Pasta Plus Restaurant & Gourmet Market is an award-winning, family owned restaurant run by Massimo (Max)Mazziotti and his brother Sabatino Mazziotti. Since opening in 1983, our restaurant has offered the finest Central and North Italian food specialties. We emphasize fresh pasta and bread made daily in our restaurant.
Along with fresh seafood, fresh meats and pizza baked in an authentic wood-fired oven. We also feature an extensive menu of gourmet carryout items. In addition, we offer a series of regular wine dinners and tastings throughout the year. And we take an annual trip to Italy with our customers each fall to explore the finest in regional foods and wines.
Along with fresh seafood, fresh meats and pizza baked in an authentic wood-fired oven. We also feature an extensive menu of gourmet carryout items. In addition, we offer a series of regular wine dinners and tastings throughout the year. And we take an annual trip to Italy with our customers each fall to explore the finest in regional foods and wines.
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Pasta Plus Restaurant and Market welcomes your comments. You can also request information on our annual Gourmet Food and Wine Trips to Italy, as well as information keeping you up to date on our Wine Dinners, Wine Tastings and other events. Check this, If you would like to receive information about Carry-out specials and promotions on a weekly basis.
Pasta Plus Restaurant occasionally holds special Wine Tastings in cooperation with various wineries that feature fine Italian wines. Usually, a representative of the featured winery will be on hand and these wines will be accompanied by cheeses & hors d'ouvres. Check this, If you would like to receive information about Carry-out specials and promotions on a weekly basis.
Since 1996, Pasta Plus Restaurant & Market owner Max Mazziotti has organized and led private tours that allow small groups of friends and customers to celebrate the exquisite wines and gourmet cuisine of Italy. From his native Abruzzo to Tuscany, Umbria, Venice, Florence and Rome, Max's annual excursions provide an insider's view of the great wine estates of Italy and some of the best restaurants in the world.
Pasta Plus regulars know this is one special restaurant.
And here's what Zagat Survey says: "When an Italian priest says it's the best pasta this side of Rome", "carb lovers" know they can expect "fresh" "homemade" lasagna and "tasty" tortellini along with thin-crust pizza and "fabulous" seafood; the "nondescript strip-mall" setting in Laurel "has the curb appeal of a dentist's office", so "close your eyes to enjoy the value" of chef Sabatino Mazziotti's "top-notch" fare as well as the "great rapport" with "his brother, Max", a host "who remembers his regulars."
And here's what Zagat Survey says: "When an Italian priest says it's the best pasta this side of Rome", "carb lovers" know they can expect "fresh" "homemade" lasagna and "tasty" tortellini along with thin-crust pizza and "fabulous" seafood; the "nondescript strip-mall" setting in Laurel "has the curb appeal of a dentist's office", so "close your eyes to enjoy the value" of chef Sabatino Mazziotti's "top-notch" fare as well as the "great rapport" with "his brother, Max", a host "who remembers his regulars."
Reviews (14)
Sally Curley
Dec 19, 2021
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We have been eating over there for years and have never gotten a bad meal. The last five years we have ordered catering dishes for Christmas and have always had great food until this year. We ordered lasagna, tortellini aurora, penna pomodoro and salad which was all delicious. We also ordered two orders of meatballs and that is where the problem was. I think they were made a week before we wanted them because they were so dry and so hard we joked about using them for golf balls. Plus we never got any sauce to put on then which would have helped the dryness but not the hardness. This would not stop
Tony Park
Nov 21, 2021
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The food here is great as always, but every time we go pick up the food we encounter a horrible experience. We are given a "pick-up" number when we place an order, but the lady over the phone doesn't speak clearly and hangs up the phone. When we go pick up the order, this employee, Heather wags her finger like Mutombo and says, "No order number, no food" like we are there to steal other people's food. Keep in mind that they require you to pay over the phone and there are other methods to verify that we are indeed that customer, but rather she and this other lady don't put an extra effort to take
Sleipnir'S. Eight
Nov 03, 2021
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Gwyn Kesler
Oct 10, 2021
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Beyond bad service. I placed an order at 1:00 to be picked up at 5:30. After standing in the parking lot for 30 minutes, I finally got my order at 6:00. The fellow who was bringing orders out was rude - as if I… was inconveniencing him - from the minute I walked up. Pandemic restaurant’ing has been going on for 19 months - still no in person dining, no online order system (good luck calling in an order - a 30 minute wait time to have your order taken and then an additional 90 minute wait for food, only to have them “lose” your order), rude staff who are shocked when a customer
Arthur Adams
Oct 10, 2021
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Pasta Plus has long been my favorite Laurel restaurant for celebrating a special occasion. This was one as both of us have new jobs. Unfortunately, my recent experience there makes me wonder if I'll ever return.
It's carry out only now, due to the pandemic. We knew that already, and had ordered at least once before since everything went caca in 2020, but that previous time, everything went fine. Pre-pandemic, we've also ordered carry out and had no problems.
Around 5:45, we placed an order for pickup at 7:00. It was a bit of a large order -- two entrees, two desserts, an appetizer and some garlic
It's carry out only now, due to the pandemic. We knew that already, and had ordered at least once before since everything went caca in 2020, but that previous time, everything went fine. Pre-pandemic, we've also ordered carry out and had no problems.
Around 5:45, we placed an order for pickup at 7:00. It was a bit of a large order -- two entrees, two desserts, an appetizer and some garlic
Mary Gaertner
Oct 02, 2021
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Nico Garcia
Sep 09, 2021
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Barbara Riggin
May 01, 2021
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Christine Nolte Dustin
Apr 13, 2021
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We got enough food for 50 people and everything was predictably delicious. We live a little too far away to get Pasta Plus regularly so it’s an absolute treat when we do get it. Two pizzas (including Pizza… Fontina🤤), chicken & eggplant parms, shrimp Alfredo, and Fettucine Verde🍆. Very efficient curbside carryout. Grazie mille, Max & Sabatino!!!
Chris Torre
Nov 03, 2020
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Hello. I was just at your location to pick up a carry out order. I ordered 2 lasagna with extra cheese, extra meat sauce and a side of Italian sausage. Also got the Carbonara and a side piece of salmon. The… first thing I opened was the side of Italian sausage. What was in the container was one small Italian sausage cut into half for $3.90 set which was supposed to be two whole pieces. I ask the carry out person was this 2 pieces and he said yes. I asked for refund. He went inside and said OK they said they will take it off without providing any kind of proof or receipt that it was actually
Samantha Elizabeth
Jan 22, 2020
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Pasta Plus is an authentic, family owned Italian restaurant located in a strip mall in Laurel. The restaurant is packed on most nights and there is often a line out of the door so be sure to arrive early. My party and I waited about an hour before being seated. Food and service was impeccable.
Our server Ashley was hospitable and attentive to our needs. Beside water, we ordered a bottle of red wine - Sangiovese Santa Cristina. While waiting for food, our server brought us a basket of warm Italian bread, butter, and grated parmesan. Balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil is available upon
Our server Ashley was hospitable and attentive to our needs. Beside water, we ordered a bottle of red wine - Sangiovese Santa Cristina. While waiting for food, our server brought us a basket of warm Italian bread, butter, and grated parmesan. Balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil is available upon
Jeff P.
Dec 17, 2019
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Really the best Italian food in the area. Prices are reasonable, quality is high, and the portions are huge. Expect a line and a wait if you're here at prime meal times. Look, in any area of the country that has a decent sized Italian population this is a 3.5 to 4 star place, but in the DMV it's one of the best. If they were in Rockville or nova you'd pay twice as much for food this good. Definitely worth a drive up from DC.
Christina Lopenzo
Nov 29, 2019
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Amanda Persad
Nov 29, 2019
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The food here is incredible. We did t have to wait long for a table and the service is great and homey. Perfect for any occasion and reasonably priced. The portions are amazing. We paid $70 for an app, two entrees, dessert, and coffee. I’m we shared mozzarella in carruzo which fried mozzarella is a creamy garlic anchovy sauce. The anchovy wasn’t overpowering and very tasty. Both of our meals came w salad, hot bread for the table. I got the branzino in a pink sauce w mushrooms and shrimp. It also came with a side of veggies. Very tasty and they gave me two fillets! I saved one for the next day
