I absolutely love this place! I would give it 4.5 if I could. The only thing I didnt care for was the chicken piccata. I love chicken piccata but it had way, way to many mushrooms on it. To be fair, that was months ago. Maybe they have fixed that. If you have kids (or not), the Mac n cheese is to die for. read more

Great place for Italian food.......this is the best in Eldersburg! A lot better than Liberatores! read more

My favorite pizza in the Eldersburg/Sykesville area. Great service. We are regulars here. Highly highly recommend!

I am in love with their crab cakes and spaghetti bolognese. Great ambiance - service has always been spot on. I have loved everything I have tried!! read more

Love the crab cakes and the sauce. We use them every year for our Holiday family gathering.

Didn't feel like cooking for New Years. Family was craving Italian and what a great deal on the large portions. The potatoes were also amazing. We will be back! read more

This is a treat for Carroll County. Great food, drinks, staff, and atmosphere. It suggest using Open Table to reserve a table. It just crowded but the wait can be resolved by sliding right over to the bar side. read more

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My husband and I have never been treated so poorly from two of the staff. The first staff member was full of negative attitude and clearly backed up by her superior. They clearly don't respect their customers. This is so unfortunate because the food is good but the service could be approved greatly. We visited frequently; however, that will be our last visit. read more

Had dinner for 4 tonight - the chicken parma is amazing and huge portion for a reasonable price. 2 appetizers - the crab dip and the risotto balls were very good. Our server, Katelyn, was efficient, friendly, and attentive. The bad news - any dish with crab had a price increase of around $12 due to worldwide crab shortage. Probably nothing Basta Pasta can do but pass on the cost to customers. Oh well, if you want good crab... My review would have been 5 stars, however, the risotto was terrible. Crunchy, undercooked and not worth the upcharge (or any charge at all.) This is the second time I've had risotto here and both times it was inedible. (I think I should have said something at the time but I didn't want to spoil a lovely evening.) Funny, but the risotto balls were fine but the side dish - yuck. All in all, Basta Pasta is a nice, upscale place to dine, just stay away from the risotto. read more

I typically don't write reviews but I went for happy hour and appetizers were great as usual. I had a few cocktails, I'm not even sure if the bartender put any alcohol in my drink? Maybe they made a mistake and just gave me just an Ice Tea? I think next time I will just stick with a glass of wine or beer. read more

Always great food, service, atmosphere and drinks. It is consistent....that is so important. Best crab cakes in the area by far...their pasta dishes are all on point. Check out their daily specials, some great deals during the werk read more

Food and service 5 stars! Crab toast is probably one of the best appetizers I have ever had. I wanted to get the mini crab cakes but our server steered us to the crab toast. Great suggestion. Orange Roughy with crab imperial, absolutely fantastic Very few restaurants have great food and great service. This place has both. Jessie was our server. She was our waitress 9 years ago at another restaurant. We used to go to that restaurant every Friday because of her amazing service. Her smile and energy with the wonderful food made our date night perfect . read more

Perfection. My husband and I dined here with our three young girls. We had bread and salad, with their amazing "oil plate" (ask for that!!) The girls each had BIG, yummy kids' meals. When Laura, our fabulous waitress, took our order she asked if the girls liked salad and we replied no. Then she asked if they liked cucumbers and brought out a plate of them. The girls are were super excited. My husband and I had entrees that were delicious and perfect, we all brought home leftovers since the portions were so big. There was once small hiccup with his order that was corrected with ease. We had dessert (get the lemon cake!) and our drinks stayed full (we all had water). When our dessert came out, Laura added extra whipped cream piles on the plate for each of the kids plus an extra big one for daddy. The personal touches, attention, friendly service, and delicious food were more than what we could have asked for. We're so thankful for a local spot with such over the top service and food! Highly recommend! read more

Second visit within the past month to this relatively new addition to the 21784 area. I was pleasantly surprised during my initial visit at the layout and feel of the place. First off, props on the service as both times we had very good wait staff who allowed us to enjoy our time at our pace and yet be there when we needed something without having to find them. The food has been a bit hit and miss. While the eggplant bruschetta appetizer was great, as is the family style salad, the stuffed pepper soup tonight was flat and had little pepper taste to live up to its name. I have had one pasta dish, during my first visit, and it was just fine, although I'd rather pay a little less and get a little less, but those looking for lunch leftovers will be happy. As for improvement opportunities, there are two of note. First an easy one is to get some dimmers for the dining room or if they are installed, teach the staff how to use them. Second, choose one or the other music alternatives... Both visits I could hear the bar music and dining room music battling it out and it makes for a very confusing and somewhat irritating environment. I'll be back to see how things are improving and update you all thereafter. read more

We visited Basta Pasta for my birthday because I wanted crabcakes. And yeah you probably wouldn't immediately think of a place with "pasta" in their name as the best place around for crabcakes. But according to my "research," and now personal experience, they are! Very large and full of chunks of crab without too much filler. Plus we got an AMAZING appetizer of dates and goat cheese - wow! The service was great, oh and they have craft beer, including some from 1623 Brewing which is literally around the corner. We will be back, most likely on a Tuesday for the crabcakes special ;) read more

We ordered from BP once per week throughout the summer. Now we decided that it's such a coin-flip- from adequate to trash it, we stopped going. read more

We are regulars here for a very good reason. The service and food are terrific. Their specials are always appetizing and the staff is friendly and efficient (we are on a first name basis with most of them at this point). Crab toast is spectacular and I can personally vouch for the freshness of their grapefruit crushes (my go to beverage). Definitely worth stopping in! read more

Very good Friday night dinner at Basta Pasta Eldersburg a few weeks ago. My brother and his wife suggested they'd heard good things, so we met them there. It's located approximately nowhere, even for those of us who grew up nearby. Keep your eyes peeled for a little strip shopping center where cornfields, or maybe a driving range, used to be. Reservation was a must for this night -- the place was PACKED. Servers bustled between tables that were too close together. Once the musical duo started up in the next room, it got loud, too. We were greeted quickly, ordered drinks, and scanned the abundant Italian menu. Pretty sure if you have a favorite dish from this cuisine, they got it here. We ordered some cream of crab soup (too salty), bruschetta (outstanding), chicken Chesapeake, crab cakes, pasta with shrimp and mushrooms, and my go-to, chicken parmesan. Our server brought us enough food for tonight and tomorrow--every entree was huge. My chicken parm had three large pieces of pounded chicken breast in crunchy coating, covered with cheese and sauce, pasta on the side. All the entrees were delicious. We all waved the white flag before long, and took a ton of food home for later. However, there would be tiramisu, one piece per couple, and also huge. This is an exceptional version of the dessert, and worth a visit by itself. With one drink each, we hit $84 per couple, before tip. Service was quite good, but I felt sorry for them navigating the room. We'll be back as soon as we can, though we will try to avoid the busy times, as this space is tight for this many diners. read more

Basta Pasta Eldersburg is great! The food is a little pricey, but the portions and quality make up for it. The service is always excellent. I recommend making a reservation. I have do this regularly, and every time my party has been seated quickly despite walk-ins who are already waiting. read more

Basta Pasta is the best restaurant in Eldersburg! We have had many meals from there and everything is always delicious! Crab cakes, Chicken Parmesan, and Seafood Pasta are the tops! Their bread and salad are great, too. read more

Ate at this new place after seeing some good reviews on Facebook. There was a link on their website to make a reservation on OpenTable.com so I did. We went at 5:30 on a Sunday night and it wasn't full but I do like the fact that they take reservations,not many places in the area do. Endless salad and breadsticks were good, our server was very attentive, almost a little too willing to take our salad plates. I guess even endless has to end. I had the veal saltimbocca which was excellent. This is not normally something that I order but for some reason I decided to try it and I'm glad I did. Kid number 1 had spaghetti bolognese which was also good. Kid number 2 (the one that doesn't eat) had an excellent cup of cream of crab soup. Chocolate lava cake was chocolate lava cake. Kids loved it and it came with a side of ice cream. The steak and cheesecake at the table next to us looked really good. We will we back to try them. read more

Sparkling clean restaurant. Prompt and attentive service. Our meals were hit or miss however. The breadsticks were bland, and would have been helped with either a sprinkling of Parmesan, salt or served with olive & herbs. The calamari was fabulous. Tender, nicely crusty, piping hot and came with a lovely marinara. The salad that came with my dish as aside (the server never asked me my choice), was like the bottom of an old bag of salad. Full of stems and old lettuce. My pasta dish was literally two different temperatures. My first (and most) bites were lukewarm but, when I mixed the added Parmesan in, I ran into nice and hot pieces of pasta. The generous amount of basil pesto was seriously lacking flavor, as was the accompanying chicken. I had to add a fair amount of salt to get it have any real taste. I also made sure to eat the chicken with either an olive or piece of roasted tomato. One of my companions mentioned they'd had the dish on a previous visit and it barely had any pesto on it at all, so I guess in that respect I was lucky. Apparently my dish was the only misstep of the entrees ordered because everyone raved over their meals. As I was also the only one who ordered from the "healthy" choices, maybe that was the problem. The chef/cook took that designation too seriously. I'll come back to give them another try, but go for something "bad" for me. read more

Excellent food. Really great take out service, I was surprised sometimes Italian food doesn't travel well-good sized portions-order on the app-right our to your car -great for folks with kids! My new favorite! read more

I can't say enough good things about Basta Pasta. I have been here over 5 times and have not found something that wasn't excellent. The apps and entrees are all shinning stars. read more

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I thoroughly enjoy Basta Pasta. I've been to multiple locations but the Eldersburg has been the location I've visited the most. The restaurant has easy to access parking and has a nice welcoming atmosphere. The food is also very good. I recommend the pesto tortellini. The beard and salads are exceptional and really complement the meal. They have an extensive wine selection and have delicious desserts like their cheesecake. The portions for lunch and dinner are generous, but very eatable. Service has always been good and we're always pleased with our meals at Basta Pasta. read more

Went back 6.30.19 and the seafood pasta was magnifico as usual. I added sauteed mishrooms and sides of spinach and broccoli to, then mixed the spinach and mushrooms in. We had bottomless comes and cheesecake too. I HAVE to try that calamari next time. It looked delicious too!! Service is attentive without being intrusive. read more

First and last visit. I don't understand the hype over this place. Olive Garden is better. Little flavor. Poor service.

First off I like to say that i love pasta basta. The food is great, service is usually very good. Great happy hour. This past Friday we went in around 4:30 for happy hour in bar area. there are no reservations for bar area but you still must see hostess to be seated???? We are lead to a six top lower table but we wanted a 4 top hightop. We ask to sit there. Hostess told us that was reserved. We explained there was no reservation for bar area and wanted the 4 top. She then made a face and comment to do WHATEVER. So we sat at 4 top. Moments later a waitress came and asked us to move since that table was reserved (again No reservation are require and not excepted for bar area). I ask to speak with manager. He came and I told him I just wanted to Know the rules for reservations in bar area, after him trying to fumble a explanation he finally admitted there are no reservation in bar area. We ended up moving to 6 top but felt that we were second class people in the place over someone who rated to get special treatment to get a (RESERVATION). Thankfully we did not get the rude waitress that ask us to move and our waitress was awesome and food was good. Now that table sat empty for 45 minutes before the hostess sat someone there. I did notice two times some wanted to seat there and the hostess said that the table not available. So if you see a table available in bar area and they will not seat you there or tell you that nothing is available Welcome to second class citizenship at Basta Pasta. read more

Please be careful if you have any food allergies and decide to eat here. Be firm and state what you need. After ordering and explaining my gluten allergy, my chicken looked as if it had been breaded. I asked the server who informed me there was no gluten. The manager then came to the table to take my plate for it to be remade because it did in fact have lightly breaded chicken. They remade my plate and offered an apology, but didn't take anything off my bill or offer any kind of discount. I was extremely disappointed with my experience here. read more

Visiting from upstate, NY, this is the first time dining at Basta Pasta. We stopped on a late Sunday afternoon, with a group of 9. All the food was outstanding, as were the wait staff who were very friendly and helpul. I will stop again when we are in Eldersburg. read more

SO tired of having to make complaints/suggestions to this restaurant. Every single time we use them (only for carryout) the food is never up to par. Today I specifically requested that HOT FOODS be packaged together and COLD FOODS packaged together for obvious reasons. I arrived. ONE LARGE package with everything thrown in! Asked them to replace the salad for obvious reasons. They repacked the entire order, and brought me back TWO bags. Stupid me, I assumed they had hot foods in one bag, cold in the other. But NO! After all this, the hot rolls were packed in the same bag as the cold salad - the specific reason they had to rebag everything TWICE. It's just not worth the hassle at this place. They have a lunch item menu - Smash Burger - and when it is made as described, without extra salt, it's delicious. Today it was overcooked bacon, two beef patties which is NOT what is advertised, questionable tomatoes/lettuce (just about spoiled), and a questionable bun. I have no problem paying a nice penny for an unusual and delicious lunch sandwich - but this was WAY below par, literally inedible. I threw it out. I have no idea why people continue to frequent this place except for one possible reason - the other restaurants in this rural area are WAY WORSE. IMPOSSIBLE to find decent food here. If someone wants to have a thriving restaurant, open one here and pay attention to the QUALITY. HORRID! read more

Recommended restaurant. Stopped for lunch. Shrimp scampi and crab dip were good. Crab dip had cream base with crab sprinkled on top and broiled, plenty of bread loaf. Basilico sandwich was disappointing, chicken was cubed, fat left on, pesto flavorless, roasted red pepper flavorless. Needed flavor, perhaps cook chicken in balsamic, add a sauce? Salad on side had little dressing. Staff was attentive and kept drinks filled, a manager stopped at table and asked about meal. I expressed my disappointment with sandwich, replacement meal was offered, took sandwich that I did not eat off bill. Lunch portion was a good size with a few bites let over on pasta dish. I will not go out of my way to eat here again. read more

Management needs to educate hostesses that they should not join in with customers who mock those with masks. Perhaps teaching them compassion and overall educating them about the pandemic. Some people (like us) are battling cancer. Very unprofessional to hear her apologize to the customer group that she could not mandate NO mask wearing. read more

We ordered take out to take over to the 1623 beer brewery as they don't have a kitchen there. We ordered chicken parm and Cajun pasta and it was all delicious with enough for two more meals. It came with salad and breadsticks so there was plenty to eat. Def a great spot to pick up to carry over to the brewery to listen to live music and drink some brews. read more

We have been here a few times now. Each experience has been very good. There is plenty of variety to choose from. The bread is delicious, the salad is fresh and customized, and the servings are ample. Might be considered a bit pricey... But based on the quality of ingredients we've seen / tasted, it seems in line. An example would be the Seafood Alfredo. Competitors may use shrimp and scallops, but this place adds crab meat, and uses jumbo shrimp. I believe there were 5 or 6 jumbo shrimp. The wait staff has always been professional and friendly. The hostesses seemed pleasant, and always smiled. Also, one time we went, there was a decent wait. However, the staff did a great job of quickly turning tables to get people dining, without being rude to diners who were done. The cheesecake was very good as well. Typically we don't do dessert, but we did one time. Very good way to wrap up the meal. We will definitely return for more meals! read more

First time we dined here . Food was outstanding and plenty of it I ordered chicken Francess sauce was perfect chicken tender and moist. Others in my party got the fillet mignon all said the were cooked to perfection. Service was also top notch . Our waitress name was Sarah she was great ask for her you won't be sorry . We will be back soon . read more

Over the past year we have been ordering curbside pickup and it has been great. However; the past two times in two weeks our order has been incorrect and has not tasted as good. Something has changed in there process that is having a negative affect on their customer service and there food quality. My family will be taking a break for a few months from this establishment. Really was a great restaurant hope they can do some self correction and come back stronger. read more

Great local Restaurant located in Eldersburg. The food is wonderful. They start you out with a huge fresh salad and hot fresh rolls. Anything you order on the menu is great. We've been there about 4 times and the food and service has always been excellent. They also have delicious desserts such as their Homemade Cheesecake and Tiramisu. read more

We ate here with friends when we were in town. It was very good. We had visited Fratelli's in the past and had noticed that the quality had seemed to go down, so when we wanted seafood, our friends recommended Basta Pasta. My husband absolutely adores Chicken Chesapeake and usually orders that when he sees it on any menu. He saw that they had it and he ordered that. The chicken was cooked to perfection, very tender and not overly smothered in a creamy sauce. The crabcake was huge, more like a baseball. It was tender and mostly lump crabmeat not filler. It was very flavorful! He also ordered the crab pretzel which was very good. I had the Risotto Milanese. The shrimp and scallops were cooked perfectly. They were tender, not overcooked like some places do. Unfortunately, even though it said blue crab saffron risotto, I could not detect any crab. It was still very good. The one odd thing is the little metal box that they put your bill in. It is awkward to open and if you are paying with cash, it doesn't quite fit. Why not use the regular "leather" receipt holder? All in all, this is a great restaurant. read more

I heard great things about this restaurant and went on the online menu to pick out dinner. When I got there to pick up my order my meal that I picked out on the online menu said the price was $24.00 and when I went to pay they changed me $42.00. They said it was an increase for crab but come on. That is insane. I even showed them the menu on my phone but they said too bad. They will not honor their own menu prices. I left without my shrimp imperial and I will never know if they are good because I will never go back.. read more