Lina Linguini's Pasta & Grille in St. Catharines

Ridley Square, 111 Fourth Ave, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3P1, Canada

★★★★☆
(1352 reviews)
Categories: Italian restaurant

About

Established eatery serving Italian tapas along with pasta & classic entrees in a relaxed atmosphere.

Website
linalinguinis.com
Address
Ridley Square, 111 Fourth Ave, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3P1, Canada
Plus Code
5P4P+HV St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
12–10 PM
Wednesday
12–10 PM
Thursday
12–10 PM
Friday
12–10 PM
Saturday
12–10 PM
Sunday
12–8 PM

Services

Service options
Outdoor seating Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Cocktails Coffee Healthy options Late-night food Small plates Spirits Wine
Dining options
Breakfast Brunch Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Bar on site Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy Romantic
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.4
★★★★☆
1352 reviews

Most Mentioned

tapas (28) buffet (28) caesar salad (20) chicken parm (18) alfredo (18) brunch (16) patio (11) tortellini (10) angel hair pasta (7) chicken marsala (5)
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★★★★★
December 8, 2024

Absolutely delicious! We go at least once a week and have never been disappointed. Service is amazing, atmosphere is fantastic! Try the pizza too, sooo good, we tried the prosciutto and pear pizza and WOW! This will be a once a week place to eat!

★★★★★
July 20, 2024

Delicious pasta, great service and a menu with just enough options where everyone can find something delicious to try. Portions were more than enough and had some left over! Definitely worth the try if you are in town

★★★★★
May 15, 2024

I recently dined at Lina Linguini's and had an exceptional experience from start to finish. The service was outstanding—prompt, friendly, and attentive without being intrusive. The staff made sure every aspect of our meal was perfect, enhancing our dining experience significantly. I highly recommend trying the spicy gnocchi dish. It was an absolute delight, with just the right amount of heat and perfectly cooked gnocchi that melted in my mouth. The flavors were well-balanced and left me craving more. Lina Linguini's truly knows how to create a memorable meal.

★★
October 15, 2023

This is an honest review. I rarely give one/two stars. Loved the decor, ambience and the service. However, the food did not live up to our expectations. We are italian, and this review may be more critical than others. Many dishes offered are made with tomatoe sauce…. and the sauce here needs A LOT of improvement. To our Italian family, it was inedible. I ordered the Black Truffel Sachetti Pasta and it was good (was not made with tomatoe sauce). The others in our group all ordered tomatoe sauce based dishes - veal parmigiana, linguine, gnocchi - and most of the food was not eaten. The salads were good (Caesar and Lina’s house salad). Lastly… the pizza, we ordered the Capricciosa. Firstly, capricciosa pizza is not made the way this place makes it. That aside, it wasn’t good. We did order 3 espressos and they were delish. I can’t give this place more than a one star. The service and people were wonderful, as was the decor.

★★★★
December 12, 2022

Was visiting the area and wanted to try a local spot. The place was very busy on Wed afternoon which is always a good sign. The veal parmigiana was one of the best I’ve had. It had flat bread which wasn’t traditional but worked really well. House salad dressing isn’t the usual Italian. It had more of a fruity taste which I prefer. It’s not for everyone though. My colleagues had chicken Caesar salad. It was fresh and chicken was tender. I only wish I didn’t order sangria. There was an odd taste in there that I couldn’t figure out what. Overall a great place to enjoy lunch or dinner. There was a funny touch in the washroom: instead of music they played Italian language lessons that included common food items and restaurant lingo. I guess you can learn a few things before visiting Italy lol…

★★★
June 22, 2022

I had another idea about the restaurant. It didn’t meet my expectations. The salad was ok but the pasta was not great. It hasn’t a sauce, not creamy. I ordered 1 kids pasta with pesto, but it came like ail oil sparkled with basil. My daughter who loves pasta and pesto didn’t like it. I order for myself the gnocchi with mushrooms, chicken, pesto and nuts, I couldn’t eat it, dried, no sauce at all. I brought home and made a great sauce to eat. I ordered strawberry lemonade and received a pink lemonade, clearly made with artificial ingredient and not with strawberry. 3 stars because my husband liked his pasta, but he said nothing extraordinary.

★★★★
June 18, 2022

Went for a birthday dinner. We were attracted to the atmosphere and weren't disappointed. Beautiful decor throughout the small little restaurant. We arrived in the middle of dinner rush on a Saturday and had no trouble being seated. The spicy calamari is just regular calamari with Frank's Red hot poured all over it making it only one of two disappointments. The other was the fact the linguine arribatta didn't mention a cheese topping as all the other menu items did which led to having cheese on mine. Everything else was great and enjoyable.

★★★
March 16, 2022

My initial review of this place was a 5 star review. Since then, we have come back three different times and am dropping my review based on our experience. The staff were awesome. The washrooms were clean too. The dishes were average with what seems to be pre-bagged and made caesar salad. We had a big root in one of them which took up quite a bit of space on the plate. I informed our server but nothing was done about it. The pasta's are decent but seem to have lost their edge. The pizza was good, but we had one of ours be very salty and not edible.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 18, 2024

Best chicken parm!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 16, 2024

Absolutely delicious food! The atmosphere is great here and service was pretty good especially on a busy Saturday night.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 9, 2024

Great service, great food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 9, 2024

Lena is a great local restaurant a ton of options to choose from good food great service reasonably priced plenty of parking. I really neat vibe in terms of the atmosphere. Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

★★★★
Local Guide
December 2, 2024

Ok Vegetarian options: Not too many Egg plant ; in few Food : 4/5 | Service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 2, 2024

Busy place , nice service, food taste better than it looks, had pizza and eggplant parmigiana, felt very light and delicious

★★★★★
November 23, 2024

So glad to find Angel Hair pasta! Fabulous. Food

November 23, 2024

Service was very good and the waitress was kind. Unfortunately my pasta carbonara was not and it made me sick. could not hold it down ended up throwing it up throughout the night.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

I always make my own pasta. I do broccoli tortellini alfredo. It comes with salad and I always pick their home salad because their dressing is amazing. Also the skor cheesecake was so good, I dont even like skor. Kid-friendliness: Theres a menu for kids on the main menu for adults. Decent food and prices

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Fantastic experience, fantastic food and overall a fantastic night!

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Always a special meal, great value, salad is excellent, dessert to die for. Sangria always enjoyable with any meal. Quality and price and excellent servers. The quality continues each and every visit. Each and every visit provides quality and excellent service thank you again.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Love this resto. Consistently great food and service. Recommend anything on the menu.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Been here a few times. Food is always good, service was great as always, Ive never had a bad experience here.

★★★★★
October 23, 2024

The food is great! The prices are reasonable. The atmosphere is very nice, however, it can get noisy. They also have outdoor seating for a quieter setting. Parking is not a problem.

October 23, 2024

There food was not good at all

★★
October 23, 2024

I should teach you how to make a pinacolada since you have no idea I was there last week and was charged $12:00 dollars that was only ice. The waitress was very rude about it.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 23, 2024

The pastas are amazing!

October 23, 2024

The chicken was so dried out you could barely cut it.I think it was cooked the day before!!!!

October 23, 2024

Before we ordered our food there was a fly buzzing our table but we initially considered it as an anomaly rather than a major problem and ignored it . However, After our food arrived to the table we were bombarded with flies too numerous to count. They were very aggressive as if they were young, freshly born, dive bombing into my mashed potatoes, crawling into the straw of my water glass, swimming in the tomato sauce on my chicken parmigiana, landing on my face. Our Server said where there s food, there s flies . We asked to take our food home but decided to toss all in the trash due to concerns that conditions could be similar or worse in their kitchen. Unacceptable, we will never return.

★★★★★
October 23, 2024

We used to go here regularly for many years but found things went a little downhill several years ago, so we haven t been in a long time. We decided to try it again last night and had a great time! The food was excellent and the service couldn t have been better. Very glad we went back and will definitely return many times.

★★★★
Local Guide
October 23, 2024

Pizza was great but not enough room on tables. Would be nice if Pizzas could be personal sized.

★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Was our favorite but has slides downward lately

★★★★★
September 23, 2024

One of my favourites don t know how it s not packed all the time. Food is wonderful and so is the service.

★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Ordered chicken alfredo. Salad came with it. Too much parmesan cheese on it. Chicken alfredo was bland and the spices they put on the chicken ruined it. I couldnt eat it. I found it to be expensive for for a meal I could barely eat.

★★★★★
September 23, 2024

Amazing food and service- don t have to eat for a week! Thanks for being our spot.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Great place to have some good with friends,

★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Very friendly waitress, chicken parm was excellent and loved the sauce( it wasnt tomato paste taste) was.very tasty

★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

The atmosphere and service was good but the food was a let down. I had a make your own pasta with tortellini and tomato sauce and it was flavorless and drowning in sauce. I wouldnt order their sauce again. They have a huge menu so there may be things better to choose but their pasta should be far better, especially the sauce considering this is an Italian restaurant. Our server was lovely! Lots of parking and a cute little patio.

★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

I stopped in for dinner with my family and the food was good. We had Chicken Parm, pasta Alfredo, and a meatball panini. All of our food was just good not great. I enjoy tapas nights much more.

★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Very nice place for a nice dinner out. Prices competitively priced. Include GREAT salad,which most places dont give you. GREAT DESSERTS as well. ATMOSPHERE AWESOME

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Great food in a great restaurant! Five star.

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

So damn good

★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

We had a wonderful dinner here. The atmosphere here is very lovely

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Known popular place with good italian food. The seafood and chicken pasta dishes were nicely prepared. Table service was pleasant and patient. Parking: Parking in the mall is close to the entrace. Wheelchair accessibility: Tables at the front of the restaurant involve no steps or curbs.

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

Good food, reasonable prices, quick service and family run, non chain restaurant!

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

I went there for my birthday on June 18. There were 7 of us, but sadly, I didnt get anything for my birthday. Everyone was wondering why I didnt get a Happy Birthday or anything.

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

This place all around is the best food I have had in a very long time!!

★★★★★
July 23, 2024

Its been 30 years since we been there went back its awesome best Italian food the stuff mushrooms amazing. The insalta dressing delicious and pasta sauce very close to my mom recipe homemade Italian. Your great restaurant be back much sooner

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

I had Linguini Afredo with Chicken and my wife had Gnocci main course. Both came with either garden salad or Caesar. Very prompt, friendly sevice. Would recommend this very highly.

★★
July 23, 2024

To preface, I am Celiac, and allergic to dairy. Before coming I looked up recommendations and it stated that people said there were tons of options for me. There are not. Their red sauce contains flour. And because I can t have dairy I couldn t have the Alfredo. I had to settle for olive oil and garlic on my gf pasta. I asked what protein I could have. I was told the grilled chicken was safe. It was tasteless, dry and charred. $33 was a pretty expensive meal for a small amount of pasta and subpar chicken. If you re celiac and can t have dairy this isn t the place for you.

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

This is my favorite lunch spot in St. Catharines.

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

I would make the drive from Brantford to St. Catherines just for this place. I love it. This is real, good food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Service was great. Food was hot and delicious. Big portions.

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Absolutely love this place

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Linas has been a favorite of mine for many years. Reliably fantastic food every time. I love that we can confidently take friends there knowing it will be excellent. Its worth going just for the tiramisu! Dietary restrictions: My friend is celiac and she has lots of gluten-free options to choose from, including desserts

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Excellent food

★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Good food great service nice little spot

June 23, 2024

Tasteless Fettuccine Alfredo, grilled unflavoured chicken breast, cream coloured water as a sauce (so runny the takeout box was soggy). Must be going out of business because there is no fresh Parmesan cheese, only powdered. Cesar salad was delicious.

★★★★★
June 23, 2024

My husband and I recently went here for lunch. We were so impressed!! We like to eat out and I must say it was all EXCELLENT!! From the salad to the pizza to the dessert. WE had the insalada di Pollo. It was amazing, the dressing is out of this world. Next we had the prosciutto and pear pizza...another incredible dish. The 2 flavors together were fantastic. To finish We had the cheesecake, I think the peanut butter one. Wow. Sure it was a bit expensive...but so well worth it. I cant wait to go back!!

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

Our server was incredibly friendly and helpful for the course of our meal! The food was excellent, and the atmosphere was lively and well decorated. Some of the best pasta I have had.

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

Update The first time was a disaster. However, I believe the staff was still adjusting to the online orders as opposed to walk-ins. Nevertheless, during our recent visits, we noticed significant improvements in the service, and the staff was friendly. Also, the food quality remains pretty good! ------ Good food, but unfortunately, they dont care for us walk-ins as much as they care for takeouts/delivery. We waited over 2 hours for our main meals. The kids drove me crazy.

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

Delicious food and fantastic service

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

Absolute fantastic meal tonight! Had the gluten free pasta with garlic olive oil and chicken. My wife had the chicken parm. And for dessert we shared the carrot cheesecake. Omfg!!!! Didnt think this existed. Thank God it does! Lastly I wish I remembered my servers name but she was delightful as well! Overall almost a perfect score! Came back again, wife got the chicken parm again and I went with the GF pasta and meatballs. Equally great!!! No cheesecake this time. Still great meal!

★★★
May 23, 2024

way overpriced

★★★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

Solid choice for Italian food.

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

There food is good and service is fantastic. Been going here for years

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Part of our team went for dinner while out of town the service and food was top notch! Couldnt not have asked for a better waitress she was just beyond helpful and friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Always amazing. Food is great. Only positive criticism I can make will be, they should work on their carbonara. Food

★★★
April 23, 2024

Our family has been here quite often over the years. The service has gotten progressively worse over the years. My daughter says they ve cut back on staff. Well it shows. This review isn t one aimed at the food which is quite good albeit a bit overpriced but at the owners. Pay your staff better and possibly have more of them.

★★★★★
April 23, 2024

Went here again for the first time in a couple of years. The food is still excellent, highly recommend this place. We had the angel hair pasta with shrimp aïoli It was absolutely to die for delicious. Definitely still one of the best restaurants around. I highly recommend it and I will be going back Parking: Big Plaza lots of free parking

★★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Always made this place our go-to for date nights and family dinners. Excellent Italian dishes. Good price. Amazing service. Food : 4/5 |

★★★★★
April 23, 2024

The food was delicious, we loved the salad dressing so much we bought some to take home. My partner had the meatball sub, I had the spicy chicken gnocchi. Service was impeccable. We were in town dealing with a relative s estate. We were concerned about how to keep the salad dressing and leftovers chilled for the drive home, the server kindly offered to bring us some ice. It saved the day. Excellent service, yummy food and I won t need to make salad dressing for a few weeks- perfection!

★★
April 23, 2024

Food is very cheaply made

★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Visited Lina Linguines Pasta & Grille the other day, and I was quite disappointed. The pizza tasted like its from Pizza Pizza and the calamari was okay. This restaurant is not authentic at all, even though they are trying their hardest to be. They had Duolingo vocabulary playing in the washroom which i thought was hilarious! I will not be going back!

★★★★★
March 23, 2024

Food is great. The severs are top notch. Highly recommend.

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

I have been dining here for 25+ years and will continue too ! Dietary restrictions: Rice pasta Food : 5/5 |

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Always my favorite

★★★★★
March 23, 2024

One of our family favorites

★★★★★
March 23, 2024

I had gnocchi Parmesan and partner had spaghetti traditionale. Both were served hot and very tasty. For the price a very good value and service was good. Will return

★★★★★
March 23, 2024

Great pasta but they dont have lasagna on the menu

★★★★★
March 23, 2024

If you re looking to have your mind blown by the best, authentic pasta and sauce you ve ever tasted this is not that place. However, what Lina s does provide is great quality everything. A great selection of mouth watering apps, tasty drinks, warm comforting pasta dishes, relaxing atmosphere and above average service. A staple of St. Catharines and would highly recommend to anyone.

★★
March 23, 2024

Carbonara was not what I was expecting. I was essentially scrabled egg with random things added in. I found a few chunks of egg white hidden in all the oil

★★★★★
March 23, 2024

This has easily been one of my all time favourite restaurants for over a decade now and I ve always had a great experience. Unfortunately last night, I ordered the chicken Alfredo and this was the only time I have ever had any issues, as I didn t make it out of the restaurant before getting sick. While I m unsure if it was my chicken or the heavier amount of sauce, I still mentioned it to our server as embarrassed as I felt. I assured her that I wasn t upset and it wasn t her fault. Things happen sometimes and it s not enough to turn me off from this place because of one experience (which thankfully I recovered from in a couple of hours). She apologized and offered to remove the dish from our bill, which although I told her I wasn t expecting as I still consumed it and would have paid for it, she ultimately stressed that she just wanted me to feel better. I don t remember her name but I am very appreciative of her understanding and kindness, so if by chance she sees this, I wanted to say thank you.

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Food is always top notch.

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

The food here was awesome! You get a lot of pasta and it was delicious. We also tried the stuffed mushrooms, which were surprisingly really good as well! Definitely would come back.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Great staff and food. Especially love their desserts. Very large portions and have a kids menu for families.

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

Great venue for celebrating. Food was fabulous and service was very good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Great food, service and atmosphere everytime. Food was absolutely delicious, as always, chicken and prosciutto penne is to die for. Cant recommend enough!

★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Atmosphere is nice, besides that, meh. Service started off with a nice greeting of drinks? . Followed by one table visit the entire 1hr 1/2 of being seated asking if everything was ok. Girlfriend ordered a fettuccine Alfredo, only thing she tasted was the pepper she put on after realizing there was 0 taste. I ordered the gnocchi parmigiana, meat sauce was good, the gnocchi however was almost inedible from being incredibly soggy. I get it s largely a pasta based menu, but gnocchi isn t pasta, it s potato. Seriously doubt we ll ever return on our own accord. The only reason I tipped was the amazing waitress who stopped in her path and cleared our table as well as giving us a debit machine (waited 15 min just to pay) to just get out of there.

★★
February 23, 2024

Kicked us out at 9:30 when hours were open till 10:00

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

We always enjoy going there for a good past the dinner

★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Ladies washroom was freezing, Waitors kept bumping my chair, without a word. One order was late. Ill stop now ... Food : 3/5

★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Very busy night. Service was friendly and fast. Food was good, ample portions. Food Could have been warmer. We will be back but on a night that isnt so busy. Atmosphere is low because of the extreme noise level. Hard to have a conversation.

★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Food has really gone down hill

★★
January 23, 2024

Beware the stale bread, when I mentioned it met with indifferent. sorry,! but still charged.

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

Love their pasta selection and of course Linas insalata is the best around!

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

Very dark but pretty inside. When busy they will try to seat you outside even in winter.. Also I m a very picky person and the food here is so yummy! Well I only get the Spagetti with meatballs. But there tomato sauce is so good and never misses especially if you add hot sauce and salt:3 Yummmyyy Kid-friendliness: there is quite a noisy amount of people and idk if they would want kids running around

★★★★★
January 23, 2024

I hadn t been to this restaurant in years! And I m soooo glad I came back. Dinner was busy on a Thursday night! The service was fantastic from start to finish. All the food from the apps to the dessert were incredible and came out in a timely manner. Nothing felt rushed nor did it feel slow. Our table had three different pasta dishes (big portions too) and no complaints were made! Dessert was heavenly. Skor cheesecake and carrot cake cheesecake, how can you go wrong? *chefs kiss* we will be back in the very near future to try all the other many dishes available! Dietary restrictions: V/gf options

★★★★★
January 23, 2024

Food was excellent and staff is very polite and friendly many thanks and bravo too all

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Lina Linguinis s is my go-to Italian restaurant in St.Catharines. They have the widest variety of pasta dishes I ve seen in the city, along with other Italian dishes. The pasta comes with salad as well, which is always a delight. I never have any issues here and always have quick and friendly service! Thanks for being great and consistent!

★★★
December 23, 2023

I loved going to Lina linguinis but since the pandemic it has not been the same, you used to get a complementary loaf with your meal and fresh parmesan. No longer do you get that loaf and you get kraft parmesan instead or similar brand also the prices have jumped quite a bit from what I recall. If youre going to charge more bring back the old good things.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Good

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Its a hit or miss at times. Its not very consistent. Sometimes my eggplant parm is dryer than toast crumbs at the bottom of a toaster and sometimes Its perfect. Id recommend coming here for lunch if you need a place you wanna go to when in a jam or wanting a quiet lunch with a friend. Carrot cake is delicious. For a whitewashed Italian food its a little over priced (I say this cuz my family is off the boat italian) but the food is still good when its good...but like I said its a hit or miss at times

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great menu. Large portions. Attentive service. Wheelchair accessibility: Fully wheelchair accessible Food : 4/5 |

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The male host was extremely friendly, and welcoming. Place is clean, great atmosphere. Service was great.

December 23, 2023

Went for lunch today everything ordered had no taste a total waste of money and time will never be returning to Lina Linguinis again seems to be the norm these days the prices went up quality went way down and everybodys cutting corners so sad because Linguinis used to be one of my favourite places to go

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The best Cesar salad that I ate, without to mention how delicious the Toscana Chicken is, very delicious and perfect amount for someone like me who eats more, all set with the theme of ancient Italy represented in the movies, spectacular attention. The perfect combo to enjoy your food and family days

★★★
December 23, 2023

I would give it another try but it was only okay. Server was not personable, didn t offer refills, we had to ask for more water and more beverages. We almost seemed like an inconvenience to him. Food was okay, large portions but the skor cheesecake was fantastic!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Sorry to say, I was sadly disappointed by the quality of food at this establishment. My friend and I both ordered the shrimp pasta with roasted garlic and goat cheese. It sounded sooo delicious. This came with a Choice of salad. I chose the garden and my friend chose the Ceasar. This was the first indication of disaster. The Ceasar salad had 3 large pieces of the core in it!!!! There was almost no dressing although we had asked for extra when ordering. My salad had huge chunks of iceberg lettuce, indicating that it had not been washed, on tasting, It definitely did not seem freshly washed. This was very off-putting. However we were still hopeful for the main course. When it arrived it certainly looked appetizing, again, total disappointment. The shrimp were Flavourless, the pasta was dry, and the goat cheese was a huge lump on top. I tried to mix the cheese through, however it was just too dry. My friend found hers to be the same. Our waitress was totally apologetic and did offer an alternative, however we did not want to cause a hassle and decided to try and make the most of it.This was a bad choice. I find it hard to believe that a restaurant of this caliber does not employ a chef!!!! My own pasta is 100% better than this. Yes, youve guessed. I wont be back. p.s. on a more positive note, the waitress was wonderful.

★★★
December 23, 2023

Food needs improvement. I was also given a salad that was completely wilted! This is the second time ordering and did not like the food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Food was a bit disappointing. I had the chicken alfredo and it lacked flavour, other person I was with had the gnocchi she didnt like but thought she had it and liked it before so maybe it was just this night? House salad was really tasty. Atmosphere is great! Service was a bit slow but it was busy so it was expected. Everyone was really nice!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great food and great people. Love the chicken parm sammich. Would highly recommend!

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The food was OK for St Catharine s. I m guessing those people don t know much better. My pizza came luke warm. Tue sandwiches looked horrible. Salad seemed fine. Parking: Free parking right outside.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great food

December 23, 2023

We dined in on a quiet Sunday night, appetizers were great, mains of gnocci parm and eggplant parm were a little watery, soggy and sub par. We chose to eat in the bar area and were the only table up there, unfortunately we had to listen to a group of employees talking and screaming across the restaurant to one another. Definitely not the experience we were looking for as we had to hear about very personal things. Very unprofessional, unpleasant and disappointing as up until this point we were quite frequent customers.

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

We had a lunch meeting on Tuesday May 9, 2023. Lunch was ordered for 4 to be picked up. The salads were wilted and brown. 1st order of pasta was drowning in oil. Warm 2nd meal the chicken was burned. 3rd meal was peppery 4th meal was a cold pizza. Very shock with our take out order. Not expected at all.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great food love this place for date night

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great service, fair price. But I can t say I had a tasty/flavourful dinner. I was expecting more from their pastas, especially from the home-made sauce.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Was there with a friend and had a great experience! Food was excellent as was the service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Have not been in a while buy just as good as ever

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great pasta and good pizza

December 23, 2023

We went for a family night out, and for me the food was horrible and I will never go back. The garden salad was ok, but otherwise no thank you never again. Please the chef needs update cooking lessons and to be honest this doesn t taste like good Italian food. Sad!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

This is a destination where the food and service experience is consistently outstanding. Thank you and see you again soon.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Wonderful calamari diablo and amazing pizzas. The staff and management was amazing and so helpful at our family celebration.

December 23, 2023

I can tell you for a fact that they miss many take-out orders. I have tried three different times and no one answers the phone. Great food, but Ill try somewhere else again. I give up

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Was in for lunch last week. Never disappointed !!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Best salad!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Always amazing

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I got a Gnocchi with meat sauce, was kinda just thrown together. My SOs eggplant sandwhich was off and maybe the eggplant was old? I dunno...; The staff that day was mostly college aged if not younger students...you can tell they were overwhelmed by about 7 tables altogether I would love to go back and have a better experience for sure

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Had the Pizzaghetti for lunch, super delicious and enough for leftovers later. Updating my review! Still delicious and one of our regular places for amazing Italian food. Food : 5/5

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great food and service like to thank the manager and I recommend this place to anyone who loves italian food

★★★★
December 23, 2023

Food is very tasty. Servers friendly. The atmosphere is great. I recommend it to anyone to try it. Parking: Plaza Parking

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great place for a birthday dinner. for my beautiful wife

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

goated parm gnocchi

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Carrot cheesecake was one of the best desserts I ever tried. I had lamb, and it was really good, even though I didnt like the combination of it with angel hair pasta. Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Delicious food. The servers are fast and efficient.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The food was really good. Took some time to get our food. Its worth the wait. The only thing was really hot in there while we were there.

★★★
December 23, 2023

Our server was amazing, she was attentive and quick, very friendly and sweet to our 4 year old daughter. The restaurant was clean and comfortable, very inviting and enjoyable. The food needs some help though. The sauce doesn t taste like a real Italian sauce, it tastes like it s from a jar. The pizza tasted and looked like it was a frozen pizza you would buy at Walmart. The Alfredo was very bland and tasted more like milk than cream or butter. If an overhaul was done on the food this restaurant would be 5 star.

★★★
December 23, 2023

I checked the other comments to see if there were comments agreeing with my opinion (taste buds can be off sometimes). Someone else said exactly what I thought. I ordered the spaghetti and meatballs with mushrooms (Traditional). It was definitely lacking Italian flavor and I said to hubby that it tasted like someone poured tomato sauce from the jar and added mushrooms and meatballs. Even the meatballs lacked flavor. They were moist, but flavourless. The Caesar Salad was mostly hearts. I prefer the deep green leaves. The bread (made by Cobbs heated at restaurant) was tough and had a hard area that was not possible to chew. Homemade was the description and while that may be so, it really lacked in flavor. Hubby had gluten free chicken pizza and was impressed with it. He gave it a 9/10. Server was great and restaurant clean but if we had a competition, my spaghetti and meatballs would win.

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Calamari was deep fried far too long. Mussels were not fresh at all. Better off finding a small low-key Italian restaurant for authenticity! Not impressed.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

We got the garlic bread and the chicken parmesan they were both absolutely delicious and the staff were so friendly we walked in on our way to the pet store order and It was ready and waiting for us. 10 out of 10 recommend. delicious food.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great service from Leo.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Best Italian food in the area hands down Can t beat this place. Great servers and even better food.

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I love Linas, its one of my faves. For the second time in 8 months my wife and son have had dinner there and brought home pasta for me as I work late at times. She orders me gluten free pasta due to an intolerance to it. Well I tell ya it definitely wasnt gluten free and sometimes accidents happen but twice is just nuts. I guess I have to rethink my dining options after this one.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Handily the best Italian food in the St. Catherines, Niagara and Hamilton areas. Great food, great service, great atmosphere and worthwhile prices.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Im only giving 4 stars because, the last time I have been there, my order was very spicy. I have ordered a Home-made Alfredo Gnocchi with chicken and for any reason, that I dont recognize, they thought its a good idea to put a lot of hot on it. All people from my table complained about the food been spicy that day. Kid-friendliness: They have a kids menu with good options to order.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Came here for the first time last night and I already cant wait to come back to try more! .. the atmosphere of this place alone was spot on.. right from the decor and music, to our server, Mich, who was an absolute hoot! Ill even come back just hoping shes our server again.. the food was great, the salads were delicious, both the house and Cesar.. the pasta was simply fantastic. I came later in the evening so it wasnt super busy which was really nice. Portions are big! .. before I knew it I had everything eaten with absolutely 0 room for dessert, which was a bummer but a great excuse to come back. Overall had a great time! Thank you!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great service great food definitely going again.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

We came, we saw, we were underwhelmed. The place is cute. Clean and well decorated, in a low key vibe. 2 of us ordered Alfredo sauce, and it wasnt quite an Alfredo, more of a thickened cream. Perhaps that is a particular type of Alfredo, but not what we were expecting. Shrimp werent tasty. They tasted like an inexpensive brand you would get at the grocery store. No freshly grated parmesan, or any parmesan at all, was offered with our 3 pasta dishes. No refills on water either. Service was scant. After hearing all the praise from others, I was expecting better food. Glad we finally crossed it off our list.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Casual yet elegant. Great food and service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Had takeout for two adults : Chicken & sausages rigatoni and Penne Napolitana. Very good portions even if the rigatoni was more generous. Everything was tasteful. We were on the road on our way to the hotel and when we called they didn t answered the phone so we had to stop by to order but it was worth it. Waitress were very kind, pastas were ready in no time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great food good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I can t say enough good things about Lina Linguini s Pasta and Grille! The service here goes above and beyond. They re incredibly patient when taking orders, making sure they get everything just right. On top of their exceptional service, I was pleasantly surprised when they added a candle to our tiramisu dessert - it s the little touches like this that truly make dining here special. The only thing that would make this place even better is if they offered halal options. I d love the chance to try some of their popular dishes with that option available. Overall, a fantastic experience with delicious food and top-notch service. I ll definitely be coming back! Dietary restrictions: They have a great vegetarian options. I would have loved if they had halal option as well.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great choice Some of the best Italian anywhere my Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

This place was amazing. It s pasta is beyond compare! If you are in the area this is a must

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Thank you for good tasty food . The interior is beautiful too. Kudos to designers and builders . However , if we go out and ready to spend extra money , we pay for experience . We pay for the ambience, for the atmosphere, the way we are approached by servers , how meals and drink s being served Well , none of my family members planning to be back . It was a cheap primitive taverna experience, unfortunately. I hope the owners of the place finally purchased the wine glasses to serve their guests properly. And also about time to invest into the hiring, training and properly dressing up their waitresses , so they look and act professionally . They represent your business.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Love this place. It has become a regular spot for us! Every dish is delicious and tasteful. Gluten free options too!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Our server was very personable! The food was delicious, and the portions were large. Vegetarian options: There are meatless sauces and dishes

December 23, 2023

The food was really bad. As an Italian this place is a disgrace

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Server was very kind

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

My sisters and I go there at last once a month and thoroughly enjoy the food, atmosphere and especially the service. The food is very generous and the house salad is very healthy and very tasty. You guys are the best!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Food was absolutely fantastic and the service was excellent

★★★★
December 23, 2023

The pasta tastes good and the cheese is very fragrant. IPA beer tastes a bit sour and bitter. The dining environment is comfortable and overall highly recommended.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Love eating here. The food is amazing, and omgosh, the sauce is unbeatable. Always have enough food on the plate to sometimes take home. But I recommend eating in the dining room, its like waiting for a wonderful home cooked meal.

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

We are Europeans (Switzerland and France) who have been living in St Cath for some time and were invited for my birthday: we were quite surprised at the very poor quality of the food! We had pasta (from seafood to aubergine) and my son had pizza. The tomato sauce tasted like industrial vinegar from Dollarama, the other dishes tasteless (none of my family members finished their dishes), let alone Italian. The pizza is like Pizza Pizza but with a different price of course. The ONLY things that went right were the Californian red wine and the picture of our beautiful Sophia Loren (her image was well exploited). Unfortunately, this place does not honor the finesse and savoir-faire of Italian cuisine, but takes advantage of peoples ignorance of the genuine, world-class and renowned Italian cuisine. What a shame !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

My Granddaughter normally wants pizza but she had Fettecini Alfredo instead. She ate all of it! I was very impressed!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great Italian restaurant. My favorite one to go to for special celebrations. Owners are good guys . Food is tasty . Salad is too die for. Salad dressing is addictive its so good .

★★★
December 23, 2023

Food was excellent, but slow. Went here this evening and initially service was good but then we were told that we had to leave because they had a larger table of people coming in. We didnt even get to finish our food, wine and beverages. No offer of moving us to another table. So very sad. We took our daughter out for dinner and this was supposed to be a pleasurable experience and was so disappointed.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Delicious, fresh and good portions. I was able to substitute gluten free pasta and it was great. Their house salad dressing is very tangy and tasty! Friendly service - will be back. Dietary restrictions: Gluten free pasta optional

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The food is amazing! Had an old favourite - spaghetti and meatballs! Delicious!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great food and service in a beautiful atmosphere

★★★★
December 23, 2023

This is my go to place when Im here from Alberta The food and service is always great Food