| ambiance |
100.0% positive |
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Wonderful atmosphere, decor, and food. ”
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Their dishes are great, decor is clean & simple and love their open kitchen. ”
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The ambience is very nice and romantic. ”
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| dessert |
100.0% positive |
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If you want family style Italian, this is not for you- their dishes are generally nicely proportioned so that you can still enjoy an appetizer and/or dessert, but it's not about quantity here. ”
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highly recommend the anchovy vegetable dip, sliced duck entree, and warm chocolate cake. ”
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went with a group of 5 ppl and until 4 of us finish the main course and ready to order the dessert, my poor friend's main course didn't arrive. ”
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The flan that we ordered for dessert was also great. ”
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The pasta was delicious, the salad fresh and crisp, and the dessert heavenly. ”
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| drinks |
0.0% positive |
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You can't order wine by the glass, you have to buy a bottle. ”
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| food quality |
85.71000099182129% positive |
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also agree w/ everyone that the spaghetti tossed in a parmesan wheel w/ basil & thin sliced prosciutto is good as well as their minestrone soup. ”
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The salmon pasta dish I got wasn't great either. ”
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The mushroom, mussel, duck and squid appetizers were tasty, as was the pasta made at the tableside. ”
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went there last night for dinner and had a great meal. ”
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The filet mignon with foie gras is delicious, but a little heavy, I suggest sharing that with others. ”
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Our waiter was very tending seeing that we enjoy our meal ”
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The food is TERRIFIC. ”
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I'm surprised that they have also learnt to cook good authentic Italian cuisine. ”
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Went back with a friend from out of town, and again we were served with the most delicious fusion of Italian Japanese, or Italian, depending on the dishes you order. ”
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Great solid food with great staff! ”
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Though I wouldn't recommend you go for the Italian food, if you want to take a group of friends to a clean and decent tasting restaurant in the Union Square area this is it. ”
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However, the lamb chops were quite good. ”
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The food was good, the price was nice, and the space is a nice twist on the open kitchen concept. ”
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Doesn't matter if you're Japanese trying to play fusion, but failing miserably and just making overrated Italian food, show some common decency and humanity. ”
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Fantastic food. ”
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The ingredients are fresh, which means terrific sauces. ”
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Great service, fabulous food and great art work! ”
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Another all time favorite is the parmagiano reggiano pasta with prosciutto, they prepare the pasta in half wheel of cheese tableside. ”
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My bf ordered the Ravioli di Vitello, Prosciutto e Mozzarella (veal, prosciutto and mozzarella cheese ravioli with fresh tomatoes in Parmesan sauce) which I tasted and I am definitely trying the next time I go, too bad the portion wasn't so big but at lea ”
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Some dishes are tastier than others (I love the tender baby crispy chicken). ”
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The price is moderate and the food is always tasty. ”
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really love the pasta with cheese from the cheesewheel. ”
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enjoyed the food the first time so i went back with a big group of people. ”
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thought the food was excellent (particularly the spaghetti dish that they prepare at your table), but if you're not Asian, the waiter practically ignores you. ”
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And speaking of bread, the service here is absolutely excellent. ”
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Very nice food but no volume. ”
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agree with the other reviews, the food was nice, but nothing special. ”
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What a wonderful combination of Italian food and Japanese service. ”
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would highly recommend the Uni pasta if you are a fan of sea urchin, although sometimes there are misses when the sea urchin is not as fresh as it should be. ”
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Great service, great food ”
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Blah food, bad service. ”
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Wonderful atmosphere, decor, and food. ”
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True the portions are huge "super-sized" plates, but the food is very well balanced, beautifully presented. ”
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The spaghetti with sea urchin sauce were delicious, and with a friend we tried different appetizers, all inventive, all good. ”
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Though at one point I had to hold back extreme laughter, I enjoyed my food and my experience. ”
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For Japanese, the food tastes pretty good. ”
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Their dishes are great, decor is clean & simple and love their open kitchen. ”
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For those who appreciate fresh ingredients and truly wonderful cooking, this is the place for you. ”
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The service is really bad, even though food is not bad. ”
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Great food, not so great service ”
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The pasta was delicious, the salad fresh and crisp, and the dessert heavenly. ”
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with its japense influence, the pasta is fresh and light. ”
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Even the salad dressing is great. ”
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My friend (who had the same dish before) took one bite of his clam pasta and stopped, saying the clams were bad, pungent odor right up his nose. ”
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The spaghetti with flying fish roe and the spaghetti with shrimp were not remarkable, and I am told the steak wasn't memorable either. ”
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Portions are medium at best; there definitely are better values for good Italian food in the City. ”
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The food was excellent and the service was attentive and polite. ”
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Come to think of it he was rather stubborn about it -- all he said was that he gets fresh clams every day. ”
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The pastas are quite good, but are prepared firmer in most dishes than al dente, so be aware of this if you like softer pasta. ”
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All that said, the food is fairly good. ”
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If you want family style Italian, this is not for you- their dishes are generally nicely proportioned so that you can still enjoy an appetizer and/or dessert, but it's not about quantity here. ”
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Try it out and judge for yourself but the food is good anyway you look at it. ”
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Above average food at reasonable prices, but service isn't great. ”
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Goes to show you that great food is never enough. ”
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Although food is good, his comments made a bad taste in our mouth. ”
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The food was excellent, Service was one of the best i had in NYC yet. ”
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| overall |
100.0% positive |
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Basta Pasta is a great place to come with a friend or a group of people. ”
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What a great place! ”
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Although Basta Pasta is not your typicial "hearty" Italian family restaurant, it is my absolute favorite restaurant in New York. ”
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| return potential |
100.0% positive |
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Overall, I would not come back here, but I might recommend it for an interesting experience, particularly as the pastas are reasonably priced. ”
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| service |
58.06000232696533% positive |
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The manager and the waiers were all rude. ”
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Great service, great food ”
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Great food, not so great service ”
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bad service! ”
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None of us could believe how rude the waiter was. ”
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The staff is polite and respectful. ”
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Service was great, very attentive without being over-bearing. ”
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And speaking of bread, the service here is absolutely excellent. ”
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never met a waiter with such bad attitude and service. ”
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horrible waiter ”
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Blah food, bad service. ”
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What a wonderful combination of Italian food and Japanese service. ”
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Basta Pasta is a great place to come with a friend or a group of people. ”
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had always associated Japanese with good service, so this was a huge disappointment. ”
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thought the food was excellent (particularly the spaghetti dish that they prepare at your table), but if you're not Asian, the waiter practically ignores you. ”
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Above average food at reasonable prices, but service isn't great. ”
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worked in a restaurant business for over 7 years, so I know how stressful it is, and I was a manager once, but I never made that kind of rude comments to my customers! ”
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Great service, fabulous food and great art work! ”
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The Japanese know how to deliver good service. ”
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We were a party of four, but two of them came in late, by 20 - 30 min., I understand that the manager must rotate tables and need to accommodate later reservations, but he made a couple of nasty and sarcastic comments! ”
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You really can tell how good / bad a service is when something goes wrong. ”
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The waitstaff is attentive and kind, true to the Japanese standards of service. ”
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memorably bad service ”
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was baffled by his rude behavior! ”
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The food was excellent and the service was attentive and polite. ”
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The service is really bad, even though food is not bad. ”
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Great solid food with great staff! ”
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Our waiter was very tending seeing that we enjoy our meal ”
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the service is very friendly and unobtrusive. ”
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enjoyed the food the first time so i went back with a big group of people. ”
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Agree with previous review writers, the owner/maneger is rude and make ppl feel uncomfortable. ”
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| value |
92.8600025177002% positive |
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True the portions are huge "super-sized" plates, but the food is very well balanced, beautifully presented. ”
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Above average food at reasonable prices, but service isn't great. ”
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had always associated Japanese with good service, so this was a huge disappointment. ”
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In the Japanese style, portions are not gigantic like American standards, but they are the perfect size. ”
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The food was good, the price was nice, and the space is a nice twist on the open kitchen concept. ”
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The price is moderate and the food is always tasty. ”
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Portions are medium at best; there definitely are better values for good Italian food in the City. ”
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| wait time |
100.0% positive |
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I'm surprised it took me this long to write a review for this place even tho it was my favorite lunch spot for a long time. ”
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