Gio Rana's Really Really Nice

1220 Queen St E, Toronto - M4M 1L7
168 reviews
Italian Tapas/Small Plates
(416) 469-5225

I came here for dinner with my sister the other day and we were so lucky to get seated right away and it was busy! You can't make reservations for parties under 6 so we arrived at the perfect time.Our server Jen was amazing!! She was super friendly and let us know about the night's specials and gave us all of her recommendations. We ordered everything that she suggested and the food was amazing! The items on the menu unique from other Italian restaurants and everything was so delicious!I'm so glad we tried it and I will definitely be back! Highly recommended!!

amazing! we got the octopus antipasti, mushroom papardelle, and osso buco..you need to get the papardelle, the sauce (cremini mushroom, crema, toasted walnuts, thyme) is just *chefs kiss* . I think they might change around the pasta the pair with the sauce, but definitely get this 1000% I don't even like eating mushrooms

The food was filling. The Risotto balls and the Pappardelle were delicious. I did not like the seafood dish, it was too salty. The price for everything including 2 alcoholic drinks, dessert and tax was $99. Not a bad time. The decor was older for sure but not too ancient. The staff were friendly.

Delicious pasta, one of the best Italian restaurants I’ve tried. I took my friends here and they all loved the food. We tried the spicy pesto rigatoni, veggie lasagna, and seafood pasta. We also had the arancini balls for appetizers. It was all delicious and addicting. I couldn’t stop eating my lasagna even though I was full. Service was also great, she kept coming by to ask how the food was and was very attentive. Hard to find the restaurant, look for the giant nose lol.

The food here is incredible and it's very reasonably priced. They don't take reservations so there can be a bit of a wait sometimes but it's well worth it. Can't wait to go back!

My landlord recommended this restaurant to me and it did not disappoint! Everything was packaged nicely and arrived warm. Food was tasty, hopefully I can dine in at some point after the lockdown.

Aside from the pictures we also had pappardelle and pulled pork but got too excited and forgot to take a photo. Everything was delicious and the staff super friendly. The desert chocolate and raspberry was a highlight as I haven’t tried it anywhere else. Also the white wine, their own label was very nice as well.

What a fantastic spot! I just move to leslieville and wanted to get the sense of the neighbourhood restaurants and this place was exceptional. The food and atmosphere was very family oriented and fun. The service was also exceptional. Our waitress was giving us recommendations on the food and wine and they were all really good choices. Definitely will be back again!

Amazing food and experience! I’m so glad we randomly came across Gio Rana’s Really Really Nice Restaurant and decided to enter; I have to say, the giant nose really intrigued us. I highly recommend their Braised Veal Ossobuco paired with the Tagliatelle (mushrooms, cream, roasted walnuts, and thyme) pasta.

Had an absolutely great time here!We tried many many things pretty much all the pastas and protein options.My top choices would be the veal for protein and the gnocchi although everything else is really good!The dessert was phenomenal as well, would highly recommend the Nutella cheesecake.Average per person will be around $35-45 if you plan to get a pasta, protein and dessert.Only better if is maybe if the music was little quieter but not the end of the world.