Address: | 1503 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA |
Phone: | +1 414-276-8867 |
Site: | pastatreemilwaukee.com |
Rating: | 3.7 |
Working: | Closed 4:30–10PM 4:30–10PM 4:30–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM |
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Tracy J
After an eternity of hearing her talk about wanting to visit this establishment, I finally brought my wife here on a Wednesday night as a surprise date. We arrived a little earlier than 5pm, but were graciously let in and seated while our host continued about his setup for the evening. The ambiance says "date night", by the way... Our evening began with an incredibly tasty fresh bread that must have just been pulled from the oven (we smelled it as soon as we walked in) and an herb-butter spread. Delicious!!!! Since we were the first customers, the owner (Suzette) actually took the time to come to our table and talk to us about the restaurants history and how everything is prepared from scratch. My wife and I each had an appetizer that consisted of a baby chard and green salad in a bacon vinaigrette topped off with a perfectly seared scallop. OMG!!! We decided to order two different dishes so we could try each others plate out. She had the lobster tail on a bed of fresh egg pasta in a buttery garlic sauce with fresh herbs. Normally, she refuses to eat her lobster with anything but butter and lemon... The tails were cooked perfect and the seasoning was amazing! Ive had fresh pasta before, but holy cow, I dont know why it married to that sauce so well. AMAZING! I ordered the Manicotti with the Tomato Meat sauce... Okay, Ill be the first to admit that Im a huge fan of Mama Mias (Sorry if you read that Suzette!), but MMs cannot hold a candle to the experience I had when I took the first bite. The sauce was so well balanced in flavors that made it so incredibly tasty when paired with the fresh manicotti/ricotta. - Oh, by the way, you are offered fresh parmesan cheese, which I did indulge. Creme Brulee - Umm.... enough said!!! Our waiter was a frequent visitor to our table offering water and more bread even though, by the start of our entree, he had about 10 separate tables that he was tending to besides us. All through the ordering, I wasnt keeping tabs on the bill. After all, this was date night, which doesnt happen frequently. I was pleasantly surprised of the total for the amount of food and service we received. Please, please, please do yourself a favor and get down there and check the place out. Fabulous food and atmosphere! We will be back for sure!
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Deb K.
Way too poor of service for mediocre food! Me and a guest got to the restaurant at 5:30 pm on a Saturday. Although there was at least 10 tables empty near the main entrance, we were shuffled through the kitchen area to the far back area of the other side of the restaurant. Although there was only three or four tables with seated customers, it took almost ten minutes for the server to take our drink order. At least another ten minutes to get it, with apologies for the wait. Our order was not taken at this point, the server said she would be right back. At least another 10 minutes until she returned with more apologies for the wait. Our order was taken, the appetizer and salad came within a reasonable time from one of the kitchen staff, not the server. Approximately 15 minutes later, the entrees came again from the kitchen staff. I had chicken alfredo. The garlic was soooooo overpowering that the entree had nothing but garlic flavor. My guest had shrimp vegetable pasta and said it was just "OK". The server did not come back at any time to see if we needed more beverages or to see if the food was to our liking. By this time it was almost 7 pm and just about every table was full, which was 12-14 in the rear area of the restaurant. SHE WAS THE ONLY SERVER!!!!!! We finished our dinner and waited for a box for the left overs, which I was not interested in taking due to the poor taste, but my guest did. It was al least another 10 minutes when the server came back with the box and then asked if we wanted dessert. We declined and it was at least ANOTHER 10 MINUTES before she brought the check with apology after apology for all of the waiting. By this time it was close to 8 pm. This was a ridiculous amount of time for any meal, the apologies just did not make up for the food that was not very good and quite pricy for the quality. Although the server was friendly, we will not EVER return to this restaurant or recommend it to anyone, ever. Good luck with this place if you decide to try it and make sure you have nowhere to go afterwards.
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Tom Sobieski
The food was very good that i will say for sure the Gnocchi was amazing. The unfortunate part was the service my girl friend and I received from the staff. Made a reservation at 7pm and confirmed it. Now we didnt get seated until 720ish which is ok because its was a Saturday night and the place was busy . The parts the we were both unhappy with was that we were there and ready to be taken to a table in the dinning room area, then another older couple comes in and the host knew the couple or something of the sort and they gave them are table in the normal dinning room and we were almost like shunned to sit in the entrance/bar tables. I was just very weird how that happened. Are server was very short and to the point on everything, i dont know if he pre-judged us before hand or what but he would ask how we were doing while he was walking by but wouldnt stop to ask. I ran restaurants in Milwaukee and the surrounding area, and also have my degrees in hospitality management, as well have many friends who have and own bars and restaurants in the area as well. I would never treat a customer who comes into my establishment that way and surely to a restaurant who is suppose to be a nicer and above average restaurant as this. This was suppose to be a romantic dinner for the 2 of us and in which it was somewhat was. Just not sure if we will be back do to the service we did receive.
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A Private User
Last night,01/30/2010, we had reservations at the Pasta Tree for 7:00 p.m. We were seated shortly after 7:00 p.m. It took 30 minutes for the four of us to get our first round of drinks. Two of the glassess of wine were RIDICULOUSLY small. When we asked our waitress about it, she said that it was because the bar ran out of glasses and she had to pour the wine herself. She said that she had no idea how much to give us. She then added to our glasses. It took another 30 minutes for our salads to arrive. By this time it was 8:00 p.m. At 8:30 we still didnt have our dinners. Our 4 meals arrived at 9:10 p.m.! People who had been seated after us had eaten and left, and we still did not have our dinners. We spoke to our waitress and a woman who appeared to be a hostess, (without any of the hospitality of a hostess and with a tatto on her chest), several times about the delays. The only explanation that we were given was that the "kitchen was busy with special orders." All four of our dinners were not the specials that were presented to us by our waitress. (She did not plan on telling us the price of the specials, either. That is simply inexcusable!) Bottom line - dont go there; the manager pushed all excuses on the waitress, who stumbled thru numerous excuses; too bad PASTA TREE - Lost Customer for Life