Miguel Chang
Great place on campus to grab some amazing pasta. They cook the pasta infront of you and you can choose your own topping. This place is jammed during semester start, I try to avoid it, but it’s empty when a school is done. Went there and we got our order quickly. Ordered the chicken broccoli Alfredo, food was amazing and tasty. Will definitely come back for more pastas and try their panini.
… moreNimish Gujarathi
The best thing served here is the pasta. Its the best $10 you’ll ever spend on lunch if you’re willing to wait in the 30 minute queue.
Your pasta will be prepared in front of you behind a glass counter, quite fun to watch!
Be sure to include extra shrimp with the chicken if you’re having the Chicken Alfredo option. If you don’t eat meat I wouldn’t find this pasta worth your money. You could try something else among the many varieties of food CDS has.
… moreCristy Rox
By far the best place to get food on campus, if you love pasta and paninis go here. It’s a good option for choosing between healthy or unhealthy food depending on what you create. Ordering is only done through the mobile GET app no other way to get food. Ordering here can be hard, must order during 15 minute interval times. For example if it’s 1:26pm the next time they start a new ordering interval is 1:30pm then 1:45pm. People love this place so plan ahead. Paninis are good too for more of the unhealthy options.
… moreSteven Zeng
Gotta give it to Pistachio’s for being one, if not, the best place to eat on campus. The pasta there is amazing, especially compared to the pastas in the dining halls. Go for their Alfredo sauce. Thing is that you gotta make sure you place your order fast before everyone else does or else you’re gonna be waiting for a while. They got good pasta after all. Problem is that, again, like almost all other CDS places, the quantity is terrible. You do not get enough for what you’re paying for.
… moreJ H.
Pistachios used to be SOOoo much more better before covid. (I’ve been a customer since 2014).
You can only order online through the UB app and this way of ordering is trash! I tried to place an order the whole last month and I was finally able to have the order go through today.
The pasta was mid compared to how it used to be. The portions used to be bigger- I only got 2 little cubes of chicken and two very tiny broccoli pieces in my pasta order.
You used to be able to tell the employees what veggies you wanted in your pasta order while they made it in front of you. You’re limited to like one veggie now online.
And because there’s an order limit, the atmosphere in the restaurant is dead to be honest. It used to be lively and everyone used to be so excited to stand in line and place their orders.
Bring back in store ordering please!! This mobile ordering process is ridiculous! I used to brag to people about how good this place was, very disappointing now.
… moreAditya Singh
The place serves Build your own pasta and they have plenty of options for everything.
The service is really good
The place is always clean because of hard working employees who are very friendly and helpful.
The management is always around to listen to a customer’s queries and feedback.
Please order the pastas separately if ordering multiple pasta. Use the GET app to order food at Pistachios.
… morePumpkin
Ordered here during my sophomore year. Pasta is pretty decent, but the serving sizes were inconsistent. It terms of access, it was inconvenient having to always place your orders in advance.
… moreC Jay
Very long lines and understaffed. The owner obviously doesn’t care enough about the customers to properly staff. This is pasta, not rocket science. You simply need to care enough your customers time and appreciate their business enough to properly staff! 20-25 minutes in line is not acceptable when your pasta is precooked.
… moreTheB Man
Its okay, if you have a meal plan for UB definitely worth a try, and if your on campus and want some really cheep customizable Italian it might be worth it. With that being said I dont even know if you can go here without a meal plan because all of the ordering is online now.
In conclusion, its okay.
… moreDaniel Toma
I give 4 stars for the Bravo Pasta. The “build your own” is a great service, and I’m always pleased with the result. But there’s always a negative with something that popular; the line to get food is typically 20-25 minutes from the time you get there until getting your food. At peak times it’s longer, and then there’s the rare occasion when it’s briefer. Next to Bravo Pasta is an area where sandwiches are made, and I’ve never seen more than 6 people waiting at any time, and some of them are probably there because they don’t want to wait on the line for Bravo Pasta. At the risk of sounding cruel to those who would seek paninis, management should realize that there are just way too many people in the Bravo Pasta line, and replace the sandwich side with another Bravo Pasta station. There’s more food downstairs in the food court, and I’m sure the sandwich diehards can find something palatable there. Another negative is that some students (i.e. children) just cut the Bravo Pasta line to join their friends who are already in line, and nobody says anything. I once spoke up, saying that it’s not fair to the people already in line, and the person who cut (and friends) looked at me like I was insane. They’ll have a wake-up call if they try that in the outside world, but the insular environment at school lets them get away with it, and they get to pretend like they’re still in high school a bit longer.
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