Pastino

Very nice and cosy place with a warm and friendly atmosphere. Located central London, this restaurant is perfect for a quick lunch break, just walk in and choose your pasta and sauce through a Self ordering machine, 5/10 minutes and my order was ready. Not only for take away, there is a sitting area upstairs where you can enjoy your dining experience in relax. Gent, the manager helped me to choose my dishes and I took the opportunity to ask him some questions: their pasta is homemade daily from scratch, and sauces are made fresh every morning. I suggest to try their baked aubergine that was perfect to have it as starter. High recommend!

I got the pesto rigatoni to take away and the container they put it in was filled 50% of the way with oil?? It had barely any flavour and was literally a bowl of oil. I couldn’t eat it. I paid £9.50 including extra for Parmesan and they put maybe half a teaspoon on top of a basil leaf. Will not be going back unfortunately and will be fighting for a refund.

Very, very good pasta, good portions, it's served fresh and super hot. Waiting time is more than reasonable. I got nduja with mascarpone and it was yummy and filling, although quite fatty. I realise that's nduja and I don't have problem with it but I can imagine some customers might think their past is floating in fat. Place looks good and clean, but has cold atmosphere, I didn't want to stay there, there are few kiosks to make an order. My only issue would be how you are welcomed: manager is standing up front, no smile, no greetings, almost like a guard. 2 cooks behind preparing meals and one lady is serving them. I might be wrong but it just felt wrong, like there is no team spirit there. TBH I would rather order directly from the till, it makes whole experience more personal specially it's 'Italian' place but having kiosks is more convenience and being introvert doesn't help either. I will get back defo, it's great food. Highly recommend.

Edit: seems to have gone down hill a bit after revisiting a few months later, 1.5 pieces of guanciale in a whole bowl of under-seasoned carbonara doesn't scream quality, it's a shame really. Visited on 3 different days and it's like this place doesn't use cheese anymore with how little you get in your meal, the carbonara was just egg I'd still eat here for quick bite but probably not recommending to colleagues anymore Original review: Phenomenal every time. For the speed, location, authentic ingredients, and quality pasta, I'm finding this place pretty hard to beat. A quest has started to eventually try everything on the menu! (The Carbonara is on the saltier side, but I feel that the cheese and guanciele naturally does this to the dish)

I saw this place a lot on Instagram so felt slightly let down by the food itself. I got the beef ragu with rigatoni, there was a decent amount of beef but some parts were very chewy (almost crunchy). However, as a quick, convenient lunch it was pretty alright.

Wow! An amazing pasta place with a very friendly staff! The pasta portion is very good and of course homemade! I loved every bite.

Had pasta with nduja / mascarpone. Tasted very good but small portion - enough for a starter rather than filling lunch. Box prob only 1/3rd full.

I ordered the beef Ravioli which arrived very fast. I believe it cost £10.50. It came with a little portion of grated cheese. It was lukewarm,but tasted amazing. Only complaint is I only got fours large pieces of Ravioli which won't fill you up. The chef worked very hard,and made the food very fast even with 5-6 people waiting. I wish this Business Good Luck,but they need to increase some portions abit. I'll try another portion of pasta on my next visit.