The charming little Italian place on Servitengasse is both restaurant and a delicatessen shop. Serving daily fresh and handmade pasta, either to eat in-house, or to take away. La Pasteria’s owner, Xerxes, will make sure you feel very at home, judging by the regulars running in and out, having chats and laughs with him.
The delicious homemade ravioli comes with different fillings, like spinach/ricotta, pumpkin/cream cheese, red beet/horseradish, herbs or truffel/ricotta. You can also buy all of the other pasta on the menu to take away, so you can have your way with it at home. Amongst the wheatey-wowsahs is freshly-cut tagliatelle, taglioni, rigatoni and farfalle. Just be sure to ask for them at the counter, as you won’t find them in the glass cabinet.
But if you’re not that into cooking for yourself, just stay in for lunch or dinner and try one of La Pasteria’s wonderfully Italian pastas. If it’s a handful of fresh prawns and tomatoes thrown into a pan and mixed with freshly cut tagliatelle, or super tender calf’s liver Venetian style – the dishes taste like love and home (that Italian home with the Italian nonna that you never had).
Price guide
Homemade ravioli (different fillings) = 2.50€/100g
Rigatoni with creamy tomato sauce and buffalo mozzarella = 10.90€
Tagliatelle with prawns (arrabiata) = 14.90€
Farfalle with zucchini, tomato, olives and grilled branzino = 14.90€
Taglioni with roasted calf’s liver (veneziano) = 15.90€
Herb/Ricotta ravioli with grilled calamari and pepper tomatoes = 15.90€
