The best pasta at Lake of the Ozarks! The staff is always friendly, and all of the pasta sauces are homemade. I've never had a bad meal here. Definitely stop in next time you're at the lake. They also do a great carryout service. 10/10 read more

The noodles were really good. The kids enjoyed it and it was really convenient while we were out shopping. Nice family restaurant with delicious sauces and pasta options. read more

The service is good just a couple of them working but that did suffice. Great Pizza and Pasta would definitely recommend! read more

Shell's Pasta Emporium - Had the meatball and onions/peppers pizza and it was great! - Italian Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

Quick, Hot and Delicious! I love their menu. You pick the pasta, then the sauce, and the protein. You build your bowl of pasta! I had the mushroom ravioli, "Naked" - butter & garlic olive oil, with grilled chicken breast strips. It has melted cheese on it and was served with a breadstick. I would order it again. Husband made his own pizza with the spicy red sauce. Again a definite do again. It was a bit spicy but added such great flavor to the pizza. The service was quick and friendly. The restaurant was clean and smelled yummy as soon as you step inside. I would recommend this place for a quick bowl of delicious pasta or pizza. read more

I absolutely love Shells. Everything is so hot and fresh. I always get the grilled chicken, red sauce and penne noodles topped with melted mozzarella my kid's love the Alfredo sauce Make the stop and check it out you won't be disappointed!! read more

Great hidden gem in a strip mall next to Home Goods. The food and service were excellent. I got a small pizza and 1/2 order of pasta which was just right. Even had leftover pizza to take with me. Great place to go after shopping read more

Newcomer to this establishment and I couldn't have been more satisfied!! The server, I believe her name was Lea was amazing!! FUN, FRIENDLY, and made sure we were covered the entire time of our visit! I had a pizza, and it was amazing!! Topped it off with Merlot and Tiramisu! Everything was delicious, the prices were more than reasonable, and the great customer service made it spot on! I will definitely be back!! read more

Nice smaller restaurant, friendly service, and delicious food. Never been disappointed with the food here. read more

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We stopped by for dinner the other early evening, and we were very impressed! Super nice family own it, and the son waited on us. He was very helpful on recommendations, and was spot on! We loved the way they bring out the salad. It comes in a plastic closed container. You can shake the salad to get the dressing mixed up good, and then poor it in the bowl. Their house dressing was amazing! My husband and I both had the seafood ravioli, I had the red sauce topped with mushrooms, and it came with a bread stick. The other couple had a sandwich and they loved what they ordered. They especially commented on the bread and how good it was! Our waiter was very attentive and really nice! We will definitely be going back! I want to try their lasagna! Looking forward to going back! One of our FAVS now! We love supporting small business places! read more

Good food! Good prices! The Pink Sauce is the way to go. Breadsticks are like mini loaves of bread. We found the service extremely prompt and spot on. Quintessential decor. The music was old school rock and roll (fun) lol Back in Black is very Italian hahahaId definitely say stop In for a good pasta meal. read more

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Pasta was wonderful! It's a build your own style and it's very customizable. The bread was very good. Wonderful food and service! read more

Shell's Pasta Emporium - Pasta so good Bread Phenomenal. - Italian Near Me - Osage Beach, Missouri

Would recommend best pizza At the lake hands down prove me wrong low prices can't be beat don't know how she dose a business with them prices would recommend anything on the menu come dine in at shells you won't be disappointed read more

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Really good pastas. The toasted raviolis are a must when you come here. I try to stop at this place when I'm in town.

Food was excellent! Service was excellent! Antonio was our server and he was so helpful. Highly recommend this sweet, little restaurant. Decorated cute! read more

Excellent pasta dishes and pizza. Wonderful small family restaurant. We have been there several times past few years always good. A hidden gem at the lake. read more

The floor was dirty, our table had spilled liquid and food under it. There were multiple children running around screaming. The food was nothing spectacular by any means and it was not an enjoyable experience. If you're looking for true authentic Italian, this is not the place. read more

Very slow to non existent table service for just ok Italian and pizza. We waited 50 min for our food while owner and waiter talked about fantasy football and showed no umph to get orders out. Breadstick was also cold. read more

Food is good, service is slow and subpar. I had to find my own to go boxes after waiting a half hour for them to bring it.

Wife ate last eve with a group of hers. She said everyone raved about their meal. Brought me takeout of Fettuccine with cream sauce and added chicken. It was delicious some of best I have ever had and i have eaten in great restaurants around the world. Chicken was very tasty but the fettuccine was so good I would only have it alone next time. We will be back again soon read more

We enjoyed this place so much that we went two nights in a row. Great food, reasonably priced, great customer service. Love the bread sticks, Alfredo sauce, and the red sauce! My wife loves their "naked" pasta dish. read more

Decided to try and they did not disappoint. Service was good and steady. Ordered the spicy chicken Alfredo with mushrooms. It was good. The portion was a good amount. Priced accordingly. The dining room is small but welcomely decorated with soft rock playing. Very comfortable. I would recommend giving Shell's a try. read more

Great food! Did take out! Been coming to lake same week every year for the past 15yrs. First time we tried Shell's. Highly recommend!

Excellent place to get a great pasta. Made fresh made the way you want it. Staff if very friendly. Very affordable. A pizza a large pasta a kids pasta an app and drink was around $30. The pizza was great. Pasta was very good. The jalapeño nacho toasted ravs were awesome!! Authentic Italian sauces. You will not leave this place hungry! Best Italian at the lake no question about it! read more

My granddaughter loves spaghetti and this place is well worth coming too. Very affordable and the people are great.

Probably the best pizza I've had anywhere and the wings were fantastic as well, juicy and well seasoned pasta was great as well!! MUST TRY!! read more

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One of my favorite spots at the lake! The most friendly people and delish food. Would recommend to anyone!

Just had the spinach noodle and artichoke stuffed ravioli with the mixed red and Alfredo sauce. What's really cool is they throw extras on top, I went with mushrooms and broccoli. So good. You Must try this place. read more

Hole in the wall restaurant that filled the hole in my stomach. Had just finished hiking a nearly 3 mile loop at Hidden Springs within Lake of the Ozarks State Park and this was suggested as dinner. With a build your own menu that offers a wide range of options, make sure you try the bread sticks. read more

This is by far the best pasta at the lake. The menu is the perfect and very simple. Shells spicy pink sauce is amazing. I've never had a dish that has disappointed me. read more

We were not impressed. Overpriced, very bland Alfredo sauce, cold entrees, and insanely small portions. Bread sticks seemed to be stale/old, were bland and chewy, and half the size of normal breadsticks you would be served at places like Olive Garden or Fazoli's. For the price, they should offer their customers a salad bar (side salad at the very least) to compensate for the small child sized entrees the serve. Big men, or growing boys with huge appetites would have a difficult time getting their hunger satisfied with the pathetic portions that they serve here. Save your money, as you could find better Italian meal, at the same or lower price, in the frozen section at your local grocer. read more

Ordered the fettuccine noodles with alfredo sauce. Order arrived fast and hot with a great breadstick. The sauce is okay but not seasoned like at a full service Italian restaurant. Not bad just not very tasty. Service is a plus and maybe being open a lot longer will elicit costumer suggestions resulting in more flavorful pasta. I'll definitely try again and try the pizza. read more

I really want to give this place 5 stars but several times I've been here and the service was my least favorite. Seems like it's the same girl each time. The girl is slow, rarely keeps our drinks filled, and often seems confused by her businesses ordering process. The most recent time I came with my family, a couple arrived 10 min after us and although our orders were in hand and ready, the waitress spent over 5 min explaining the menu and ordering to the other table and placed their order ahead of us. This experience wasn't the first time this particular waitress has put another table ahead of us (even though they arrived long after us). Wish the service was better because the food is good. read more

My second visit in 2 days! The tomato salad and regular salad are delicious! The pizza is very good. We like the veal ravioli and red sauce and bow tie pizza with pink sauce. Yesterday I had the fettuccini with 1 meatball and pink sauce. Fantastico! This is a small, woman owned business and us gals have to support our gals! The lady is also the chef! Can't wait to try the lasagna when it is the special of the day. I think I'll be a regular. read more

Best Italian food at the Lake by a longshot. Homemade sauces, homemade meatballs, low prices!

Nice people, good sauces... slower service, microwaved food, and no communication between the chef and server (only two employees we saw working) even in the small, open air kitchen/restaurant. We shop at the Lake annually and are always looking for good new places. Went here because we heard good reviews. Got here about 6:15, almost two hours before closing, the restaurant was only about 1/2 full. The only server there sold one of us (3) on the special "there are two left!" so we ordered one. We each ordered an entree plus appetizer. We waited quite a while for food, and asked once about our appetizer coming out before food. The server assured us "it was ordered". She then came back over (after we'd already waited 20 min after ordering) and said they were actually out of the special and we chose a replacement. {Meanwhile we heard and saw the chef putting bowls in a microwave and pushing buttons but couldn't see what it was. We were saddened to see that.} When our food finally was ready, the cook (owner?) hollered to us that "Your appetizer got messed up and will be out after the pasta. The pasta is done." The done pasta then sat for another 5 minutes before our server brought it over. Lastly, we ordered dessert but forgot to tell them to go. Went to counter before it was to us and asked for to go. The chef hollered back to the kitchen, but a few minutes later it still came out on plates and we asked for containers. The food... the pink sauce is a red sauce pasta bowl with a little white sauce on top. I feel like pink sauce is supposed to be closer to a mostly white sauce with a little red. But maybe that's me. The broccoli in our pasta looked brown and we thought maybe looked microwaved. But it tasted better than it looked. We remembered the menu said it was sautéed in garlic and herbs so maybe that was it. The red sauce and breadsticks were both really good. The mozzarella sticks were good, but baked so not as "greasy appetizer" fulfilling as we had liked. read more

If you're going to call yourself a "Pasta Emporium", the bar is set awfully high for a quality experience. Also, if you're going to have table service instead of a fast casual format, again, expectations are higher. I imagine that even top flight restaurants order some of their stock from food service companies and don't scratch make everything. I could be wrong, but nothing seemed freshly prepared. Overpriced toasted ravioli probably frozen. They tasted decently, but at $8 for 10, you expect something extraordinary. Breadstick that came with the pasta? Bland and probably frozen. Alfredo was bland and seemed like it was jarred. And if you're going to use a microwave to heat food, do it in the back so it can't be witnessed. Overall, as a lone diner, I dropped $18 bucks with the tip without anything remarkable. As a local resident, I won't be back. read more

Comfortable small restaurant. Friendly and accommodating. Reasonable prices for some tasty food. Only one downside "too much sauce on my pasta. I would rather taste the pasta instead of all the sauce. Not tp say the sauce is not good just too much. I would have liked half the amount. read more

Stopped here on a whim and we do not regret it. Very generous portions. Attentive and personable staff. Great food.

Food is great. Good prices. Always a good experience. Love the pink pasta sauce. :) :) :) :) cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccvcccvccvbh wertuiookggdsggjkkyfdcv jkhgddcbnkh dcbjkjg dcbkkh ffbnkjf dcnkg dvnkkufc bk read more

My friend and I chose this restaurant randomly. Shell can make some amazing food!!!! If I make it to the Ozarks again, I'll be back!