Bucas & Pastas

We got take out. When we were trying to decide what to order the employee was really impatient. Got small size special and a plain pasta with meat sauce. This place isn't anything special. Pasta was a bit overcooked. Sauce didn't have much flavour. We were looking forward to it as the reviews were so good. The garlic bread that came with the pasta was just an opened up bun with a bit of butter and garlic powder. The chocolate cake was soaked in something, most probably milk to keep it soft. It tasted like cake cereal. The frosting was like pudding. Wasn't anything special or good. We won't be visiting this place again as we found it expensive for what you got.

My boyfriend recently introduced this place to me, I had never herd of it before living in Edmonton most of my life. I read reviews prior to going & was not disappointed! After reading reviews it swayed me to my decision on what to order, I got a hot mushroom pasta wavy noodles with meatballs, Caesar salad and the death by chocolate cake. The hot mushroom was sooo good! The meatballs were so tender n everything was so hot and fresh. Delicious! The death by chocolate was to DIE for definitely lives up to its name? I liked how the tomato sauce mixed with the hot mushroom as well from the meatballs so next time I plan to get a half hot mushroom half four cheese. Also, a lot of people said the hot mushroom was spicy but I didn’t find it spicy at all. The Caesar salad dressing was delicious as well, homemade with anchovies I believe? I’ve never tried that type of Caesar dressing before and it was great. This is a total gem located on the west end of the city tucked away near the cop shop. Can’t wait to return!

This is one of Edmonton's the best small pasta restaurant, and one of this city's hidden treasures. This is a family operation that we have been eating at for 15 years. They are by their own genesis already set up for takeouts. Their prices are very reasonable, and their pasta is high quality homemade pasta from a true mom and pop's operation. They typically will have feature pasta's and we just love their pasta sauce. They also have deserts like our favorite "Death by Chocolate". I just love their Meatballs, yum is all I can say because the size of the meatballs are generous, these large meatballs are spiced; but not spiced so as to overpower your taste buds, but just enough spicing to really make a terrific meatball that I am in love with. When you think of pasta, and you live in the West end because of Covid they are not really set up for dine-in right now. We have typically over the years have drove there; due East 2 doors from the Continental Inn liquor store because this restaurant is really geared towards take out. We then would take our pasta order home, which BTW is a healthy sized serving of Pasta and the desert is naturally to die for. If you love Pasta do your self a favor and don't miss out on one of Edmonton's hidden little gems for anybody that is hungry in the West End. The people who run this gem are genuinely warm and welcoming, and man can they cook.