Amorosa Pasta House is an Italian eatery in Burnaby that offers a plethora of choices for their patrons. The menu allows for mix and match pasta dishes, choose your own sauce, pasta and fixings.
The reason I say the pasta is healthy is because it's not drenched in oil.
I went to Amorosa one day because I didn't want to wait in line at Anton's.
I found that the two Items ordered where quite decent.
I forgot the name of my dish, but it was stuffed pasta with chicken mushrooms and avacado (white sauce). It was a very nice combination of my favorite ingredients.
I didn't know you could drop avacado chunks into pasta.
Anyway, the flavor of the sauce was not very strong and I did add some salt. But after the salt was added it was very good.
I ate 1/3 and packed the rest for lunch two days in a row. The pasta was good even on the 3rd day. When I put it into the microwave at work the sauce was still good and did not separate into a layer of cream and oil.
One time I brought pasta home from Italian tomato and after I re-heated it... I was horrified... it had split into a thick layer of butter/oil and cream... ew ew ew...
So, in my opinion, I think the pasta sauce was light and healthy.
Second item we ordered was from the back page of the menu. It's the one where you can pick your pasta, sauce, and toppings.
We picked white sauce, spinach pasta, meat ball, Prawns and scallops.
The sauce was not very strong, but the pasta was fresh, and the toppings were amazing. You could actually see 5-6 big big Prawns in the pasta and also the scallops were big and tasty.. not the tiny little ones that shrivel up if they're over cooked..
So if you wanna eat pasta that actually has toppings and more than just sauce.. then this is the place to go for dinner!!!
I will go again!!!
I live very close to the Amorosa Pasta House and one day finally decided to try this place out after reading reviews on here. All I can say is that there is no pleasant surprise at all, the only good thing about the food is just the portion. Since I am not that big of a fan for Pasta to start with, I find the food to be just barely ok. I wont go back anymore, there are many more better restaurants in that area to eat out.
** to correct my last review, I meant under $20.00 for a single bill, not for my whole family **
also, the ambiance is meant to be 3: solid. The music is pretty good, just easy listening cds usually playing which I like for a meal. They recently repainted parts of the restaurant to touch it up. They now have a spot on the wall inside of the restaurant where they write the daily special. (Before they only had the outside sign with the italian chef that read the daily special)
We had lunch at Amorosa last week on my birthday. So I ordered the cream pasta with chicken and my wife ordered the creola tomato sauce with seafood. My pasta came watery like soup. It's like eating pasta with cream soup...even worst than the Campbell cream of mushroom soup which is still thicker than their pasta sauce. This is probably the worst pasta I've ever had. Their chicken is almost unnoticeable, so I ordered an extra meatball side dish. My wife immediately protested and reminded me that it wasn't good the last time we ordered. But I told her that they must have improved and to give them the benefit of the doubt. The meatball came in and it was so bad...rubbery..and tasteless..except the pasta sauce they sprinkled on top of it. They must have bought those frozen meatballs from Costco or something. Try Anton's meatball..and you know what a good meatball is.
At the end they only gave us $8.95 discount although the menu stated for $9.95 birthday discount. They said for lunch it's $8.95 off but it doesn't say anywhere. We definitely wont be back.
The first thing you should know is that they only have two portion sizes small and large. Large is very big and could probably feed 3 people and small is more like a medium. I had the large Seafood Cannellini it was alright but I would suggest that you pick some thing else because I went with a large group of friends and all their meals seemed better then mine. I think that refills for pop were free. The staff are friendly and helpful. The bathrooms aren't the best so I would try and hold it in until you get home. But overall I would recommend this restaurant to people who want great value and good food.
PS: For three people our bill came to about 62 dollar.
I repeatedly go to Amarosa for their Seafood Cataloni! It is totally devine - seriously! I just went again last week and it also appears that they have some new employees which has increased their service. The price is very good value and you leave with left overs and a full belly. Definately try this place out but go during the week as it' s less busy.
this place serves decent pasta and is a neat place to share/split some dishes. The calamari was a good starter.
good food and offered good valu - better than some of the pricier joints I've been 2 which often charged more money for less quality/quantity
central Burnaby location and decent pricing are nice also
Amorosa is a little italian place, so therefore its always packed and reservations is recommended unless you arrive early! :)
They have a good assortment of pastas and comes in HUGE portions! It's not as big as Anton's but its about $2-3 cheaper, so for the price its about the same. The difference is, Amorosa's pasta's seem to have more depth, it has more ingredients and not just a whole lot of pasta noodles! And you will always have lunch for tomorrow! :)
My wife and I along with a friend went to this restaurant just this last Sunday evening. Unfortunately we had to wait around 20 minutes, but we were promptly given a table when one was available. My wife ordered the veal with pasta, our friend ordered the Pestore (clams, mushrooms, shrimps and scallops) with cream sauce with gnoochi (pasta) and I ordered the same Pestore in garlic butter in white wine sauce in spinach linguine. The food came out nice and hot. My dish there could have been more seafood as I noticed that the mushrooms were dominant. The flavour was good. My wife and our friend had the same cream sauce for their pasta and I thought it was medicore. The cream was a bit thick and not too much flavour. My wife's veal was okay. All in all the dining experience was positve. We will try other restaurant before we come back.
Today we had spaghetti with sausage and shrimp and tomato sauce, and it was delicious. The garlic bread was plump and warm. The servers were cheerful and efficient, bringing our drinks quickly, and checking with us. The ambiance and decor was cosy and comfortable. This restaurant suits business people, families, teens, seniors. Cost reasonable. We'll be back.
We have been coming here for years and will continue to go. The pasta sauce is a little watery at times but it's still good. They use fresh pasta instead of the dry hard stuff. We have tried other pasta places but keep coming back to this one. Whenever we go the place is packed and there's always a line up. The service is good and the servers are always friendly.
For a longest time this use to be the best little pasta place around...what happened? My daughter and grandkids live close by so we use to come often but, lately somebody is getting sloppy. The pasta sauces are watery and losing its taste and I actually don't even wanna go on cause I still want to give them a chance, please read this reviews and bring the good stuff BACK.
Things are sliding down.
Myself and 2 friends went there a couple weeks back,and,well,quite frankly it was chef boy ar dee quality.
Thin flavorless sauces,overcooked pasta,and tough veal.
2 of us got our orders together,while the third sat for 10 minutes without his salad.Not too impressive.
Very cramped also.
Will not be making any stops at this place anytime soon.
The calamari is always fresh and light, the batter isn't heavy or oily and the tzatsiki is delicious. This makes for a great appy followed by a hot chicken caesar salad. When you leave you are full but, not too full and the food digests well. The salad isn't greasy at all--it certainly tastes sinful.
We had a large (17) party in there last night, and while the food was okay, and just okay, the service was simply terrible.
Appys came over the course of 27 minutes, entree's rather than being timed as any decent kitchen would do to arrive within a reasonable time together came out in bits and pieces and at least three entree's were wrong. How do you mix up a basic tomato sauce with an alfredo????
The excuse offered, the single server we had for such a large table was writing exams this week.
I have been in this business for 30+ years and a very few experiences were this bad.
Never again folks. Either hire a chef who can cook, and servers who can do the job or prepare to hang up a for sale sign, because this was downright emarrassing.
This place is reputable based on its food, service and ambiance. Well... 2 out of 3 ain't bad. However, if the food is a miss then its not worth visiting this place. Been here many times, even have friends that know the owners. I must admit, i was a big Amorosa fan but after the display of dining out Saturday evening this place is off my list. Food is pretty bland now and pasta is way to watery and tasteless. I'm sure it is not the owner/cook that is producing these dishes. If it is, this restaurant is in trouble. I was quite disappointed in the meal but the clincher was getting dinged extra charges because I wanted to OMIT an item from the sauce. Yes, I was charged extra because I was told deviated from its menu (could have informed me of this before I made this request). What a joke! I cannot blame the server if owner/management wants to run a business like this. I am giving an overall rating of 2 only because of what it achieved in the past.
This place is a regular. always seems busy and needs reservations for the weekends or you will wait forever. wrth the drive..... .... The servings are quite extensive with loads of sauce. lots of choices. typical western/BC pasta house.
Service is good and has a neighborhood feel. Nice wine, flavours are rich.
nothing more than a great little neighborhood pasta house. obviously wih the large orders you more than enough to take home for tomorrows lunch.
We will definitly return and continue to work our way through the menu. Quite nice with lots of choices
The hot ceasar salad was a bit odd and not really my thing (it's a regular ceasar salad but with spicy chicken stirfry ontop), but the pasta dishes I tried have all been tasty.
It gets cold when you sit near the door in winter and some areas are quite cramped, but the service is pretty good. All in all I would recommend it. But be warned that it can get pretty busy (especially Friday and Saturday nights) so it's best to either get there early or make a reservation.
I love this place 99% of the time. I live a few blocks away, so I do take-out a lot.
The food is solid. Good portions and nice sauces. If you like your pasta heavy on the sauce, maybe its not the place for you.
Also! I had friends over for dinner with different dietary needs (lactose intolerant, only eats fish, doesn't eat peppers) and I managed to accomodate everyone. They have a great varied menu.
My only beef is a couple of times when I called on a busy night for take-out, I was left on hold (phone on counter) for a long time (one time for 25 minutes). My suggestion to them, if reading, is to get a better system in place for take-out orders.
The food portions are quite large, but its mostly pasta and very little "stuff" in the pasta. Also I found the 3 pasta dishes I tasted from what my party ordered to be all universally bland and not very good.
Service was pretty weak, with the waitress bringing our food and disappearing until it was the end of the meal. Was never asked how the food was, or if i wanted any drinks.
Pretty decent looking inside, it was clean, so no complaints.
Not sure why its so busy here, but i have only been here twice, and both times were poor experiences.
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