We had the best experience at this restaurant. I never leave reviews for restaurants, but after eating here I cant stop talking about it. The food is so fresh, all of it. The service is great and very friendly. The place is authentic, it is everything they say they; we cant wait to eat here again. Make your reservations early.
Loved the food,ambiance. Waitress was wonderful!Too pricey for my budget. SS doesnt pay a living wage.
Recently visited with a dozen girlfriends. Food and service was excellent! Table was ready when we arrived per reservation. We had a variety of cocktails and wine. Many seafood and pasta dishes. My chicken broccolini was fantastic! Great job Athena handling all of us women.
Friendly polite, great service and delicious food. Drive 40 min to get there with x4 kids and was worth every mile . Is drive 40 minutes to give them a high five 🤣 go there thank me later lol. Of yea good drinks to 😉
This place is THE BEST around for pasta. Honestly, it ruined every other Italian restaurant for us because we just judge them in comparison to Pastina. Everything tastes super high quality and every server weve had has been amazing. Just make sure you make a reservation! 😍
We’ve always really liked the food from pastina. The fresh pasta and pizza are both very good! My wife loves the stuffed peppers and the dipping bread is very good!
Absolutely the best mushroom ravioli I have ever had! The homemade pasta is phenomenal and they have an excellent selection of wine. The portions are generous so be sure to share!
Sat at the bar. Bartender very cordial and efficient. Ordered the stuff pepper appetizer which had good texture and flavor, needed spice. Had the eggplant arribiata that was fresh pasta (a little overcooked) and a very tasty eggplant sauce. Large portion that was quite satisfying. Will return.
Food is A+....highly recommend the Butternut Squash Ravioli.
Food is good. Service is good. However 2 goods do not justify it to be rather pricey.
Never have had a bad meal here. Atmosphere, people and food are the best.
We were visiting from Michigan and the owners were absolutely fabulous! The food was superb! Im not a fan of pasta but I will definitely be visiting again!
Tasty Italian food in a relaxed atmosphere. Pasta is made in the restaurant and is always good. Entrees are a bit expensive ($20+ for chicken) but are delicious. Picatta is a favorite and for dessert the tiramiso and Creme Brulee are great choices. Definitely one of the areas better Italian restaurants.
First time there and will definitely return. Great food and service.
Used to love this place. Called a $100 curbside order from my car tonight. I ordered apps and 3 adult meals.Then I order the kids meals. The hostess tells me I can’t order kids food for curbside. She says their policy is that I have to come in and prove they exist before they will sell me kids meals. Literally have to bring the kids INTO the restaurant before they will even let me order the kids food. I was so shocked.What!? My two toddlers are screaming in the background during this whole call. How is that not proof enough?This is honestly the most ridiculous take out policy I’ve ever encountered. We cancelled the whole order.
The Shrimp Scampi pasta was DEEEE-LICIOUS!! The Cannoli was one of the best Ive ever tasted! All the servers were VERY nice and VERY respectful! The food came quickly! The bread with sauce that was served before our dinner was very tasty! The prices were pretty reasonable too. Loved it!
Holy Canoli was it good!!! Delicious, delicious food!!! Great friendly service, too!
Two great dishes, full of flavor. The atmosphere was nice and service was great. I enjoyed my meal so much that when I told another friend about my experience, she said we need to go for brunch another day. Please eat here, you wont be disappointed.
Food was amazing, wonderful atmosphere and great friendly prompt service.
Homemade pasta was amazing. Staff was great. Didnt have to wait a long time for food to come out. Best Italian restaurant I have been to.
Food was delicious and Hannah was an excellent server. Carmel me machiatto cocktail is like a dessert in a glass. Fantastic!
Great place good decor and atmosphere. Loved the butternut squash ravioli!! Server was very sweet and did a great job!! Will definitely return.
Great Italian american restaurant in suburban Cleveland. Stopped in with some friends and it was a good thing we made reservations as the place was packed, and there was a line waiting to get in. Tasting the food explains why. It is excellent!We got the Arancini, Gnocchi, chicken scallopini, and mushroom fettuccine. With the desserts we rolled out of there very satisfied. If were ever in the area again, well definitely want to stop in again!
Fantastic food. Definitely will be there again. Our server was fantastic as well
Recommended to me by locals and extremely glad I checked it out. Authentic flavor that reminded me of my grandmother’s cooking. Absolutely loved the sauce and the arancini.
The food and service was mediocre at best. I got the Butchers cut, medium rare. What I got was single slice of bacon cut in two, a 1/4 thick round steak, about 2 across. Covered with a Blue cheese sauce and whole lot of overcooked cheap and flavorless cheese rice, with snap peas. The quality did not come anywhere close to the $21 price tag. It was not good enough to be be a splurge, and did represent a good value. I did like the dinner salad, it was fresh and flavor filled. The ice tea was ok
First time eating here. Very nice place, a notch up from your typical chain restaurant. Service was friendly, prompt and very helpful with our questions. Food was excellent though when choosing from the menu youll need to know something about Italian pasta. Portions were large and we each took a box home. The pricing is a notch up too, but totally reflected in the atmosphere, quality and service. Would definitely recommend visiting.
Due to covid by husband and I decided to do a micro wedding of 20 people and have our reception dinner at Pastina Rustic. Let me tell you, I think with every bite we were raving about how wonderful the food was. Our server was alone but she was fantastic and extremely helpful. My husband and I will definitely be spending our anniversarys here!
Theres no doubt their food is usually very good, problem is the service inside the restaurant. After very slow service we asked to speak to the manager to let them know. His explanation was that a bunch of orders all came in at once. No apology. So, basically hes saying that if theyre busy expect a long wait and slow service. Again, theyre lucky the food is good otherwise theyd be closed. If you like good Italian and dont mind the fact that theyre not going to staff appropriately then go to Pastina.
Delish! Lori was awesome! Very attentive and sweet. Rodent the bartender made my special drink! We will definitely be back!
Good food. Great Service!
Always great food! Fairly priced! 🇮🇹
Where do I even begin?!!.. From the moment you walk in the front door, to the time you’ve finished dinner and dessert, you receive nothing short of polite, smiling staff to amazingly tasty food. What a wonderful restaurant!! I dined here for dinner tonight with my dad, aunt and grandparents. The calamari was the best I’ve ever had! The chicken parmesan was perfection! The cannoli presentation was exactly how it tasted, super fantastic! What a wonderful dining experience with my dear family. Thank you to the hostess, Mrs. Baca and to our waitress, Sara, for a job beyond well done. And thank you to everyone behind the food and the restaurant that makes it so great of a place to dine. I will return soon!
Fantastic homemade pastas. Everything was fresh and delicious. The service was excellent, too!
Incredible place! Loved the food!!! Service was top notch and drinks were delicious. Highly recommended.
Hands down the best dining experience in lake county. Fantastic homemade pastas and bread, locally sourced beef/pork & produce and excellent craft cocktails!
Good, but nothing really special
Delicious Italian. Creative dishes using really fresh ingredients. Lovely atmosphere, too. Mmmmm!!!
This place is always top notch! Chicken Parm is the best!!!
Enjoyed a delicious meal for two on Tuesday night. We sat at the bar and enjoyed one hell of a spinach pizza with Burratta cheese.Thanks guys, for a job well done!
Great food, nice atmosphere, and attentive service.
Good food. Good service. They dont require a reservation. They do prefer it however.
I asked for a napkin to clean the rim of my dirty glass and the bartender suggested I use my teeth. Not sure if that was supposed to be funny..... I get more respect at dives. Im sure that is not what the place is going for, but its its what they have
We had our rehearsal dinner here and were beyond pleased! We had looked into a few different places but had ruled them out for various reasons, then a friend who has hers at Pastina recommended it and it was the perfect place! The staff was timely and organized throughout the planning process, allowing us to tour the possible rooms we could use, answering any questions we had, and giving us lots of freedom to personalize the space. We were able to reserve a private room with a delicious buffet set up and unlimited soft drinks/ mimosas/ and sangria at a very affordable price. The day of the event the staff at Pastina was very accommodating, asking us how many table we wanted, how we would like the room set up, even setting up the gift table for us. They also allowed us early access to the room so that some friends could decorate it (anything was permitted except confetti). It was so nice to have such beautiful private space with wonderful food.
Beautiful place! Awesome food friendly wait staff
Pastina rustic has the best calamari in the world!
Food was at par. The bread was weird and the cold marinara that came with it was even weirder. I liked the fresh pasta. It was cooked al dente how I like it.I would say my food was lukewarm, and my Chicken Piccata was not very flavorful. It was just alright, on the dry side. The prices are insane when you consider the enjoyability of the meal. They did sit us at a dirty table as well. The staff was nice to us though.I have to give this place the benefit of the doubt due to COVID. Things are different during all of this. Maybe under normal circumstances it wouldve been better. I just wish we had chosen a different restaurant to celebrate the birthday we came there for.
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS, I arrived late my party was already eating so I called ahead and the hostess and waitress was so nice and accomodating...and the food was amazing..I had the potato ravioli and my wife had the Americana Pizza....will definitely be visiting this establishment again.
I see lots of reviews here that say this place has great food but terrible service, and I 100% agree.Great food. Terrible service.
Pasta was way undedone and greasy. I like al dente but this was borderline raw..I can see why The restaurant almost empty.. no offer for extra cheese.I won’t be back
Delicious food. Nice friendly staff.
Food is delicious. However, service is abhorrent. Slow as molasses. Didnt bring drinks for over an hour after we were there. Brought our food out with dishes stacked on top of peoples food. Its a pandemic - you need to think about an actual dish sitting on top of food that another member of my party will be ingesting. Gross. We had to ask for things like parmesan cheese - which youd think it would be logical with an Italian place, but okay. Spoke to the manager about the issues, and he didnt care. Walked away practically rolling his eyes. Our waitress was seen plating food which is why her service was slow bc she just wasnt around to to her actual job. Totally sad bc this used to be our favorite place.
Food was great as ever! Our waitress Ashley was awesome. Compliments to the Josephine!
High quality, tasty food and amazing service! We would recommend to Pastina to anyone in the area.
It was a great dinner. We had gnocchi with pesto sauce and butternut squash ravioli and amazing. So glad we enjoyed our evening out !!!
Very good food and excellent service!
Been eating there since it opened and usually are very satisfied. Tonight we had a party of 10 (5 adults, 5 kids) and we were very disappointed. Service was extremely slow, several meals came out luke warmor cold and and 3 of the entrees came out 20 minutes after the others. It should not take nearly 2 hours to eat relatively simple dishes. No one seems too concerned, not sure what’s going, on but we certainly won’t be back.
Incredible food! Everything is made from scratch! Tuscan atmosphere, family friendly. Kids menu available. Highly recommend the Arancini and Gnocchi!
Delicious food, perfect date night. Good amount of social distancing. Will be back
The staff was very helpful and knowledgeable.
The food was very good!! We had a wonderful waitress!!
Food was great and service as well
So amazing. Homemade pasta is the best. Had a great shrimp diablo app. Reisling was great and creme brulee was so good. Service was also awesome!
Pastina is one of the best restaurants in the area, and if you like fresh made pasta, there is no better place to go. It is one of our go-to places for dinner for my wife and I, and the food, drinks, and service are always excellent. The decor is very comfortable and well-designed, and the bar area is large and open. My favorite is the shrimp scampi, and my wife loves the chicken parmigiana. They pizzas are a favorite for our kids. Check them out - you will not regret it!
Good service, good food, pleasant atmosphere.
Great food,service and prices
Great food, very nice staff
Parm frites not as good. Shrimp had tails still on and was not aware! Service was excellent!
Josephine makes amazing food and such a kind person
Literally the best Italian food Ive ever had. My wife and I will be attending again.
Good food & service.
The food and service here is always excellent! My boyfriend and I went to Pastina for Valentines Day. We made reservations so we were seated instantly. Our server (I forgot her name) was great at her job! We were able to eat and cash out in under an hour on a busy holiday night. We will be back again 😍
Called made reservations for 7:00 September 11,2020 (which was the time given when we called at 6) Friday night, covid still not allowing much seating. We get there on time, gave our name, hostess (which their hostesses are not the friendliest every time someone approaches) said, oh ya we had alot of calls ahead of yours and its gonna be a really long wait. Sorry! Wait, what!? Whats the point of a reservation? Needless to say, we like authentic Italian dont mind paying the price, but it was good food not great food, never friendly happy to have you service. Pastina is close to our home which was convenient.Done, we wont be back!
Do not go there without a reservation because they will only squeeze you by giving you a time limit to eat your food. So basically sure I can seat you but shove your face in by this time because we have other people coming in. And the look we were given when we came in and said we did not have a reservation was pretty rude
Great food and friendly staff
Had the Chicken Diavolo (special) it was awesome!
Not even sure what to say other than its amazing. Wife had the chicken Alfredo..fantastic. I had the chicken parm.. fantastic. Brother-in-law had the pizza...fantastic. Its a bit on the pricey side, but well worth it.
Great food and service. The house made pasta is fantastic!
I was at this restaurant the other day, the day the air conditioning was acting up. The owner was doing everything she could to resolve the problem. She was checking in on the customers reassuring us that she was addressing the issue and doing whatever she could to accommodate us. The food was phenomenal!! Fresh and authentic. I was especially pleased with the pizza. Great service, friendly staff, clean and comfortable. The whole family enjoyed our first time visit. I’ll definitely be a returning customer, with my friends and family.
Good food
Very disappointed. The food all had a bit of dish water taste. Don’t remember the description of the $18 gnocchi being fried. And also was supposed to have sauce and didn’t or not an amount of note. And the portions looked like 2 to 3oz of dough ($18 flower and potato). Then my next dish $22 for, 4 very well done shrimp and small portion of over cooked noodles. It must have gone straight from hot sauté to the box and lid immediately. Clearly didn’t toss the noodles and they all stuck together in one small glob. The white sauce didn’t taste anything like the description on the menu. For the reviews online and from patrons i expected much better and had been very excited to go. My expectations where in no way met. I would have had a more satisfying meal getting the pasta special from papa joes. No exaggeration. I would have saved $60 for a more enjoyable meal. What ever water they had made the dough, and cooked the pasta in taste like a dish tank. It was the overall flavor of both dishes. I Chalking it up to it being 7:30pm on Sunday and the cooks rushing through my order to close the kitchen and product quality due to covid. But i will not be back to try again. I know how much 4 shrimp 4 ounces of noodles cost and wouldn’t mind paying that if the sauce was exceptional or even tasty in some manner.
No question - Hands down - BEST Italian food in Lake County!!! Their homemade sauce, gnocchi and chicken parm are absolutely wonderful!! Im salivating just talking about it :)No seriously, this place is by far THE best place for authentic Italian food!
Food was good, service was excellent. I had the Shrimp Scampi - delicious flavor!
Really tasty food and comfortable environment.
I was looking forward to a dinner night with the family. They are few and far between with covid. I chose pastina because food has always been pretty good it’s got a good vibe I have never really had anything but a good experience. It happened to be a total monsoon outside. We pulled in and there was a handicapped spot and 5 open spots for Curbside only. We would have had to walk in the monsoon to get to the door. Being with my small children I parked in a curbside spot. I probably shouldn’t have I don’t disagree that it was prob not the most tasteful thing but considering they were ALL open and I didn’t want my children to eat dinner soaking wet I gave it a shot. When we entered the hostess said you need to move your car that’s curbside only. I told her I understand but we didn’t want to eat dinner soaked and there were 5 open curbside spots. She said we need to move it. The place was empty. We had 5 people with us waiting and it was literally pouring rain. She let us leave. I told my husband nicely maybe we should go somewhere else and he agreed. She kinda had a don’t let the door hit you on the way out kind of attitude. $200 bill or more.... gone.
Average Italian cuisine. The smoked salmon appetizer is worth a visit with a glass of wine.
Excellent food and desserts! Great vibe and atmosphere too. The side room is perfect for a party
Great Italian restaurant. Rated the cleanest restaurant in Mentor Ohio.
Service is very good and the food is great. It is a little more expensive than your typical restaurant, but you can tell the food is made from scratch. I would definitely recommend Pastina for some tasty food!
Food is always good. one of out Go to spots!
Really really good food!!
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