Great service. This is my second time dining here. Local favorite that I've been meaning to try for a while. Ordered the boneless rabbit, stuffed with ground beef, ham, and spinach...wrapped in bacon with a side of polenta. Wine selection is a little slim, everything else is on point. read more

Pasta y Basta - Italian Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

I had the pleasure of trying out Pasta y Basta's new location this past Saturday night and it was such a wonderful experience. Our server was kind, knowledgeable, and made us feel right at home. I ordered the tuna appetizer and it was one of my favorite appetizers I have ever ordered at any restaurant . I would have never thought to put lime sorbet on tuna but wow what an awesome combination. Our group had the duck, lasagna, a couple different pizzas and it was all perfect. We all cleaned our plates! The chef/owner , Christian is from Italy and his culinary skills are off the charts. This place is a true gem in Rosarito. read more

Fantastic authentic Italian food with amazing service. Chef is from Milan Italy and food was some Of the best I have ever had - and I have eaten at some of the best Italian restaurants around. Wait staff was fantastic and make sure you don't miss the home brewers limoncello. read more

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Came with a party of 6, and we were greeted and seated right away for dinner time, I think the service is the best service I've ever had !!!!! Dishes were amazing and wine was good too. If you are looking for a fancy place to dine this is it. I would come back!!!!!! read more

The best food! The best service! Nothing bad to talk about this place. I have been in Italy and the food in here is not different than the one you can find in there, legitimate food!! read more

Great food great service great staff. Lots of good choices. Go back often yum yum Clean and fresh

Amazing authentic Italian food Great menu Super friendly waiters -- Jesus and Andrea in our case. And chef Christian too.. Pretty room too. All this in Rosarito!! read more

Had an amazing meal at Pasta y Basta. This is a gem of an Italian Restaurant in Rosarito. Chef Christian from Bergamo, Italy is bravissimo!! I was transported to Italy with the first byte. Service was perfect with Javier. Grazie mille!! read more

Great authentic Italian food. The waiters were very good and attentive. We had a great time talking with the staff after dinner. Will definitely go bac read more

Pasta y Basta - Fettucini bolognese. Fresh made pasta was great. - Italian Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

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Pasta Y Basta is great Italian food and a rare gem in Baja. This has become a go-to restaurant any time my family and I are visiting in Baja. Christian does a great job at delivering authentic and homemade Italian recipes and it beats many of the Italian restaurants I've visited. Highly recommended read more

The food was okay. Fettuccine Alfredo is hard to mess up and it just tasted like bacon fat. Cheese tasted old. Staff was very nice and understanding. read more

Hands down the best and only Italian restaurant in Rosarito Beach that's worthy of my rating. Omg Octopus appetizer please try it. Everything else great! read more

Having seen the Yelp reviews on Pasta y Basta, I had to check it out for myself. Well folks, I am in complete agreement! This place is Fantastic! When we entered the restaurant we noticed that it was fully packed (glad we had a reservation), and everybody seemed to be really enjoying themselves. The service was incredible as everyone involved was very attentive. Christian, the owner, personally came to our table to say hello. I ordered the lasagna which was the most flavorful lasagna I have ever experienced. My lady ordered the branzino which tasted amazing! When in Rosarito, try this Hidden Gem of a restaurant! You will not be disappointed! Oh ..and the tiramasu is incredible too! Ok...off to the gym! read more

The food and service are great service. Pure pleasure. I will return. Highly recommended

This place is the best Italian food I have had over the years down here in Baja. They are very attentive, super polite and treat you like royalty. It's a quite & cozy little place to dine out for any occasion. I recommend the lasagna it was absolutely amazing in flavor the presentation was very unique! The owner Christian is very welcoming and a wonderful chef. I will be going back soon! read more

Tried this place based on Yelp reviews. The wait staff are very attentive and nice and one of them speaks perfect English. We ordered a pizza and it was ok. I'm a big garlic bread lover so I was disappointed that they don't make it here. The items on the menu did not excite us which is how we ended up ordering pizza. Maybe I'm just used to regular Italian fare that's not exclusively northern Italian. read more

This was the best Italian food I've ever had and I live in LA! I was truly hesitant to give it try due to the fact that I had a poor experience trying out an Italian restaurant in Cancun! However, this restaurant exceeded my expectations! Will definitely be recommending it to my family and friends. We will be back! read more

I came here after driving passed it many times before and decided to give it a try and I'll be coming in regularly when in the area,The chef opened the door upon my arrival and delivered our food as well. We started with the charcuterie platter and my wife had a mushroom and sausage risotto I had the bucatini with pancetta in tomato sauce. I highly recommend this place you can't miss an opportunity like this when in Rosarito. read more

I felt a bit cheated for having high expectations for this place. Unlike other reviewers I can't say that our dishes were spot on as our gnocchi definitely lacked texture and even much flavor. The salads were not bad but, again, not great, especially the caprese, which was rather mediocre. The wine was nice and the service was outstanding. Oh, the tiramisu didn't disappoint either. read more

Pasta y Basta - The view from the window. - Italian Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

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Discovered this place on our last trip to Rosarito Beach. Wow, what a gem. An authentic Italian kitchen, with a top rate chef, who has built a restaurant out of circumstance and passion. I'll forever return to Pasta y Basta on future trips to the area. Do yourself a favor and check it out. read more

Amazing authentic Italian food! Such good flavor! We came in on a Saturday night and it was decently busy but we had amazing service and food quality was top notch. The chef walks around and checks on every table to see how the food and service was. I had the lasagna and it was amazing and cheesy! My boyfriend had the risotto with mushroom and sausage and it was very rich in flavor. We will definitely be back anytime we are in town! read more

Delicious, came here for memorial day weekend and stumbled across Pasta Y Basta! Food was absolutely delicious as well as great service! Sad they're closed on a monday or we would've been there today! read more

First, the food is delicious. Their marinara sauce is the best I've had outside of Italy and that is saying a lot. We ordered delivery and felt for the portion size it was way overpriced. We actually prefer a smaller portion but felt a little ripped off that we were charged so much. Maybe it's different if you dine in? Deducted one star for this. read more

Excellent Italian cusine..homemade pasta...Excellent service. Best in Rosarito, authentic..you have to try the homemade lemoncello...nice after dinner drink read more

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This local authentic Italian, northern Italian restaurant is a very special and quaint place to enjoy with your friends in an intimate but not pretentious setting. We especially enjoyed their specials which you can go online or better yet subscribe to their weekly specials email. The wine prices are really decent and the food is made with lots of love and consideration. The staff are friendly and ready to serve at a moments notice. Pasta y Basta is surely not to be missed. read more

I absolutely loved this place! The food was incredible! We ordered many different entrees and they were all exceptionally delicious. Not to mention the staff is so sweet and accommodating. The Chef/owner has really done an amazing job. Looking forward to the next visit. I will definitely recommend this place to my friends and family! This place is a DELIGHT! read more

Great food, wine, service, and ambience. A little taste of Italy in Baja! Tiramisu will knock your socks off too. Will be in our regular restaurant rotation for sure going forward. read more

This is an update on review for this business professionalism! This is ABSURD, that not only did the chef wife privately message me and I will copy the message below so everyone can see but now the chef/ owner is posting because they don't like my honest review?!! WTF?? First and most, I clearly stated that's how "it made me and my family feel, period"!! I have every right to state my OPINION!!!! If the chef/ owner and his wife feel so offended by my OPINION then correct your behavior/ gestures and offer a simple apologies, without telling me your whole life story. Someone who knows they didn't do anything wrong wouldn't try so hard to defend their stand. Your actions speak louder than words and you showed absolute no professionalism from the beginning Until this very day ! Now stop messaging me and learn from this . read more

I come to Rosarito every year and this always my favorite meal of the trip; and often I make it here twice a trip. The staff is so friendly and warm and Chef Christian is a master not only in his menu but in hospitality as well. My husband and I just spent our 5 year anniversary dinner here and it was arguably one of the best meals either of us have ever had. Chef Christian came and spent almost 10 minutes with us and as we left wished us a happy anniversary. Honestly I would drive down from San Diego one evening just to have dinner here because it's worth it!!! I have had the carbonara, casoncelli, scallopini, tiramisu, caprese salad, and calamari and it's all amazing!! read more

Awesome place! My husband and I found this gem on yelp. We have a house in Baja Malibu and wanted to try something other that street tacos (which I love) first off its a small quaint place that feels like home. The service and food was outstanding. They make their pasta in house. We met the owner a young gentleman from Italy. Nice, friendly guy. The food is fresh, fresh, fresh! Pasta, sauces, soups, everything. I got the pink risottoI it was a little too salty for me but boy was in good. It has sausage and Gorgonzola which both are salty but I took a chance. Perfectly cooked risotto. My picky 9 year old loved the pizza. I had a bite. Best pizza ever, I had entree envy. My husband had the Oso Buco he said it was good but I did not try it. I'm glad to have found somewhere to eat that is not Mexican food. I can only take so much carne asada, cheese, and tortillas. We will be back! read more

Found this restaurant on Yelp and thank goodness we made a reservation! When we got here the place was packed with happy eaters we waited maybe 10 min for our table. The service was impeccable, the food even more delicious than the explanation on the menu. I ordered the branzino sea bass and asked to swap the anchovies for capers. They had no issue accommodating my request and my meal was amazing! My guy had the lasagna and as a self proclaimed "foodie" was equally impressed. Definitely put this small intimate gem on your list next time you visit Rosarito! read more

Pasta y Basta - Tiramisu & limoncello- yum!!!! - Italian Near Me - Rosarito, BCN

If I could give less than one star, this would be the place to give it. I have no idea what all the hype was about, but believe me, that's all it is "HYPE"! First me and my husband ordered a drink; a Margarita and Pina Colada. The waiter responds that the bar does not serve mixed drinks, only straight booze (very odd). So then we ordered tequila and Malibu rum. The waiter asked, straight or on the rocks(duh!). From the moment me and my husband walked in, there was a man dressed in a chefs jacket wearing crocks walking around like he owned the place. He only spoke to customers he knew. I later discovered that he was both the owner and the chef. The waiter explained how the chef was from Italy and that all the pasta was made fresh to order. We placed our order and we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited. I noticed people who came in 20-25 minutes after us were getting their food while we were still waiting, almost an hour get our food. The chef would visit tables of people he seem to know and their food was flying out of the kitchen. I ordered the spaghetti which was salty, tasteless and the noodles were doughy and the size of udon. My husband ordered the casoncelli which was dry and sauceless but he didn't want to complain since he knew I was already hot under the collar. The waiter asked how was the food? I told him it was salty and not good at all. He promised he would take it back and fix the problem only to bring back the same salty food with more salty bland sauce and less doughy pasta. 5 minutes later the chef comes to our table to see if we liked the food. I told him it was still too salty. He decided to try and insult me by saying the saltiness is from the clams and mussels instead of owning up to putting out crappy food. He then tried to smooth things over by offering us what he referred to as a home made Lemoncelli after dinner drink. It was awful as well. I also found it odd that the chef spent a lot of time walking around greeting people he knew and was hardly in the kitchen. Like I said, ALL HYPE! Being the only Italian restaurant in town doesn't make you authentic and the best. Just the only "authentic" Italian restaurant in town. Not worth the money. read more

Very disappointed. All of the reviews were really good so we decided to give this place a try. Our waiter Jesus was great and the owner Christian was very nice but the food was not good at all. We were all very unsatisfied with our meals. I had the New York steak and it was one of the worst steaks I've ever had, very dry, and no flavor, the mashed potatoes were ok. My wife had a ravioli with beef and pork that she said was "ok", my mother in law had the rabbit and didn't like it either. The pizza was decent and the desserts were very plain. Maybe we came on an off night but I would never come to this place again. Also it's a bit pricey, the most expensive and the biggest let down of our entire vacation. Was really hoping this place would be good read more

I had the PANSOTTI (ravioli stuffed w/ricotta and spinach, sautéed with fresh pesto). It was fabulous, we will make this one of our regular stops from now on. read more

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Rosarito. I highly recommend their risottos. Also the price is a steal compared to anything back in San Diego. read more

Fresh, delicious, authentic Italian food prepared by an Italian native chef. Never would have expected this in Rosarito but what a wonderful surprise. Great service and excellent prices for the quality food you receive. I had the fettuccini bolognese that was awesome, and my wife really enjoyed the bucatini. Can you say homemade pasta! Will definitely be making this a regular stop for us. Try this place...you won't be disappointed. read more

I was not disappointed with anything I put in my mouth in this place! Every single thing that came out of that magical kitchen was divine.

Great food, but be careful. Our truck was broken into right out front and nobody saw anything. Then I find out it happened 5 times recently? Coincidence? I don't think so. Somebody is alerting someone else. Video showed car pulling up next to truck, smashing window and leaving in 1 minute. Please be aware. read more

This is absolutely the best Italian restaurant in Rosarito. The owner is the chef and he makes his own pasta from scratch. He has a special dish every week that is outstanding. The waiters are the best and my favorite is Jesus. read more

Great folks making great unexpected food in Baja. Come here, enjoy the food, wine and hospitality. Chef makes his masterpieces near the window for all to see and experience. Having spent weeks in Rome, Grittis food is on par or better than Italy. Perfectly spaced courses, wine, limoncello and dessert. Delicious and worth every moment. read more