Il Covo Trattoria

the food was excellent right down to the tapenade. Ambiance warm, traditional and great spacing between tables. Patio wasn't open for the season as yet but I would guess, it is popular. Service was extraordinary.

This place was located right across the street from our hotel and smelled so good when checked in that we called and made a reservation for the following night. The food and service were outstanding! These are both hard things to find now days in the USA. We will definitely be back on next trip to Victoria.

The food is delicious, I especially enjoy the Panna Cotta. That's the reason behind dining there. The service was great. The ambiance is quaint and family friendly atmosphere. Everyone is so quick to clean up the table for the next guests. We didn't stay very long there, so other guests got to enjoy it too.

Food was definitely a little bit over-hyped... The ambiance and service, however, was perfectly on point.
The wine selection was lovely.

I would definitely recommend this place if you've never been; I'd be very intrigued by their pasta for the next time we're in town.

This place came highly recommended and is clearly popular as they were reservation only on a Sunday night. The ambiance is romantic with both indoor and outdoor seating options.

Overall, food was just okay. This definitely wasn't the best Italian meal I've ever had but it wasn't terrible either. I loved the caper berries on the Caesar and the seafood pasta was fresh!

Service was slow and we were probably in there for two and a half hours. Ended up getting dessert to go because we were tired from the length of the meal.

Unfortunately didn't keep my word from my previous review of not coming back -- because a friend coming to visit made a reso.
We were going to be a party of 8, including 1 toddler and 1 infant. My friend the mom of the 2 kids was flat-out REFUSED at the door by a shockingly rude greeter who basically said the restaurant cannot accommodate young children. Um...what?!?! Do you have a sign on your storefront displaying that you're an 18+ (or more like 50+ based on my survey of the clientele) restaurant?

Later on a manager called my friend to apologize, offering to have us back at our reserved table. But NO WAY we were going back to this horrible place -- we had a found much better alternative. The manager also offered a giftcard as compensation for the rude treatment, but to my knowledge this promise has still not been fulfilled. Either way, no matter -- neither we nor my friend's family will ever return nor ever recommend this place.

Great food and drinks. Make a reaervation though they get really busy. Service is amazing

Great Italian restaurant in Victoria, British Columbia. Great wine selection, good service

Excellent food, even though open dining there were tasteful partitions to keep noise down and create intimate spaces. Yes a little pricy.... Overall a great experience and special evening. Appreciated the communication regarding the seating windows when making the reservation.

Went to Il Covo for our 45th anniversary. Lucky enough to get a 5:30 reservation in the garden. There are very few tables down there. Heaters and enclosure blocked the wind and we were very comfortable in 65 degree evening temps. Our server, Jake was exceptional. He brought us a complimentary glass of Prosecco for our anniversary and told us about the specials for the evening, and then gave us just the right amount of time to think over the extensive menu.

I had a delicious glass of Chianti Classico because they were out of the Italian Rosso wine, and my wife had her usual- gin martini, very dry, up with a twist. She declared her martini one of the best she has ever had in a restaurant. A lovely basket of focaccia with a garlic tapenade came after we ordered our dinner. We shared a Caprese salad and Jake was kind enough to bring separate plates and our entrees arrived just as we were finished with our salad.

My wife had a wide pasta with mushrooms (pappardelle con fungi). Absoluetly splendid! Piping hot and the variety of mushrooms in the luscious cream sauce... to die for. I had linguine puttanesca. Ample portion of puttanesca sauce with perfectly cooked pasta. This is simply some of the best food we have had in a restaurant in a very long time.

I would highly recommend Il Covo Trattoria to anyone. The service was top notch. The food was spot on. The garden location (call the previous day) is a beautiful place to eat. If you get Jake as your server even better. We spent $132 US for drinks, dinner, salad, and $30 tip. Worth every penny. Bravo!