Pastai Restaurant
Italian restaurant · Chelsea ·
Creative pasta dishes, gluten-free options, wine & cocktails
Creative pasta dishes, gluten-free options, wine & cocktails
"A pretty Chelsea restaurant with a garden patio where a date over pasta and red wine collapses into frank honesty; the guest calls out the partner’s wine and tiramisu choices as misfires, the relationship sputters, and an ally later appears to eat the abandoned dessert — a small, character-focused scene about authenticity versus performing for a date." - Nadia Chaudhury
"When you get tired of boiling water, order some pasta from Pastai. They can also make any of their dishes with homemade gluten-free pasta." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, arden shore, matt tervooren
"Most delicious pasta has gluten, but it’s not the gluten that makes it delicious. Pastai proves this with its housemade pastas—like paccheri with an eight-hour flank steak ragu—that can all be made gluten-free. If you feel like cooking your own pasta at home, they also offer fresh pastas and sauces for delivery for just $4-$6." - team infatuation
"Just because most delicious pasta has gluten, it doesn’t mean gluten-free versions need to compete on the JV courts. For proof, order from Pastai in Chelsea, which offers all of its housemade pastas as gluten-free versions, like lemon tagliatelle with lobster, or paccheri with an eight-hour flank steak ragu." - matt tervooren
"Say you’re meeting up with a friend in Chelsea, and you’re looking for a casual, attractive place where you can eat a bowl of pasta and make some light conversation. Go to Pastai. They make all their pastas—like bucatini with sardines and garganelli with burrata—in house, and you can get any of them gluten-free. There’s also a bar where you can put your head down and spend some quality time with noodles, if that’s the sort of dinner you need." - willa moore, sonal shah, neha talreja, bryan kim, carina finn koeppicus
