Reviews for Pastina Rustic Italian Restaurant in Mentor, OH
Locally grown & raised ingredients, home made pasta & marinara sauce ~ a taste of Rome in Mentor Ohio! We stopped in to... celebrate our anniversary, this place is nice enough for a special event and casual enough for a lunch or dinner. We ordered theveal parmigiana, came with home made linguine. We also had fettucine marina with meatballs and a side salad. Both were generousportions that tasted great! An extensive wine list is offered for those with a palate for a nice vino. We left full & satisfied. Read more
Excellent food and wine. We had some wonderful nebiolo wine and ate with delite chicken marsala and Bolognese.
Easily became my favorite Italian place to eat. Everything is made there, literally. The bread and oil sauce they give you while... you wait is phenomenal. We bought that sauce to go for at home it was so good. The raviolis we're the best I've ever hadanywhere. Hands down. The mushroom pasta my girlfriend got was tasty! Great flavor. The salads were awesome! The dressings wereawesome! Good size for a salad too. I didn't have a cannoli but my mother did and she said it was the best she's everhad. Will be back many many times. I'll be trying many different dishes. Read more
The salmon dish is arguably the best dish Pastina has made. It was recently added to their menu after being on special for a few... weekends. All components work so well separately and even better together. The cocktails here are always delicious and wellcrafted. And the service is on point. Pizza is delicious as well. You can't go wrong. All around good experience. Read more
Very disappointed. I ordered a simple Italian classic, Chicken Piccata. What I received was over cooked, mushy, flavorless,... watery pasta. Somehow the pasta was over cooked, the chicken was overcooked, but somehow had no color - it was white andrubbery. The traditional breading was non existent, instead it was just a thin layer of gummy flour that I could scrape off thechicken with a fork. What should?ve been a traditional fresh lemony briney cream sauce was straight water. The sauce had noflavor at all. I was so disappointed. The salad that was served with our dinner (which was an extra $4) was not impressive. Thebread that was served was the sliced italian bread you can buy for a $1 a loaf at the supermarket. For an average of $25 a plateI would suggest going somewhere else... The server was nice but didn?t check on us at all during our meal, and then when I saidI didn?t want a box for my meal (that I took one single bite of) she said ?I wish you had told me you didn?t like it!? Iwould?ve said something if she had come back at all to our table before we were finished to check on us.. instead I felt like Iwas being blamed for not being asked?? The only redeeming quality was she took the dish off our check without us asking whichwas very much appreciated. Read more
Small portion for dinner cost me 17 bucks for 4 ravioli with 3 meatball.. sauce is too thick like tomato paste. Meatballs taste... old with no flavor. What is with the bread? And dipping sauce is cold. I wish to give 3 more stars but.. ???? Read more
The most amazing pasta you'll have in your life. Although the place was packed and very loud, the staff were courteous and nice.... The pasta, sauce, everything is made from scratch from locally sourced ingredients. At Pastina you can taste the difference. Thenoodles had texture and the sauce was rich. Next time I am in Ohio again it'll be a must visit! Read more
Service and food is always great. Locally sourced poultry, pasta scratch made house, fantastic wine list. I always get the... stuffed banana peppers. The alfredo is as good as it gets.....buttery, creamy, absolutely perfect. Pastina is easily thecleanest restaurant in Lake County. Roger at the bar is super, everything runs smooth when he is there. Read more