Dimmi Bar & Trattoria

Probably one of the best places in the Yorkville area for Italian food.
Love coming back.
Their prices are reasonable as well.

My review is much like others’.
There is nothing wrong with this place. Nothing on the menu is bad. But it tastes more like Woddbridge hall food, than anything else. You options are the pasta, pizza or a sandwiches. At least the prices are reasonable, for the neighbourhood.
The service is not good. The waitstaff were annoyed that they had customers, and we say a group of four staff (someone senior, a waiter and two kitchen staff) get into a fist fight.
I’ve eaten here before and the food is always okay. Not this time though. The pizza had little sauce and the bottom was burned. I don’t think I’ll be going back. Better choices in this neighbourhood.

Dimmi’s has existed in Yorkville for 18 years and is a remembrance of times past. The restaurant is closing down for a month or so in January to under go a complete refurbishment and redesign. It should look fabulous, but get there before the closing to enjoy the kind of dining sadly missing from the majority of Yorkville establishments.
This is a bar and trattoria that welcomes you with open arms and hugs you with delicious, well priced food. It reminds me of the restaurants scattered through the hill towns of Italy where you feel you have been invited into someone’s home. Raymond, the charming owner and manager, is always there, welcoming you, seating you, suggesting dishes, whisking away empty plates, answering the phone; a whirling dervish making sure everyone is happy. He obviously loves what he does. The rest of the staff emulates their leader, working hard, but with that warmth which is an integral part of Dimmi’s.
The food is delicious. This is not precious dining. Everything is hearty, filling and satisfying. Appetizers from the ubiquitous Caprese Salad to the grilled octopus are great. Pastas are cooked al dente, with home made sauces and all are bread dipping good. Dimmi’s offers a variety of thin crust pizzas and they are perfect for take out. Prices are unbelievably reasonable for chic Yorkville.
While other Yorkville dining locations greet you with their noses ten feet in the air and leave you with a check costing hundreds of dollars, Dimmi’s envelops you in warmth and leaves you with a smile on your face.

I feel like Dimmi needs a bit of a modern facelift, though maybe the old Italian atmosphere is what some patrons enjoy. Their menu is slightly uninspiring but maybe don’t fix what isn’t broken, as their red sauce is particularly great on any type of pasta, and I seem to keep going back.

Casual and affordable — a rarity for Yorkville! The tomato salad was amazing. I had the pasta with tiger shrimp — also delicious, if not a bit too oily. Pizzas looked great too. Only negative — your main options here are pasta, pizza or sandwiches.
For some reason, the waitress seemed a little annoyed with our table. Or that was just her face. I’m not sure.

Had dinner here last night and was very pleased! We both ordered pasta dishes and the grilled octopus. The octopus was a little over cooked but absolutely delicious! Both pasta dishes came out steaming hot and cooked to perfection. I had the gluten free pasta which was likely the best I have ever had.
I would give 5 stars except our server had no idea about the wine list and instead of taking the time to ask, he served me a sickly sweet glass of wine when I specifically said that I did not like sweet at all. The servers should be educated on the wine list… it’s an Italian restaurant after all.
Would definitely go back again!

I always love coming to this place and have been frequenting this establishment for years, in fact pretty much every time I am in Yorkville I eat here. I’m not sure if it’s the owner or the manager but this gentleman is always wonderfully helpful and promptly greets guests on arrival always willing to help out staff and perform a variety of needed tasks around the restaurant. The general feeling of the entire staff seems to be pleasant and well versed to help with menu selections or questions.
The venue is intimate and classy but still casual enough to be comfortable especially with many of the competing bistros this place I find is the best of both worlds. The patio is on the small side however it is overlooking the bustling street and as long as your not crammed right next to someone the feeling is more spacious then many of the other bistros in yorkville. I like the dimly lit interior with rich colors and wood treatments reminds me of the quaint bistros in paris and the fact that they are located right off the walkway adds to that ambiance I think.
I find the menu to be one of the more affordable ones in Yorkville with very interesting specials. I had the pan seared scallops as an app and actually wound up ordering it twice it was that good! Delish! Im a huge fan of their antipasto and pretty much every appetizer on the menu, they pair so well with the wide variety of wines available by the glass. I never have an issue picking a tasty new selection as the staff is always super knowledgable and willing to offer very helpful suggestions.
Pastas here are a pretty hefty portion and are melt in your mouth good! The agnolotti and gnocchi are among my favorites paired with the simple arugula salad I am always pleased.
They also have a large selection of pizzas, the crusts are crispy with some interesting ingredient pairings that once again perfectly compliment a good glass of wine which they have plenty of.
There really is some hefty competition but when it comes to Yorkville Dimmi’s is always on the top of my lis, I do suggest you try if you’re willing to splurge a tad

The food is fine. We concerned about the environment a lot. There is some bug crawling on the wall when we were eating. Felt disgusting.

Delicious pasta! Their Rose sauce is incredible, the tiramisu is to die for. The cons are the bread they serve before your meal, it’s cold and not the best. Service is great and salads are tasty too.

Place is great… Located in swanky Yorkville on one of the most popular streets (Cumberland), I have nothing truly negative to say about Dimmi. The food is fresh, authentic, and fast. I ordered the mussels with tomato sauce, which came out steaming hot from the kitchen… Portion was reasonable. The ambiance is very nice, although they could invest in some more lighting. Our server was straight from Italy, which gave the restaurant a great added touch. We met the owner during our visit, and he was very pleasant. I will definitely be back.

Went here with some girlfriends for dinner and loved the cozy atmosphere. The restaurant is small which is a good thing, did I mention cozy? Love the low-​lighting and the smattering of tables near the back; the rigatoni dish was amazing comfort food, and the cute Italian waiter was really helpful with wine selection. In the summer it’s great to get one of the tables near the glass panels that open onto the cobblestoned side street, it gives that European feel I so adore. The night we ate here Top Chef Canada judge Mark McEwan was eating at a table near the back; I guess the food meets his «chef-​y» standard as well!

I had a wonderful dinner at this great Italian restaurant. I ordered the rigatoni al gorgonzola pasta topped with mushrooms, roasted red peppers in a cream gorgonzola sauce. All these ingredients go so well together making it an amazing dish. The pasta was perfectly cooked, not mushy at all and more on the al dente side. The dish was well plated and the portions are good size. I also like their customer service. All the waiters were quite pleasant and our food arrived fairly quickly. This restaurant also offers a great patio. We sat at the table on the patio facing the side street, which is a great option, because it’s more private and less crowded. An overall great experience and I will definitely be back!

Came here for lunch and thought I was in for a good time as many people I know have been here.
Service was fairly slow and inattentive.
Ordered the antipasto platter with cold cuts, diced cheese and some fried clams to. Nothing to write home about. It came with this weird ketchup like sauce that was totally out of place.
Next was the chicken spinach pizza. Somehow had almost no flavour. From the chicken, spinach and the tomato sauce, nothing stood out about it.
People around me ordered pasta and it looked pretty good but I wouldn’t go out of my way to go back again

Unilocal cliché alert: I wish I could give this place half stars. That’s the first time I’ve ever typed those words, but I’m so darn in between three and four on Dimmi! I remember my elementary school math, though, so I know to round up when it’s .5.
The food here is tasty, fresh and cheaper than the average Yorkville restaurant. The pastas and the patio are both fabulous. The only downsides are the service is a little rushy and the décor is a lot dated. These two cons are actually enough to make the dining experience, well, you just never quite get as comfortable as you’d hope.
Stick to their pasta, have some wine and try to snag a seat on the patio.

I’ve been going to Dimmi for 15+ years and never had a bad meal. I’ve long since moved from Toronto but when I’m back in town I usually stop in while wandering Yorkville because it’s so consistently good. This time around we started with the minestrone soup and the arugula salad. Both were hearty but the latter was lacking the candied fruit. No biggie. Next we enjoyed the risotto al funghi and the rigatoni al Gorgonzola with a glass of the house Malbec. Neither very inventive, but always fresh. Add to that the woodsy ambience, fun Yorkville people watching and fantasticly attentive service, and it was a wonderful meal.

Let me just cut to the chase .
Service was POOR. They wouldn’t let us (a couple) sit at a table that had more room when we asked kindly as we saw other couples at bigger tables!
The food was NOT the same as before at all! Pizza Pizza tastes 100x better than what we had there. The pizza was dry, didn’t even look or taste fresh. They were cheap with the toppings! The complimentary bread was tasteless even the pigeons outside wouldn’t touch that once.
The manger (I believe he was the manager) asked me to MOVE into a different chair in the MIDDLE OF MY Meal with my bf. what a JOKE! He should have either sat the new party somewhere else as there was PLENTY OF ROOM or given us a better table as we asked earlier before we got seated. Don’t know why he was so ruthless to make a patron MOVE in the middle of their dinner.
I would give this place 0 stars if I could. Save yourself the hassle and take yourself next door to Hemmingways where BOTH the food and service are better!

This place is a genuine gem in Toronto’s coolest neighbourhood! So far, everything I’ve tried here tastes brilliant– and for a great price. The variety of pasta entrees makes it hard to decide, since they all seem so enticing, most of which are between $ 12 – 22 which is cheaper meal than most restaurants in the Yorkville area. I’ve been here a few times, trying different pastas every time. I always get to taste what my friends ordered as well. And so far, knock on wood, nothing was subpar. My personal favourite was the rigatoni a la vodka– a delicious entrée in a vodka rose sauce.
You dine in a dim, upscale, buzzing atmosphere. There’s also a great heated patio facing Cumberland. The place is a little small, although charming, which makes it a task to get a table on weekends, even if you try to reserve. Also, when the restaurant is busy, the service could be better.
I recommend this place to anyone in the mood for good pasta, pizza and drinks in a swanky neighbourhood. You won’t be disappointed.

Great staff, nice place and great food! Been there over 100 times and never had a bad experience!!! YUMMY!
Best Penne Ala Vodka and since I don’t eat bacon, I had them make it without and add chicken. Simply amazing! Their salads, their sandwiches, their pastas and pizzas are all made with LOVE. YUM

Dropped into here for lunch with a bunch of co-​workers. I haven’t had real Italian food for a really long time and this was a really good place to re-​visit the type of food again.
I had this fantastic pesto risotto that was perfectly cooked. Never had anything like it before. I’ve never had it cooked so well before either. Totally worth all of the money I paid (Roughly $ 20).
The service was great and I’m looking forward to going here again. I didn’t see any gluten-​free options here but if you aren’t limited by that I’d definitely check this place out. The prices are a bit higher than most places but you get what you pay for here and it’s definitely good quality there.

I was craving risotto so my boyfriend and I decided to try this place out. We sat on the covered patio, which gave a nice ambiance. I feel like this was luck too. We had called in advance to make a somewhat last minute reservation. We were told it would be no problem and provided our name. When we arrived, however, no reservation. Their reservation system is just names on a piece of paper that someone carries in their hand. A system I don’t really like b/​c it has happened before that my reservations have been lost at other restaurants when they have the same system. Fortunately, we were able to catch a spot on the covered patio and were lucky the rain had just stopped.
We shared the shrimp risotto to start. It was a large portion, and we didn’t want to fill up before the meal, so I took the rest home.
For the mains we had pasta special — lobster fettucine in a red sauce.
All in all, the service was good and the food was tasty, but there’s nothing that really stood out as being off the charts. I would go back though and would recommend it to others.