Piva Modern Italian

The food was quite good, but fell short when they used powdered Parmesan. I'm sorry but no self-repecting Italian restaurant should ever use powdered parmesan on a dish. Service is definitely in the upper end of new West, but still doesn't hold a candle to similarly priced places in Vancouver. 4/5. Good for New West, but only mediocre for the GVRD. Gluten free pasta seems to be Barilla. A bit more effort to make it special would be nice, we can make Barilla at home. Go the extra mile.

So incredibly tasty. We had the crab cakes to start. They did not have a crispy coating as I expected so it was missing a bit of texture but the flavor was there and I assume they are gluten free. The wild boar pasta was incredible and I ate the whole thing even though I was close to full by the end of it! I wasn't about to waste any of it. My friend had the dinner burger. A little salty for her, but pancetta is inherently salty so I wasn't surprised. The fries were perfect. We were treated well from host/manager to server and she held the door open for us on the way out. It was busy for a Tuesday night and we are heading into the season of Christmas parties so plan ahead 😄 we arrived as a table of 2 around 7 pm but waited less than a minute to be sat even though the host area was full of patrons. We will return for more of grandma and grandpa Piva's inspired dishes ❤️❤️