The Pasta Bowl - Chicago

Very nice establishment with friendly staff. But the spaghetti and meatballs was a no for me, it’s just wasn’t giving spaghetti for me. The spaghetti had very little taste and the meatballs were a nice since but was very very blend with no taste as well even with the sauce over them. They also give you a bread on the side with the spaghetti and the crust was hard and the inside was soft almost like a soft dry texture. I also got the garlic cheese bread and it was good. I would love to give the place another shot with another dish to try and see if it’s a actually a no for me.

Came here with a large group the day before the Chicago Marathon- all of us loved our food! Portions were huge and very affordable. Amazing chicken parm, shrimp pesto, and chicken Alfredo!!

A very popular italian restaurant in wicker park. TLDR; very busy during peak times with dine-in and takeout orders with not too much seating, reasonable prices given the huge portions of pasta easily 2 servings , decent taste. we came at 7pm on a saturday and it was very busy but since we were a party of 2 we got a table in 15 minutes otherwise 45+ . recommend waiting near the restaurant because if other parties don't show up they will move down the waitlist pretty fast. service was decent, a bit rushed and took awhile because it was very busy so understandable. took awhile to get a waitress to order but our food came in ~20 minutes after. signature farfalle pollo $18.00 signature cream sauce pasta with farfalle pasta, sliced chicken, and some sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms. came with one piece of bread and parmesan on top. as mentioned, very huge portions for italian restaurants. thought the pasta sauce would have more of a sundried tomato flavor but it's traditional cream sauce with some chunks of tomatoes. food was not the most hot, borderline lukewarm so it got cold really fast. strawberry, walnut, and pear salad $15.00 good portion for a salad, could be an entree. really enjoyed the combination of strawberry, walnut, pear, and the goat cheese which ties it together in my opinion . would say it's decent italian food, nothing extraordinary but i would definitely come here for the portion sizes especially if u want some leftovers :

The food is phenomenal the atmosphere was very comfortable and the host AJ did a great job welcoming my friend and I and we’re celebrating a birthday and this a was great choice!!! Oh don’t forget to have a drink!!!

It’s great but I hate that you can’t get the same meal for two deal if you dine in only take out. So are they asking for us not to dine in??? Just weird.