The Pasta Merchant — Restaurant in Launceston

I read the reviews for this place and decided to give it a shot despite some reviews condemning that they reheat the pasta and sauce. The picture of the chicken pesto looked so good! Happy to report that it was as tasty as I expected it to be! Creamy savoury and the spaghetti had a nice chew to it.

They heat it through so it is piping hot and you don’t need to worry about cold spots! The desserts and ice cream looked great, would love to try another day. Free street parking outside the store after 6pm!

My partner had the marinara fettuccine in tomato sauce, it was a little bit more bland and the pasta had not been tossed through the sauce before reheating, like the chicken pesto was. For this reason, it felt like there wasn’t enough sauce. The fettuccine however was so silky and smooth! I can only imagine how much more delicious it would be if we had the facilities to cook our own pasta. We also shared a chicken lasagne which was nice and crispy on the edges and soft and silky in the centre. Delicious too! I will add that if you’re an adult deciding between the small and large, to go for the large! You can’t get enough of this pasta, and also the small was quite a bit smaller than I expected. It’s a shallow round container, compared to the deeper round containers you might get takeaway soup in :) All in all, this place deserves more credit and I would definitely recommend it😀 a tasty, comforting and affordable take away spot for tourists like myself stopping...

Quaint little eatery that has tasty food and excellent service. They also sell fresh pasta! We had garlic bread to start with which was more of a crisp bread- I couldn’t taste much garlic in it but it was tasty anyways, so I was happy. We had the ravioli and the gnocchi. The ravioli was off the menu but the gnocchi was customised. Both were v tasty with simple flavours. We shared a gelato for dessert which was average. There is only seating at 3 tables with an extra few seats at the bar table. Service was fantastic. I would definitely go back and try some of the other dishes. Vegetarian friendly and very helpful service for people with allergies. And the price...

Walked down from my hotel to grab a meal to bring back. Saw this pasta place and figured nice hot pasta for dinner excellent! Ordered the pasta with roast chicken. Watched as a small container of chicken and mushrooms was taken out of the fridge along with a container of pasta, both containers slapped together and chucked in the microwave. Got to my hotel room (5 minute walk away) Started eating my pasta and found it Luke warm with about 6 pieces of chicken and a few pieces of chopped up mushroom in it. Pasta was bland once I got past the chunks of parmesan cheese. Oh well I guess for $7.70 you get what...