Toscanos Mediterranean Grill

What a lovely evening I had here! I was with a friend on the beautiful patio at dusk and we had the chef's menu which was absolutely fabulous! The banter with our server was both witty and lovely, and the food was delicious to say the least! I felt as if I had been transported away for an evening to the Cinque Terre. Could not recommend this restaurant any more. If you are debating on dessert, the deconstructed tarte au citron is a must. Can't wait to come back again :

Amazing food, great service and beautiful location! Lovely place to eat in Comox, definitely recommend!

Overall the food was OK, nothing special, we ordered 4 plates of different dishes and they all were just spaghetti (there's Fettuccine, Penne etc. . Usually Italian restaurants have variety of pizza, desserts (like Teramisu .. The service was goodalthough the restaurant was very busy.

Been to better Italian/Mediteranean restaurants. We had made a reservation, but little care was taken in giving us a decent seating. The restaurant was less than half full, but were still given a seat staring into the kitchen. In some cases this might be okay, but in this case it was not. You could see the chaos that ensued. I just had two appetizers which were passable (though the garlic shrimp were rather minimal! . My husband had a pasta entree which was a disaster. Obviously, the cook had never heard of 'al dente ', the pasta was more along the lines of 'mush. ' And arrabbiata with sausage should have some spiciness to it; this was sadly lacking! We put the problems with Toscana down to the fact is that it seems to be run by inexperienced young people.

The food was a mixed bag. The spicy lamb meatballs were fantastic. My wife loved her beet salad and pasta. I thought my pasta dish was pedestrian. Desert was supposed to be a chocolate mousse, however it tasted like a thick chocolate pudding. Atmosphere wasn't great and the noisy diners were so loud I couldn't carry on a conversation. The service was excellent so I bumped up their rating.