Jamarcus T.
Yelp
Not our first choice, on a Friday Night in Atl, but we did find Pasta Vino while out looking for dinner, and fortunately they had at least one available table for us, which we happily decided to take.
Staff were quick to get us our water and complimentary bread. I thought it was interesting that the bread came with butter and while olive oil was on the table, it wasn't poured for the bread, like so many other italian places do. No worries though, as I had hands and could pour my own.
After going back and forth on the menu, and having the menu and some of their best selling dishes on the menu pointed out to us, we ordered the following:
Goat Cheese & Apple Ravioli ($17)
Minestrone zuppe ($7)
Lamb bolognese parpardelle ($18)
Starting with the Minestrone, the soup came in a cup, and it wasn't bad...it sorta sits in the middle of the road in terms of minestrones i've had.
The Lamb bolognese parpardelle wasn't my dish, but I had a couple of tastes of it, and the flavor was there. Very potent flavors, soft noodles, yummy! This was the star dish of the night for me, although it was funny that it seemed we liked each other's dishes better than our own.
The Goat Cheese & Apple Ravioli was fantastic with the first bite, but then it got creamy. REAL creamy. Over the ravioli was an apple glaze that made the ravioli apple sweet, and that sweetness cut into the super rich goat cheese, stuffed into the ravioli. I'm not a huge fan of goat cheese myself, but if you love goat cheese, this dish may be yours to order. For me, if the apple glaze was not there, I could not have finished it, and in fact, I didn't finish the ravioli, leaving a few behind.
Customer service was just fine here, minus the innocent and mistaken slap they gave to my date, who took it in stride. Service was generally fast, having the soup come out within 5 minutes of ordering, and entrees just a few minutes later. This place is more on the intimate side, having room to seat maybe 30 people inside, although there is patio seating as well.
Located in a restaurant strip, parking isn't an issue here, though you likely wont get any parking right in front of the restaurant, but that's okay. There is also at least one red light exit as well.
If i'm being honest, i'd give Pasta Vino a 3.5, and i'd round them up to 4 because they had juuuuust enough flavor to make it. Would I come back? Sure. I'd give them a chance to truly earn their 4 stars by selecting another dish that may be not as rich for my tastebuds. I hope I get to try them again soon.