Christos' Pizza and Pasta

How could anyone make "Italian" food so bland? A Caesar salad which consists of piles of dry cheese and stale croutons with a little bit of salad. Pesto pasta under seasoned to the max. Forgot part of the order(slice of unacceptably lame pizza)  that they take at the counter.  lasagna resembling tomato slop, also without flavor. Welcome to the equivalent of airline food served in a "restaurant" a shame, not like it takes much more effort to make tasty food.

Looking for a quick bite to eat after hiking at nearby Lye Brook Falls, I came across Christos' Pizza and Pasta and decided to make a late lunch out of it.  This restaurant has a wide selection of pizza and pasta, some with a Greek influence (feta cheese instead of mozzarella, for instance).  They also have a limited selection of beer on tap, which actually surprised me, since I wasn't expecting this out of a pizza place.

I actually decided to order fettucine with a pesto sauce.  It came with garlic bread and it was quite tasty.  I'll have to make this a stop in Manchester in the future.

I was expecting for this place to be wonderful with all of the great reviews, but I was unfortunately left with a huge stomach ache after my meal at Christos', making me never want to step foot in this restaurant again.  

My friend and I ordered a garden salad and the Eggplant Parmesan here all for the measly amount of $8.20 a piece.  What a great deal, I thought, until I tasted the actual food.  The food is filling but tastes like it comes out of a box.  The salad's dressing tasted like a can of oil rather than a vinaigrette.  The Eggplant Parmesan tasted like canned tomato sauce and frozen eggplant.  It lacked any flavor or spice and just tasted like the tomato sauce was mixed with the eggplant and than served.  The eggplant came with a side of pasta and garlic bread which were also completely from a can or frozen packet.  I left full, but completely unsatisfied, and also probably weighed a bit more after from the fattening meal.  I should have gone with pizza as the pizza seemed like a more simple dish to eat at a an eatery such as Christos' Pizza and Pasta.  

The restaurant itself is clean and looks like your typical pizza joint.  I should have realized this when I walked in and ordered nothing else but pizza, but unfortunately I didn't feel like pizza that night.  You order at the counter and then they bring the food to the table.  They were very accommodating about splitting the bill.  

Conclusion: This place is completely average.  Share your meal with a friend.  Don't order anything but the pizza.  This is not a gourmet restaurant.