Basta Pasta — Restaurant in Charlottesville

So, my experience here. I so wanted to like my experience. The food was good, I got the vodka pasta. However, I specifically asked for Angel Hair pasta and was given regular pasta. First strike. I also got the, tiramisu and that was good. Lastly I got a chocolate covered cannoli, and was so excited. When I bit into it, I found that the literal entire inside was hollow. Not lightly filled—hollow. I wish I could say I was joking, but it was abundantly clear that they just put filling on the ends to make it look filled. Solid bait and switch. Second strike. I brought this to the attention of the cashier worker who was lovely, but told me “sorry, I don’t have any control over that.” Third strike.

Not sure if they’ve been told to do that, or if it’s just the person making the cannolis, but you’ve...

Food - 5/5 Atmosphere - 4/5 Service - 5/5 Value - 5/5

It’s easy to underestimate pasta in this kind of setting and underestimate we did. Both the tomato-based and cream-based sauces were satisfying and well balanced. The prices may look high but the portion size was huge and ended up being 2 meals per dish - resulting in about $8/meal.

You build your own pasta dish from their selection of pastas, proteins, and sauces. Hard to go wrong.

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My husband and I ordered on Uber. Arrived still warm, we were really excited to try this place. However, after actually digging in, the Alfredo pasta was just dry mushy noodles. The “chicken” looked and tasted like it came from a two day old whole chicken from the grocery store. The basked spaghetti my husband ordered was 90% cheese. He got two medium sized meatballs for an extra 5 dollar charge. All in all just super unsatisfying and 100% not worth the money. Applebees would’ve been better than this. Don’t bother. Will be...