Reviews for Pasta Plus Restaurant in Laurel, MD
The food is so good and I've never had a bad experience. The pasta tastes fresh and everything comes out nice and hot. It gets... VERY busy so sometimes the line is long but it's always worth the wait. Read more
Really the best Italian food in the area. Prices are reasonable, quality is high, and the portions are huge. Expect a line... and a wait if you're here at prime meal times. Look, in any area of the country that has a decent sized Italian population thisis a 3.5 to 4 star place, but in the DMV it's one of the best. If they were in Rockville or nova you'd pay twice as much forfood this good. Definitely worth a drive up from DC. Read more
Pasta Plus is an authentic, family owned Italian restaurant located in a strip mall in Laurel. The restaurant is packed on most... nights and there is often a line out of the door so be sure to arrive early. My party and I waited about an hour before beingseated. Food and service was impeccable. Our server Ashley was hospitable and attentive to our needs. Beside water, we ordereda bottle of red wine - Sangiovese Santa Cristina. While waiting for food, our server brought us a basket of warm Italian bread,butter, and grated parmesan. Balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil is available upon request. The bread was so good weasked for seconds. We started our meal with an order of Calamari Fritti, which consisted of calamari rings and tentacleslightly breaded and fried and served with light marinara sauce. All of us ordered from either nightly specials or dinnerspecials. All of our entrees came with Garden Salad, which consisted of mixed greens, shredded carrots, shredded red cabbage,cucumber, and tomato and served with a housemade creamy peppercorn dressing. My only complaint is having an alternative forthose who have a pepper allergy. Two guests had the Linguine with Seafood, which consisted of housemade pasta topped withmussels, clams, shrimps, scallops, and half a lobster in a tomato sauce. I liked how portion was much larger than other dishes,the mussels were shucked clean, and the pasta was really fresh. Two guests had the Rockfish, which came with asparagus, grapetomatoes, scallions, and capers in a buttery white wine sauce. I had Arctic Char, which came with tomatoes, mushrooms, shrimps,scallions, and fresh herbs in a light tomato cream sauce. It was hearty and quite delicious. We couldn't leave without tryingthe dessert. We ordered two orders of Zabaglione with Fresh Fruit and a slice of Hazelnut Meringue Cake with Raspberry andCream. The Zabaglione was made of eggs, sugar, whipped cream, and marsala wine and served with mixed berries. It was Read more
My family has been going to pasta plus for decades. The service is wonderful, the food fresh, the bread warm, the pasta home... made and everything is totally and utterly reliable. We love this place dearly. Read more
Yay pasta plus. My sister always takes us here when we visit her in Maryland. Aside from an inevitable wait, this is a great... Italian restaurant. Service is first class. Pay attention to the specials especially the fresh fish dishes! The menu has allthe classic Italian favorites, seafood, pasta, veal, chicken, beef, eggplant etc. Salads are nice. Fresh bread for the table aswell as freshly grated cheese. Pizzas would definitely be worth a visit! Decent selection of wine. Desserts if you have room,are very tempting. Don't miss this place. It is worth the wait. No reservations accepted. Read more
This place is very very easy to miss. It's in a shopping center in the center of a traffic circle. Some of the dishes are made... there fresh like the ravioli. My husband got a calzone and it was huge! He took home some for lunch. The salad dressing is alsomade fresh and it was delicious. I had gnocchi which I liked. We got the fried cheese for an.appitizer and thought it wasmozzarella sticks. It was very good but looked like a fried grilled cheese sandwich. We just cut it up and it was good. Thetiramisu for dessert was like no other! Read more
This is one of those places that you hear good things about over the years, but it's a bit off your beaten track. Well, we were... finally near Pasta Plus' Laurel location so we dropped in to check it out. Don't be put off by the run-down strip mall becauseonce you enter Pasta Plus, you're transported to an old-fashioned Italian dining experience: Comfortable non-plastic ambiance.Knowledgeable, personable wait staff. Mouth-watering, authentic house made Italian menu selections. We started with lovely,crisp salads (which could be modified to fit our taste) accompanied by REAL Italian bread, crusty outside, tender inside. Ourentrees arrived hot and fragrant. Shrimp with fettuccinne for hubby, cheese/shrimp ravioli with peas, sun dried tomatoes andbutter sauce for me. His dish was luscious looking crowned with several large shrimp. My ravioli almost floated above the bowl,very tender and light. Ultimate comfort food, just what I wanted and very satisfying. The only way I'd modify it if I weremaking it would be to add a bit more shrimp texture to the filling or scatter some minced shrimp over the dish. Hubby neverlooked up from scarfing up his dish, obviously enjoying it. We were too full to order dessert, but again, I've heard ravereviews. Maybe next time - and there definitely will be a next time to return to this award-winning hidden treasure! Highlyrecommended. Read more
The food here is incredible. We did t have to wait long for a table and the service is great and homey. Perfect for any occasion... and reasonably priced. The portions are amazing. We paid $70 for an app, two entrees, dessert, and coffee. I?m we sharedmozzarella in carruzo which fried mozzarella is a creamy garlic anchovy sauce. The anchovy wasn?t overpowering and very tasty.Both of our meals came w salad, hot bread for the table. I got the branzino in a pink sauce w mushrooms and shrimp. It also camewith a side of veggies. Very tasty and they gave me two fillets! I saved one for the next day. My date had pasta primavera withchicken and he loved it. They left parm on the table. The coffee is ritual - a South American company and completely delicious.I will be back! :-) Read more