Pasta Jay's Review

This is a pasta restaurant not an Italian place. Very casual, food was good. Our server, Ashley, was great!

We walked in at 5:00 pm on a Sunday in early March and were seated right away. We ordered house salads, the chicken Juliana and a mixed pasta trio. The salads were nothing special, but perfectly adequate for our needs. Both meals arrived piping hot. The chicken was moist and the inside stuffing so tasty. The penne was al dente and the alfredo creamy. Each of the pasta offerings were perfectly italian and covered in a creamy marinara sauce with lots of cheese. The dessert options were small and we did not order one. The service was attentive and friendly.

Pastas are amazing. I tried Gnocchi and it was too good

One of our favorite places! We LOVE their manicotti!

Our group had mixed reviews. My meal was okay, but my wife really liked hers. Service was very good! And they did a good job distancing people.

Food was amazing and delicious. Never had Italian food like this before. Very good service. I will highly recommend people to go here.

Poor service. Food was mediocre and not served as ordered with no offer to remove it from the bill. Way overpriced. Huge disappointment.

While traveling we were in the mood for Italian. We made a great choice by stopping here. The food was amazing and the portions were large. The staff was very attentive. Highly recommend.

Fast, very friendly service. The food we had was great. It's always good to order a special and one of my family got the white lasagna, which was fanatic! I had shrimp giacamo and that was excellent. Totally worth not being able to find a parking spot ;-)

The Spaghetti and meatballs was OK,
But I enjoyed the other dish I had. I don't remember the name, sorry. I believe it was chicken tortellini

I enjoyed the meatball sandwich (don t know why they dont call it a sub) I guess it s more of a split top sub roll that is smothered in sauce with 2 decent sized meatballs. Although the size of the roll warrants 3 meatballs especially for $12 buck. It s probably enuf for a girl but def not filling enuf for a guy, he will still be hungry.

Good location right on the main st with lots of tables. Has a big patio. Service was good too. They give out free Jays Sticker

Was a busy night, and we were seated quickly. Had the baked burrata for an appetizer and it was fantastic. Everything we ordered was delicious. Would highly recommend the tortlloni and gnocchi with the tomato cream sauce, although you really can't go wrong when everything is fresh and from scratch! Awesome service too! Would highly recommend to anyone!

This is your standard Italian restaurant. Large plates of every different kind of pasta. Good selection of pizza as well. Our server was very friendly and even though the restaurant was busy we were seated pretty quickly.

Not that great for the outrageous price. However they have good customer service and are very friendly.

Good pizza. Pasta is ok. Service is quick and friendly. Would come back.

Not very Italian food. Rather a place where ketchup is the solution and the only solution. Over done.... And does not taste good. We were here 7 years before and loved this place the. In 2018 it turned to be a bad choice for lunch. Paid relatively a lot but could not eat the food really because it was mainly flowing off ketchup.

Took forever. Mediocre food. Way overpriced. Go to the Blu Pig.

To flee ! Total scam, exorbitant prices
Overcooked thin dough pizza
The pasta with only the sauce at $ 13 minimum, the meat is extra at $ 6
And the top the bottle of wine at $ 48!

Good service, delicious food and really nice location!

One of my favorites in Moab. Always busy but worth it.

The food is so good. I find it hard to go to other restaurants while in Moab after my sister introduced us to this place. The only reason I have it 4 stars is due to the service. The server was nice but we had to ask for a refill of water after watching servers pass by multiple times with no intention of stopping. They only had 4 other tables with only couples at the time. That won't stop us from going back, but it sure would be nice to see some improvements in that area.

Very good thin crust pizza!! We sat in the covered patio in November 50 degrees, and their heaters were hot. We sat in our t-shirts and it was still toasty.

Good service and we liked the food a lot apart as we came to know we brought our puppies and we could have them tied up dry from us they were very attentive that until water they brought them

For $40, my partner and I were expecting at least a decent dinner. The food we ordered was obviously re-heated in a microwave oven as the sauce was burnt on the edges of the plate. The manicotti I ordered was dry, a sign that it was not fresh. On top of that, my $3 Pepsi tasted like soap. Granted, the restaurant was not busy at the time, but that's not an excuse to sacrifice the quality of the food. I felt like Gordon Ramsay was going to come out of the kitchen and tell us to stop eating so he could fix the restaurant.

Overall, disappointed with the food. I'm a native Utahn and feel bad for the tourists who are overpaying for what might as well be a frozen Stouffer's pasta dinner.

I am a bit choosy with pizza ( I am Italian ) but I have to admit that I had an excellent pizza here.
There is also a nice patio.

The food tastes gross. If I could give it 0 stars I would. It had gross GARLIC BREAD when that happens you know it's a bad place

I've been coming to Pasta Jay's for a couple of decades.... worked my way through most of the menu, never been let down. Amazing service, incredible experience every time. <3

One of the more decent places to eat in Moab. Good food, in a nice upscale restaurant. Decent prices, good serving sizes and I always take some home for leftovers.

Great food! The pesto sausage wad very, very good! I highly recommend eating here if you are staying in Moab!

We had lunch here today & could not believe the quality of the food here. The Italian dressing was amazing. We left more than satisfied. So much so we returned for dinner the same day

Good food and great service. We will definitely go again!

Excellent place to recharge with pasta after and before a MTBK

Below average pasta. Not sure why I thought that ordering a margarita at an Italian restaurant was a good idea. Worst. Margarita. Ever.

Not my favorite pasta place it's ok but there's better places to eat in Moab for how much you're going to pay.

Excellent stop when in Moab. Raviolis were excellent. Bubbling hot. Nice local beer to go with.

Leslie is terrible. This place is garbage. Don t waste your time.

Ordered garlic bread appetizer it was cold and dry. Ordered Chicken Parmigiano came with dark brown blackened crust. Alfredo sauce was ok, fettuccine was ok, chicken was blend. The best part was the group 3 tables away dropping F bombs all through the meal. Not a great experience.

Very disappointing. My wife and I had looked forward to eating there after reading the menu listing in the local dining magazine. We waited over 30 minutes in the freezing cold outside for a table. Turns out a table for 2 gets lower priority than any larger table. Nice. Its my fault my kids grew up I guess. The food was incredibly average. Neither my wife or I finished our entree and declined to take the leftovers, which we have never done. I would suggest that your best bet in Moab is any burger place. Don't try anything that suggests polished food, you wont get it. The server was very good, the foods just average.

We had spent the day in Canyonlands National Park and were ready for a good, filling meal. Pasta Jay's hit the spot. The food was excellent and the portions were generous. The service was fairly quick as well, we were seated quickly and we did not have to wait long for our food after ordering. Definitely a good place to get Italian food in Moab.

Way overpriced. Wines are all super sweet and our server knew nothing about the wine selection. Food was decent, I liked the thin crust pizza.

First time there. Food was delicious. Jessie, our server was great. He was spot on with his service. Definitely a place to eat.

Really enjoyed this place. Inside felt a little cramped so we dinner outside and it was so pretty and quiet. The food has a really wonderful made from scratch/home-made taste that I really loved.

Delicious Italian food in the middle of the desert. A bit too expensive for what it is, I thought. Somehow a GF caprese pasta bowl with chicken got to $30 with auto-gratuity. But, it was tasty and fresh, so...

Pros:

BEST PASTA I HAVE EVER HAD
Friendly Service
Fast Service
Huge Portions
Great Atmosphere
Clean Bathrooms

Cons:
None

I would say that it is a little higher priced than some of the other restaurants around $60 for 2 pasta dishes and 2 sodas, (came with garlic bread) but it's definitely worth every single penny.

I ordered the Chicken Eggplant Milanese.. best Italian food I've ever had. The sauce was delicious. My husband ordered Chicken Parmigiana and loved it. Thanks for a wonderful meal! I would highly recommend! So many good things on the menu- we'll have to come back again!

I love the food here! The service is 50-50 but that really is par for Moab

Good menu. Liked everything about the restaurant. We're out of town visiting and glad we stopped in!!

Very disappointed meal was cold needed to send it back. Last year was awesome this year not so much. Will consider going back again.

GREAT PLACE! Got seated right away, took a few minutes to get to us initially (they were VERY busy), but once they got to us the order was taken and put in quickly and correctly. Friendly wait staff, GREAT food. DELICIOUS.

The food was pretty good. They don't accept Discover.

Nothing special about this place. Kids had pizza and it was soggy. We also ordered chicken Alfredo and that didn t have much taste either. I guess if you are really hungry and all other places are packed then this will do it. Service was quick and the staff was polite.

Portions were big. Has gluten free pasta options (pasta tastes like target brand fusilli if you've ever had it). The GF flatbread was just ok. It for sure was better dipped in marinara so ask for a side! Husband got pizza- it was thin crust. He really liked it. Our only downfall was our service. Seemed like the servers had too many tables in random locations instead of a section which appeared inefficient.

My wife an I got takeout here our 2nd night in moab and was blown away by the baked rigatoni and decided to come and dine in on our 3rd night. THIS PLACE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. There is a reason why theres a line outside every night. We got here around 5 for dinner to beat the rush and we had the best dinner experience. Food came out really quick, the server was attentive to our needs and it seemed like the kitchen has everything dialed in. If you are looking for a no frills pasta/pizza joint, this is the place.

First time there, it was recommended by a friend. Very good with the service and food.

No complimentary bread. $6 for a bread basket with dipping sauces. Small amount of really cheap bread, like they used hot dog buns. Dipping sauces are disappointing. The waitress gave attitude about it when we expressed our disappointment.
The Stuffed Chicken Genovese was good but the pasta that came on the side was undercooked and came with a skimpy amount of sauce. The meal came with more bread, also poor quality.

In my opinion this place does not deserve its good reputation. Maybe it's the location, maybe I am just used to better Italian restaurants.
I won't be coming back.

The atomsphere is excellent, the smells are great.. the food comes out sizzling,but cold inside! The waitress talked to fast I got the seafood dish she recommended and regret the over price stuffed seafood. She also did not do a good job and they were not busy.

Considering how busy Moab is this time of year we had decent food and good service. Food is priced high but it's a tourist town.

Wow. That was probably the most disgusting pizza my husband and I have ever eaten. The crust was burnt. The sauce was nasty and they piled a ton of it on there. Not enough cheese. And the chicken definitely tasted like processed leftovers. I don't understand how this place has gotten so many reviews. Either we came at the wrong time, ordered the wrong thing, or we know what quality pizza tastes like

It has been one of my favorite place in Aruba for Italian food. Good portions, great taste perfect place for a nice lunch or dinner

Ordered food and came out wrong sizes. Bought a clam dinner and was three pasta shells with clam stuffing inside of it..three pasta shells for $20 (rip off) won't be visiting that place again..

Quality has really gone down over the last couple years. Ate there twice this week. Both orders are favorites I enjoy at the much higher quality PJ's in Boulder. Cacciatore was so oily and full of onions I couldn't taste the other ingredients. Veggie salad was lacklustre, scaled back on the ingredients that made it worth ordering. Husband's pesto pizza was just okay. All dishes were lacking ingredients. Lastly, the teenage girl working the hostess stand has such poor customer service skills. The place needs new management. There are plenty of good places to eat in Moab. I'll save my PJ's cravings for their Colorado restaurants.

3 stars for the food, they're really good. What we don't like is they automatically added 20% tip when there's only 4 of us. I wouldn't have mind if we have a great server.

We've seen her 3x! When she took our orders, when she dropped our food and when she gave us our tab. She never checked if we need anything else, didnt even ask if we wanted desert or anything. No refill on drinks. The only time we saw her after she dropped our food was when she gave us tab and said, 'when you're ready'

I guess they dont care if their service sucks because 20% tip is automatically added anyway...

Food is authentic Italian...sause was delicious. Service was timely and that waitress knew her stufff. Go there you won't be disappointed.

Very busy place but well run. Food delicious, prices very reasonable for Moab I d say (good Italian restaurants are always more expensive than other ones - they care about quality - here the prices aren t that much higher). We had pizza and pasta and both were perfect. Also we didn t have to wait to be seated which was the case in other restaurants nearby.

Awesome chicken pesto alfredo. Really nice staff, clean, and beautiful resturant. A great addition to an already great desert retreat in Moab.

We love eating there. Always such good food!! Plus Family works there.

Always plenty of food. Often enough to take some home. Food is hearty and tasty. Comfort food for sure. It is a busy place, but the service is great and you won't wait too long.

Should be called "Expensive Jays." Everything on their menu was more expensive than most other places in Moab. The flavors were good, but portions were marginal for that price. And then they auto-added a 20% tip to the receipt, and then gave me the option of adding even more! Crazy for just ok food.

Fresh delicious thin crust pizza, cheese bread was also yummy, service was good.

Amazing food and the atmosphere is great! You need to try this place!

Service was good and friendly! Food came out quick but it was nothing special. Bit watery (pasta sauce). If this was a restaurant in Australia it would get a 1 but this was decent enough for the location.

So good. Great food and service! Must have if your in Moab

LOVED IT!! SUPER good gluten free options. Will DEFINITELY return for another good meal.

The Chicken Pomadoro is the best!! Great food at a great price! Sebastian was a great server as well and always had a smile on his face.

Service was great! Food was even better. Pleasant outdoor seating in beautiful downtown Moab. Highly recommend.

Wonderful food, wonderful service, real authentic taste. had a little issue with one of the meals and they didn t charge us for the meal and replaced it. Very nice waitress and highly recommended.

Apparently Jay's famous shells are a kids serving of canned shells. Yum...

Loved this place! Great food here :) we come back every year on our way through. Best tortellini I have ever had! I wish they would deliver to Albuquerque or at least mail some to me :)