Food was good, but nothing to remark about considering that prices were higher than other similar restaurants. Service was good and Seating was comfortable. read more

Our 1st time at Pasta Amore was a wonderful experience. To start with, it was clean and had a lovely atmosphere. All the staff was so friendly. The wine list is substantial, and the variety of food is quite large. Best of all, the food was delicious. Which means we will return. read more

It was very filling and we loved our server Katelyn, Caitlyn, or maybe Kaitlyn. Anyway, the food wasn't anything to write home about which is disappointing cuz it is an expensive restaurant. I got the fettuccine Alfredo. I'm poor so if imma pay that much (we did go for a very special occasion) I wanna be wowed read more

Having been a loyal client of leo an his team I can't begin to tell you how amazing this restaurant is. This is one of my favorite local eateries in Omaha an just so happens we are blessed with an Italian born chef/owner. Not only is Leo an amazing cook but he also grows most of his vegetables he uses in his dishes. Bring yourself back to having an amazing stuffed pepper as a kid then multiply that times a hundred an that's what his stuffed green peppers are like. Whether it be their special or their amazing belly button soup pasta amore does not disappoint. Great date night spot an in the nice weather months they have an amazing patio spot to take your significant other to and listen to live music in Rockbrook. Top three Italian restaurants in Omaha. You will not be disappointed. read more

We love this place. Yes it's very old-school but that's part of the reason we love it. Yes you might wait a little bit, but the food is worth the wait. The seafood pastas in particular. We have never had a bad meal there. The wait staff is personable and fun. Even sitting/eating at the bar is a good time. read more

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WOW moment. The type of customer service people use as example in a presentation. We felt so welcome, particularly by Julie. Everything came out perfect and quick, huge wine selection, good cocktails, great food. The patio was adorable. The inside fit the small local Italian vibe. You can tell what they are going for, and they hit the nail on the head. Will definitely be back. read more

Always a great experience from the host seating us to the end when we receive our check! The drinks are always made well and the food comes out fresh and hot! I love the bread and dipping they serve you complementary. read more

Sigh. I have to write a mediocre-at-best review of a local business. My daughter and I arrived early for our dinner reservations. A "redo" of my birthday dinner gone wrong earlier this week. (To no fault of anyone besides the company with us at the previous meal.). One by one, other tables with a larger party were seated and their orders came out faster. I sit here, over an hour later, and our dinner has still not arrived. The meat and cheese plate that we inquired about showed up and the cheese (mozzarella) was more like a parm. I can't eat two peoples' worth of big chunks of parm. Nor does my 5 year old care for it. $15 buyers remorse. My glass of vino is threatening emptiness and the waitress who walks by doesn't ask a thing. This is the hardest part of my review because she's a doll, but the service isn't up to snuff. It makes me wonder what's happening in the back of the house. Meanwhile, 5 year old daughter is no longer capable of sitting still. We are hungry and growing impatient. Oy vei. read more

I had a small baby shower dinner here on a Friday night. The place is crazy packed but with a more mature crowd. The atmosphere was basically romantic but due to the volume of people I would say it was hard to feel you were in an intimate setting. The food was amazing, service was great, and everyone was friendly. For being so packed on a Friday wait time was pretty great too. read more

Great food bad business. "It comes with a soup or salad" then proceeds to charge $16 separately for 2 soups. Mine had 5 tortellinis in it and was $9. We ordered our meal and an appetizer when we first sat down and it took over an hour and a half to get our ticket; was about 10-20 mins between times our waitress would come to us. I would've reviewed the check if we weren't awkwardly sitting outside for 10 mins as everyone inside and outside had already left. They know what they're doing and telling their patrons: to get trapped into spending absurd amounts of money for slightly below-average portion sizes. read more

I have eaten here a number of times over the years and generally had good experiences. I have always thought they do a nice job with salmon so today I took advantage and ordered the salmon lunch special. I notice in some of the more recent reviews complaints about lack of flavor and I would say that was a disappointment for me today as well. Generally the entrée just didn't have much flavor and I found myself searching for a salt shaker. The salads that come with the meal could also stand to be amped up a bit. Mine was a bowlful of iceberg lettuce, one small slice of tomato and one slice of cucumber. Some other embellishments would be nice. While today wasn't one of my favorite experiences, because I have had really good meals in the past, I am keeping my review at four stars. read more

This place is a hidden gem. Growing up in the northeast, I have a huge appreciation for old school, no-frills, hearty Italian food, and Pasta Amore fits the bill better than any other place in town. More than that, I'd contend that it's the best traditional Italian in town. My wife ordered gnocchi with pesto, and we both thought they were delicious. The gnocchi were big and fluffy pillows of potatoey goodness, tossed with incredibly fresh-tasting pesto that radiated basil aroma. I ordered the eggplant parmesan, which is what I always go for at Pasta Amore. When cooked well, eggplant is one of my favorite foods. When cooked poorly, it's one of my least favorite. I'm very pleased to say that Pasta Amore knows how to cook eggplant. Tender, crispy on the outside, and packed with flavor, this is easily the best in town by a mile. We were both stuffed and ready for our bill, but our waitress brought out an extra surprise for us since it was my birthday - a delicious vanilla panecotta. It speaks volumes to how good it was that we devoured it despite being so full! I also need to give a nod to the service. While not the fastest service in town, we had among the friendliest, most accommodating waitresses that I've had in ages. She really took care of us and made us feel welcome and relax. Good service is what can transform dinner at a restaurant from simply a meal to an experience, and we certainly had that here. In short, if you haven't been here yet and you like Italian food (and who doesn't?), you owe it to yourself to check out Pasta Amore! Just make sure to make a reservation if you're coming for a weekend dinner - they get packed! read more

This review would be a 5 story view in regards to the food, but food is in everything service has a huge part in the overall sperience of dining out! My only complaint has been the service here, but it has not been every time that I've been here I received bad service. The food... perfect! I have only gotten the chicken parmesan the several times that I have gone there and I can say they are consistency in how they make it... I'll probably at some point try other dishes but when you find something you love it's hard to move on from it... first world issues I guess! read more

Love!! The food-so delish! The wine-amazing. I can't believe I only had 1 glass. I wanted more. Then, we tried 3 desserts. All fantastic. Why don't I eat here more? Duh. I will!!! read more

We dropped off our son at strike zone and we saw this place. We were initially just going to stop in and have oil and bread but after my wife saw the menu we decided to eat. The food was great, the service was great (we did get there at 5:00pm). Our waitress Kylene was great. She was knowledgeable on the menu and was helpful but not overbearing. As the owner of Omaha Blinds and Shutters I understand the importance of feed back and this restaurant, according to my Italian wife, was it was good. Sooo there you have it. read more

Pasta Amore - Food great, service great. It was 5:00pm. We were told the owner was also the chef ( a nice little info ). Kylene was a great waitress. - Italian Near Me - Omaha, Nebraska

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I came here with my family for my mom and step dad's wedding. There was about 10 of us and they were super accommodating. We were pretty loud throughout the night because we bought a few wine bottles for celebration, but the staff was extremely patient and friendly. The chef even came out to ask us how we liked our food! The pasta was BEYOND delicious and all of the appetizers we got hit the spot as well! I was really impressed with their menu. It was a little pricey, but we were expecting that beforehand. Try the Linguine DaVinci and add shrimp! Definitely come here for your next special occasion - you won't regret it! read more

A special occasion meal for five; three folks new to the establishment. It's Friday night (Friday summers at Rockbrook offer outdoor music), so we made 7:30 reservations. Thank goodness, because the place was packed. A typical weekend evening at Pasta Amore doing a dine-in and carryout business. We love that our waitress was open to our request to have a family style meal rather than individual entrees so folks could try a few things. Meatball boat ($??) and combo appetizer ($11) starters with a decent bottle of cab ($40) to kick things off, followed by a never-ending parade of rolls necessary to soak up the remaining red sauce and meatball chunks. I'm not a meatball fan, but my dining companions were quite happy with this particular selection. Ordered our go-to veal piccata ($24) that came with a side of veg and potato, gnocchi with carbonara sauce ($19) and lamb chops (on special), also served with a side of veg. Normally the veal piccata is a win, but this dish was out shined by the pillowy-soft gnocchi and decadent lamb chops. I still dream about those lamb chops, heavily seasoned and seared for that crusty finish. Each entree is typically served with a soup or salad. Thankfully, our waitress was super accommodating and served three ceasar salads family style so we could all partake. Two and a half hours of dining, two bottles of wine, two appetizers, three entrees, two desserts - $200+ with tip. Pasta Amore is a solid choice for Italian food in Omaha. We've popped in for dinner for two and have also hosted events in their party room. We always leave satisfied. read more

We tried Pasta Amore for the first time since the change of owenership. I must say that I was absolutely impressed. We had a fabulous experience! The service was excellent! Our server, Lisa, very helpful, from helping to select a wine to explaining the menu items. I opted for a special being offered. It was a butternut squash risotto with Shrimp and Scallops. It was perfect! We are looking forward to our next dinner there! read more

I lived in New York for most of my life and ate my share of fine Italian food. I put this restaurant up against some of the finest Italian restaurants in NYC. The veal dishes are awesome. I highly recommend you make a reservation. read more

Take-out review: I was EXTREMELY disappointed with what we got when we ordered to go. I heard raving reviews but I'm not raving about our experience. We bought 3 meals and a salad for my husband and I and our out-of-town friends. I paid ~$20/meal for the smallest meals I've ever seen, and they didn't look anything like what we ordered. The Caesar salad looked like they took a bag of salad and put 1/4 of it in a large styrofoam box half-assed and was hardly anything to eat. That was $12?! The food itself was okay.. but what I personally ordered, for $21, I was expecting more than just a chicken breast in brown sauce (said it was marinara?) with a couple of peppers on it and a side salad. I hope people get better food and portions when dinning in?! Our order was even 20min late getting out to us for pick up. Needless to say we weren't impressed, our guests definitely weren't impressed, and we probably won't ever try it again. Definitely expected way better!! read more

We went here for my husband's sister's birthday. This is her favorite restaurant, so I guess I had a little bit higher expectations than normal. The restaurant was nicely set up, definitely the fine dining atmosphere. The price range was around $15-$25 per item. Going to this restaurant, I was expecting it to be about this price range. After eating my dinner, I was disappointed in the quality of food compared to the price. I have eaten at Spaghetti Works many times. The food at Pasta Amore, in my opinion, was poorer quality and double the price. I got chicken parmesan. The breading was soggy, as if it were sitting too long in the sauce before they served it to me. My food was also room temperature, if not less when they served it to me. I am not sure if I would go back here just because I don't know if I could justify paying $15-$25 on one plate when I could get the same kind of food at Spaghetti Works for half the price. read more

Sooooooo disappointing! I really don't know how this place has such good reviews! I was looking for a decent Italian restaurant, non-chain, and read the reviews online and decided to try Pasta Amore. I really wish I had not! To start out nice, the restaurant is clean and has a good ambiance. Our party decided to sit on the patio since it was a nice evening. Our server was nice at first and suggested a few items after we asked. We ordered fried mozzarella and it was pretty gross. You could buy better cheese sticks from the freezer section of the grocery store. These were definitely not homemade, probably the cheapest frozen cheese sticks they could find. They also gave us rolls on the table, these were pretty bland, but ok, come to find out that they are not homemade either since they gave us the bread bag to take our leftovers in. For my main dish, I tried the combination plate of 4 different pastas since our server suggested it and said that all the pasta was made fresh. That could not have been further from the truth, the pasta did not taste homemade and was overcooked. None of the food made me gag, but I felt like I was force feeding myself because it was not good. My bf ordered the seafood pasta which he said was ok. My brother ordered the flattened meatballs special (another suggestion from the server) and was not impressed either. The red sauce was very bland, I would say that Prego is better. None of us finished our food, and that is saying a lot because the portions were not very big and the guys I went with always finish their plates. At the end of the meal, our server brought boxes for our leftovers and offered dessert. We said no and asked for the check. After 15 minutes and her coming out to another table several times, we had to ask for our check again. Another 15 minutes passed before we actually got the check. We were going to pay for it on a credit card, but we quickly paid in cash just so we could get out of there! I'm a little sad because I really wanted to find a good, local Italian restaurant, and this place was not even ok. A few of us even felt sick after the meal. I don't really like Olive Garden, but I would say that Olive Garden is 100 times better than this place. Another disappointment was the prices. The prices were SUPER high which did not correlate to the small plates and poor, poor food quality. I will never go back to this restaurant. read more

Placed a take out order for the Firm I work for. Arrived to pick it up and rather than be greeted, the server jerked her head in my general direction and told another server, "its here for the to go". What the hell? It? Amazingly inappropriate. My food was good. One of the attorney's lunch, however, was inedible. The grease from the meat was pooled all over. It was probably the nastiest Bolo I have ever seen. She ate about three bites and declared it undesirable. Pretentious and snotty (are those the same descriptive words??). Next time the other attorney wants this for lunch, I will be sure to bring leftovers from home. read more

Watched the steady decline since we started frequenting in late 80s. Prices increase. Menu options decrease. Service is horrible but that is a management staffing issue. Food has deteriorated. Tried once again last night. No reservations but after much displeasure by the grumpy host they cobbled up a table for 5. Place was never 50 percent filled all night. Extremely slow service. Asked for salt and pepper to improve bland taste. Took 4 requests. 4 requests on butter but never delivered. Pasta was cold. Could tell it sat for a long time after being cooked. Poor server had 4 tables inside plus tables on patio plus had to make her own drinks. The host was cranky. Very slow and not good. Shame on me for giving them another chance. Bye. So many better options in Omaha. read more

I really wish I would have checked out the yelp reviews before I spent money and my time at this place.. Anyways I had lunch here today with my buddy and I ordered the lasagna with the house salad. We were served our salads before the bread and the bread finally arrived halfway through the salad and the server delivered us two small rolls which were clearly frozen at one time. The salad was exactly as if you would go to Wal-Mart and buy a pre packaged mix except for at wal-mart you may actually get fresh lettuce. The house dressing was essentially tasteless and for the first time in my life I actually put salt on my salad in attempt to get some taste... Then came the lasagna which was also,dry and tasteless. So clearly the owner and or chef are cutting corners and trying to save money by sacrificing the quality of food by not serving fresh food. The décor is something straight out of 1990 and the cheap framed posters were even difficult to look at... read more

We were looking for a new pizza place and found this one on Yelp. I like the Pizza, I can see the comparison to Zio's and agree it's comparable if not better. I'll need to have a few more pies to make sure. You can order a slice which is really a personal size pizza, or a VERY large pizza. The topping selection is somewhat limited. We wanted a decent salad and got one. The fries are to die for and I don't typically eat fries... Try any flavor! read more

Good food and great service but definitely not worth the money. Spaghetti works, old Chicago, etc all have comparable food at half the price. The one thing pasta amore does well is cucumber vodka and lemonade! read more

After reading the positive review in the World Herald, we came here for a birthday dinner. This is definitely a family run restaurant for good and bad. Service was a bit slow and noticeably preferential to "regulars", but the pasta was wonderful. We started with the calamari appetizer. Though tender and lightly breaded, the dish lacked seasoning. Salt and some acidity, a lemon wedge perhaps, would've improved it tremendously. I had the gnocchi with bolognese sauce. The savory meat sauce was a nice compliment to the tender gnocchi. The gnocchi had no hint of starchiness, a sign that the kitchen knows their stuff. We split the panna cotta for dessert. It was a little runny, but still a delicious finish to the meal. Bottom line - skip the appetizers, stick with the pastas, and always have dessert. read more

This was my first time at Pasta Amore. My sister and I have always heard such wonderful reviews and we were very disappointed. My husband ordered a filet and that was the best meal. The Italian dishes I and my sister ordered were not impressive. We will not go back. read more

We stopped in for dinner on a Saturday night and regretted not making reservations; we put our name in and came back an hour or so later. This place gets busy. They have a full bar and carry Italian beer, so you do have something to do while you wait. The bread at the table was warm and delicious. I ordered the gnocchi with bolognese sauce---it was great. Pillowy gnocchi smothered in a nice sauce. I saved room for dessert but regretted it. I could not taste the actual panna cotta because it was suffocating under an overpowering berry syrup/sauce that was too sweet to eat. I'd definitely have the gnocchi again but would try something else for dessert. read more

Hot hot hot -it was an extremely hot day out and that made the restaurant almost unbearable to eat comfortably-not sure if the a/cease broke -regardless that can make any experience awful. Had caprese-delish -calamari was good . Eggplant parmigiana-very fair -would never order this again from here .waiter was very nice as he was apologetic for the wait -they also had a big party in the party room -salmon was the special -was ok . Normally a very decent meal from a well liked chef but I think he took the night off. read more

Went into this little restaurant on Burkeshire weekend. Every table in the place and the bar was completely full but my friend and I were able to snag a place at the bar. The staff was very kind even though they were very busy. I had the veal Parmesan which was delicious and a glass of wine. When my bill came with the tip it was about $48 a little high I thought but it was tasty food and we had a good time read more

This is one of the best places in Omaha to have an authentic Italian meal. The pasta is homemade and tastes wonderful. And the meatballs are to die for! I love the tomato bread as well as the calamari. We love the sauce choices available. We have never been disappointed in our food! The service is great also! They can recommend the best wine choices or any variety of fun cocktails to round out your meal. This is a great place to eat that is also FUN! Leo - you are the best!! read more

Went once, had no reservations was told it would be a 2 hour wait. Made a reservation, went back, still waited almost 30 minutes for our table. Calimari appetizer was very bland, would not order it again. Soup was good, lasagna was very good. Bread was warm. Husband said the marinara was watery but the meatballs in his spaghetti were good. Service started out very slow, but got better as the night went on. It is a very small, crowded restaurant. I doubt we will return. I would say Vivace's in Old Market is way better!! read more

Authentic Italian food that is incredible. Some of the workers seemed like they were overwhelmed even though things did not look busy, particularly the host. Our waiter however was incredible and took amazing care of us. Great for a date night. read more

Extremely overpriced for what you got. Salad had 1 tomato and Lettuce, that's it. Ranch was not homemade. They served rolls but the butter was almost frozen solid. I got the spaghetti and meatballs- spaghetti was in a soup of sauce. Too much sauce!! read more

Had the combination for dinner on a Wednesday night. Atmosphere is good. Sot outside if it's nice. Very clean. Service wasn't great. Took about 15 minutes tell we got our water after being seated. Bread took about 20 more minutes until it was on our table. Bread was warm and good. Food was pretty good. Not the best Italian in Omaha, but was much better than average. read more

My husband and I loved the food here. The salad was fantastic. I've lived in NE for 3 years and this was the best salad i've had outside of the Wholefoods salad bar. It was very fresh and had more to it than just iceberg lettuce and carrots. Our entrees (salmon for him & stuffed peppers for me) were very much to our liking. I was quite pleased with the fact that the entrees were not HUGE portions, but enough to be satisfied. The hostess was not the friendliest, but our waitress was. Overall it was a very enjoyable experience. We went for lunch which was more of the business suit crowd. We will return. read more

This is absolutely one of the best Italian restaurants in Omaha. Chef Leo is from Italy, and frequently makes the rounds during dinner time to make sure that everyone is well taken care of. Ambiance is romantic but family friendly, typical of Italian decor. Order the tortellini with cream sauce (with bacon - to die for) and if you don't order the ricotta cannoli for dessert you're missing out. read more

Pasta Amore - Tortellini with cream sauce (with bacon) - Italian Near Me - Omaha, Nebraska

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Lillo, best artist in Italian. Kylene, best waitress. Always prompt service and food is always amazing. Totu meatballs and Angel hair!