Pizzeria Via Mercanti

Good place for a casual dinner with friends. Location is in Kensington. Both the service and interior are friendly and inviting. We had the double decker pizza, which was fun but next time I would like to try one of their regular pizzas. Someone else had the one topped with burrata which looked great. The four cheese gnocchi is very rich and the blue cheese flavour is very dominating, which I enjoyed but some people may not.

All in all had a great time and would definitely come back for a relaxed and well priced meal.

This review is for Mateo at the Avenue road location.
You look 14 years old, act like you're 8 years old, and you can't take a proper order on the phone. And then you blame your customers for your mistake?
Whoever hired Mateo to be in customer service obviously had a lobotomy or serious brain damage.
I'd humbly suggest to keep Mateo in the back making dough and cleaning the bathrooms. Kapish?
Btw Mateo pulled the pizza out of the glorified Il Fornello oven too early on purpose. It was a soggy mess.

Great wood oven pizza. Mediterranean class in the middle of an earthy, eclectic, arts community.
Their dishes are authentic, their decor is authentic, everything about this place is authentic. So much so that we started to think that the wait staff were putting on fake Italian accents to fuck with us.
I love this place. Can't give it high enough praise.

Having pizza in Naples Italy ruined all other pizza for me...until I found Via Mercanti. The pizza here is the only pizza in the city that rivals that of the original Neapolitan pizza. This is the only pizza I will eat in the city. Done to perfection in every way--the dough, the sauce, the toppings all in perfect ratios. If you are serious about your pizza this is where you want to be eating.

My personal favourite are the Margherita pizza and the Nutella pizza for dessert. True Italian classics done to perfection.

The service is fabulous. They go above and beyond for all their guests

Delicious and easy pizza. The crust was bubbly, the mozzarella cheese tasted fresh, and the sauce was clean and light. The pizza had everything I was looking for. They have a $10 margherita pizza and an ittybitty salad lunch combo. I prefer the lunch special at Pizzeria Libretto. It's $5 more but comes with a full salad (more choices too) and gelato.

Authentic location for Napoli pizza! My friends spoke Italian to the owner and some of the waitstaff. My friend and I split two pizzas to try more, we had the PATATE E SALSICCIA (Fior di latte, potatoes, sausage) and CACCIATORA (Fior di latte, mushrooms, chicken, cherry tomatoes) and the tiramisu.

All were fantastic! If you have a larger group, I'd highly recommend reservations.

We came here at the suggestion of an Italian and weren't super impressed. The pizza was on the pricier end and it wasn't even truffle pizza. The mushrooms were ok. The best part was the hot oil and we enjoyed our pizza with it. Service was good and the food was brought out quick.

Still amazing, btw.

My family RARELY goes out to dinner in Toronto, and never downtown. They ventured out to visit from their cozy suburbs and we had an amazing dinner here, I can't understate how much I appreciate the venue for that.

Our server was spectacular, the food was great (as literally always), the atmosphere and ambiance was cozy, fun, casual, and warm, all at a reasonable price.

I could not ask for more!

This pizzeria is my new favourite pizza spot! I visited this place on a Saturday at 5pm (made a reservation the weekend before) and enjoyed a delicious family dinner. Nestled in the middle of Kensington market, this hidden gem filled out bellies and churned out pizza after pizza. Our waitress was enthusiastic and friendly and was tentative to our needs.

We started off with 2 of the Frittura Di Pesce - the batter was light, the shrimps were quite big and the calamari was tender. It came with their in house marina with a bit of pepper flakes on top. My only recommendation would be a bit more seasoning on the seafood.

Next up were the pizzas. The crust was deliciously chewy with a hint of the wood fire burnt taste, it was sooo good! We ordered 2 bifalina (buffalo mozzarella and prosciutto, this was our favourite, so we ended up ordering a second pizza. Even my 4yo ate the prosciutto, which he normally wouldn't), the calzone was pleasantly good (we expected the usual thick crust and not a lot of toppings, but the one from this pizzeria is on the thin side, the center is packed with pepperoni and Bufala Ricotta - this is a must try!), the funghi pizza is flavourful but it could use more mushrooms, and the capricciosa (prosciutto, mushroom, black olives - I didn't try this one because I don't like olives). We also ordered the linguine allo scoglio (seafood linguine), this had a good mix of mussels, shrimp, baby clams and calamari, but I would've like more of a sauce, it seemed like this was just tossed in olive oil.

The food was great, the waitress was friendly and for 6 adults and 2 kids, ordering 4 pizzas, 1 calzone, 2 apps and the seafood linguine was a bit much, we could've made do with 1 less pizza - we didn't even have room for dessert (and I really wanted to try the ricotta and pistachio cheesecake... Next time!).

$16.95 even tho the website says $13. (Used to have a $10 pick up special which I miss) Not terribly flavorful. The tomato flavor was light. It just tasted like a plain cheese pizza. I wish there was more basil and tomato flavors present. Also, if I'm paying $17 I would hope for more than one basil leaf. That was the most disappointing part. Don't know if I'll go again tbh.