Not sure why I've read good reviews for this place... I went to Pasquales for a business lunch a couple of weeks ago. We had dry ribs and bruschetta to start. The dry ribs were ok... the bruschetta was really underwhelming as the flavours didn't really stand out. I could have made similar bruschetta myself at home. For the main entree, I ordered the seafood fettuccine. What attracted me to this on the menu was the supposedly fresh house made pasta and sauce. The seafood fettuccine came in a rose sauce. When I saw it on the menu, I was immediately attracted to the rose sauce as I had fond memories of the rose sauce from Mercato here in Calgary.
When my pasta came, I was really disappointed. The rose sauce wasn't all that flavourful... and certainly no where near the flavours of the rose from Mercato. The pasta and seafood were ok. The shrimp were baby cocktail shrimp. I would have expected better quality and taste at Pasquales. I could have easily mistaken this dish of pasta as something that came from a place like Chianti's or Fiore's... ie. it was more like a $10-12 dish of pasta.. not one from the $17-19 range.
I looked over a the entrees that my dining companions had. And they didn't look all that appealing either.
All in all, I really feel that Pasquales is overpriced for what you get, especially quality-wise. While there was nothing really wrong with my pasta.. it was by far not exceptional either. The restaurant had really nice decor.. but I don't go to restaurants just for the decor.. I go there for the food.