The Pasta House Company

Been to The Pasta House Company several times in Edwardsville, IL with our dear friend Jane Ward.  For some reason, I am seeing a trend with Pasta House.  The Pasta House locations that are located OUTSIDE of the St. Louis area for some reason seem to taste better than the locations WITHIN the St. Louis area.  Can't explain it, but just my observation.

Had the soup (the one with all the vegetables) and then had the rigatoni roma dish for dinner.  The pasta was great as was the soup.

My only issue with the dinner last night was the fact our server disappeared and we were low on drinks and were never offered additional bread with our meal.

Otherwise, it was delicious and would return again.

Why is this place still in business? We have Bella Milano and the Peel - heck, Pizza hut makes better food than Pasta House! Ate there 3 times (glutten for punishment I guess) and finally swore off of them. I can't figure out why there are still cars in the parking lot there. Could it be that there is still a sizeable amount of the area population who haven't yet eaten there and are clueless? Noisy, bad service, frozen food (in the center - guess it wasn't fresh made!), bland food, cold air blowing on us...not sure what else they could've done to help me decide: Never Again! I wouldn't eat there if the food was free. Honestly.

Have lived in the area for over five years.  Ate here within the first few months and wouldn't think of going back.

Anyone can boil noodles and serve them up.  But, it takes a special kind of place to ruin a red sauce.  And really, how many dishes can one put Provel on?  

Do yourself a favor, buy some store bought noodles, a hunk of parmesan cheese and sauce and stay home.