Piva is one of two restaurants in New Westminster that people here get their panties in a knot if you have anything bad to say about it.
My first couple visits here didn’t go very well and I did have some bad things to say about it. And I sure heard about it.
But over the last few months I’ve been back to Piva a few times and it slowly becoming my favorite restaurant in New Westminster.
Yes there’s a couple dishes on the menu to avoid. But they do a lot of things very well.
Cocktails being one of them.This is an espresso latte.
I’m pretty sure it’s made with real espresso, not just a coffee liqueur. It was incredible. Intense coffee flavors balanced perfectly with vodka. I may need one of those every morning for coffee instead of the Starbucks latte I suffer through.
Crab Cakes are are pretty good benchmark for a restaurant’s quality. And Merilynn loves them.
They were nice and light with big chunks of real crab here. And a good portion size. Crab Cakes are not something you need a lot of.
Pasta is another thing they do very well. I’m working my way through the whole pasta menu here. Tonight it’s Spaghetti Bolognese.
A beautifull rich and meaty sauce., Lucky for me the mushrooms were sliced into big pieces and were easily picked out. Perfectly al denté. Another great pasta dish from Piva.
Piva is slowly winning me over.
9/10