Got spaghetti carbonara, the taste was mediocre (something weirdly over sugary-salty, meh), definitely not worth the price.
Food: 3
Service: 4
TT M
This is my go to spot for pasta whenever I’m shopping at UTC. You can tell that the pasta is made fresh and every order is made in front of you. Been here several times and my go to is always the vodka penne or the mushroom pasta bowl. Definitely add the burrata cheese if you can.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Candace Hyams
The food is amazing, and the staff are always very friendly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Wang
Pasta (spaghetti in my case) is consistently overcooked and becomes mushy, even when I requested al dente. While sauce is good and pasta is fresh, I cannot justify spending at least $14 for a small portion of mushy pasta.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Sugar C
Carbonara pasta was good but sausage was salty as ocean.
Libellule Violette
Terrible experience, nothing Italian about it!
I came to this restaurant expecting an authentic Italian experience, but I was deeply disappointed. The pasta was completely overcooked, with no texture at all, and the sauce was bland and flavorless. Calling this place an “Italian restaurant” is an insult to real Italian cuisine.
The service was just as bad: inattentive staff, long waiting times, and a lack of professionalism. We had to ask multiple times for water, and our requests were mostly ignored. Definitely not worth the visit!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Christina M
Authentic, wonderful Italian food. Fresh pasta. I was so happy when I saw real carbonara and cacio e pepe on their menu. I haven’t had guanciale in years. They even have arribbiata sauce. I’ve had to make all of these meals at home because it’s so uncommon to see them made traditionally at restaurants… until today! Delicious food.
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Carbonara, Build Your Own Pasta
Bentley Rollans
Great authentic food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Build Your Own Pasta
Jimy Cho
Mrs. Brenda is always so nice and attentive when making my pasta. Excellent costumer service
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dave Crouch
We did door dash, so I can't actually comment on things like service or atmosphere. What I can comment on is the food. The desserts were exceptional, but my Pink Salmon Vodka pasta was inedible. The pasta was doughy without being flavorful, but that's not what bugged me. The salmon in the dish tasted musty, like the scent of an old lakeside cabin that has been shut for the winter, and you're walking in to open it up in spring and it smells like an old attic chest full of great-grandpa's mildewy old papers and clothes.
At 59, I've never tasted salmon like this, so I Googled, "What would make salmon taste musty?"
Answer was, "Fish can taste musty due to a compound called geosmin, which is produced by algae and bacteria in the water where the fish are raised. Farmed fish absorb geosmin through their gills, which can cause the fish to taste musty."
I took two bites. First bite was mostly pasta, dough-like but not awful. Second was a mouthful of musty salmon. I didn't want to wake in the night yakking my guts out because the fish tasted funny, so I stopped eating.
This is the most unexpected gem at the mall. I got the pesto with gnocchi and it was delicious. I absolutely can’t wait to go back and try more. It was incredibly convenient and great portion sizes for the price. Both my husband and I split the gnocchi and still had some left over. I’m not even a big fan of cannolis but I want to try one from there because it looks incredible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gnocchi
Bravo Molina
4th time here and still as delicious! Always our post shopping meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fettuccine, Carbonara, Build Your Own Pasta, Sauce, Rigatoni
Steve Pullins
Hair in the pasta is never a good look
Philip Riego
Pretty awful experience. My family grabbed take out. All our dishes got clumpy and starchy (overcooked) despite sauces and toppings. Our son who never says no to pasta in any form could not even stomach more than a few bites. None of the noodles separated so you had to eat cut chunks off the mass. Unlikely to revisit.
Food: 1
Kok-Kiong Yap
Wonderful pasta, esp., sausage and mushroom. The cheesy pasta can be very heavy though.
Got spaghetti carbonara, the taste was mediocre (something weirdly over sugary-salty, meh), definitely not worth the price.
Food: 3
Service: 4
This is my go to spot for pasta whenever I’m shopping at UTC. You can tell that the pasta is made fresh and every order is made in front of you. Been here several times and my go to is always the vodka penne or the mushroom pasta bowl. Definitely add the burrata cheese if you can.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is amazing, and the staff are always very friendly!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pasta (spaghetti in my case) is consistently overcooked and becomes mushy, even when I requested al dente. While sauce is good and pasta is fresh, I cannot justify spending at least $14 for a small portion of mushy pasta.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Carbonara pasta was good but sausage was salty as ocean.
Terrible experience, nothing Italian about it!
I came to this restaurant expecting an authentic Italian experience, but I was deeply disappointed. The pasta was completely overcooked, with no texture at all, and the sauce was bland and flavorless. Calling this place an “Italian restaurant” is an insult to real Italian cuisine.
The service was just as bad: inattentive staff, long waiting times, and a lack of professionalism. We had to ask multiple times for water, and our requests were mostly ignored. Definitely not worth the visit!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Authentic, wonderful Italian food. Fresh pasta. I was so happy when I saw real carbonara and cacio e pepe on their menu. I haven’t had guanciale in years. They even have arribbiata sauce. I’ve had to make all of these meals at home because it’s so uncommon to see them made traditionally at restaurants… until today! Delicious food.
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Carbonara, Build Your Own Pasta
Great authentic food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Build Your Own Pasta
Mrs. Brenda is always so nice and attentive when making my pasta. Excellent costumer service
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
We did door dash, so I can't actually comment on things like service or atmosphere. What I can comment on is the food. The desserts were exceptional, but my Pink Salmon Vodka pasta was inedible. The pasta was doughy without being flavorful, but that's not what bugged me. The salmon in the dish tasted musty, like the scent of an old lakeside cabin that has been shut for the winter, and you're walking in to open it up in spring and it smells like an old attic chest full of great-grandpa's mildewy old papers and clothes.
At 59, I've never tasted salmon like this, so I Googled, "What would make salmon taste musty?"
Answer was, "Fish can taste musty due to a compound called geosmin, which is produced by algae and bacteria in the water where the fish are raised. Farmed fish absorb geosmin through their gills, which can cause the fish to taste musty."
I took two bites. First bite was mostly pasta, dough-like but not awful. Second was a mouthful of musty salmon. I didn't want to wake in the night yakking my guts out because the fish tasted funny, so I stopped eating.
I'd rather be hungry in the night than regretful.
Food: 2
Restaurantji Recommends
This is the most unexpected gem at the mall. I got the pesto with gnocchi and it was delicious. I absolutely can’t wait to go back and try more. It was incredibly convenient and great portion sizes for the price. Both my husband and I split the gnocchi and still had some left over. I’m not even a big fan of cannolis but I want to try one from there because it looks incredible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gnocchi
4th time here and still as delicious! Always our post shopping meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fettuccine, Carbonara, Build Your Own Pasta, Sauce, Rigatoni
Hair in the pasta is never a good look
Pretty awful experience. My family grabbed take out. All our dishes got clumpy and starchy (overcooked) despite sauces and toppings. Our son who never says no to pasta in any form could not even stomach more than a few bites. None of the noodles separated so you had to eat cut chunks off the mass. Unlikely to revisit.
Food: 1
Wonderful pasta, esp., sausage and mushroom. The cheesy pasta can be very heavy though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
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