Pasta J's Bryant — Restaurant in Bryant

I don’t write many reviews unless the place is absolutely exceptional, or the opposite and I feel reviews really help the owner. Let me start by saying I worked at a “family operated Italian restaurant” for many years, the best of the best. So I know good Italian food! This is NOT homemade Italian! If it is, the owner needs to invest in new recipes. The lasagna is horrible! I would rather eat Stouffers! I’ve been eating here for the past 3 weeks and I’ve sampled most everything on the menu and I like nothing! None of the menu items have any authentic flavor. The Alfredo is bland. The lasagna tastes like microwaved frozen lasagna. Spaghetti is horrible, my son would not touch it after he first bite. He said the meatballs tasted old and freezer burnt. The last two times I’ve gotten my manicotti, the noodles were raw. I sent it back and they brought me raw noodles again. The garlic bread looks like what you get in the freezer section in Walmart. The cheese bread is literally just the garlic bread with sliced cheese melted on top. There is no love in the food. It’s literally just sad and disappointing. The owner really needs to just redo the menu and put some heart and soul into the flavor of the food. I’ve been to some bad Italian restaurants before but his one is just depressing. The owner and staff are super warm and friendly and if it weren’t for them I wouldn’t have come back after the first time. But I feel sorry for them and want to help their business but first THEY have to help their business. Garlic chicken and mushroom pasta should be bursting with flavors!!! It taste like butter and oil with garlic powder, not even fresh garlic. Listen to your customers. I would get rid of everything you are doing with the food and change it all up! Hire an actual Italian chef and let him to the work. Your business will thrive and your customers will...

Chose this local spot to try for lunch. I try not a read other reviews when I know I'm here doing my own review. So this is not based on any influence of comments previously listed.

I ordered off the lunch menu and very happy I did so. Lunch portion was a good amount of food. I ordered the spaghetti with meat sauce with a side, Caesar salad. Ceasar salad or house salad comes with the lunch specials.

Portions were great for the price. I posted a picture of my receipt. Basically for a couple bucks more than a value meal at a fast food restaurant you get to sit or order pasta made from scratch with all fresh ingredients. The sauce is a sweet red sauce and I enjoyed it. The flavors worked well for the spaghetti. Noodles cooked perfectly and not sticky whatsoever. Ceasar salad passed the test and stood it's ground. Tasty and refreshing.

Owner, Daniel, was super friendly and was waiting at the counter as I entered. The entire time I ate he paid attention to incoming orders for delivery and customers walking in the front door. I was offered to-go boxes and bags with a to-go beverage.

Atmosphere is cozy and peaceful. Good amount of space and this would be a perfect spot for any of you looking to do a business lunch. Plenty of room to move tables together and the ability to have a private like side room.

I definitely recommend giving this location a try and enjoying...

Me and a friend went last Saturday to sit down and eat lunch. It took a long while to get out food. We had to go up to the counter to ask why the long wait. We were the only ones in the restaurant. When our food finally came, it was cold and salty. My friend ordered shrimp, but got chicken instead. I asked for alfredo sauce instead of the butter sauce. I got the butter sauce instead. The salad was warm. You could tell it had been sitting for a while. We mentioned it to the waitress, but she never responded.

As we were sitting there 2 couples of a different race came in and ordered, then sat down. Their salads came out immediately and food shortly after.

We have been dining and eating take out here for years and never had bad customer service once, until last Saturday. It wasn't very clean inside either, although the bathroom was clean.

I won't say that I won't go back, because this was my first bad experience, but I wanted to give a review.

I gave a one star just for that day! It's usually 5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

New: This place is under new ownership. The food is not good anymore. They have changed the pasta. It's gummy. The portion sizes are smaller and the prices...