Aldente Pasta
Palm Springs, CA 92262-5602
Phone: (760) 325-1160
User Reviews for Aldente Pasta
10/24/2006 Posted by julia721
Nice restaurant away from the main hoopla of downtown. Cute outdoor seating area (although avoid the first table so you are not bothered by the fluorescent lights from their sign). The one thing my Italian husband uses to easily rate a restaurant is the bread. And unfortunately if we stopped there Aldente would have failed! I was surprised the bread wasn't better quality. And the vinegar they brought to dip the bread in wasn't the best either. OTHER THAN THAT everything was good. We ordered the mussel and clam soup in tomato broth and it was good. The broth was silky; it had the right amount of oil in the broth. We each ordered the ravioli; I ordered the lobster ravioli and my husband ordered the ricotta ravioli. The pasta was very good and tasted as if it were homemade. My ravioli could have used more lobster; the lobster flavor was very very very subtle. Since we always make our own sauce from fresh tomatoes grown in our own garden, we are very picky about tomato sauces from restaurants. I am pleased to say the tomato sauce on my husbands ravioli was very good! It had a nice fresh tomato flavor. IF they in fact use canned tomatoes (which is very likely) they either use a high quality canned tomato and/or know what to do to the canned tomatoes to bring out the best flavor. We were happily surprised! We finished up the night with a cannoli which again was good. The restaurant wasnt good enough to make it a must do when visiting Palm Springs, but I would think that I would get a good meal every time I would visit. Two soups, two meals, one glass of wine, one mineral water and one cannoli was $80 (not including tip).
08/31/2006 Posted by afjwa
Being an afficionado of Italian food and a new resident of Palm Springs, I began my search for good local Italian food here. And I've not gone anywhere else. The service has been first rate and the food as good as I've had anywhere. The pasta has never been overdone, the sauces everything one could ask for. Why go anywhere else?!
Pros: Great food, great service, good selection
Cons: none
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