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Sicilian Pasta Kitchen
Category: Restaurants Italian Italian [Edit]
11239 Jasper Avenue NorthwestEdmonton, AB T5K 0L5
(780) 488-3838
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11 am - 10:30 pm
Fri-Sat 11 am - 11:30 pm
Sun 11 am - 10 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
15 reviews for Sicilian Pasta Kitchen
14 reviews in English
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Review from Violet P.
12/17/2011
You know you are a regular when you only order one dish from the menu and recognize the wait staff and hostess. I used to frequent the restaurant more often when I lived downtown but it's still worth coming to from outside the core.
We had reservations for 5:30 and it was still early enough for the restaurant to be less than half occupied. When we left though, it was getting full so I would recommend reservations. I ordered my linguine with seafood, including mussels, shrimp, scallops, and squid, in tomato sauce. For $17.75, you receive a huge portion of pasta and lots of seafood to accompany it. There was a bit too much sauce though but I don't mind when heating the leftovers the next day. The buns they bring prior to the meals aren't the best. I have had them served at room temperature but this time they were warm which was nice to melt the butter. I would rather have bread and oil but one doesn't come for the bread. Everyone at the table was happy with their pasta or pizza dish. I can't comment on the pizza as I've never tried it but it was large and nice thin crust.
The atmosphere is dark and illuminated with candles. I saw couples on dates, friends enjoying a meal, and families with small children enjoying a great pasta meal. I will definitely be back and I'm pretty sure what dish I will be ordering next time! -
Review from Rachel F.
Sicilian Pasta Kitchen serves the best pasta in town, in my opinion. They don't have too many vegetarian options, but occasionally, the server (or the chef) is willing to serve a dish without the meat. The gnocchi is always an excellent vegetarian choice - a lovely velvety texture, neither mushy nor gummy. The other pastas are very good as well.
For appetizers, the risotto balls are a favourite. Crisp on the outside and steamy and bursting with flavour on the inside. The salads are all top-notch.
I have had the pizzas before, and they are fine, though if I am really wanting pizza in the neighbourhood, I'll likely go to Famosos. Still the pizzas can be a nice addition to a well-rounded meal with other main dishes.
But one of the best reasons to come to Sicilian Pasta Kitchen is the dessert menu. Their tiramisu is to die for. And the key lime cheesecake is lovely, too. I have learned to get half of my meal boxed up to save room for dessert. I've also come to SPK on a few occasions just for dessert.
I would encourage you to make reservations on the weekend as this place fills up and has been known to have a 45-60 minute wait for a table. The patio is quite pleasant in the summer.Listed in: When the moon hits your eye…
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Review from Carina Z.
8/2/2011
This is one of my favorite Italian restaurants to go to for pasta in Edmonton.
I have tried several of the pasta dishes and the standout is "Fettuccini con Pollo" always mouth-wateringly delicious. I like that they take reservations for any night of the week for any time that you want (it is hard to find a place that will do that on a Friday or Saturday night anymore).
The portion sizes are huge; I normally cannot finish a meal but I can usually get 3 meals out of my one pasta dish. I think the drinks are overpriced (even for the restaurant standard) and the bread they bring after ordering tastes store bought. The servers are hit and miss but I understand there is high turnaround with the service industry.
The scrumptious pasta dishes will keep me coming back for more every time. -
Review from Mark L.
8/2/2011 1 photo
I was impressed by the Sicilian Pasta Kitchen. The food, service, and decor were tasty, speedy, and tasteful respectively.
I had the Mediterranean Fettucini and it came with a riot of ingredients that presumably are Mediterranean in origin (olives, shrimp, artichoke). The serving size was large; I have quite a bit left over for lunch tomorrow.
I shared bruschetta and it was fine. A three-year-old who doesn't like tomatoes liked the bruschetta, for what it's worth.
The bread, on the other hand, was a bit disappointing. It seemed like a store bought roll, it wasn't warm, and the butter came in those little plastic packs. The three-year-old enjoyed stacking the butter containers, for what it's worth.
There was a full bar, but since I was eating with some younger cousins I endeavoured not to get s**t faced, so I can't speak to the quality of the drinks.
I will return.Listed in: 30 day challenge
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Review from Lauren N.
5/9/2011
I've eaten here a couple of times with family and friends, though I can't say either occasion was very memorable. I guess it says it all when I don't even remember what I had ... some kind of pasta ... It's not bad, just not memorable.
It's usually quite busy, whether a weeknight or weekend evening. Make sure you have reservations! My friends and I came without reservations one evening and the hostess was kind of impatient and rude to us. Yes, reservations are always a good idea, but it's not like there were many of us -- we were a small group of 3. And it didn't take that long to actually get a table either, so I don't know why she was in such a huff.
Anyway, it's a nice modern Italian restaurant with tables packed really close to one another, so close you can hear the next tables' conversations. Not that I eavesdrop, but you know ... sometimes you can't help it with people being so close to you ...
Sicilian Pasta reminds me of Chianti, only with a more slightly modern touch; Chianti has more of a romantic ambiance compared to Sicilian Pasta.
So the next time I get a craving for Italian, I might drop by. But it's more likely I'll go down a few blocks to Famoso instead for pizza and friendlier service. -
Review from Doug G.
11/23/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Hope you like garlic
The pasta at Sicilian Pasta Kitchen was OK. I went for lunch and found it a bit expensive ($16 and up) for a lunch. The pasta itself was OK, but on the cool side when it arrived and cold by the time I finished my meal. The service was average. And all the pasta dishes we tried were extremely garlic-y. That's not necessarily a problem as the taste was good - that's just a warning to carry breath mints. -
Review from Brittany K.
Edmonton, AB
11/30/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Yum, yum, yum!
I'm a mega Italian-foodie and this is one of my favourite places in town.
The atmosphere in SPK is very cheerful, with the walls painted to resemble and outdoor street in Italy. I've always found the staff to be very polite and friendly, too.
Pizza is here is OK, but a little weak on sauce. Stick with a pasta (half sizes available) or an entree dish and you won't be disappointed. Free bread, too, before the main dish comes, but don't fill up on it! Your order will be worth waiting for. -
Review from Jack G.
Edmonton, AB
11/7/2009
The food is delicious and the place is set up like an authentic Italian eatery (I have never been to Italy but this place feels very Italian).
I am not going to write about the food or the atmosphere. Instead I will write about the service. Me and my friends went here last night and since our last visit, over a year ago, the menu had changed. The 3 people I was with all wanted the same meal but after examining the menu 3 or 4 times they saw that their beloved entree was no longer on the menu. They were heartbroken (no joke, one of them was on the verge of tears).
When the waitress came to our table, my friend explained to her that he was looking forward to that specific entree and how disappointed he was that it had been removed from the menu. The waitress delivered his grief to the owner and he had the kitchen go out of their way to make this entree, which had been taken off the menu over a year ago, just for my friends. They could have easily said sorry we do not have that item anymore but they went above and beyond what they had to and ensured their customers were satisfied. This is why I will never hesitate to go here or recommend it to anyone.
On a quick note, the food is delicious they cook everything just right and they do not hold out on the servings. Every plate is filled right up to make sure you leave the restaurant filled right up.
And the calamari appetizer is amazing! -
Review from Carly P.
Edmonton, AB
9/7/2009
Sicilian Pasta is a classic stop for Italian in Edmonton. I've been there twice in the last year and have come out of there happily full and quite content both times.
The name basically sums it up. It's Italian, (obviously) with a nice robust list of pasta as well as the usual pizzas, entrees, appy's and panini's.
I enjoyed the atmosphere. It's informal yet formal at the same time. Both times were slightly busy, but the wait wasn't too long for a table.
The appetizers. Brushcetta wasn't so great unfortunately. However the mussels with gorgonzola were delicious! There were many suspicious looks as the the last of the mussels were eyed. You could almost feel the tension.
For my mains I've had the Linguine Marinara and unfortunately I can't remember the other one. There was eggplant involved... anyways. The Linguine Marinara was a fantastic group of seafood in a delicious tomato sauce with just the right amount of tomatoes to compliment the seafood.
Whenever I go there I like to order one of the house wines I haven't tried yet. There's four, and I've had both the zinfandel and a very nice red. I'm, by no means, a wine connoisseur, but I really enjoyed both, especially the zinfandel. It had just the right amount of sweet for myself and the red as well.. even though it was slightly more robust.
I plan on going again.. there's far too many things to try. Everyone I've taken has come out feeling very happy and will continue to recommend it to people. -
Review from Robin S.
Edmonton, AB
10/10/2008
I've been walking past the Sicilian Pasta Kitchen for years, but when I finally wound up eating here, I was surprised to find that it was both a lot bigger and a lot busier than I'd expected.
Sadly, neither the food nor the generally inattentive service provided an adequate explanation as to why.
Our appetizers - a large but mediocre antipasto platter and a tasty bruschetta-like flatbread 'pizza' - arrived in a somewhat timely fashion, but it felt like a thousand years passed by before our main courses - green salads with chicken for my mom and brother and caprese for myself - were set down on the table. Granted, by this time we were stuffed from picking at the appetizer for over an hour and ready to go, but there was nothing amazing here either; my caprese was made with annoyingly bland tomatoes and everyone else's salads remained pretty much untouched.
For the price, I really expected a lot more from the Sicilian Pasta Kitchen in all aspects and I definitely won't be going back. -
Review from Natalie M.
Edmonton, AB
1/7/2010
This is one restaurant that my family and I have been coming to for years. Sicilian Pasta Kitchen was the location for my brother's rehearsal dinner and this is one of my dad's favorite places. Both my mom and I really enjoy it too because the food is really good and the atmosphere is charming. When we come to Sicilian Pasta Kitchen we all love to share the Bruschetta ($6.99). I really don't like the Bruschetta that you buy in a jar at the store, but I do love fresh homemade Bruschetta and Sicilian Pasta Kitchen makes a killer Bruschetta. Everything is in perfect harmony, the spices, oil, and vinegar and all the other ingredients mix so well together. We all love calamari, so that's another starter that we will usually share between two people. I remember when I was younger they didn't deep fry it, but now they do. It was really good before but now it's even better! I suggest squeezing the lemon over top of the Calamari Fritti ($9.29) when you order it. The lemon seems to enhance the flavor of the squid; it's delicious and so is the dip that the dish comes with.
If you are a pizza fan then I suggest the Margherita pizza for $13.99, which is a plain cheese type of pizza with tomato sauce, basil and mozzarella cheese. The Rosario ($14.99) that is made with some kind of spicy sausage, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese and I believe the tomato sauce is also spicy is a mighty good pizza. So far these are the only two pizzas I've tried. I'll make sure to convince my group to order the pizza the next time we go there.
I'm the type of person who knows what she likes, so with that being said I have to also say that I usually order the same dish once I know it's good. From the pasta section of the menu I usually order the Cannelloni ($14.99), which comes out in rolls and stuffed inside them is ground veal and beef, along with spinach and mozzarella cheese. I always get it with the tomato sauce instead of the cream or the tomato cream sauce. My mom enjoys the Penne Al Diavolo ($14.99) that comes with frilled chicken, shrimp and tomatoes topped with a cream sauce. I've taken a couple of bites when she wasn't looking and it's very delightful. My mom also loves sea food so she also loves to order the Linguine Marinara ($14.99), which comes with scallops, shrimp, mussels and some other kind of fish topped with a tomato sauce. Another one of my favorites is the Borsetti ($14.99), which is pasta stuffed with cheese (feta I think), spinach mixed with snow peas and ham topped with a cream sauce (it tastes like garlic so I'll go with a garlic cream sauce).
If you like a lot of choice then this is the place for you. The Sicilian Pasta Kitchen has a huge menu with tons of yummy dishes to choose from. For me it's hard to always pick something new to try so that's why I just stick to what I know. The faster I order the sooner I'll get to enjoy my dinner.
The servers are really nice and even during my brother's rehearsal dinner where there were a lot of people, the servers kept up a positive and friendly attitude. They really are great! The place can get really busy so if you can make a reservation then I suggest that you do so that you don't have to wait for a table. -
Review from Nandan F.
Ottawa, ON
10/6/2010
Good fresh pasta with amazing flavour. I found the place a bit chaotic and the service slow. We ordered the chef special for the day and after waiting for 45 minutes found out that they didnt have any left. One thing that really stuck with me is that the red house wine was really warm which led me to wonder how and where they store it. I liked the food and given that the place was so busy, I'd give it another chance on the service.
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Review from Ben R.
Toronto, ON
5/19/2010
Ridiculous, almost comically large portions of what is fairly middle-of-the-road Italian food. Nothing to write home about, but great for a filling, quasi-authentic pasta. Prices are surprisingly high given the atmosphere but not given the portion sizes.
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Review from Foodie K.
Edmonton, AB
8/7/2010
I decided to come here for my birthday. There were 6 of us. As we were having dinner, my friend found a lovely long blond hair in her food. We told the server and her response was, a disgusted face and "oh gross". No apology, no offer to speak with the manager..nothing. She took the plate away and asked my friend if she wanted the remainder of the dish packed to go! Who would want that? We were in shock. As we were getting our bills (which we asked to be separated), the server asks who is paying for my bill (birthday girl). My friends didn't know what to say since we had planned to pay for our own, they had already gotten me gifts. So I politely said oh no we're all paying for our own, she then insisted on my friends to pay for me. At this time we had to ask her if my friend's meal would be taken off the bill since she hadn't said anything about it, she was like "oh yeah". Horrible. The south side location is MUCH better.
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