The Express Restaurant - Italian Eatery

349 Grays Rd, Hamilton - L8E 2Z1
130 reviews
Italian Pizza
(905) 560-1475

Visited this place for the first time and had a wonderful experience! Food was scrumptious.Anchal proved out to be an excellent server. Her suggestions were bang on and she was really courteous. Will definitely visit the place again.Keep up the good work team!

Hidden gem! Sensational food and service. My husband had the pizza and declared it the best pizza that he's had in years! Perfect thin, flavourful crust, sauce and toppings. I had the housemade chicken tettrazini and it was sensational. Huge portions. For dessert we had espresso and a carrot cake cheesecake. Fairly priced, great (though limited) wine options and truly exceptional Italian cuisine. We'll be back!Just wanted to add my two cents on decor: is it dated and slightly industrial? Yes. Did l care? Nope. Not at all. Honestly, give me dated with amazing food anytime. I've been in many trendy and modern restaurants and their food sucked. Better alternative IMO.

The food was DELICIOUS! My go to from here is Spaghetti alla Milanese, which is Spaghetti with shrimp, olive oil, loads of garlic, diced tomato and lemon. I wanted to try something different and had the Penne Carbonara. I'm glad I did...it was AMAZING! A generous portion and so good. My friend had the Chicken Tetrazzini, and she said it was delicious...looked like home-made pasta in that dish! We had the brownie and carrot Carmel cheesecake for dessert. Also very good... excellent menu selection but desserts are limited. After the size of our meals and the delicious bread and butter you shouldn't need dessert anyway!

excellent service and delicious huge portions

We frequent this restaurant a lot in the past and in fact our last meal was excellent. However, we decided to order a takeout and we are so disappointed with our meal. We order 2 calzones and both were not what we ordered. We found the calzones were bland and tasteless. The sauce with the calzone barely covered them. The meals were ready when we arrived but it took 10 minutes to get anyone to get them for us. Our first calzone was a polpette without the peppers but substituted with green olives and it came with NO olives but far too many onions. Our second calzone was pepperoni, prosciuttos, mushrooms and onions and came with NO mushrooms. We have decided to stop coming to this restaurant and to let our friends know about this situation we had with our order and the lack of service on a Monday night..

Excellent service . Delicious food the authentic Italian food. Very recommended

It was very good and they have lowered their standards. I was not impressed with the pasta this time around. The decor is very very dated. They have really no idea how to cater to gluten free people and have no knowledge really of it.

Ordered from the King St W location for lunch today. The chicken Caesar salad and bread (huge loaf) was excellent. The free brownie was soft, moist and delicious! I will definitely order from them again!

The food is very good. I has gnocchi in a rose sauce and bruschetta (?). Very nice dinner. I ordered a chocolate martini and they lacked the ingredients to make me one. A little surprising since it is Christmas. The decor needs to be updated. Looks very industrial, not very warm feeling. I would go again but not to celebrate an occasion.

The restaurant has great food, portions are very reasonable. I had the best pasta and carrot cheesecake here. The washrooms were very clean as well! Overall a great experience!