La Pastaria Red Bank

Sadly, I will eat here the fourth and last time. all four times had the same disappointment. had to open my own bottle of wine after waiting 20 minutes for someone to recognize us even at a place that was only half capacity. had Risotto balls that were amazing, made me optimistic. sad, the reality was in when we were handed over our pasta entrees. 3 bite into my pasta with “Grosse” aka unflavored bark broth, and I pushed it aside. the same for my wife, who had the joy in her pasta, who sat in a bowl of chicken broth or what the chefs believed to be “white wine sauce”. our polite waiter has not asked our disgust when he seems to be used to giving back their meal times when I saw that several people send their back. not only that, we looked at when the people went back to the kitchen/witstaff area to vote their disgusting and cancel orders. the place has/have a lot of potential if it is not for the administration if there is any. the entire staff was visibly disoriented without support. there will be no fifth experience

Very disappointing. the inner felt like a cave, dark and obsolete. service ridiculously slow and inattentive. pizza was terrible. it should be removed from the menu as it is not representative for nj pizza.

Was there in the april and had a wonderful experience. therefore we returned with a table of 5. while eating was good the attitude of the hostess (owners? that has been sorrowed. I hope not) of the minute we arrived was terrible. waited for almost 10 minutes to sit for our reservation when she sat over a work plan with a worker who was busy watching his phone and talking to her about his coming week. finally came a server and sat us. when we left the light through the vestibule exit, it was outside and it was very dark. we asked her if she could turn on it (my 89-year-old mother, together with the rest of our party, was difficult to see) and until she thought, we had used our phones to illuminate the way out. unnecessary to say we will not come back or recommend. very disappointed and surprised as we wanted to support this local restaurant especially during this time.

We haven’t been in YEARS and I forgot what I was missing ! Polenta appetizer and stuffed escarole were fantastic. Entrees of veal shank and my husband squid ink linguine were amazing. Will definitely be back! Only draw back is the noise level, which was very high, but I think it is due to all the tile walls and floors. Best meal we’ve had in quite sone time

Getting together with friends for the first time since the pandemic.