Del Piacere

Del Piacere is an Italian restaurant located at 416 Preston St in Ottawa, ON, serving pizza, pasta, and meat-based entrees in the city's well-known Preston Street dining strip. The restaurant can be reached at 613-422-4416 for orders or table reservations, and additional details are available at delpiacere.ca.

What you'll find on the menu and who it suits

The kitchen focuses on Italian staples built around three core categories: wood-style pizza, house-made pasta, and heartier meat entrees, rounded out with homemade gelato for dessert. This range suits a variety of visits, from a quick weekday pizza order to a slower weekend meal built around pasta and a shared dessert.

Pizza here follows the traditional route rather than a build-your-own approach, with combinations designed by the kitchen rather than assembled from a topping checklist. Diners who prefer a classic, already-composed pie over a customizable one will find that approach familiar. The pasta offering leans on cream-based and other traditional sauces, aimed at guests looking for comfort-style plates rather than lighter fare. Meat entrees round out the savory side of the menu for those wanting a fuller plate beyond pizza or pasta.

A weekend brunch service is offered as well, positioned as an in-house-only option rather than something available for pickup. Guests planning a Saturday or Sunday visit around brunch should keep that dine-in-only detail in mind when deciding whether to eat at the restaurant or arrange takeout. Homemade gelato closes out the menu as a dessert option distinct from what most casual dining spots in the area offer, since it is prepared in-house rather than sourced pre-made.

Overall, the menu suits diners who want a straightforward Italian meal without needing to navigate an extensive customization process — the kind of visit where you choose a dish category (pizza, pasta, or meat) and trust the kitchen's version of it.

A regular stop along Preston Street's food scene

Del Piacere fits into the daily rhythm of Ottawa's Preston Street corridor, an area long associated with Italian dining and known locally as part of the city's "Little Italy" stretch. For residents and office workers in the surrounding blocks, it functions as a nearby option for both a weekday lunch or dinner and a more deliberate weekend outing.

The restaurant's hours span from late morning into the evening, which lets it serve multiple parts of the day: an early lunch crowd, an afternoon lull that includes a happy hour stretch, and dinner service running into the night. That structure makes it usable both as a fast midday stop and a slower evening destination, depending on when a guest arrives.

Ottawa winters push a lot of local dining decisions toward comfort food, and a menu built around pizza, pasta, and gelato lines up with that pattern — warm, filling plates during the colder months, with the same menu adapting reasonably well to patio-adjacent, lighter dining once warmer weather returns. For anyone working or living near Preston Street, the restaurant offers a walkable option that doesn't require a special occasion to visit.

Takeout and delivery service is also part of daily operations, which matters for a corridor where many nearby residents live in apartments or condos and regularly order food rather than dine in every time. This dual capacity — sit-down restaurant and takeout kitchen — is part of what keeps it relevant to the neighbourhood's daily food routine rather than only an occasional-dinner spot.

What to budget for a visit and what moves the total

Exact pricing isn't published here, but a few structural factors will shape what a visit costs. Ordering by category matters: a pizza-focused order, a pasta dish, or a full meat entree each sit at different price points, and mixing categories (say, a shared pizza plus individual pasta dishes) raises the total accordingly.

Timing also affects the bill. A recurring early-week discount window on select wine and draft beer lowers the cost of a dine-in meal for guests who can visit then rather than on a weekend evening. Outside that window, beverage costs run at standard pricing. Weekend brunch, being available only for dine-in, adds the built-in cost structure of a sit-down meal rather than a takeout order, since it isn't offered as a pickup option.

Takeout and delivery orders remove any dine-in service considerations from the cost but should be budgeted with the understanding that delivery arrangements may carry their own separate charges depending on how the order is placed. Various payment methods are accepted; guests should confirm which ones apply when placing an order or arriving to pay.

Frequently asked questions

Are there other Italian dining options nearby?

Preston Street is one of Ottawa's established dining corridors and includes a range of restaurants beyond this one, so guests exploring the area have several nearby alternatives to compare before choosing where to eat.

Can orders be placed remotely instead of dining in?

Yes — Del Piacere offers takeout and delivery in addition to dine-in service, and orders can be placed by phone at 613-422-4416. Weekend brunch is the one exception, offered for dine-in only.

What should I do if my order or visit doesn't go as expected?

Any concern about an order or a dine-in visit is best raised directly with the restaurant by phone or through the contact details listed on delpiacere.ca, so the specific issue can be addressed directly with staff on site.

How much time should I plan for a visit?

A quick takeout pickup can be handled in a short window, while a dine-in meal — particularly weekend brunch or a full pizza-and-pasta dinner — is better planned as a more relaxed sit-down visit rather than a rushed stop, especially given the in-house-only brunch service.