Honestly I used to love this place! It’s pricey — but normally the food is so good it’s totally worth it. Today it was… very, very bad. To put it mildly ?. Definitely won’t be going back. It’s a bummer, but I can’t afford $20 inedible pasta…
Ming-Min Lee
Five stars for flavor, 2 stars for portion size. Only outdoor seating.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Layla Todd
Depending on the time of day, there can be a long line and a longer wait time. Popular pastas and sandwiches also often sell out so go early before the lunch rush. Limited seating is available.The pasta is handmade and the pasta of the day is often interesting in terms of flavors. There is also usually a special gelato offered. The grapefruit matcha was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Gelato
Chris Casteel
Great hope in the wall street pasta. Many vegan
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
qwerty567
This is the best pasta I've had in my life. I came here on a Thursday around noon after finishing my very last exam for my undergraduate degree. At this point, I knew that I wouldn't be in Tucson much longer, so I was on a mission to go to this place. I've visited on a few occasions but they are very rarely open, so after memorizing their hours of operation by heart, I texted a couple of friends to see if they were free, waited a whole 5 minutes, then set off on the Sunlink cable car to go here by myself. I got the Cacio e Pepe with Tagliolini. I don't know if it's because it was my first experience having fresh pasta, but it was wonderful. I don't think I would ever have the opportunity to have fresh pasta outside of a fancy sit down place, but this was a very casual take-out operation where I ate my lunch outside on the nearby picnic tables and enjoyed the surrounding wall mural art. Would come again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Choose Your Noodle
Jaclyn
Delicious pasta and dessert. Mint tea was on point. Pasta and sauces are all fresh. Pesto was divine, red meat sauce was so yummy. I love that they list the ingredients. Things sell out quickly! Reasonable prices and fun to eat outside. Tiramisu was unique, mostly because of the homemade lady fingers- you don’t see that often! Will definitely go back. My only regret is not taking some extra fresh pasta home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gelato
Brenda Argenzio
Came here to try something new. Decent quality food and nice atmosphere. Went with the hubby and ordered the caprese sandwich for us both and a small cup of tea. We would have ordered something different but they were sold out of almost everything else. 2 choices, sandwiches or noodles. Too pricey. But the little alley they are located in is awesome. Right across the way from this place is a sit down restaurant with shops. Should have gone there. 2 sandwiches and one small tea was 26.00 dollars. Not worth it to me. Alot disappointed .
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
Liz G.
I had the Tomato Basil sauce with Tagliolini and my husband had the Cacio E Pepe sauce with Taglioni. Both sauces were great, a little soupy but still delicious. You could tell the pasta was freshly made, so good! We ended with the Banana Creme gelato & Butter Pecan gelato with butter rum sauce - OMG, absolutely incredible!!!! It was very fresh, perfect flavors together and separately. There are a lot of picnic tables that you can sit at or walk around the cute shops across the street. We got there at 2pm (they close at 3pm) and they were sold out of many items so I would definitely go earlier rather than later. Check out their Instagram for weekly specials and gelato flavors! A great spot!
Lorena G.
What to say about Ceres.....Words that come to mind are, yummy, decadent, made from scratch, lovely, always always always delicious.This is our pasta and gelato go to place. They have their standard sauces and pasta (of course homemade) and a weekly special. The kicker is that they make gelato, very interesting combinations that you can either get alone, swirled and with or without toppings. These ladies are great! Service is friendly. You can also eat your delicious pasta there or take it with you. We usually take our stuff to make at home! Go support them! You will keep going back! Promise!
Great local spot my husband and I found on our day trip to Tucson! The staff was super nice, and the food was fresh and top-notch quality! You order at the window and sit down at their tables right outside their location, surrounded by beautiful flowers.Highly recommend getting a pasta and gelato!
Martha Petersen
The pasta was just okay--a little dry, a little flavorless. I had the tomato-basil sauce with tagliatelle. My daughter had the cacio de pepe sauce. Her pasta was also dry and bland. This place gets great reviews, but I don’t understand why. There is no indoor seating, very few drink options other than coffee (today only lemon pellegrino), and the staff was unfriendly. We won’t be coming back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Martha Petersen
The pasta was just okay--a little dry, a little flavorless. I had the tomato-basil sauce with tagliatelle. My daughter had the cacio de pepe sauce. Her pasta was also dry and bland. This place gets great reviews, but I don’t understand why. There is no indoor seating, very few drink options other than coffee (today only lemon pellegrino), and the staff was unfriendly. We won’t be coming back.
Lore Contreras
Downtown Tucson Lunch Favorite!
Paul L.
It's a beautiful day today in Tucson and there was a consistently long line at Ceres.I ordered a caprese sandwich, pasta special, and chili chocolate gelato to go. The tables in this little alley began to fill up as I tucked the food away on bike and rode home. Everything was very good. The burrata on the caprese sandwich was perfect, the pasta special was addictive, and the chili chocolate gelato was actually quite spicy hot. You know how when you order something that says chili and there's no heat? Well, this gelato had heat. Yeah!I love that I can ride my bike up to the window and place an order. This will become one of my new stops when I'm bicycling through Tucson.
Best pasta in tucson no cap 10/10
Honestly I used to love this place! It’s pricey — but normally the food is so good it’s totally worth it. Today it was… very, very bad. To put it mildly ?. Definitely won’t be going back. It’s a bummer, but I can’t afford $20 inedible pasta…
Five stars for flavor, 2 stars for portion size. Only outdoor seating.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Depending on the time of day, there can be a long line and a longer wait time. Popular pastas and sandwiches also often sell out so go early before the lunch rush. Limited seating is available.The pasta is handmade and the pasta of the day is often interesting in terms of flavors. There is also usually a special gelato offered. The grapefruit matcha was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Gelato
Great hope in the wall street pasta. Many vegan
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This is the best pasta I've had in my life. I came here on a Thursday around noon after finishing my very last exam for my undergraduate degree. At this point, I knew that I wouldn't be in Tucson much longer, so I was on a mission to go to this place. I've visited on a few occasions but they are very rarely open, so after memorizing their hours of operation by heart, I texted a couple of friends to see if they were free, waited a whole 5 minutes, then set off on the Sunlink cable car to go here by myself. I got the Cacio e Pepe with Tagliolini. I don't know if it's because it was my first experience having fresh pasta, but it was wonderful. I don't think I would ever have the opportunity to have fresh pasta outside of a fancy sit down place, but this was a very casual take-out operation where I ate my lunch outside on the nearby picnic tables and enjoyed the surrounding wall mural art. Would come again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Choose Your Noodle
Delicious pasta and dessert. Mint tea was on point. Pasta and sauces are all fresh. Pesto was divine, red meat sauce was so yummy. I love that they list the ingredients. Things sell out quickly! Reasonable prices and fun to eat outside. Tiramisu was unique, mostly because of the homemade lady fingers- you don’t see that often! Will definitely go back. My only regret is not taking some extra fresh pasta home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gelato
Came here to try something new. Decent quality food and nice atmosphere. Went with the hubby and ordered the caprese sandwich for us both and a small cup of tea. We would have ordered something different but they were sold out of almost everything else. 2 choices, sandwiches or noodles. Too pricey. But the little alley they are located in is awesome. Right across the way from this place is a sit down restaurant with shops. Should have gone there. 2 sandwiches and one small tea was 26.00 dollars. Not worth it to me. Alot disappointed .
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 2
I had the Tomato Basil sauce with Tagliolini and my husband had the Cacio E Pepe sauce with Taglioni. Both sauces were great, a little soupy but still delicious. You could tell the pasta was freshly made, so good! We ended with the Banana Creme gelato & Butter Pecan gelato with butter rum sauce - OMG, absolutely incredible!!!! It was very fresh, perfect flavors together and separately. There are a lot of picnic tables that you can sit at or walk around the cute shops across the street. We got there at 2pm (they close at 3pm) and they were sold out of many items so I would definitely go earlier rather than later. Check out their Instagram for weekly specials and gelato flavors! A great spot!
What to say about Ceres.....Words that come to mind are, yummy, decadent, made from scratch, lovely, always always always delicious.This is our pasta and gelato go to place. They have their standard sauces and pasta (of course homemade) and a weekly special. The kicker is that they make gelato, very interesting combinations that you can either get alone, swirled and with or without toppings. These ladies are great! Service is friendly. You can also eat your delicious pasta there or take it with you. We usually take our stuff to make at home! Go support them! You will keep going back! Promise!
Restaurantji Recommends
Great local spot my husband and I found on our day trip to Tucson! The staff was super nice, and the food was fresh and top-notch quality! You order at the window and sit down at their tables right outside their location, surrounded by beautiful flowers.Highly recommend getting a pasta and gelato!
The pasta was just okay--a little dry, a little flavorless. I had the tomato-basil sauce with tagliatelle. My daughter had the cacio de pepe sauce. Her pasta was also dry and bland. This place gets great reviews, but I don’t understand why. There is no indoor seating, very few drink options other than coffee (today only lemon pellegrino), and the staff was unfriendly. We won’t be coming back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
The pasta was just okay--a little dry, a little flavorless. I had the tomato-basil sauce with tagliatelle. My daughter had the cacio de pepe sauce. Her pasta was also dry and bland. This place gets great reviews, but I don’t understand why. There is no indoor seating, very few drink options other than coffee (today only lemon pellegrino), and the staff was unfriendly. We won’t be coming back.
Downtown Tucson Lunch Favorite!
It's a beautiful day today in Tucson and there was a consistently long line at Ceres.I ordered a caprese sandwich, pasta special, and chili chocolate gelato to go. The tables in this little alley began to fill up as I tucked the food away on bike and rode home. Everything was very good. The burrata on the caprese sandwich was perfect, the pasta special was addictive, and the chili chocolate gelato was actually quite spicy hot. You know how when you order something that says chili and there's no heat? Well, this gelato had heat. Yeah!I love that I can ride my bike up to the window and place an order. This will become one of my new stops when I'm bicycling through Tucson.