Pasta Mia West — Restaurant in Spring Valley

I LOVE PASTA MIA! Out of all the wonderful Italian places LV has to offer, Pasta Mia has to be my favorite at the moment. I've prob eaten there 25-35 times in the past 5 years. Fairly certain, I've only ever ordered the Chicken Parmesean. I've had bites of other dishes from various dining companions and never tasted a bad dish. But hands down the chicken parm is the best I have ever had (this says a lot bc my Mom's Italian cooking could go toe to toe with any celebrity chef out there). But Pasta Mia's has set a new standard for chicken parm. It is Sooo tender, and thin, cooked to perfection. Melts in your mouth. They must beat the sh*t out of that chicken breast. Then the sauce is spectacular. I don't know what it is, but it doesn't even give me acid reflux like most red pasta sauce would. The only thing I would change, and do, is that it's traditionally served with a side of penne Pasta there. I always ask for angel hair. Even this is cooked to perfection. The perfect bite just melts in your mouth. It's a rather large serving for me, so I usually end up with 2 or 3 meals from this one dinner...unless I split it with a lucky companion. On occasion I will order this take out and share. Like most Italian places, you are given a choice of soup or salad as well. I always choose the salad. It may not look like much, but looks are deceiving. Looks like Romain and tomatoes with Italian dressing. But you get the nicest surprise when u bite into it- the tomatoes are heavenly! They are marinated sorta like bruccheta tomatoes in garlic and basil or something. Even their house Italian dressing is special! You also get a loaf of garlic bread. It's nothing special but when u dip it in the sauce from the parm- resplendent! I usually finish off the experience with tiramisu and or canoli. Both are terrific! I have never had a bad dining experience at Pasta Mia. It's my go-to recommendation for not too pricey Italian food...

I might be in the minority here, but my Husband and I just went last night for the first time and it was an extremely negative experience. We had a reservation but when it came time to be seated they took us to the back room which was completely lacking in atmosphere and being used as a storage area for linens. It was a stale space and devoid of any character - and separated from the live entertainment, which was frustrating. My husband ordered a pre-meal cocktail, a screwdriver, and the waiter said they could not make a drink like that. He abruptly left but when he returned we asked why a full bar would not be stocked with vodka and orange juice. “Well of course we have that” he said indignantly. He then went to get the cocktail. We started with the calamari, which was lacking texture and flavor. I ordered a large Caesar salad with chicken breast. The chicken was cooked decently but the lettuce, which did not appear to be all romaine, had obviously been tossed a long time ago which made it completely soggy. It was almost a soup. It was 100% unacceptable. My husband was informed they were out of the mushroom sauce for the gnocchi that’s on the printed menu, so the waiter suggested the red meat sauce, which turned out to be bland and unmemorable. The waiter was either overwhelmed with too many tables or too lazy to walk to the far away back room we were seated at, as we rarely saw him. Even the busboy didn’t clear our appetizer dishes until we needed the space so I got up and moved them to an empty table beside us. Bottom line, it was the worst restaurant experience we've had in years and wewill never return. I’m glad to see others have had more positive experiences here, I just wish we would have been treated to the same....

We had a party of 7 and had a Groupon we were not allowed to use even tho we spend $172 dollars. The music was too loud and we asked at least 5 times to turn it down and they did not. The speakers were bad so the music was skipping and static. I had a hard time hearing my friends who were in town from Chicago which really annoyed me. I ordered pasta with meat sauce. What a joke it was really just marinara no meat to speak of. My sister had mozzarella sticks but that's not what they were they were triangles in sauce, 3 for $12. They had no ginger ale which is a pretty standard drink. The margaritas at $12.99 per drink were made with the cheapest tequila. The topper was my friends kids ordered fettuccine with salad. Salad comes with. They ordered Ceasar salad and were not told its an $8 upcharge. Usually a waiter will tell you about an upcharge. When we told him about it he didn't offer to let us use our Groupon or offer to take the charges for the salad off. As far as I am concerned that was his fault for not telling us and he should have given us some kind of discount. Then they charge you extra for using a charge card. So our waiter only got like a $7 tip which he complained very loudly about as we were leaving. How unprofessional and it was more of a tip than he deserved as it is. He's lucky he got that after the poor service and bad food and loud music. We have Groupons to use to come back but are trading them in for something else and we won't be back and do not recommend this place to anyone. It was certainly...