The Old Spaghetti Factory

Friendly service and great food. Seemed a little bit more pricey than the others we’ve been to in this chain but reasonably priced in comparison to other west Edmonton mall choices.

The Old Spaghetti Factory has been an Edmonton Staple for decades, and I’ve been meaning to go for about that long.
I finally got my chance, and now I understand why they’ve been around for so long. Fantastic everything.
True, it was a forty-​five minute wait, but it doesn’t seem that long when you’re chatting with old friends. Our waitress was polite and knowledgeable. The menu was simple and I liked it that way.
The thing that impresses me the most about this place is the old school ‘all included’ deal with an old school price. Coffee and Tea are included, as is your soup or salad. Bread and butter. Plus you get a little scoop of ice cream at the end. No one does that anymore! Some places you’d be lucky if they didn’t charge you for coffee refills. And the price itself belongs in the early eighties too.
For the record, I had spaghetti two ways – Clam sauce and the fancy cheese with browned butter sauce. It was al dente, and the flavors were comforting and a little decadent. And again, I think the prices would have been fair, even without adding beverages, soup or salad, and dessert. Wish I could go back right now.

Came here on a Friday evening for a small Christmas dinner outing. There were 9 of us in total for our reservation. We arrived early, due to traffic and snow issues. I approached the hostess to see if we could be seated early. To be quite honest, she was not the most friendly person… She said our table wasn’t ready yet. Gave no indication when it would be, didn’t offer us to sit at the bar (if it was even an option, I’m not sure), check out a menu or anything. We ended up waiting out in the main concourse area for about 10 – 15 minutes. I went up again to see how the progress was, and ended up feeling like I was totally bothering the hostess. She came across as quite irritable, and almost annoyed that I was asking about our table. After about another 5 or so minutes, we were seated.
I was worried that our evening wasn’t going to be the greatest, only because of the initial contact with the hostess. I’m sure glad that it wasn’t the case!
Samantha was our server’s name. She was absolutely fantastic! I explained that we were here for a corporate get together, and that we would like to order off of a group menu. She was extremely accommodating, professional, extremely polite and used excellent manners.
The food was actually quite excellent. It came out quickly, was hot and fresh, and all the orders were all correct. By the time all was said and done, the party of people I was with were very full and very satisfied.
Thank you to Old Spaghetti Factory for our evening. Also, thank you to Samantha for the outstanding service. I’d come back just to see her! She’s great. Plus, Old Spaghetti Factory makes an excellent Caesar! Cheers.

This location has moved closer to the mall doors and is always busy. The service is okay and you really get your money’s worth. The lunch and dinner meals include coffee or tea (I find the water is never hot enough for the tea), a minestrone soup or salad, fresh loaf of sourdough bread and spumoni ice cream.
The soup always looks good. The salad is lettuce with a bit of shredded carrots and your choice of their homemade dressings. They offer regular butter and garlic butter with the bread. I don’t think you can get their ice cream flavour anywhere else, but a great way to complete your meal. I’ve tried many items and you can never go wrong.
This is a great place for families and good for a simple lunch or dinner, especially after some shopping.

$ 60 for a family of 4.
Hearty pasta.
Bread, soup/​salad, mains, and ice cream for all with iced tea for everyone.
I’d say that’s pretty impressive.
High rating because they deliver exactly what they intend to.
Best pasta in town… nope.
Best value… quite possibly!
I do believe we’ll be back!

Classic cheap family dining! Warm bread to start, salad, pasta and some dessert. The waiter was great, and the food was as expected.

Great service and great food!
We went for supper around 6pm on a Sunday and had to wait about 15 minutes to get a table, but as soon as we sat down at our booth our server came right over and quickly brought us drinks. Our food followed shortly after, but our server brought me the wrong dish. He apologized and took full responsibility for the mixup, and my real dish was brought out about 5 minutes later. Besides the wait to get a table, we were in and out of the restaurant in about an hour, despite it being very busy.
I got the Seafood Marinara, and it was absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to go back.

I love this place, the price is awesome for bread, soup or salad, meal, coffee or tea, and ice cream. Lots of pasta options. There is a lot of places on bourbon street that have the exact same bar food. I sat at the bar it still feels pretty private.

My father and I came down to WEM today for lunch and decided to check out the new location of Old Spaghetti Factory. I really enjoy how much more open it is versus at the old location where you sometimes bumped into other diners if you pushed back your chair. I am also loving the beautiful new light fixtures which make the dining area feel very bright and inviting.
The quality and consistency of food hasn’t changed all that much. It’s still a good sized portion for what you are paying and tastes pretty good. A few minor annoyances came when our pasta came almost immediately after getting our starters and no Parmesan cheese or pepper was brought around until well after we had already started eating our pasta but it certainly wasn’t the end of the world. I think the only real disappointment was with the cheesecake. The OSF downtown has a wonderful light creamy cheesecake and my father and I both ordered a slice here assuming it would be the same. Sadly it was not and what we ended up with tasted more like store bought cheesecake which is usually pretty heavy and not all that flavorful.
If you don’t mind spending a bit more money then there are definitely better places in the mall for a sit down meal but for a decent filling meal at a lower price point Old Spaghetti Factory is one of the best options in WEM.

I really love the décor in the new location. The space is bright and open, which really shows you how underutilizes it was when to was still Delux. It’s warm, inviting, and the lighting is gorgeous.
Our server was friendly and attentive shout harassing us every five minutes. This is my favourite kind of service.
The food was average. I had the lasagna, and it tasted very similar to a frozen PC product I get. The cheese on too was burnt, which I happen to like, but that also meant some of the noodles wert stuck to the ends of the dish and inedible. My husband had the red Thai curry with prawns, and the sauce stuck to the noodles more than he was expecting. He did like he last bits of the dish the best as he was able to get more sauce with each bite.
The included ice cream was mostly pistachio, which is not my favourite, but was decent. Shawn really liked it, and ended up eating most of it. I also had a hot chocolate, which was more than half filled with whipped cream. This made the bread with garlic butter the best part of the meal for me.
Overall, it’s good for a quick and inexpensive bite to eat at the mall, and the décor is lovely. I don’t think we will be making it a regular stop.