Old Spaghetti Factory (downtown Edmonton)

Great food! However I recommend the next time someone places an order for takeout put utensils in the bag... it's one extra step to add them to the bag not everyone who orders pickup is heading back home... I shouldn't have to ask for the basics when ordering food from a restaurant. picnic date night ruined :/

Place was super busy after an Oilers game. Sara was our server and we didn't have to wait very long for her to come to us, but even still she politely apologized for the wait. She was very friendly and very attentive to us. There were two of us and we had the rainbow tortellini pomodoro and the pot-pourri spaghetti sampler. One meal we got the Minestrone soup and one with the side salad. Our bread loaf came super speedy, and our meals not long after. For how busy the place was, we definitely expected to wait way longer than we did. Both meals were delicious and both pasta cooked perfectly! Both meals came with a scoop of spumoni ice cream for dessert, and after everything, we were both comfortably full. No issues, no complaints, would definitely go here again!

Seriously amazing. Definitely my favorite restaurant chain ever. You get quality food at a bang for your buck. Been telling my husband and everyone I know about this place for so long and I was finally able to bring him along and show him how good it is! He's hooked and telling everyone now. Fast service, great prices, amazing food. Can't ask for much more!

The Old Spaghetti Factory is a Canadian Classic. The downtown location still hosts a street car in the middle of the restaurant. All included meals ranging in price from $18-$25 come with the classic bread and garlic butter (I noticed the regular butter has been removed in the past few years), a soup or salad, and a pasta dish. Drinks are comparably less expensive to other downtown restaurants these days. The downside is often crying children during your dinner which can be heard all throughout the large open dining room, however I have been coming to the old spaghetti factory since I was a small child myself so I can't judge them too harshly for that. There are often multiple large groups dining while I am there, meaning they are able to accommodate an array of group sizes on busy evenings. An experience possibly worth mentioning is that I made a reservation for ten people on a Friday night, having called the Friday prior to book. I ended up calling to cancel the reservation but they didn't have my group booked in the system. The situation worked out because I had to cancel, but I likely would have been out of luck if I had gone and they didn't have a table for me, likely without room for a group of ten on a Friday. From now on I would call to double check they put my reservation in the system. The parkade across the street is reasonably priced at $13 for the night (not sure about hourly) which is worth mentioning as street parking in this area has been drastically reduced. The Old Spaghetti Factory will continue to be a downtown favorite of mine, and I'll return again and again.