Pastai - New York

Stumbled upon this quaint little resturant last night! I loved the small, cozy vibe inside along with the wide selection of food on the menu. The staff were attentive and the food came out quickly (and delicious). Will definitely come back here another time!

A great Lil Italian restaurant that makes amazing dishes well worth every morsel.

Very disappointed. I was given the restaurant week menu which was a $60 per person not bad but I’m wanted to order from regular menu. The server said I can order anything from the prix fixed menu and they will charge it as regular but when I asked for the prices he couldn’t answer me. Food was poorly made no flavor and cold. Only nice thing was the decoration inside.

Unfortunately, I did not have a good experience here the other night. The atmosphere is very cute and cozy, I loved the ambiance but the food let me down. As soon as we sit, we are given the restaurant week menu which was $60 a person which is fine. But we did not want to order off this menu. There was no alternative menu but the waiter told us we could order things individually and not do the price fixe. That was fine and all until there were no prices to be found for anything. And it was hard to ask for anything because the waiter was very busy and we felt too awkward leaving as we were there for 15+ minutes at this point and my boyfriend already ordered a drink, which was never brought to him and he canceled it altogether, and we got bread. So we just order anyway. Burrata appetizer was good but very small. It was the size of my palm. I ordered some crusted chicken dish and it was extremely disappointing. For $25, it was a glorified salad. Just a thin, bland piece of chicken cutlet covered in arugula. It wasn't absolutely terrible but I was definitely disappointed. My sister's dish, some pasta with steak pieces, was very delicious and the bread was fabulous too. I would come back because it is such a cute place and their regular menu online looks a lot more appealing than their restaurant week menu but I unfortunately did not have a good experience this time around.

6/28/22 after roaming around for a meal that would satisfy my craving... I chose Pastai, I've eaten here some time ago so I figured why not. I had the bucatini with sardines and a side of sauteed spinach. Both dishes were really good and had great flavors. The house red (pino) was ok. $13... Kinda steep for house, eh? Lol, but yeah it's the neighborhood. Maybe that's why I was the only one at the bar? Friendly and fast service. I'll be back to try other pasta dishes.