Zia's Place

What Reddit says

Dundas West pasta spot from the owner of Pasta Forever, praised for fresh pasta, flavourful dishes and a pork shoulder ragu. Opinions are split, with a couple of diners calling their December and New Year's Eve meals very poor.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 6.1
  Pasta9 Redditors
  Worth trying
• Bread2 Redditors
• Dumplings1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “Then for the main attraction of pasta I had the fusilli al ferretto ($32) with a ragu of pork and nduja. Very delicious.”

• “Full of flavour and perfect serving size.”

• “We went for dinner in December and had 2 of the worst pastas I've ever had.”

• “Not super fancy but definitely a place you can dress up a little.”

• “LOVED zias. It’s the woman who owns Pasta Forever, so everything is made fresh and delicious.”

• “Food was really great, warm service, excellent wine list and beautiful room.”

• “I went for NYE and it was unbelievably bad.”

• “Zia's on dundas w has everything you're asking for”

• “really unimpressed by the price to quality ratio, pretty average to low taste at an unreasonable price point”

• “Recently had a pork shoulder ragu there that was really good”

• “the food is really high quality, almost as good as Giulietta and quite a bit cheaper, with a more casual vibe.”

• “Anything that Pasta Forever girl does is gold, so excited to check this out.”