Pasta-eria Pizzeria - Hicksville

I’m done with this place! I order lunch here at least twice a week because I love their salads and work nearby. Today, as usual, I went in and spent $23 on a grilled chicken salad and a soda. I asked the guy behind the counter, who was bagging the food, for a cup with a lid for the soda I just bought. I usually request one because their bottled sodas aren’t very cold. To my surprise, he told me he would have to charge me 45 cents for the cup with a lid. I could understand if I were just walking in off the street asking for free ice water without making a purchase. But after spending nearly $25 on a salad and drink, I didn’t expect to be nickeled and dimed for a paper cup. It’s completely ridiculous! I told him it was a shame he just lost a regular customer over a plastic lid.

This is one of my absolute favorite restaurants. The staff is consistently amazing, and the food is fantastic—always delicious and there’s so much of it that I always end up taking some home!

I ordered the homemade rigatoni with chicken marsala, and I noticed there were only about 10 tiny pieces of chicken (yes, I counted because I thought I could share) among a large serving of pasta. The marsala sauce lacked flavor to the extent that I found it inedible. I understand that times are tough, but it’s tough for me, too. Spending money on food I can't enjoy is frustrating and disappointing. I kindly suggest tasting the food before serving it to hardworking customers like myself.

Yikes! Turned down for a catering order.. was told that they took too many orders ...BUT! when I had called that week and asked for the latest I could place an order. .. I showed up before the date I was told, and was turned away.. so crazy!!! That will DEF be the last time I try to bring business to this local pizzeria.

So glad to be invited to dinner a Pasta-eria... nicely decorated, great servers (Marco and Noel) very attentive, polite, and efficient! Everything was prepared hot (so important to have your meal served hot), all meals were a nice portion and nicely presented... highly recommend eating here!