Andrea Rosario
Spent $50 on two awful bowls of pasta that 1) were the wrong order (didn’t include any of our add ons) and 2) had HAIR in it. I used to love this place but the service was awful and the food was disgusting. I know it wasn’t my hair because my hair is black and the hair was blonde, and cooked into the food.
… moreCamille Allen
I ordered the rigatoni with the Vodka sauce and I was pleasantly surprised! The pasta was perfectly al dente and the sauce was really flavorful. Will definitely be back!! (It tastes better than it looks lol)
… moreEric Feazel
Walking through Union Market, this place caught our eye, and we decided to give it a try. Ordering was easy and straightforward, and we were told our food would be ready in about 10 minutes — which they pretty much delivered on time. We found a table outside and sat down to enjoy our meals.
Unfortunately, the pasta wasn’t cooked long enough, leaving it quite firm and undercooked. This really took away from the overall experience. While the service was fine, the undercooked pasta was a major letdown. Hopefully, they can improve on this, but I’m not sure I’ll be returning.
… moreLarry “Big Schlim” Mcleod
So y’all know I started a new segment where I’m going to DC’s worst rated spots right? Well there’s a spot in Union Market that’s rated 2.9 stars, for food, & customer service. Could be true, or not!! Let’s find out!!
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Where I am: Cucina Al Volo
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Location Reviewed: 1309 5th St., N.E. Washington D.C. inside of @unionmarketdc
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Menu Includes:
Pastas-Rigatoni, Fettuccine , Spaghetti, Ravioli, Meatballs, Chicken, Shrimp, Spinach, Subs, Salads, & Beverages.
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Items Reviewed:
Their Spaghetti & Meatballs (with parmesan cheese on top $12.50). PASS. I needed some more flavor in this. Salt, oregano…something. Thick pasty noodles, unseasoned meatballs, bland. I wanted this to be better.
Their Chicken Parmesan Sub (with breaded chicken tenders, marinara, & mozzarella cheese, on a toasted roll $13.50). DECENT. The ingredients were there. Again I just needed some more flavor. This was bland, but edible.
The San Pellegrino Limonata ($2.50). STAMP!! Always flavorful!!
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Customer Service: Pass. When I got to the register to order food nobody said hello, how can I help you…anything. They were definitely busy back there, and they did say thank you once I got my food.
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Online Navigation: Easy
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Parking: Rough, Lot Parking/Metered Street
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Recommendations: N/A
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Music: YouTube-N.E. Groovers Smoke Solo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=STAMP
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➕=LIKE THAT
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=DELICIOUS
⭐️⭐️⭐️=DECENT
⭐️⭐️=PASS
⭐️=NAH
#Bigschlimsreviews
… moreZaire Love
Horrible Experience! I had hair in my food. I showed them. The girl at the register says, “it could be yours.” Clearly, it’s a blonde strand of hair. I asked for my money back and they said they didn’t have the ability to. How are you taking my money with no way of giving it back? They didn’t even have the courtesy to ask to make my order over. For $20 pasta and sauce, it’s ridiculous. Also, PLEASE get another person take your orders. The girl there in the pink tyedye shirt is going to ruin y’all’s business. Never again!
… moreTravis Parsley
We wanted to branch out and try a different Italian restaurant to order for delivery. We deeply regret having chosen Cucina Al Volo. The quality of the entrees was on par with (poorly) mass prepared cafeteria food. Edible, but not appetizing and not worth the price. We ordered the cacio e pepe with chicken and the duck ragu. Both were edible, but not appealing. After a few bites, we quickly placed a new dinner order from another restaurant. Writing this review as I wait for it to arrive, confident that it will actually be a pleasant dining experience unlike the food we got from Cucina Al Volo that sadly will be thrown away.
… moreKelsey Clinton
Honestly absolutely terrible. I ordered the ravioli burrata with tomato mushroom sauce and garlic bread. It was disgusting. The pasta was undercooked and cold, and the sauce was extremely watery. It looked like ravioli soup. The garlic bread was better than the pasta but still terrible. And they charged me $30 for this garbage and made me wait like 20 min to get my somehow cold food.
With so many delicious food options at Union Market, avoid this place like the plague.
… moreChristi McCarthy
Not happy. I cannot tell if the The TikTok reviews were fake or if the staff decided to be lazy with my order. See pictures for more details. I couldn’t even enjoy it because it was 90 burnt.
… moreCarlos Huang (cahz1307)
Ordered a chicken carbonara pasta dish (charged like $12 just for the carbonara sauce) and it was the worst pasta I’ve had. The sauce was very watery and flavorless, it was evident the pasta was cooked unsalted, I’m pretty sure that the chicken was boiled due to the weird a weird chewy texture (and it was also flavorless). Maybe it was the cook of that day (Monday, July 25th, at 2PM), but I can’t recommend this place. The only thing I could eat was the pancetta from the sauce because it’s pretty difficult to mess up pancetta. Total waste of food and waste of time, horrible experience.
… moreYuliya Panfil
My kids are obsessed wirh the pesto fusili. The staff is so kind, they always remember our order and to pack extra containers 🙂
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