pastabilities

awesome!. genuinely good food. check out the bakery across the street, too!

awesome. great service, great food, great prices. will defiantly be going back! don't let the store front fool you, once you walk in the atmosphere is sophisticated yet casual. awesome place all around.

pasta's is the best!. great bar, great food with rotating menu. it gets crowded during peak times, but there is an obvious reason for that

it's a shame when the place you order from doesn't want to deliver to you because your out of the delivery range which is 3.0 miles and you stay 2.2 miles away. after winning that dispute and ordering $25 worth of food by debit card they decide not deliver to the next time just because you didn't tip the driver. that's bad business coming from a place which has good food. must i give more that i have to offer? shame...

ok?. (updated review) this was my first time back in quite a long while. there was a time where this was a regular lunch spot for us, but long lines (which are great for the restaurant, but difficult to allow us time to eat at lunch), smaller portions, and somewhat uneven food led to our reducing our visits until we stopped going altogether.

today, they were still operating their signature cafeteria-style lunch. they had unique varieties of salads...classic green salad (which i noticed has improved from romaine to an actual mixed salad), couscous with raisins, baba ghanoushj, and the omnipresent chicken penne. our group thought the food was fine, albeit a little low on flavor. the couscous lacked any spice or flavoring aside from a sporadic raisin/craisin. the baba ghanoush was in desperate need of some lemon juice, chopped herbs, or something (anything!) to brighten the underwhelming flavor. chicken penne was just "ok," as was a pasta alfredo. the prices were very reasonable.

i was really take aback at how bland everything was. perhaps this explains why they have tabasco sauce in every room...it mildly helped. i guess the draw are the low prices and hipster vibe...i can take it or leave it, but might come back for a green salad.


-----03 jul, 2011-----

good downtown spot. pastabilities has very good, "fusion-ish" italian-style dinners. always an excellent meal in a casual, hip atmosphere. as others have mentioned, the hot tomato oil and bread for dipping is a definite signature item. (you can buy jars of the sauce across the street at their bakery, where they also make bread for their restaurant, as well as other restaurants in town).

lunches are cafeteria-style and extremely popular amongst downtown workers. however, they tend to be slow at opening time, and the line quickly goes out the door. the variety and quality of the lunch items has decreased quite a bit over the past couple years, although dinner remains excellent.

"go to" place for good bread and pasta. once you get past the 20-30min wait, the bread and spicey oil is what remindes you why you waited. soft italian bread with amazing dipping sauce. the pasta choices are also very good, and most can be made vegitarian . prices are not bad. overall an excellent restaurant for pasta, far better than your typical chain restaurants.

liked the place. nice resto with a lot of food and wine options. must try!

food: 4/5
ambience: 4.5/5
service: 4/5
value for money: 3.5/5
overall: 4/5

i highly recommend this restaurant. it's great for a night out or bringing it of town guests. the wine selection goes well with the food menu and i have yet to be disappointed by the entrees or dessert!

spicy tomato oil was to die for. but the most amazing part was the pasta and the people. children menu is very affordable too. had a very good time. will definitely return!

first time here and it was great! we were greeted as soon as we sat down and the waitress was right behind her. we immediately had our drinks and our appetizer was out shortly. we had the mozzaluna cheese sticks and they were hot and delicious! the restaurant it's self is not very big but it's a cute and neat atmosphere. we ordered some pasta of course which was delicious. our waitress hannah was great and kept our glasses full. they have an excellent choice of desserts so we ordered chocolate turtle cheesecake that was from cheesecake by alex and the kenny's key lime pie. both were amazing and we will definitely be back!!

although a lifelong resident of greensboro, this was our first time at pastabilites and we were not disappointed. great food. fun atmosphere and excellent service by brandi. we will be back.

bad experience. first of all the service was awful. our waitress was not attentive in regards to replacing our complimentary bread and at one point ours was only replaced by an attentive bus boy. i ordered the spinach ricotta entre. it came filled with so much cheese that it took over my whole entre. never did the entre in the menu state that there wasn't a style of pasta included throughout the entre, when it was listed under the pasta section of the menu. the meal consisted of ricotta, mozzarella, sauce, and bits of spinach. i left sick to my stomach and i barely touched my meal. i would advise caution to those thinking of trying this restaurant, it's not what you think.

for dinner i ordered the sonoma caesar salad and the pasta's bolognese (beef and pork bolognese, pappardelle, parmigiano-reggiano). additionally, the bartender recommended i try the famous spicy hot tomato oil so he brought me a side of it and a bread basket.

while i highly recommend the spicy hot tomato oil (it was amazing), the pasta was good but i think i'm so spoiled by living a block away from ethan stowell's, tavolata, that i can't say it was to die for. but yeah, i'd order it again. but seriously, don't pass on the spicy hot tomato oil.

consistently outstanding!. my wife and i have been dining at pastabilities for about a decade and we are always pleased with each meal. the staff is always friendly and lively and their service is top-notch. the food is just fantastic from the dinner rolls to the apps to the entrees to the desserts. my personal favorite dish is the chicken parm. we have and will continue to recommend pastabilities to neighbors, friends, and family. even my hyper-critical in-laws can't complain when pastabilities is our destination. next time you've got a taste for some great italian food, try pastabilities, you won't be disappointed.

fantastic riggies (coming from someone from utica) awesome business model and atmosphere. a tad pricy but worth it. will return eventually, but definitely something you have to be in the mood for.