Pasta Cucina

Frankly I loved everything about this place but the food. So myself and my gf absolutely loved the atmosphere and the service was great. But the food itself left a lot to be desired. I think that the one at sunset station casino had much better food. If only they could send over the cooks from there to this location then this place would be perfect! A great gem at Boulder station casino

When I first walked into the door, I thought that this was a fancy Italian restaurant, it has that atmosphere. So I brought my entire family, thinking it was going to be great, then the food came. My mom and sister are vegetarian, and my mom was trouble eating eggs, so she asked the waitress if she could get the fried eggplant without breaded just grilled. The waitress said «no you can’t do that it’s hard when you cut it» then she argued with us that you can’t grill eggplant. So we finally ordered our food, my uncle got meatball sliders for an appetizer, they where on soggy bread and the meatballs where the same one you get from Subway, and I know this because I used to work at Subway. They also had bread sticks but there the same ones from Olive Garden and it came out with cheese sauce and marinara sauce, the marinara sauce was Hunts. Our food finally came out, my uncle got pizza, and it didn’t have cheese (why does a pizza not have cheese its one of the three main things you need to make pizza), my mom and sister split a pasta dish that was ok. My uncles friend Brad got a capers dish, he loves capers but he said there was way to many and it killed the dish. I got the chicken parmesean, it was $ 15.00 and I could get the exact same thing at a pizza place for $ 8.00. At the end of our meal everyone had left most of the food on their plates and the waitress asked if we wanted to take it with us. We all said no and said we didn’t care for the food she just said «Oh» and gave us the check. SAVE YOUR MONEY DONT GO HERE!

good price, good ambiance, decent food. Service was. bad. I look old and I’m old. she insisted on seeing my drivers license. Really! Rose (my waitress) get some common sense. all throughout the dinner Rose adressed me as a sweetie. Towards end of evening I got sick of called sweetie. Well if management train their wait staff better i will definitely come back.

Out favorite place for pasta that’s close to home is Sunset Stations location. Food prices aren’t expensive and there’s always plenty to take home. We had a 2 for 1 mailer coupon and decided to eat here because well … the boyfriend was checking out the odds at the sportsbook anyways and we were starving ! We’ve never had any issues at Sunsets location. Food is consistently good service is a ok so we were thinking it would be the same here.
The décor here is way nicer a little more intimate where as Sunsets location is just an open area looking out at the casino. That’s about all that’s better at this Boulder location. Doesn’t make sense for us to come here unless it’s comped.
It’s super smokey here. So smokey u can smell it all the way inside of the restaraunt.
A short visit will have your clothes and hair reeking of it. So disgusting and not so good for your health either. Yikes !
Our waitress was nice and filled our drinks quick but was nowhere to be found after as we were waiting on our breadsticks which took a while to come out. I usually go for the chicken & artichoke pasta which is consistently good at Sunset. While the taste was good here it was swimming in sauce.
Ziti with meatball & Italian sausage — it was ok. I don’t understand why they would just put a hunk of ricotta on top ?
Service was alright, not bad not great. The ambiance and décor is nicer here but overall Sunset is a better choice period.

we stayed at boulder station and I felt like eating Italian so we decided to try this place.
i thought this place was one of those fast did place because it seemed like very restaurant here looked like it. but this place you walk into the doors and then the restaurant is inside.
we had to wait around 30 minutes. I really suggest you call and MAKE A RESERVATION. you get in a lot faster.
I think we came about 1.5 hour before the place closed. when we finally got to our table, there were a lot of free tables open but we still had to wait 30 minutes to get a table. WTH weird and that kinda annoyed me. they better have a good reason for making me wait!
I loved the eggplant Parmesan at this other restaurant so I tried and ordered it here. i didn’t know that this was battered and it had spaghetti noodles on it too. I did not like this dish at all. there was too much batter that’s all I tasted and the spaghetti sauce was whatever’s. I would have rather eaten it as an appetizer instead of being it’s own entrée with the noodles.
I forgot what entrée I ordered but it was really good. it was linguini and it had clams, mussels, and shrimp in it. it was also in a red sauce that kind of resembled marinara but was more watery. the sauce flavor was good! ask for this dish if you go here.
I also liked the free breadstick dip. so good!!! the breadsticks were good too.

Surprising to find a good and reasonably priced Italian restaurant in a busy casino. Their Cheese Ravioli was the best I’ve had.

gotta say this place ranks pretty good, the food is good especially the veal Marsala! and the pricing on everything is pretty cheap. the wine list has a couple gems hidden in there as well for a very reasonable price point. the only down fall of this place is the service is sometimes questionable.

Wow… what a pleasant surprise… i tried the Alfredo w/​chicken and my better half had the chicken parmesan… both dishes were good but we really enjoyed the warm bread sticks with alfredo dipping sauce. The service was good and the cost was less than what we would have paid if we had ordered the same meal at the Olive Garden or the Claim Jumper. We’ll definitely be back.

I actually really really liked this place! =)
We were catching a movie in the casino and walking around trying to decide on a place to grab something. We went in and sat down, our waitress was very nice and actually very knowledgeable about the wines and had some great suggestions.
The food was VERY good and was very cheap IMO. It came fast when we told her we were in a hurry and overall I really just had a very positive experience.

We came here for my parents anniversary & birthday dinner. & Everything was perfect.
Out of 5stars
Service (5): Our server was very personable, sweet, & wonderful!
Food: (4.5) The food was delicious. I love their lasagna & their blu-​crumble cheese steak (i dont actually remember the name of the entrée i bought, but it was amazing!) & their price are worth the good
Atmosphere (5): It seems like they renovated the place because it seems like you are not inside Boulder station casino, but in a very classy restaurant. It is very vibrant and lovely.
Tip: They charge for a cutting fee if you bring a cake.

If I were rating the service and ambiance only, there would be no stars. The food saved the night.
Don’t ya just love it when the waitresses’ first words are «how are you guys?» to a table of two men, two women? Gross!
Long wait (over ten minutes) til order taken. Staff seemed short handed and unprepared to handle the crowd, and it wasn’t even six o’clock yet.
Tried to order a glass of Burgundy, waitress says they don’t serve Burgundy (What!!!) She leaves table and returns with Burgundy, saying they cook with it (no joke!) Server brings basket of ugly, very plain, pseudo breadsticks (but they’re not… geez, not sticks, yuck. Come on people, small, long loafs of tastelss, bland, mushy dough are NOT breadsticks!). We ask the server and our waitress for regular bread…“we only have breadsticks” is the reply. Server brings my soup and, low and behold, what’s that on my plate? A SLICE OF BREAD! (lightly toasted, very thin) Asked him for more bread and he brings a plate of five slices.
Food was good… just soured by poor customer service, ugly room (including the putrid green seating in the booths)
What looked like a manager spent our entire meal conversing with a couple at a nearby table, and he, along with rest of staff, never asked the usual «is everything ok?, are you enjoying your meal?», etc.
Needless to say, but I’ll say it anyway… we won’t be back.

The food here is amazing, especially for the price and the atmosphere is nice. The best part about it is the service. We had some of the best service I have ever had while dining at Pasta Cucina. Literally from beginning to end. The hostess was engaging and polite. Our server took the time to ask about us and get to know us, and the food runner was funny and entertaining. There was great energy flowing through all of them. They were a great team and we thoroughly delightful. Thank you so very much! :)

This is sort of an in between review… as there is no 2 ½ stars.
There were 5 people in our party. Three loves their meals and two hated them.
Apparently the chicken parmesan is the bomb. Everyone loved it, and the portion was huge. Seriously it’s the thing to get if you are starving or just want to heat up leftovers the next night.
The breadsticks were fine, the water was great, the service was great. The waitress was very honest as far as prices go and all.
The décor makeover was very impressive, it beautiful in there now and the seating is more comfortable.
However the fancier dishes seemed to be a no no.
As in they can heat things up here but not… «cook». Artichoke pasta was and I quote «Disgusting like wallpaper». I ordered veal marsala and got chicken, I didn’t make a big deal out of it immediately, but then the sauce was disgusting. Cheap sugery nasty goop. By then I would have held everyone up to have them fix my order as I did have to say something once I noticed the sauce, but I just said forget it. The waitress did offer to fix the problem. I just ended up eating some of the chicken parm from a kind relatives plate.
The atmosphere is very nice, esp if you were going on a date etc. The service good, the food. russian roulette.

Very good food. Nice atmosphere. Very good prices. The only thing i did not like was the time it took for the food to come. But once the food did come it was good. This is the old pasta palace. But redone. It is a little off the strip, but worth it. Good odds gambling and good food are what i look for when i come to vegas. This station casino has both. If you have a car and want good italian food at a good price come here. I am a picky eater and like this alot.

If I could say «meh» to Italian food I would say it a thousand times over about the food at Pasta Cucina. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
My mother received a coupon for Pasta Cucina in the mail and we figured it was a good enough deal to get us in. I’m weary of Italian places because I just feel like a lot of them are overpriced and not very good. Hmm, my inklings continue to prove me right.
Let’s begin with service — lackluster and cold. The BIOTCH waitress who served us was just terrible. And yes, she was indeed a BIOTCH in all rights. She knew we had a coupon and we didn’t order her much pushed on us wine. Therefore we were done, for her, by the time we ordered our raspberry iced teas. Everything else about her service to use was electronic and rude.
Food — the raspberry iced tea was incredibly too sweet. I felt like I was drinking tea spiked with Hi-​C fruit punch. Terrible for a «nice» restaurant to serve such a drink. I ordered the Tuscan Angel Hair Pasta with Chicken (add $ 2). The plate was being overtaken with angel hair, and all the other ingredients were lost. The dish boasted pine nuts — I think I got a total of five in the whole dish. Instead of lovely combo of flavors, which the dish should have been, it was just a mound of angel hair with some chicken pieces thrown on it. My mother ordered the spaghetti and meatballs, a dish that is wonderfully traditional, and which she loves. The meatballs were large and they were good. The sauce was decent, but alas — my mother asked to have the normal spaghetti replaced with angel hair and guess what? She got regular spaghetti.
By this point we were stuffed and had only eaten not even half of our dishes (they’re just HUGE). We got to-​go bags and received our bill. If I had been paying the waitress would have gotten half the tip my mother left her.
I will not return to Pasta Cucina. Overpriced Italian food restaurant strikes again.

With tickets for the Railhead (John Waite!) in one hand, and the other hand resting on my hungry belly, we decided to try Boulder Station’s Pasta Palace.
Our luck has been mixed when it comes to the Italian places at Station casinos in the past. San Lorenzo, at Texas Station, was delicious and simple with A+ service. (Then they changed the menu. Fiends.) Capri, at Sunset Station, was as uninviting in taste as it was in décor and the demeanor of its host. Pasta Palace at Palace was quite good the first time, but on the second visit we experienced a case of «glad we had a coupon.» We went to PP at Boulder with no expectation other than Chef Boyardee not to be in residence.
From the moment we were greeted at the podium, the staff made us feel graciously welcome. Our waitress was warm and professional, making useful suggestions (such as turning our lemonades into raspberry or strawberry lemonades — not on the menu) while also being cheerfully clear about cost ($ 1 extra, unlimited refills).
As we sat in our (comfy, and we’re both «fluffy» people) booth, I noted with a mental thumbs up how well the dining area is laid out. Spacious distance between booths/​tables, and cozy, dark elements in a casual but tasteful design.
One corner of the restaurant is open to the working back area of the Metro Pizza operation next door. It doesn’t detract from the ambiance, being away from the main dining area, but I do wonder if Metro fulfills Pasta Palace’s pizza orders.
One of our assistant waiters (we had two or three) made a small mistake with our drinks — no big deal — but I was impressed with how apologetic both he and our head waiter were. Who cares about a little mistake when your servers are obviously so committed to you having a great meal?
Wait, you may say something to yourself, isn’t this a two-​star review? She sounds so comfortable and happy. What gives?
I know, and my clicky finger does hover over the three-​star («A-​OK») mark just because, darn, it was so nice there, surrounded by friendly people and endless raspberry lemonades, but… but… the food. The food. (Dramatic, «hands are tied» frownie face of disappointment goes here.)
Of all the Station properties, the food at this Pasta Palace had to be the most bland and cheap-​tasting. My husband’s rigatoni tasted like it came from a packet — you know that sort of gummy taste? Like that. I leaned across the table. «Does yours even have sauce?» Like me, he’d gone for a mix of alfredo and marinara sauces, neither of which brought out anything good about the other on this occasion. Nothing sharp, nothing mellow — nothing really at all. (So it’s just as well that his pasta was barely coated in it.)
I had the cheese ravioli. «Meh. I’ve experienced better.» (That’s me quoting Unilocal’s two-​star catchphrase.) I’d shrug if I were eating it at home, in front of the television, probably slugging on the salt and pepper with the hand not holding the remote. At a restaurant, though, I expect a sensation beyond «Yes, I’m swallowing an inoffensive wet lump.»
We did like the salads for having a little more artichoke and banana pepper, etc., than you might get at, say, Olive Garden. The bread basket was warm and fine, if a little uninventive. (Garlic sticks, not very buttery, and somewhat dry foccacia, no flatbreads.)
It could be that we ordered «poorly.» Maybe Pasta Palace delivers on the promises of its setting and staff with a few great dishes that we missed. I don’t really accept that excuse, though: if it’s on the menu, I expect it to be decent, and my one clear definition of «decent» is «has some value beyond what you could easily get from a packet or can.»
Because the food was so unremarkable if not a little gluey/​heavy/​icky for us, I can’t quite nudge myself to that third star. (Three stars implies that we might go back.) But, if you’re looking for good service and good lemonade, and your pasta expectations can be met by what I described above, then give Boulder’s Pasta Palace a try. The dessert tray did look rather delicious.

I did not expect what we got from this place! Having lived in Reno and Vegas for almost 13 years, I know that locals casinos can have good places, but it’s best to keep expectations low and be pleasantly surprised by the great ones. This is a GREAT ONE!
We stopped in for dinner after a movie. We were the last ones in before they closed the kitchen, and for that we were thankful. We were all out grateful that they never once made us feel rushed.
We skipped appetizers, as we had had popcorn at the movie. My hubby ordered the fettuccine alfredo, and I had the veal francese. The alfredo sauce was fantastic. There’s not much in it but cream and cheese and it’s done well. Extremely rich. The lemon sauce on the veal was out of this world. Perfectly balanced lemony but not sour and buttery and herby. The kitchen was out of mashed potatoes, which is the typical side for te dish. The waitress and I discussed it and I got angel hair with more of the lemon sauce. It was just the right substitution, and I will order it that way on purpose in the future!
The big winner of the night was the tiramisu. Chef Dianna has something REALLY special there. It was heavenly perfection with just all the right stuff. We will be back for more!

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
Been to this one multiple times and the one at Palace but the Palace Station one sucks sucks sucks
Have to give it 5 stars for exceeding expectations by a ridiculous amount. It’s not in the nicest part of town, hell it’s also in a casino, but once your inside MOST of that doesn’t matter. Once there were a couple trashy women in torn jean shorts and dirty white tees, blech.
Of course went on a date–
Anyway… food gets 3.5 stars for being above average and prices are surprisingly low for the portions.
Service = 5 stars, the waiter we had (and ask for) was excellent. Far better than you would think, i had to leave an exceptional tip he was attentive, genuinely wanted to be there and serve, and somehow convinced us to get dessert which is rare for me to agree with! (He wheeled out a dessert cart, which looked yummy, and we had the canoli? and it was superb!) Once had a female who seemed un-​enthused but lets let that one slide.
Décor gets a 5, really really set the romantic mood and just being there made me and my girl giddy and cute right off the bat.
WORTH IT, GREAT TIME more than once!!!