Pastabilities & More

This place is such a pleasant surprise!
We went on a Monday so it wasn’t very busy but the food was great!
We had the mussels appetizer which was wonderful and the clam chowder which they split for us without us asking & they didn’t charge for it. Each of our dishes were as big as one serving and so good.
The best thing though was the cannoli which we also shared & so they split it & both dishes were beautiful and mouthwateringly delicious! So great!
Very nice white tablecloth dining room with just the right amount of lighting & great Sinatra music.

The food was great and all authentic. We were in a party of 6, everyone ordered something different and everyone was exceptionally pleased with their food selection.
The service was great and the food came promptly. Our server was great!
The portion sizes were large and we all took home leftovers. The atmosphere was quiet and pleasent.
The only feedback was we stopped by after a round of miniature golf and we were a little under dressed.

Stopped in for dinner with son. He had the stuffed shells and I had chicken Parmesan. Great food and service. Chicken was perfectly cooked as well as the pasta. Son loved his stuffed shells. I will be bringing the whole family next time we are in town.

Very dated décor. Wanted to like it but tired like the chef has lost interest. Small iceberg salad, boring bread, over cooked pasta Maybe a place if you love Sinatra and are over70

Food was most excellent. Service was very attentive but not overbearing. All scratch from kitchen. Had Caesar salad and the best anchovies I ever tasted. Not very salty.
The bread was weak but that’s it. Butter is infused with garlic which was tasty.
Recommend the Cajun medley.

Food was awesome, service outstanding and atmosphere was through back to Frank Sinatra era. You won’t be disappointed.

Visiting Mom with my wife we decided to go to Pastabilities. Mom had been there a few times and it was close.
It was a great meal. Arrived around 5:30 on a Thursday and were seated quickly. Water and bread came almost immediately. Staff was very friendly, quick and made it seem effortless even though there were about 15 tables filled and only 4 staff.
Started with fried calamari and it was perfect. I had the pasta fagioli soup and it was very traditional. The bowl of salad they brought the table was enough for of all of us. Classic salad with tomatoes, lettuce, onions and croutons.
Both my mother and I had the snapper almondine. Huge proton with a very savory sauce with plenty of almond chips. My wife had the baked manicotti and loved it.
Overall it was a great experience.

My wife and I went there for the first time yesterday and was very impressed with the food and service. We will definitely be going back there again!

Lunch: So glad my boyfriend picked this spot. Clean, with a nice ambiance of the black and white photos around the room, Sinatra playing. Super nice and friendly service. Lunch specials are a great deal. $ 7.99 for pasta and sauce, $ 7.99 for eggplant parmesan, $ 7.99 for the philly cheesesteak (which we didn’t get but seen on another table, was huge!). Complimentary bread basket with garlic butter. So good we went back for supper.
Supper: Another excellent experience. Chicken Palm Bay was excellent. Tender breast of chicken (pounded) sauteed with heart of palms, mushrooms and walnuts in a creamy wine sauce. Very rich and delicious. Included house salad with their house dressing. Eggplant Parmesan and soup of the day, Cauliflower (delicious!).

Great food, wonderful waitress and old style goodfellas atmosphere. Everything was super and fresh and cooked extremely well. Being brought up on Boston and NYC Italian food this place was a great find.
Ignore the 11 yo rating below, he should have ben left in the room with a bag of fritos, FACT!
Don’t miss this place, much better than the chains and high priced joints…

We enjoyed our dinner there so much that we had lunch there last week. The restaurant was full of ladies having a Christmas luncheon but our waitress, Deborah from Ireland, handled it with ease and grace. We both had the $ 7.95 lunch specials. My wife had the eggplant parmesan with angel hair pasta and I had the lasagna. We each had a glass of Montepulciano wine. My wife thoroughly enjoyed her meal but had to have half of it boxed to go. The lasagna was good, but I personally found it to be too «saucy» and lacking in sufficient noodles for my taste. Had to use the bread to sop up the sauce.

Everything is made from scratch. Ordered the veal (milk-​fed, by the way) scaloppini and was shocked that it was mouthwatering. No crappy canned mushrooms or that Heinz homestyle gravy that restaurants serve and pretend it’s homemade.
There was actually so much food on the plate, I had leftovers. Which is rare, because I eat more than anyone I know. It was a pleasant surprise to discover this gem.
The played Frank Sinatra the whole time too — reminds me of real Italian restaurants in the north and not the Americanized chain versions.

We went to Pastabilities this week while vacationing in the area. We spent the whole week going to overpriced restaurants on the beach and discovered this gem on the last day of our trip.
I agree with the previous person regarding a child making a review. Please disregard as this place was fabulous! It was a cozy atmosphere and family oriented. I had the eggplant parm with salad and my husband had pasta as well. The food was great and I would say it was a 9 out of 10.
The waitresses were very nice! I definitely recommend this place!

Very good. Excellent service. Good value for money. Pasta slightly overcooked.

F. Myers is no culinary Shangrila, but as this was my Gammy’s go to Italian, it was fitting for a large family meal to commemorate her funeral.
It is pretty good, if you stick to classics. I had a sausage penne in a spicy cream which was good, tried the chicken parm which was good, but the more inventive (Spicy seafood trio which is Fra Diavolo, Stuffed grouper over angel hair aoili) was nothing remarkable. The standard marinara doesnt measure up to what I consider good italian.
However, the friendly staff (Classic South Florida; we had a Bostonian and a Staten Island transplant) reasonable prices and old school family Italian feel will serve your purpose well. If your purpose is a hearty Italian meal with minimal frills or creativity.

I found this place on Unilocal when I was in need of something reasonable. And it is reasonable, but it is not 5 stars. What this placed reminds me of is a midwestern italian restaurant transported from Michigan or maybe Wisconsin and drooped into florida. And if that hit childhood memoirs for you then this place will be great. If you are looking for things more «italian» then you might not be so happy.
The service is good and friendly. Add the place defiantly has a set of regulars from what I saw and they all enjoyed things. But the first thing I noticed when I walked in was the lack of a «smell». When I walk into most places that I consider good italian you can smell the spices, the garlic, the basil, what ever coming out of the kitchen and it makes you warm in the belly. This placed didn’t have that.
What we had was good, not great and I’ve had better, hence the two stars. But if you are from the midwest I’m sure this place will feel like something back home and it will seem more like 4 starts for you.

I LOVED this restaurant. I was visiting my partner’s parents for Christmas and we had been looking for a nice authentic Italian restaurant. I had a hunch that this would be the place and it was. The staff here was very friendly to the point that they made you feel as though you were one of the family. The service was excellent… They also create whatever type of dish you desire that may not be on the menu. The setting is pretty casual but can be intimate. There are also a few tables and palm plants out front for those who like to dine outdoors. The food was just simply fantastic and whenever I visit Fort Myers I will be sure to go back to Pastabilities!