as grilled calamari with poached garlic, black olives, capers, Seafood Risotto, Penne with spicy sausage, Maple glazed Salmon, Tender Veal or Lamb grilled to perfection, Veal Scallopini topped with smoked tomatoes, basil, shrimp and mozzarella.more...See more text
ravioli stuffed with oven roasted butternut squash in a sundried tomato rosé sauce, topped with goat cheese
$18.00
Linguini Salmon a la Vodka
capers, sundried tomatoes in a vodka cream sauce
$19.00
Entrees
Oven Roasted Salmon Fillet
with grainy mustard, apple cider maple vinaigrette, served with scented basmati rice and market vegetables
$24.00
Mixed Seafood Grill
grilled lobster tail, black tiger shrimp, grilled calamari, served with a Asian rouille lemon sauce, scented basmati rice and market vegetables
$32.00
Chicken Supreme
stuffed with caramelized apple, pine nuts, goat cheese served with a honey balsamic thyme cream sauce daily potato and market vegetables
$24.00
Black Angus Strip loin
grilled, served with horseradish Malbec red wine beef jus daily potato and market vegetables
$36.00 (10oz)
Chicken Piccata
chicken breast scaloppini and proscuitto ham in a lemoncello butter parsley sauce served with spaghetinni in an Alio Olio sauce
$26.00
Rack of Lamb
honey and mustard crusted served with mint chutney and Porto wine jus, daily potato and market vegetables
$38.00
Veal Scaloppini Marsala
sautéed with assorted mushrooms, marsala wine veal jus, cream, served with daily potato and market vegetables
$26.00
Veal Scaloppini Napolitano
sautéed in a fresh tomato sauce, olives, capers and poached garlic served with penne pasta
$26.00
Mixed Meat Grill
lamb chop, bacon wrapped beef tenderloin and spicy house made Italian sausage in a peppercorn red wine jus served with daily potato and market vegetables
$34.00
Filet Mignon
Beef tenderloin medallions wrapped in double smoked bacon with a green peppercorn & red wine jus served with daily potato & market vegetables
$32.00 (8oz)
Selection of Sides
to add to your salads or mains to add to any dish * Please notify your server with any dietary needs or allergies
Basket of warm homemade bread sticks
$5.00
Grilled Shrimp Skewer
$5.00
Sautéed Mixed Mushrooms
$6.00
Garlic Foccacia Toast
$5.00
Garlic Foccacia Toast with cheese
$8.00
Side of Pasta - alfredo or tomato
$9.00
Lobster Tail
$12.00
Market Vegetables
Dolce
*Now serving gluten and dairy free options for your dining pleasure.
Apple Pie Bella Notte
served warm with Tahitian vanilla gelato & toffee sauce
$8.00
Orange Cintrus Crème Brule
with mix berry coulis
$8.00
Flourless Chocolate Cake
with warm chocolate sauce
$8.00
Limoncello Cheesecake
with blueberry compote and candied lemon
$8.00
Tiramisu
Traditional Italian dessert
$8.00
Gelato
A creamy rich Italian style ice cream
$8.00
Cheese Plate
A selection of imported & domestic cheese with fresh fruit, nuts and crostini
$8.00
Espresso, Coffee & Tea
* Please notify your server with any dietary needs or allergies
Café Late
$3.95
Cappuccino
$3.95
Espresso
$1.95
Double espresso
$3.75
Brewed coffee
$2.50
Teas
$2.75
Specialty Coffee
Cappuccino Bella Notte
Espresso, cocoa milk, crème de cacao, Brandy & Rum
Mike the owner of Bella Notte has done a fabulous job on making such a quiant atmosphere. He has pictures on the walls of him and the generations before him and this is Italian history at its finest. I really enjoy supporting the local businesses in my neighbourhood and this one is very easy to become a regular at.
The food is amazing and is a great substitute for downtown Toronto dining. Bella Notte provides fresh food with unique flavors, it has a great wine selection, and always friendly service. You will need to expect however that on the weekends especially, it will be veryyyyy busy and the service may be slower than usual (standard for any restaurant really), so my advice to you is to purchase a great bottle of wine and enjoy the night with your loved ones. This establishment really gives you the time to enjoy your meal, wine and conversation which is not something done at your run of the mill franchises.
For a great dining experience and a taste of Italy, I highly recommend it!
I have been at this restaurante previously and really enjoyed the food and thought the pricing was reasonable for a "GOOD" restaurant. I made a reservations for myself and friends and was impressed by the attention we received when first coming in the restaurant. The food was OK but is now overpriced for the quality delivered. The time of waiting between the appetizer and the entree was close to an hour. No apology or update as to when the entree would be coming. I had to ask when? The waiter was very nice when at our table. I see that the caprese salad has increased in price from the review done by someone 7 weeks ago. I won't be returning.
I'm not one to go on sites like this and review restaurants but I just had to after finding "a diamond in the ruff". Whitby has mostly chain restaurants and it is hard to find good small independently owned ones(with an exception of a few that are in the area). Bella Notte was recommended to us by a friend who raves about this place and has every right to. We felt relaxed and at home as soon as we stepped in the door, with a friendly greeting that didn't seem scripted. We had reviewed the menu online before arriving so we knew exactly what we were going to order but that changed when the waiter told us about the "Chef's features". That was a game changer and didn't know what to oder now, the features sounded amazing and they were. We decided to order from the features, we shared a golden beet salad with arugula, almonds, fresh berries and goat cheese and a warm crostini with porchetta and braised fennel our entree's were pasta with beef tenderloin tip, roasted red peppers and mushrooms in a rose type sauce and we couldn't resist but to order the rack of lamb. Both of our meals were amazing, flavours that I thaught I would never find this side of the city. I can't speak for our friends but they looked just as good and judging by thier plates and reaction they relly enjoyed their meals also. The wine selection was more than what I expected with a great selection of wines by the glass and a great selection of wines mainly from Italy but other new and old world wines.
I found the service to be flawless and we seemed to get the right amount of service at the right time. We had everything we needed when we needed it from ice water to another basket of fresh bread(and the place was packed). The wait staff are very professional, curtious, warm and friendly.
Overall this restaurants moves to the top of our list of favorites, you can tell they try to everything just perfect and take pride in what they do. I had a chance to speak to the manger or could have been the owner who seemed to really enjoy what he does and it shows in the staff and the food.
The only thing I can complain about is that we didn't find this place sooner.
Can't wait to go back!
Myself, husband, and lovely daughter went to Belle Notte on Valentine’s Day. We were pleased to see that they could squeeze us in last minute given the day and time, but soon found out why this seemingly quaint little restaurant had availability on one of the busiest restaurant nights of the year…
We arrived to our reservation on time and were seated by a male hostess who immediately informed me that they could do small portions of pasta for the little one- which I appreciated. We waited approximately 10-15 minutes for our waiter to take our drink order which was very strange given that we were seated with a small child. While waiting for our drinks, we noticed that all of the other tables had bread except ours, but continued to wait thinking that perhaps the waiter would bring it back with our drink order…needless to say she did not.
We ordered appetizers first- The Mussels Bella Notte ($12), and the Caprese Salad ($9). Regarding the Salad we asked if they could add capers as the Caprese Salads we have had in the past at other Italian restaurants included this as one of their ingredients and we enjoy saltiness they bring to this dish- Our waiter said it wouldn’t be a problem. Regarding the Mussels we asked if it was really hot considering one of the ingredients on the menu for this item included jalapenos -Our waiter responded by saying, “no no…it’s very mild.” We waited approx. 25-30min minutes for our appetizers. The Salad was brought without the capers that we asked for, and when the our waiter realized she quickly brought them over saying, “Well there is someone else in the restaurant with tons of capers on their salad cause I saw them make it.” So much for making it seem like everything is running smoothly!? The mussels came with a mound of jalapenos on top, which I immediately tossed, and more than enough in the tomato and sambuca liqueur the mussels were swimming in. In my opinion the sauce was much too sweet and garnished with enough parsley for 3-4 dishes. I was the ONLY one who could handle this dish with some bread to tame the heat- which I had been waiting for since arriving.
For our mains we ordered the Sea Bass (Valentine’s Day Special) ($34), the Seafood Pasta Belle Notte ($26), and asked the waiter to if we could do a small portion of spaghetti in an alfredo sauce for my daughter. In addition this we asked if they could throw a few pieces of chicken and asparagus. After walking back and forth from the kitchen to the dining room our waiter informed us that she was just going to order us something similar to the Angle hair Pasta ($17) off the menu for the little one because it would cost us more to order the half-order of pasta we originally ordered for her and then add chicken and veggies (Made no sense to me). I agreed thinking that there was no way they would charge us $17 dollars for child’s order of pasta – and would do something similar menu item she mentioned in a half size. In addition to this we requested that her dish come out as soon as possible – well before our own.
The Sea Bass- as my husband described- needed to be seasoned, but was not bad once you incorporated what looked like a dark paste of some sorts on the top. The potatoes that accompanied the dish tasted like the soil they were just picked from and cooked unwashed. The Seafood Pasta left much to be desired as well. I will order Seafood Pasta wherever I go if it’s on the menu. Presentation was beautiful- the shrimp and scallops large and appetizing- but looks was all this dish had. The pasta which was supposed to be a maffaldini pasta had several piece of other different pasta throughout, the scallops were extremely underdone (basically raw), and the entire bowl of pasta was not only covered in olives, but was made with enough olive oil to fill the plate to its brim- it just tasted like olives. My daughters order turned the night from bad to worse. Fist the dish came out maybe 5 minutes before our mains did, when we specific
this is the 2nd time I spend my birthday there and It was lovely like the first one! romantic, classy, and elegant without being overpriced... I've tried very expensive restaurants in TO and so far the quality of food and service comes very close... I'm looking forward to comeback again...
