Paesano Ristorante Italiano — Restaurant in Oʻahu

Always wanted to try this place since I've seen it on my sikdorak runs. The place is nice, a little more upscale than your spaghetti factory or palazzos. Service is definitely 10/10, friendly host, and friendly attentive wait staff. No doubt about those. The food though, left Abit to be desired.

Appetizers range from $10-$20, and entrees are $20+(up to $50 for some of the special dishes) We started with the Calamari, not the kind you get at buca di beppo, it was alright. Soft but kind of flavorless, even the breading didn't taste like much. Fried mozzarella sticks, your usual take on mozzarella sticks but also not too great, at least it was stringy. Then the prosciutto wrapped melon, which was Abit better, probably the best out of the 3.

As for entrees I had the shrimp scampi (Regular size for $32) and was Abit disappointed. It looked great at first but they didn't properly cook out all the white wine, and it had just a tad bit too much garlic which was also Abit undercooked. So the sauce tasted like white wine and raw garlic. My other guests got the special of the day, seafood combination with lobster cream sauce which was actually really good. And the carbonara which was done properly, no peas here and extra creamy. Didn't seem like they used guanciale though.

In the end, I absolutely loved the service and my guests liked their food. Just the appetizers and the scampi left me a little hanging in the end.

Bonus: they still do offer angel hair for an upcharge. I read it on their website, but didn't see it on their...

went for lunch with some co-workers. everyone's food looked pretty delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed mine

have to give it only four star cause of what happened to a co-worker. had an incident with a co-workers food. found a single strand of hair but they quickly offered to replace it when they found out. these things happen so I don't think it's worth making a huge scene.

but it was one of those awkward times where you just wish they would comp it. if the person discovers something and already ate over a third of it, it's highly unlikely that they want to eat it again. PTSD man

but the meal was still on the bill... at least they offered to make her a new one to go and threw in dessert to go. I don't think situation was a terribly handled one, but it could have been better. as patrons, we didn't demand anything. but hopefully one day, restaurants understand where we are coming from and we're not trying to be cheap.

anyways, i'm still giving them four stars so hopefully paints the picture that the food was still good. just slightly disappointed how my co-workers situation...

A review of Paesano Ristorante at Waimalu Shopping Center.

We visited for lunch. This is a beautiful restaurant. The staff is well trained and they are dressed in very fancy clothes. The menu is very diverse. There are lots of appetizers, Salads, Entree, Desserts.

I ordered a small portion of veal scallopini saltimbocca Romano. The portion was just write the presentation was to awesome and the taste was wonderful. My wife were just an appetizer she didn't have a big appetite it was eggplant rolltini. And that was also delicious. For dessert I had tiramisu, this looks beautiful and it tasted it met All my expectations My wife ordered for Mango Sorbet, this was also refreshing and delicious. We also ordered hot tea green tea. This place is a little expensive. But you get what you pay for. And this place is definitely high class.

This is a place you'd come once in a while for special occasions.

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