The Parlor at Stafford Prime — Restaurant in Tustin

While searching for a pasta restaurant near my house, I came across this place with excellent Google reviews and decided to give it a try. The food was prepared with such care, and each ingredient harmonized beautifully, complementing one another without overshadowing the others.

When I visited, the "Today's Special Pizza" was a sweet potato pizza, so I ordered that along with the Bucatini all'Amatriciana pasta. Both dishes were absolutely delicious. The pizza was so incredible that my husband and I were literally stunned after the first bite. The cheese on the pizza was rich and nutty, the vegetable toppings were fresh and perfectly cooked, and the guanciale was crispy, releasing its savory, flavorful oil.

As for the pasta, I’m not sure if they make their pasta in-house, but it was unlike anything I’ve ever had. The noodles were unusually thick and delightfully chewy, with a unique texture that was completely new to me. Even though it was my first time experiencing this kind of pasta, I’m already craving it again after coming home. The sauce was perfectly balanced—not too salty or bland—and generously filled with guanciale, making it rich and exceptional.

I enjoyed my meal so much today that I’m already planning to try other menu items on...

TLDR; come here but don’t come if you’re hungry and it’s crowded.

We love this place usually. We love the food and the people are usually nice. The space is nice. The music is kinda loud but it’s probably the intended vibe.

So all that is why we happily tip $10 for to-go orders. Honestly I feel sad to have had this experience today because we love the food here. We waited over 45min for our to-go order only to find out it had been ready for 15min but just sat on the counter. Don’t get me wrong it was crowded for sure. But other people were getting their orders. She just like … forgot. Which is fine (I guess) but damn that $10 tip in this economy to sit there waiting with no apology or acknowledgement. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, maybe she’s just not good at multitasking. This wasn’t Megan - we love Megan. But maybe someone can think of a more efficient way to do things. We were one of many groups who had to check on their order bc they waited 30+ minutes. Oof

With all that said, the food is good. Just don’t get takeout when it’s crowded unless you’re ready to wait forever and potentially get...

First impression, nice building, plenty of parking. I walked in and the music is way too loud, no big deal, maybe I'm just getting old, I'm 41 for the record but, I could hardly hear the cashier telling me they are out of pizza, they should probably take the sign down that boasts there special pizza that I decided on in line because after they told me they were OUT OF PIZZA I felt rushed to order something I wasn't sure if I would like. We ordered and sat at a DIRTY TABLE. The menu is short and simple which I did like. What I didn't like was how they brought my girlfriends food out after 15 or 20 min and FORGOT MY ORDER and when I asked about it they said it should be out in 5 min. Well, 15 to 20 min. later the same amount of time as took for my girlfriends food to be served, here it is. I don't like being lied to, just admit you screwed up and fix the problem. So by the time I got my food it was 45 min. after we ordered, my girlfriend had just finished her food. OVERPRICED OK FOOD, BAD SERVICE, CHEAP CHAIRS AND TABLES TO SIT AT AND NOT ENOUGH OF THEM. I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK AND I WOULD NOT...