Pasta Grill

My Uncle and I went here for lunch and we were extremely impressed. We left very happy and satisfied with no room for disappointment. Everything tasted surprisingly authentic and our server Toria was exceptional and very attentive. I am pleased to see that Conway has an Italian restaurant of this caliber.

It’s my favorite lunch place in town. The lunch menu pricing is very reasonable, and the food is great. It gets a bit crowded for me at dinner time, though.

Due Amichi’s finally closed on the other side of town and I was looking for another Italian place in Conway. WOW i was not disappointed. I had the three pasta combo with extra sauce on top and it blew me away. I will be going back to this place again.

For the price, not particularly impressed. Had its pros and cons and I’ll detail what I thought so bear with me, if you want — Went with my father and my boyfriend. My father was in town to help me move and it was his first time meeting my boyfriend so we wanted somewhere a little nicer since it was a special-​ish occasion. My father ordered calamari and cheese bread as appetizers. We all agreed the calamari was average and the cheese bread was severely underwhelming. It was like they cut a loaf in half and melted a swirled cheese stick on top. With our entrées, we all had salads — my boyfriend and I had Ceasar salads and my father had the lemon. The Ceasar wasn’t anything exceptional as any Ceasar, but the lemon was pretty amazing! My father even asked for the recipe. The entrées were plated nicely, but lacked in flavor. I had chicken parmigiana with fettuccine alfredo. Why? I don’t know, that was definitely my bad. The dish was dull and had very obviously been sitting for some time. I did not mention this to the waiter because I thought I could move past it. I couldn’t. My boyfriend had lasagna, which he said wasn’t that great but not bad either. Something about the way it was put together with the sauce being mostly on top and not within the layers was unappealing to him. My father’s dish was once again the superior dish. He ordered the maple balsamic glazed pork with grits and broccoli (I think it was broccoli, I don’t remember). The pork was very tender and flavorful, and the grit cake was as unappealing as you’d expect — though not as unappealing as regular runny grits.
As far as atmosphere, it’s dimly lit and the booths were uncomfortable wooden benches. We kept getting knocked by the people behind us and I could barely reach the table, however I’m pretty small. It was also kind of cramped and the couples across from us wouldn’t stop staring which made for a very strange experience, but that’s not the restaurant’s fault (LOL).
I can’t not shout out our server. Our server was fantastic. He was friendly and very knowledgable about the menu. He was able to recommend items and explain dishes we had questions about. He was also very patient when I told him I was kind of bummed about our meal. He said we hadn’t ordered their signature pieces, which were much more exciting, and that we might try some other dishes on our next visit. It seemed genuine so we agreed we’d give them another shot in the future. He and my father even had a nice conversation about their similar interests which was fun!
All in all, didn’t meet my expectations but not so much that I wouldn’t give it a second chance or recommend that someone try it themselves. Especially because I’m kind of a food snob from being raised by a classically trained chef in a big foodie city :)

Wonderful food!!! Love their lemon salad dressing. Everything on the menu is good. Fast and friendly service!!! Take out orders are just as good as eat in orders.

We dine here about 3 – 4 times a year. I’ve had several of the pasta dishes, all delicious. Hubby always has Southern Most Pasta, which he loves. We eat about half of our entrée, and bring home the rest. That allows us to save room for dessert (and we’re not usually dessert people) because they are all made from scratch in house, and they’re phenominal! The only one that we’ve been disappointed with is the canoli, it was okay, but not traditional Italian canoli.

Pretty solid Italian, and I like the atmosphere (feels a bit more upscale than most Conway places). I have heard, though, that they don’t cook their food onsite, so I wonder about quality.

Delicious food. Average wait on a Friday night. Waiter was nice, but slow. Almost was charged for an extra meal. Double check your tickets!

AWESOME food ~ never had an entrée that wasn’t perfect. Shrimp & Grits probably my favorite. It’s my go to place for Italian. It’s a quaint restaurant, nice atmosphere for date night. Excellent food, friendly service. Because it is SO good and therefore, so busy I highly recommend reservations at night. Even if you forget to call ahead, it’s worth the wait ~ you won’t regret it. Highly recommend!

My go to meal for Italian. Everything on the menu is delicious! Staff is always kind and the environment is nice and clean. I recommend to anyone!

Have been here 3 times, so far the food has been good and have returned based on this. Service is decent, however, each time I’ve been here we’ve had reservations and not seated for 30 – 45 minute past reserved time. One take out order and sat in their waiting area for 30 minutes past time given to be here to pick up order. Probably wont be back. Come on man!

Excellent service.
Good beer menu and wine available.
Nice variety of dishes to select from.
Elegant and romantic atmosphere — great date place

Was very very good. Garlic bread was awesome, had their White Cheader dill soup and it was fantastic. I decided to try the garlic chicken cheesecake and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Deninatly a must try

Great food & greater service. Got in when they opened, treated us as if we were the only customers there even when the house was full, and the house filled up FAST!

Love it! My husband and I have been several times, and the food is always amazing! Sometimes the server is a bit slow but the food makes up for it.

Decent house salad. Avoid the steak if you don’t want well done. Ordered rare plus and got well done on first try and medium plus on second. Low quality meat, lots of gristle. Ordered the NY strip.

I have never been disappointed when I go to the Pasta Grill. I love their lunch specials. My favorite entrée is shrimp and grits or the New York strip. Both are excellent. Get there early if your eating in the evenings because they usually are packed!

The shrimp and grits plate is amazing and a large portion. The potato egg rolls are a great appetizer.

Portions were perfect for the lunch entrée. I ordered the Portabella Alfredo Raviolli and spouse ordered Manicotti. Overall we spent no more for the two of us than we would have had we gone to Chic Fil A or some such fast food establishment. The total for just the two of us was $ 20. We were too full for dessert, though the white chocolate cheesecake sounded tempting!

Food is AMAZING! Never had a bad thing to eat here. The portions are huge.
It’s always busy there and the staff is average. I just wish they had more drink options besides wine and beer (the margaritas suck). The food is homemade, always hot and fresh. FYI they do not have tiramisu, but the desserts they do have are homemade and absolutely to die for.