La Brezza Ristorante

LOVED this place! This was our first time at this restaurant and I would love to return again soon! Came here with another couple for a dinner date.
The waiter and the general manager were fantastic and very entertaining, food was delicious. My husband is not a a fan of calamari and he LOVED the calamari from la Brezza.
It was also a very nice tough for the owner to come and say hello.

Food is delicious, atmosphere is warm and inviting. Highly recommend!

We came here with a large party for my fathers 80th birthday. Despite the large group the wait staff were very attentive and the service was quick! The restaurant has a great atmosphere and the food was fantastic. We'll be back!

The food was pretty good and our server was friendly. It has a cute and quaint ambiance to it. The manager put a damper on our evening though. Forwarning, if you have a gift card and don’t order wine the manager looks down on you. Use the whole gift card as he expects you to put additional tip down. Not sure if I will revisit this place again.

Their Calamari is amazing, I will give them that. The lasagna was flavourless. The restaurant itself is small and slightly dated.

Food was incredible. The calamari was the best I've ever had!!! If your lucky enough to go on a night the owner is there she is the cutest little Italian lady who mingles! Ask her how to eat spaghetti and she will show you!

Authentic Italian flavour. Cozy environment. Service a bit slow and the desserts were great. Appies and entree were excellent however. Reasonably priced, would go back to try other menu items.

Great service and good. The calamari is actually best I've ever had.

The calamari is a must. Don't pass it up!!! Great food and great staff! Book ahead to make sure you get a table!!

Our Dinner Club's February Dinner at La Brezza Ristorante started out great. The cozy house restaurant in Bridgeland was packed with customers and there was lots of laughter while we were having fun with the Host Marco and Michael our Waiter. Everyone was exclaiming how good the food was (especially the Calamari) when the appetizer courses started coming out. It started going down hill when the pasta course came around, as the pasta was not as flavorful or temperature correct as one would expect from a highly rated Italian Restaurant. It got much worse when the entrees were placed on our table. Almost everyone's vegetables were ice cold. Some of the Tenderloins were not Tenderloins and not cooked to order. The Lamb was tough and those who ordered the chicken claimed it had was bland. I think the Salmon was fine or Kathryn was just being polite.

After discussing our concerns with our waiter (Marco the Host had left for the evening) they deducted some of the liquors and specialty coffees from some of the bills. I did get a call from Marco 2 days later apologizing and claiming that they wanted to do something for the group that attended and would be getting back to me in two days after he talked to the owner . So far I have not heard back from him.

The Southern Alberta Dinner Club ( The SAD Club) normally keeps our reviews private within the club for future reference only and do not usually give public reviews. Since it was my recommendation to go to La Brezza after having positive experiences here years ago, I felt I should post a public review in this particular case since I have never received such negative feedback from members in the past and frankly I had to agree with them. Luckily for me only 1/3 of the group showed up this particular evening.

I heard that the Main Chef had the evening off this particular Friday night. Hopefully La Brezza can use this as constructive information in order to uphold their present 4+ rating.