“Authentic Italian restaurant in Red Bank, NJ offering fresh pasta, wood‑fired pizza, and classic family‑style dishes. Located in the heart of Central New Jersey, we serve the community with dine‑in, takeout, catering, and private events. Our menu features homemade sauces, hand‑crafted specialties, and high‑quality ingredients prepared daily. Whether you’re looking for a cozy dinner, a family celebration, or catering for your next event, we deliver the best Italian food in Red Bank and the surrounding NJ area.”
Intimate, bustling trattoria featuring rustic decor, patio seating & a classic Italian menu.
Douglas Burdette
First time, stopped in on a friday night—-the place was bustling and full of life. We were greeted by one of the owners with a smile and shown a table in a nice corner away from the hubbub. Every server was extremely friendly and polite, a level of service I haven’t experienced in a while. We definitely over ordered but it gave us an opportunity to taste a nice spread of items from the antipasti and the specials——the escarole and white bean soup was the best ive ever had and the pork milanese was bigger than my head. Price point was great too. 10/10 would eat there again
… moreGrace Medina
La Pasteria is a restaurant my family and I frequent often, and it never disappoints. The food is always fresh, flavorful, and absolutely delicious. The staff is friendly, professional, and genuinely happy to see you every time we visit — they’re incredibly accommodating and make you feel right at home.
Just when I think I’ve found my favorite dish, the daily specials surprise me and quickly become my new favorite! Overall, a solid 5/5 experience every time. Highly recommend!
… moreSudhesh Nayak
If you love Italian food, you can’t miss this place!! While the food is great, the service is exceptional.
Hotsi Totsi shrimp is a must! Oven eggplant and roasted pepper mozzarella was really good. The most delicious salmon ever!
… moreTushar Mukherjee
Bad food, ok service. Pasta was floating in oil. Felt sick after eating food.
Edit: Responding to owner comment and clarifying that issue was that it was served with a way lot more than normal amount of oil.
… moreChanelle D
We’ve been here three times for dinner. What’s great about this place – plenty of parking, convenient location, patio option in the summer, romantic ambiance, bring your own wine and a service has always been pretty good. The menu has a good selection of Italian dishes but we found that the food was lacking flavour. The only thing we really enjoyed were the salads but the main entrees were not flavorful and at one time my chicken dish was tough and hard to cut. The saving grace was that the server offered to replace the food with the best dish on the menu at no cost. He was right, that was an amazing dish. I was impressed by his commitment to good service. So, I would keep coming back.
… moreJeffrey Parrish
La Pasteria is a nice, traditional Italian restaurant in downtown Summit, NJ. Their food and service are what I remember most and these will bring me back for another very enjoyable meal. Be sure to use the parking in the back. The decor is pedestrian. The tables and chairs are a little better than average. They have a regular menu and a daily menu which is just as large, adding depth to the offerings.
The staff is attentive as you want them to be yet they will give you space and let you go at your own pace.
The meals were well prepared and plated. They have the usual Italian dishes and several more that are worth a try. Live a little.
La Pastaria has an unremarkable physical ambiance, but the food and the service raise the overall experience up to five stars.
… moreMaria Aleluia
We had my daughter’s engagement party there and we were very disappointed with the quantity of food. We chose this restaurant because we had been there for a few of our friends’ parties and everything was amazing.
We felt that there was not enough food, even though it was family style. There was literally a very small portion per person. I requested to bring more and honestly it was not enough.
When it was time for the dessert, it was not even a piece for each.
The service was amazing!
… moreAllan Bass
We enjoyed our lunch at the Summit location. When we lived in Red Bank it was our favorite restaurant. Now we live near Summit so it’s our new favorite restaurant.
… moreKara Rever
A perfect, old school, Italian restaurant. The veal parm was thin, crispy and delicious. Ask to sit in Alfred’s section. He is friendly and very attentive
… moreJadeJackie OConnor
The service was fine, our meals were delicious. However, the dining room was so loud we couldn’t hear each other. I had to shout to my friend who sat across from me multiple times. We were a party of six, we need to reconsider if we will go back to Pastaria.
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