Heard many good things about this place and went last night for the first time for a dinner I organized with 6 friends. It will probably be my last time there. The interior is oddly laid out and somewhat cold, and we were seated at a table between the front door and the bathroom, about 5 feet from each. Our waiter took our dinner order without writing any of it down. He immediately repeated the order back to us, getting it wrong. Then he reappeared 10 minutes later to confirm our orders once again. Dude, write them down already! The portions were tasty but very small for the price, and it would have been nice to have more than one tiny piece of dry bread. Perhaps, even the option of butter? But the service was my greatest complaint. Even though the restaurant was only half full, people were wandering around like zombies looking for their waiters who had disappeared completely. Our waiter kept interrupting our table's single conversation without making any effort to be graceful about it....yes, there is a right way to do it without seeming obtrusive. And the men's room desperately needed some cleaning and attention.
Wanted to like PastaBAR very much, but probably won't waste any more time on it.