My wife and I went there for breakfast today after hearing how good the breakfast is. My review is on the service. I have been employed in the restaurant industry for 30 years and our female server may have been one of the worst servers that I have ever had. We walked in and the place was slow with only 3 tables of patrons. It took a while to be greated by our server and when she did great us her attitude was she could care less that we were there. She showed us our table with as much enthusiasm as someone going to the dentist. My wife was on a business call so I waited for her to get off to place our order. I spilled my water and our server actually rolled her eyes at me. She went to get a towel to wipe up the spill but stopped on her way to my table to chat with her regulars as the water proceeded to run all over the place. Luckily, a busser wiped up the water. Then my wife got up to walk outside to finish her business conversation and the server threw up her arms and rolled her eyes again. Are you kidding me? She brought us our food and never once came back to check up on us. I have heard this restaurant is struggling since their move to this location. Well, a little advise. Get rid of help like that because we will never set foot in this place again.
Cindy L.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Los Angeles, CA
Location wise, it was a little strange as I missed it thinking it was an old lodge or inn. Free bread & chimichurri. Probably my favorite part of the meal! Who can say no to chimichurri? Food was ok, not as good as some reviews rave on here. Ordered the Tetrazzini which is a baked pasta with chicken and mushroom in an alfredo sauce with cheese on top. I was expecting it to be really cheesy but it was not and the cheese was not melted/blended in with the pasta. I was able to taste the fresh made pasta though it was not al dente — maybe because the dish was baked.
Lisa V.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Santa Ana, CA
The pastas, bread, salad, and desserts are great. Pasta noodles are made in house. The filled pastas are especially good. Our favorite dish is the ravioli with pesto y tuco, homemade ravioli with pesto and marinara Breakfasts and pizzas look really good too but haven’t had a chance to try those yet.
C A.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Costa Mesa, CA
I love this place! Never ever had a bad experience or bad food and I’ve been going for years!
Greg L.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Irvine, CA
The pasta connection name can be a little deceiving. This place is a great all around family resteraunt. The breakfasts are a particular value. Very friendly helpful staff. Plenty of parking. Yum. Try them
Ye P.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Irvine, CA
Horrendously slow service. Don’t expect someone to take your order until 15 minutes after you’ve been seated. This was at 6pm with only 4 parties in the restaurant.
Mio F.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Irvine, CA
I wanted to like this place… It was good, but not great… the warm bread with butter and chimichurri was really really good. It will be the only reason for me to come back. Had meat sauce, chicken, tortellini, I believe I read that the pastas are home made, but to me it did not have the right texture. The portion is generous but I just did not dig it. Service was pleasant and attentive, very casual family-oriented atmosphere. We wanted to try dessert & empanada, but we got too full…
Jon M.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Huntington Beach, CA
The food wasn’t bad. I ordered mine special. The waitress was very nice. I got the bill. It was $ 18 bucks for breakfast. Not horrible, because I got coffee and a Diet Coke. But, they worked me for $ 11.75 for a hamburger patty.
Lea G.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Fullerton, CA
Honestly I was disappointed this time around. My husband loved the chicken alfredo, but they raised their prices dramatically I think. Also my $ 11.50 Bolognese was just…“NASTY” The noodles were actually pretty bad and chewy; definitely NOT al denté as I prefer my pasta to be. The sauce had something really hard inside a bite I took and I instantly lost my appetite. My husband also found a piece of bone in his last bite of chicken alfredo. We decided not to say anything since we both just wanted to try and enjoy the rest of our evening. Our server was nice and did his best to fill our drinks and bread, but when it was time for the check, we sat there about 10 – 15 mins waiting for him to bring it to us. I decided we gave plenty of time and had to ask another server to bring us our check.
Angie M.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Santa Ana, CA
Service, food, and drinks were awesome. My boyfriend brought me here for the first time today(Valentine’s Day) and I had an amazing time.
Graciela C.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Costa Mesa, Estados Unidos
La Factura argentina, es del dia anterior. Y cuando les pregunte me contestaron que eran de hoy! Es la tercera vez que me pasa.- por favor, pongan cuidado y no quieren ganar dinero engañando al cliente
Kari V.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Gaslamp, San Diego, CA
Pasta Connection is a gem! If you’re looking for fresh & delicious pasta, great service, and a comfortable atmosphere you’ve got to enjoy a meal here. The Pasta Connection Special is out of this world! Beef tortellini in the most creamy and tasty Alfredo sauce I’ve ever had & topped with a bit of marinara meat sauce is pure perfection! 100% recommended Also, they have gluten free linguine available which is SO delicious and was cooked al dente… Two thumbs up! I will definitely be back here and tell all friends & family to try and experience Pasta Connection!
Michelle G.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Tustin, CA
To start, the pasta here is ridiculously fresh. I’d challenge any restaurant to try to beat it. It’s unreal. I’ll take you through our courses. First up, the bread. Normally I’d skip mentioning the bread, but it’s worthy of talking about. Baked fresh and served warm with chimichurri– so, so good. Some of the entrees come with a house salad. I wasn’t sure of the rhyme or reason here, as some entrees did and other comparable ones didn’t. Kind of annoying, as some in our party were working on salad while others weren’t served one. The stracciatella was phenomenal. The obvious table favorite for us was the fettuccine alla fantasia(Alfredo with spinach and egg noodles alongside peas and Italian sausage). The serving size was very generous and I left uncomfortably full. In other dishes made with marinara, we found the sauce had an interesting tang to it. Some loved it, others not so much. I wasn’t a fan, so I’ll stick to the Alfredo or pink sauces. The gnocchi was another favorite – made in-house and perfectly plump. We’ll be back!
Princess B.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Costa Mesa, CA
Food Excelente, service very slow, we was asking for cappuccino, But it didn’t taste like cappuccino„ no flavor at all, and it wll take forever to get my coffe we got our dessert first And aftet 7 min I got my(cappuccino). Place is clean!
Monse S.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Newport Coast, CA
Amazing service, great food and the best empanadas in town. I’ve tried almost all of their dishes, but I mainly come here for the grill.
Frankie M.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Newport Beach, CA
Great family owned restaurant with homemade meals. Never frozen. You can taste the freshness. Love love the lasagna. When I order to go always a seat at the bar for a cold one while I wait
Fred G.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Dracut, MA
This is one of our favorite places to eat. Today is about breakfast. So their home potatoes are really the best. Covered with cheese, mushrooms green onions… Yummmm The rest is typical and good Today I’m going to try Argentina waffles. As I don’t eat meat I’m substituting their potatoes. It’s waffles with dolce de leche, butter, whipped cream, and bananas Coffee is good. But they use artificial creamer, so I always ask for milk which works fine
Laura G.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Lake Forest, CA
This place is pretty good. It kind of feels like you just visited your fiends Italian moms house. The food looks and tastes home made. Which is cool! I love home made foods. That someones mom makes. They have this really good pesto sauce that they give you with bread before you start your meal. It’s soooooo delicious! I wanted to steal the little container it came with and eat it later, but I didn’t :) The bread is bomb. It’s nice and crispy on the outside and very soft and moist and just delicious in the inside. Freshly baked I think. The food was delish! My son loved his pasta too. Thanks pasta connection!
Denise H.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Newport Beach, CA
Not good. I had ravioli which was just ok. My hubs had roasted lemon chicken which he said makes KFC look gourmet. His veggies were also undercooked. My main issue here was the service. We walked in and nobody greeted us. I noticed at least FIVE empty tables along with two tables filled with large parties of people. Two people were sitting on chairs at the front. They told me they were waiting for a table and the wait would be «15 minutes». What??? The dining room It’s FULL of empty tables! Whatever. The two people ahead if us were seated. Nobody talked to us. We waited about 10 minutes until somebody came over and told us the wait would be «15 minutes» since they were waiting for a reservation to arrive. We waited another 10 minutes and were seated. Hmmmm. Not a good start. We ordered, ate our food and I had a birds eye view of the front door. Not a single soul arrived after us and the five empty tables in the dining room remained empty the entire time we were there. I realize this is a smaller establishment and they had two large parties while we were there but making us wait when you have empty dining room tables is not acceptable. The food was meh. The service after we were seated was good, the waitress was quick on my lemon aid refills, I just would not return here.
Chris B.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Costa Mesa, CA
Hmmmm, people really seem to like this place. It’s ok… nothing amazing… just standard fair Italian food. The interior is dated and I guess if I’d been coming here for years… than it’d be different. But as a first time guest… Hmmm, I guess I’ll just say it wasn’t impressive enough or «nice» enough to keep me coming back for me. For the more knowledgeable, I have a question… I could taste something different in my fettuccine… and I narrowed it down to the taste of flour. Very light and kinda in the background but definitely there. In other reviews they talk about how fresh the pasta is. I don’t know. Does fresh pasta have more of a flour taste? Or does that just mean they used a ton of flour. Please let me know and I’ll update this review.
Ashley H.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Tustin, CA
I am not a fan of pasta. Not sure if you read my reviews, but Italian is my least favorite food. Why you may ask? Because after all that pasta I feel like a bloated cow. Last Friday I asked my friend, Saehee K., if she wanted to do dinner. My husband and I were coming back from LA and were FAMISHED after discussing different possibilities Saehee told me her husband was craving Italian and that pasta connection was his favorite Italian restaurant. I looked at my husband with a disgusted face, but we were starving so we decided to check it out. We arrived around 7PM and was greeted by the waiter immediately. He sat us at a booth and gave us a menu and realized there was not only Italian food, but also Argentinian food. My husband and I shared the chef’s salad for 2 and I ordered the tutto-mare and my husband got the grilled BBQ. Everything we ordered was good. I wish there was more seafood on my dish, but the flavors were good. My husband’s plate was good, but the blood sausage was extremely salty. One thing that we noticed was how pricey the food was! The portions are a good size, but I wouldn’t have expected our meals with the salad and 2 beers to come out to $ 70. Would I come back again? ehhhh maybe. Like I said I’m not a fan of Italian, but if someone asked for a recommendation I would tell them to check this spot out.