Rasta Pasta — Restaurant in Colorado Springs

4.5 stars. Delicious delicious food and a bright, tropical and fun atmosphere!! We came here on a Friday afternoon and it wasn't busy at all. The smells that hit you when you enter get the stomach juices running, so if you aren't hungry, you will start feeling hungry.

We ordered the Tortellini Jamaica Mon, the Rasta Pasta and the Natural Mystic pastas. You can choose your level of spice and as someone who LOVES spicy food, please order the highest spice level if you do too. I ordered level 2 out of the 3 and had to add a lot of jerk sauce and chili flakes to make mine spicy.

The Tortellini Jamaica Mon is on the sweeter side with bananas, pineapple and grapes. It is a white sauce based pasta. My friend who can't handle the spicy stuff, was definitely intrigued by it all and enjoyed it. The Rasta Pasta was marinara based and good but also needed more spice. I think the marinara took away from how spicy it could've been, especially with the jerk chicken in there. I LOVED mine, which was the natural mystic. For those familiar with it, this is what masala Maggi or curry ramen taste like. This one had penne pasta instead of a noodle component. It has pineapple curry sauce but it's not too strong to make it tangy. You get jerk chicken, cilantro, garlic, green onions and honestly, it is a delight to the palate (spiciness aside of course). I finished every bit of it and that says something, since I usually take half the portion home.

We got margaritas to go with the pasta and they were delicious!! They also give them to you to go, which I loved immensely. For dessert, we got the bananas Marley which was basically ice cream with caramelized bananas. We were pleasantly surprised by how delicious it was! The warm caramel with the cold ice cream, was a complex but wonderful experience to the palate.

The servers were very nice and definitely a place I'm...

I have been going to Rasta Pasta for over three years with friends, family, and anyone who will let me take them. I can only say good things. So many members of their staff have been their forever, and all of them are very friends and accommodating. Whenever you walk through the front door you are always welcomed with a smile. They have a great drink selection and have Bristol Beers on tap( Local Brewery). Their appetizers are great and enough portion for around 3-4 people (I recommend the Garlic Bread with Rosé sauce highly). Their lunch and dinner prices are super reasonable for how much food you get and you can order either size any time of the day. Side Salads that come with Dinner potion are fresh and refreshing with super unique salad dressings. And finally, THE PASTA! Me or someone I know have gotten pretty much every entree and always been delighted! I stick to the Chicken Montego Bay most nights. You almost always have enough food to have another meal unless you are very hungry. I have only every had one incident where I ordered some Take Out and the Garlic Bread w/ Rosé was left behind. I was devastated! Just kidding, but I did miss having that delicious bread when I got home. I gave them a call and they tried to find my order, but were unsuccessful (maybe cuz I used a gift card). Even though they couldn't find my order the waitress took down my name and address and said they would send me a $5 gift card to cover the cost. I was blown away! This was some top tier customer service! Come to today when I received the gift card. Not only was it for $10, but their was a hand written note by the owner apologizing for the mistake. If that isn't loyalty to their customers I don't know what is. I will continue to go to Rasta Pasta until... pretty...

I would like to rate Rasta Pasta so much higher. The food was some of the best and I really enjoyed the restaurant layout and the location was easily accessible. I waited almost three years to try the food, as the last time I visited Colorado, I had elevation sickness and couldn't attend the dinner my friend and I were supposed to have had. The food was well worth the wait.

Unfortunately... the waiting service was on the iffy side. It seemed like they were trying to get us out of the restaurant from the moment we sat down. It was our first time, we didn't really know what to expect; as soon as we were handed our menu, we were immediately asked if we knew what we wanted... before we could even browse the menu.

We were interacted with, at best, twice... the entire time we were there, by pretty much any of the staff. It was irritating because the families who had a party of four or more were greeted with smiles and conversation. We weren't asked if we could get started off with munchies or anything, we had to ask for those. We weren't asked how our food was, nor were we asked about refills. The server was busy, which I understand as he seemed to be the bartender as well and was on double duty, but we weren't greeted with a smile nor was anybody working the dining room really that friendly with us at all.

I'll give it a 4/5 for the food. Hoping to try it at least one more time for the foods sake. Cooks, you killed...