Il Pastaio Restaurant

(310) 205-5444

400 N Canon Dr
Beverly Hills, CA 90210 34.0708 -118.4009

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Neighborhood: Beverly Hills

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Hours:

Monday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuesday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Wednesday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Thursday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Friday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Price:

$$

Last updated 4.13.12

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

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Cuisine:

Italian

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What People Are Saying About Il Pastaio Restaurant

Featured Review

Martha Burr

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The Scene – Well-heeled locals gather for agent lunches or casual dinners, particularly lively on the early side. Blue-eyed gurus in white turbans rub elbows with society wives and character actors you can almost recognize. – – The Food – Don't miss the tender eggplant rolls filled with tangy, meltingly soft goat cheese and sun-dried tomato, or the delicate zucchini soufflé. Mussels and clams in an irresistible tomato garlic broth is a fine old standard, but careful filling up on the crusty Italian bread as you mop it up. Pastas, served al dente, range from…

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The Extras:
Great Italian desserts are made fresh every day. The tiramisu is light and delightful.
Where to Sit:
Sidewalk dining is great for people watching.
Parking:
Valet parking is available, but look on the street, or in the $2 public lot a block north.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “So when a restaurant wants to fit as many people in their establishment as possible in LA, they decide it's more palatable to call it "European style seating" (picture me saying that all with a big smirk)- I arrived on a moderately busy night, and everyon”
  2. “Outstanding food, outstanding service, nice ambiance.”
  3. “This restaurant is utterly amazing, and, with many pasta dishes in the $18-$30 range, it is relatively reasonably priced given its location.”
dessert
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “They serve great pastas and salads as well as good desserts includin.”
  2. “loved everything i ate and the desert made it even better.”
  3. “can deal with a cold server if he is deal1ng with everything on time and not out right rude, but towards the end of our meal, he slapped to desert menus down, and after being ignored for 32 whole minutes (oh yeah, we counted!)”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “The coffee was good.”
  2. “Order a glass of wine while you're waiting, and get ready for a tasty meal!”
  3. “The place was packed, but since we ate the bar, we were taken care of by our attentive bartender (who was friendly but not overly chatty, which we appreciated).”
  4. “Last night my BF and I ate at the bar and had an excellent dining experience.”
  5. “really enjoyed my wine.”
food quality
79.27000045776367% positive
  1. “They have excellent paninis, salad, and pasta.”
  2. “very popular resturant because of the area but the service and food do not have the same appeal, a simple bass and vegetable plate was the worst food I've had in the area so far, the quality and presentation of the food was horrible as well as the chef ”
  3. “The pasta and all ingredients are so fresh.”
  4. “The mussels were great, as well as the grilled calamari and roasted vegetable salad I had.”
  5. “It's a very friendly and down to earth place with really really good food.”
  6. “After I choked on sharp bones instead of apologized to and having the meal taken off the bill, the waiter argued with me that should have just picked them out and proceeded explaining how bones are normal and I should have been more carefully and seen the”
  7. “The meal was pretty good.”
  8. “It's simply THE BEST Italian food you'll have in L.A. (or N.Y for that matter.”
  9. “Great food- but inconsiderate service and horrible seating set up”
  10. “think it would be impossible to have a bad meal here.”
  11. “can deal with a cold server if he is deal1ng with everything on time and not out right rude, but towards the end of our meal, he slapped to desert menus down, and after being ignored for 32 whole minutes (oh yeah, we counted!)”
  12. “So this month my wife and decided that we were on a mission to find the best Italian food in Los Angeles.”
  13. “The waiter was very helpful and the food was GREAT and the price was right too.”
  14. “This restaurant is utterly amazing, and, with many pasta dishes in the $18-$30 range, it is relatively reasonably priced given its location.”
  15. “gooditalian food in the heart of beverly hills for great prices!”
  16. “Outstanding food, outstanding service, nice ambiance.”
  17. “best italian food in l.a.”
  18. “The staff is very rude and they don't care because the food is so great.”
  19. “They fortunately did not charge her for the meal, but an apology would have been a nice gester.”
  20. “Bottom line, Il Pastaio is my #1 choice for good food in L.A.”
  21. “This place was highly recommended to us by friends, so tonight we wanted to have a delicious Italian dinner at Il Pastaio.”
  22. “Excellent pasta.”
  23. “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.”
  24. “The service was amazing and the food was divine!”
  25. “This is where you go for great pasta.”
  26. “Order a glass of wine while you're waiting, and get ready for a tasty meal!”
  27. “The food in this Italian restaurant was disappointing.”
  28. “Simply the best Italian food I've had outside of Reggio Emilio in Italy in the Romagna area.”
  29. “which was better than the chicken, but my great grandmother makes better ravioli than this fancy italian place.”
  30. “Price is very reasonable, especially for the quality of food you're getting.”
  31. “Even though the food was good, we will not go back.”
  32. “The food was good and service was ok.”
  33. “had the rigatoni with eggplant, basil and mozzarella cheese, which was the best rigatoni I've had in Los Angeles (cooked al dente with fresh ingredients).”
  34. “There isn't a dish in this restaurant that isn't good.”
  35. “We had both veal dishes and the branzino, and all three entrees were mediocre.”
  36. “Great red sauce!”
  37. “enjoyed the mushroom papardelle and the black and white trenette pasta.”
  38. “have never had such a horrible meal or service in that area”
  39. “assumed this would be great food since there didn't seem to be a waiit at the surrounding restaurants.”
  40. “Rude waiters, horribel bartender, but good food.”
  41. “Like I said, the restaurant is SMALL therefore the tables are very, very close together which was kind of annoying, but the food is well worth it!”
menu variety
0.0% positive
  1. “can deal with a cold server if he is deal1ng with everything on time and not out right rude, but towards the end of our meal, he slapped to desert menus down, and after being ignored for 32 whole minutes (oh yeah, we counted!)”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “kids/teens. Just an all around great restaurant, wish there were more like this!”
  2. “It is a real slice of local Beverly Hills people-watching at lunch and just a great local place for dinner.”
  3. “It's a great place to go for small groups --- I highly recommend it!”
  4. “My favorite restaurant in Beverly Hills”
  5. “which was better than the chicken, but my great grandmother makes better ravioli than this fancy italian place.”
  6. “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.”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “Even though the food was good, we will not go back.”
service
73.8100004196167% positive
  1. “So when a restaurant wants to fit as many people in their establishment as possible in LA, they decide it's more palatable to call it "European style seating" (picture me saying that all with a big smirk)- I arrived on a moderately busy night, and everyon”
  2. “All of the waitstaff was friendly, and the prices were reasonable as well (another welcome surprise, in Beverly Hills of all places!)”
  3. “have never had such a horrible meal or service in that area”
  4. “Rude waiters, horribel bartender, but good food.”
  5. “The service was amazing and the food was divine!”
  6. “Great food- but inconsiderate service and horrible seating set up”
  7. “There's one waiter who's REALLY bad and every time I go I try to avoid his section but everyone else is very good & fast, even the busboys.”
  8. “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.”
  9. “very popular resturant because of the area but the service and food do not have the same appeal, a simple bass and vegetable plate was the worst food I've had in the area so far, the quality and presentation of the food was horrible as well as the chef ”
  10. “The food was good and service was ok.”
  11. “The place was packed, but since we ate the bar, we were taken care of by our attentive bartender (who was friendly but not overly chatty, which we appreciated).”
  12. “It is a real slice of local Beverly Hills people-watching at lunch and just a great local place for dinner.”
  13. “It was very expensive (but this is Beverly Hills), the waiter was rude and I just had a really bad experience.”
  14. “can deal with a cold server if he is deal1ng with everything on time and not out right rude, but towards the end of our meal, he slapped to desert menus down, and after being ignored for 32 whole minutes (oh yeah, we counted!)”
  15. “My waiters were great and friendly.”
  16. “Outstanding food, outstanding service, nice ambiance.”
  17. “Prices are reasonable and the service is extremely professional.”
  18. “The waiter was very helpful and the food was GREAT and the price was right too.”
  19. “The staff is very rude and they don't care because the food is so great.”
  20. “It's a very friendly and down to earth place with really really good food.”
  21. “After I choked on sharp bones instead of apologized to and having the meal taken off the bill, the waiter argued with me that should have just picked them out and proceeded explaining how bones are normal and I should have been more carefully and seen the”
value
57.14000225067139% positive
  1. “Like I said, the restaurant is SMALL therefore the tables are very, very close together which was kind of annoying, but the food is well worth it!”
  2. “gooditalian food in the heart of beverly hills for great prices!”
  3. “The waiter was very helpful and the food was GREAT and the price was right too.”
  4. “It is far superior to places like Ago and Giorgio Baldi which are both much more expensive.”
  5. “All of the waitstaff was friendly, and the prices were reasonable as well (another welcome surprise, in Beverly Hills of all places!)”
  6. “It was very expensive (but this is Beverly Hills), the waiter was rude and I just had a really bad experience.”
  7. “The prices were surprisingly reasonable for 90210.”
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. “can deal with a cold server if he is deal1ng with everything on time and not out right rude, but towards the end of our meal, he slapped to desert menus down, and after being ignored for 32 whole minutes (oh yeah, we counted!)”
1 Star Rating: Poor

04/14/12

poor service, rude waiter

by beach53

I went to Il Pastaio based on five star reviews but was wrong, over rated , I will never return to Il Pastaio

1 Star Rating: Poor

11/09/11

Stay Away!

by Ram42

My family and I celebrated a birthday at Il Pastaio the other night and had a nice dinner. The next day however, we realized that we had left one of the birthday gifts at the restaurant. We called the manager right away, thinking nothing of it since we were the last guests there, and believed that the handful of restaurant employees who were still present when we left may have placed it aside for us to pick up.

The store manager replied saying that she would look into the matter, asked for my number, and ensured me that she would be giving me a call back shortly. In the meanwhile, I called the store from which I had purchased the gift (a gift card) to see if they could do anything on their end. They indicated that unfortunately the gift card had been redeemed and as a result could not be replaced.

A week later, with no return phone call from the restaurant I decided to call the manger back. She stated that she had been very busy and that she was intending to call me back, but had not been able to locate the missing item. She then placed me on hold, and the call was lost with yet again no return call.

Next, I spoke with the owner who at first said that he would be willing to work with me if I in turn agreed to work with him. He then proceeded to let me know that he was running a business and he could not be bothered with every guest who came in complaining of a lost item. He said, for all he knew one of my family members could have stolen the gift.

In the end, he asked for my email address in order to set up a time to meet face to face, but a week has elapsed and he too has yet to respond.

Given my experience with the manager and owner of this restaurant my overall recommendation is…

**The food is indeed good as other reviewers have surely mentioned, but I refuse to give any more business to folks who show such adamant disregard for simple human courtesy.

1 Star Rating: Poor

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
2 Star Rating: Below Average

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
3 Star Rating: Average

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

The Details on Il Pastaio Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • best italian food
  • great trenette pasta
  • reasonable prices
  • rude waiters
  • great local place
  • favorite patio seating restaurant
  • only great everything
  • extremely professional service
  • bad meal
  • great salads
  • full place
  • great seating
  • worst food
  • really bad experience
  • fresh ingredients
  • not good restaurant
  • very rude staff
  • great casual lunch spot
  • great grandmother
  • cold server
  • good spelt spaghetti
  • excellent paninis
  • excellent management
  • good coffee
  • nice gester
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