08/24/09

1 hour later, I am sitting at home HUNGRY!!!

by asiabla

This place was highly recommended to us by friends, so tonight we wanted to have a delicious Italian dinner at Il Pastaio....that was not the case.

I can only speak about my meal, which was Milanese chicken with roasted vegetables - price $25.95 (something like that) I got an enormous piece of chicken, which was not seasoned at all, and tasted like battered rubber!!! With than I was given 2 baby carrots, half of a small potato, and 2 pieces of asparagus. This dish really didn't taste good, so I asked the waiter to take it back and I ordered a half of portion of their ravioli.... which was better than the chicken, but my great grandmother makes better ravioli than this fancy italian place. I would never ever recommend this place. It was very expensive (but this is Beverly Hills), the waiter was rude and I just had a really bad experience. So I spent around $100 for dinner tonight and am still feeling very hungry. Don't go to this place, save your money.

• Cons: felt like I was eating rubber

06/13/09

Would not recommend!!!

by kimmie20

We went to Il Pastaio for lunch on a Sunday to celebrate my Mothers birthday. We were seated promtly outside, which was nice. The meal was pretty good. Midway through the meal, my Mother found something in her pasta. She asked if she should say anything. I told her yes. I asked for our waiter, which we found out, with no explanation from anyone, that our original waiter had left and we now had someone else. I very discreetly told the waiter what she found. His only reply we Oh My. He did offer to bring her another plate, which she refused. No one came out to apologize for this. Which given that this is suppose to be such a nice restaurant, we did expect someone to come out and say something, but it never happened. They fortunately did not charge her for the meal, but an apology would have been a nice gester. I got the impression that if you are not a celebrity they really could care less about you being there or not. Would not go back.

• Pros: Nice location
• Cons: Snobbish waiters and poor customer service

01/16/09

Why is this place busy

by hankscott1234

Having relocated to Beverly Hills recently a co-worker took me to what he said was the best Italian in Beverly Hills.

Twenty minutes pass and we were still waiting for a table. I assumed this would be great food since there didn't seem to be a waiit at the surrounding restaurants. I was wrong. My minestrone tasted like boiled water with a vegtable or two. My pasta was average at best. The coffee was good.

Why is this place so busy?

• Pros: average food
• Cons: Had to wait for a table way too long