"My friend who moved to the city thought that the Old Spaghetti Factory was a hip and happening spot for locals. In fact, it's a cheesy and touristy restaurant with lots of interesting gimmicks (British phone booth, mummy, a merry go round (not functioning), train you can eat inside of, and the list goes on. Check out the photos to see what I mean.\n\nMuch of their menu is $20, which includes a soup/salad, pasta dish, coffee/tea and ice cream (get the Spumoni - pistachio-vanilla-chocolate). They serve warm bread with whipped herb butter. If carbs are your jam, you'll love it here. For pasta, I had the penne with chicken (subbed out my sauce for pesto). Admittedly, you get a lot of food for the price. But I found the food to be average - there was way too much dressing on my salad and the pasta was a tad too salty for my liking. \n\nThe service was just fine. The factory is very family friendly and great for kids. I can imagine having my birthday from ages 5 to 10 here. Coincidentally, we happened to have four August birthdays in our group and the staff came out singing with sparklers in our ice cream. \n\nOverall, it was a fine experience but it wasn't really my jam."^^ . "2017-08-22T00:00:00"^^ . . . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . "3"^^ . "0"^^ .