Carpaccio Restaurant & Wine Bar

Carpaccio sits on Lundy's Lane, away from the falls crowds, and has built its reputation on old-world Italian cooking served in a modern room: a long antipasto and pasta list, veal and seafood secondi, and a wine programme that gives the place its second name. It is a special-occasion restaurant — the kind of address Niagara Falls residents choose for an anniversary when they do not want to fight the tourist strip — with service that matches the ambition of the kitchen. There is a separate lunch menu served daily from noon to three and a Tuesday date-night menu, which is when the room is at its most relaxed. Reservations are the sensible move for weekends.