Fasta Pasta, located next to the Casuarina Shopping Centre, is a popular local fast food franchise. I'm loathe to call this establishment a restaurant, it's more like an eatery. Being very noisy; it reminded me of an eatery in a large shopping centre. Patrons were casually dressed, overly casual in some instances. Thongs and singlets.
We had to line up to order our food, taking 10 minutes to move along the line. A friendly and courteous young lady took our order, apologising for the wait. We only had to wait 20 minutes for our meals, pretty good considering how busy they were.
Tortellini Zucca; at $16.40 this was a reasonably priced meal. Such a shame I could not eat it all due to the fact that the tortellini tasted like floury dough. The accompanying sauce, chicken and pumpkin tasted delicious. If I'd had a plate of that alone, minus the tortellini, it would have been a great meal.
Due Funghi; This meal was ordered from off the special's board, another reasonably priced meal at $17.90. It looked appetising with its crisp asparagus and porcini and swiss mushrooms.
Linguine Turismo; A delicious meal, reasonably priced at $17.90, however it did not have a lot of seafood.
We also ordered the Cheese Bread - melted mozarella on crispy toasted bread. Mozarella looks great melted, but it lacks flavour.
We noticed that a nearby table, with several young children, were a little agitated as they had been waiting quite some time and their children were getting hungry. A couple of the adults had been served their meals before the children. Food establishments need to consider children when preparing meals. If all the meals can't be served at the same time, then the children should be served theirs first. This would make the dining experience more pleasurable for all concerned.
Overall, I'd say this eating establishment is well priced, with an interesting selection on the menu. As long as you don't mind the casualness and associated noise I'm sure you would find a meal of your liking and would enjoy the visit.
We didn't stay too long, no after dinner coffee or cakes, far too noisy for my liking. We moved on to quieter surroundings.
I enjoyed my meal, though the predominent taste was pepper, luckily a taste I like. Prawns were a bit hard to find, four in a large bowl of pasts... but not an expensive meal, so doubtless I got what I paid for.
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The Due Fungi was my choice from the Specials board as it included three of my favourites: chicken, mushrooms and asparagus. When presented at the table it definitely looked appetising and the first mouthfull confirmed this. it was a very large meal but I was determined to struggle through it. It beat me! Towards the end I was picking out the chicken and vegetables and leaving the pasta. Great value for money.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was noisy and nobody seemed to stay for long which was great for business as there was certainly no shortage of patrons waiting for tables.
The phone rang constantly for take aways which is a great sign of a popular eatery. Well done to the kitchen staff for turning out the orders in such good time given the numbers of orders they had to deal with. On my next visit I might try the Entree size of my meal as the main was too generous for me. It's not often you get to say that!
Looks like we might have to try this. We actually had pasta last night, tasted great-cost:$5.00 all up for two plus leftovers for smoko.But it is always nice to try somewhere different. Good hunting you.
ReplyDeleteI love Fasta Pasta because it has nice variety :))
ReplyDeleteMmmm Fasta Pasta- One of my favs- I prefer to takeaway as it is always better to eat the pasta and get messy!!
ReplyDeletefasta pasta make a really nice lasagna, but i found that the room temperature was a bit cold and they maybe shouldn't have it so cold. its cool that you can see into the kitchen, and see how they make the food. altogether, an ok experience.
ReplyDeleteFasta Pasta is a nice place to dine at, Although i went just of 4 o-clock the place was quite empty so i had no problems ordering my meal. As 15 minutes went by i noticed a massive increasing number of people coming into the restaurant, It got crowed and noisy, About 5 minutes after a young man who happened to be training there gave our table a salad, we thought it must have been for free, we started eating away at the salad only to find it was not ours, the waiter had come to our table and said "sorry wrong table" and took the salad away, It was quite embarrassing. After that issue my meal arrived to my table I have to say it was extremely filling and tasty. I find all round it was a great place for me to have a filling meal with my ipod to block the noise.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the meals at this restaurant were large and filling. The noodles weren't over cooked but I think they need to have a bit more of a variety of pasta and different foods. The service was excellent and the waiters/waitresses looked happy doing their job. :) T.C
ReplyDeleteThe Carbonara dish was delious, the service was ok but could have been improved by inddroducing more wait staff. I throuly enjoyed the atomsphere.
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