Prima Pasta/Salads/Panini

08/19/08

Relax and Enjoy

by CrackedPepper

An amazing find. Prima is not loud or trendy, it is simply good. The butternut squash ravioli with pear and pine nuts is pitch perfect. The caprese had amazing mozarella. Our waitress was friendly, accomodating and quick with sating our appetite for still more bread! The wine list is great, by my estimation. This is the restaurant where you go to unwind, have amazing food and wear pretty much whatever you want. Can't wait to return and try something else.

06/26/08

A neighborhood restaurant with a "destination place" feel

by Athena1167

Whether you are heading there for lunch in the middle of the week or spending your anniversary there, it is fantastic. I have trouble getting anything but the pasta with clams in wine sauce because it is just that good!

Great staff, warm atmosphere.

• Pros: Great food in an unexpected location
• Cons: often busy...but that's to be expected anywhere

08/10/07

Great appetizers- Wonderful wait staff.

by headwaters

My friend and I stumble upon the restaurant--what a lucky find. The food was wonderful--butternut squash pasta with pears and pinenuts was amazing; roasted beet salad was terrific and the calamari was light and flavorful--not greasy and rubbery

The service was also wonderful. Salmon, chicken risotto were all recommended and I look forward to going back.

• Pros: Informal and fun neigborhood restaurant
• Cons: loud

07/15/07

average at best

by rougie

Nothing special about the food. The fusili polo really had no flavor. The roasted beet salad was only canned pickeled beets. Al Vento is much better for the same price. Service was good though. Once was enough for me.

• Pros: good service, good parking
• Cons: food lacked flavor

12/11/06

Great food and outstanding customer service

by peanut977

My husband and I eat at Prima on occassion because we love their food. We were there again the other night and decided to try the crab artichoke dip. We didn't care for it. When the waiter asked about it we commented on the overpowering lemon taste to it. Within seconds his manager was over recommending another appetizer. She took away the dip and within minutes we had the roasted garlic in front of us. That was great! We were so impressed with the service. Our entrees were great too.

We also call ahead to order paninis to pick up and eat at home. They make for a great dinner at home. I'm so happy to have such a great restaurant in our neighborhood!

11/16/06

Great for everyday quality italian food

by jmfix

Prima's looks pretty unassuming from the street outside, but once you're inside it's a quaint, cozy little place. There is a large bar and a few tables--even on a Wednesday night the place was busy. There isn't an extensive wine menu, but we got a great bottle of red for $20. We started with the crab artichoke dip, which was just ok. For dinner I had a goat cheese/red pepper ravioli with pancetta, which was a little salty (prob the pancetta), but it was still so good, perfectly al dente, and fresh that I finished it. Salmon was also good. And some of my friends got a rotini con pollo that they substitued for angel hair--they loved it. I would recommend this place for a lunch or dinner before a movie. It's not fancy, it's not the best italian you'll ever have, but the service was great, has good price points, and a menu with a lot of variety.

• Pros: Helpful service, yummy everyday italian food
• Cons: Tough to find parking spots, not for very large groups

11/12/06

Very good food, ask the cost of drinks before ordering

by jmackson

We made a 7 pm Friday reservation and were seated within 5 minutes. I think it helped we were a party of 2. The dining room was crowded & noisy but we could carry on a conversation without raising our voices. Our server was prompt & friendly but too way too wordy. She indicated they had a red (nondsicript) wine on "special" that we ordered. Unfortunately, I neglected to ask the cost. The Mediterranean salad we shared was wonderful. Our meals were hot, fantastic and huge! (one entree shared would have been more than adaquate for us) It was a shame to waste all that food but we were staying a a local hotel and couldn't take a doggie bag. The red wine, as I said, was OK but definately not "special" until I got the final bill for $10 per half full glass. Shame on me for not asking. If I pay $10 or more a glass I expect a nice wine not one out of a carton, which is what this red tasted like. We probably will go back but I don't think I will be interested in any of the servers chatter about "specials" because they seem to be cheap and overpriced. We don't get into Town often for a night out and $40 for drinks isn't a big deal but it really irks me that I was "taken" by Prima's zeal to increase profits. As I said the food was fantastic, maybe they should re-think this marketing strategy.

• Pros: ample parking was available
• Cons: too expensive wine

10/18/06

Great local Italian restaurant

by leighl

This is a great neighborhood Italian restaurant. We always bring people from out of town here - quite a surprise for a restauarant in a strip shopping center. It gets quite busy on the weekends, but the staff is always lovely. I have dreams about the chicken risotto, and many of the pastas are excellent as well.

08/19/06

Great Customer Service.

by atki0031

Very simply the food was good but not great. The service was wonderful and the setting is a very nice homey italian feel. The only strange thing is that they don't have a cappuccino machine. Recommended, but not top of the heap.

08/07/06

Impressed!

by bizzness295

I have driven past this restaurant many times, but had never stopped. It is pretty un-assuming from the sidewalk, but once you walk inside, it is a very nice Italian bistro. The decor is nice, and the service was pretty good. The restuarant is small, but set up in a way where you do not feel as if you are part of the table next to you. I had the grilled salmon, which was wonderful. Everyone at our table really enjoyed their meal, a variety of different pastas with chicken or shrimp. I plan to go back and recommend this to others. One complaint is that they do not serve espressso, and it would have gone perfect with the creme brule.

• Pros: Food, Service, Call Ahead available
• Cons: No Espresso