Da Mario Restaurant Ltd

very bad service and very old looking the food was fair but it was cold when it arived to us the waiter told us if we wanted the food to be put in a miccro wave oven to heat up what a joke for an italian restaurant

We went to Da Mario on May 31st after reading the very complimentary review in the Vancouver Sun recently. Our experience was not nearly as good.
When we entered the restaurant, the person behind the bar merely pointed to our table, instead of leading us to it (not a grievous error, but strike one).
Mario substituted a cheaper wine (Sonora Ranch) for the bottle of Mission Hill cabernet we had ordered, joking that it cost him less but he would charge us the same (he did, so strike two).
My companion's linguine & clams came with spaghetti instead of linguine (no apology when the difference was pointed out ... Mario thought it was funny and joked about it - it wasn't funny - strike three).

The pasta was fine (nothing special) but the service was terrible. We were seated right away but waited 20 minutes before we were able to track someone down to take our drink and food order. I ordered a glass of wine along with my pasta and again had to flag someone down 10 minutes later to ask if they were still bringing my wine. They didnt bring us bread until they brought the wine. We asked for a dessert menu after dinner - we were planning to order dessert. But after another 10 minutes of waiting for the waiter to come by we decided to pass. It was probably just our particular waiter but not a very good experience overall.

Excellent home made Italian cuisine made with care. The best Gnnocchi in town and they melt in your mouth. Try their delicious homemade Fried Ice Cream.