Some co workers and I went to Pasta Luna for lunch today and were amazed at just how bad everything was.
1. The service was terrible, not because the waitress was rude, but because she was the only waitress for a large restaurant half full of people. This is actually poor management, which resulted in poor service. The funny thing was that she actually seemed embarrassed by the food that she served us. You could tell she was afraid to ask us how it was. She also rang up the order wrong and charged us an extra $5, which we didn't notice until we had already had our cards run. At that point we just wanted out of there.
2. The food was so terrible my co worker actually could not eat his salmon burger. I tasted it just to see how bad it was and it tasted like they replaced salmon with anchovies. It was so salty and it seemed like something Andrew Zimmern would be paid to eat. I got a pasta dish that was not unlike canned spaghetti o's.
3. Everything is way overpriced for what it is. I paid $9 for a small bowl of cheap, flavorless, pasta, that would make even chef boyardee turn in his grave. I hate chain restaurants, but I promise you are better off going to the olive garden on a bad day.
Places that actually have good italian food in richmond - mama zu's, mama cucina's, edo squids, 8 1/2, etc...not Pasta Luna. You actually could not pay me to eat there again. I wish there was a rating that was less than 1 star, I really do.
Pros: It wont be around for another 5 years at this rate
Cons: all of the above.
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