Pasta e Basta

I love this place and the employees of this place,
The food is great and the waiters have a nice voices and friendly serving, the weekday the show is weak and the food is not as good as it was in our last visit !!! I guess the chef take off on Thursdays :((
And the problem of this place is that they want all the table to take the same menu so they can serve the same bowls of pasta either you are two or four people
After my 3^rd visit of today 3 March 2016 I guess I will not come here again since it become boring after a while.

Great food; great service, and amazing ambience. The live music adds an especial romantic touch to the dinning experience. It is perfect for pasta-​lover couples. Couples night out.

Came here tonight for dinner with my mother in law and 6 month old daughter. We asked the concierge at our hotel to recommend a good Italian place and this was his suggestion. He called and made us a reservation and mentioned we had a baby with us at the time he called. I wish the restaurant would have said «we don’t want babies at our restaurant». That would have saved us a walked and waste of an hour of limited time on our trip.
We were treated nicely when we arrived and the nice gentleman who sat us gave us a corner booth table and said that was we would be able to lay the baby down get comfortable etc. I thought that was nice he asked what we wanted to drink and he brought an iced tea for my mother in law and I asked for the wine list. He said he wasn’t our server but that she was going to sing next and she would be by in a bit. Well 40 minutes later she never came by… No one ever came by. I still had a wine list in front of me and no one ever even came for my drink order. We were never even provided food menus. We saw the female server who apparently was supposed to help us come to other tables in our section and then leave before we could flag her down. We were hungry by daughter started to get fussy and so we decided to leave and go someplace else. It took my mother in law several minutes of standing at the bar to even pay for her iced tea. She mentioned why we were leaving and the male server replied she must have been waiting for the baby. This was an odd response waiting for what? My daughter was perfectly content the first 35 mins of sitting and waiting. I should add it was not busy and the place was maybe ¹⁄₃ full.
Anyways don’t go here unless you like horrible service.

I believe this restaurant deserves four stars because of its unique atmosphere.
The servers sing for you by turns in various languages. They really have beautiful voices. You should go and see them!
If you are looking for an elaborate meal, then you are in the wrong place. Seriously they should do something about the food!

Great dining experience here. The servers sing for you. They have beautiful voice. Great highlight of my trip.
The food is delicious. Lamb sausage is worth a try! I know it’s a little expensive here, but treat yourself something nice in Amsterdam with this beautiful view. Shouldn’t feel too guilty about it.

Okay, in the spirit of full disclosure — Let me start by saying that I almost gave this place two stars but ended up giving one because — here goes — our bill for two people was 160 and we decided to pitch in 85 each and after we explained how much we wanted to be billed on each card; the waitress goes ahead and charges me 185 on just my card and when I tell her what I actually wanted. Instead of offering to return the extra amount she goes «I’m sorry, I misunderstood.»…thats it…
So — I took one star off for that.
The food — far from italian. very regular, some of the anti pasti seemed old. And one course of the meal was buffet — not that I’m against it but I went in for a sit down dinner. One star off for the food.
The singing is okay to start with but ends up being too much and too many — you cant chat with friends at dinner and you cant finish conversations as somebody started singing. Also its very karaōke style with the pop songs etc. Not my thing. One star off for that.
The ambience is okay but the service can be slow. And, they have 2 slots of dining — 6pm and 9pm and you have to make a reservation– one star off for that. Too many restrictions and hang ups for very mediocre food and almost tacky themed singing.

Unless you have not tasted Italian food or never had a dinner at a restaurant where actual waiters work, or themed things blind you regardless of the quality of the product, you might end up enjoying this restaurant. Otherwise, I suggest you take your business elsewhere, like Caffè Toscanini (a real Italian restaurant).
I did appreciate how beautiful the voices of the waiters were as they sung a variety of songs from arias to modern pop hits. However that really doesn’t make up for the cold food, the taste of that cold food (not sure if it would have improved had they brought it warm), the ability to not divide the order even to two smaller orders (if you are 6 people y’all can have either a two or a three course with the same pastas). Mussolini fascism at its best!
Overall, the € 60/​per tab was the final nail in the coffin. I would not like to visit this restaurant again. My 2* review gets the second star only because of the signing.

Pasta e Basta is a particular reataurant, busy, you have to reserve one of the two diner sessions (from 6 to 9 or from 9 onwards). You can choose a 2 course menu or a 3 course, pretty expensive options both. The décor is a bit old, dark, and the specialty of the place is the singing of the waiters.
Antipasti were giving me the impression of being prepared well in advance (the day before?), while the pasta was ok. You get 3 types of pasta to share, food I would nevertheless note average despite being ‘inspired’ by a Dutch chef, marketing that is reflected in the prices.
Prosecco was good but the Chardonnay was terrible.
Luckily the service was nice.

Das soll ein italienisches Musik-​Restaurant sein. Also der Teil mit der Musik ist ganz nett. Alle Kellnerinnen sind Konservatorium-​Studentinnen und singen ein Repertoir von Classic über soul, Jazz bis Pop. Aber alle Paar Minuten gibt es eine Pause im Bedienen, weil es eine Gesangseinlage gibt. Man fühlt sich beim Essen auch nicht richtig wohl, wenn daneben konzertiert wird. Das Essen lässt auch zu Wünschen übrig. Das ist nicht wirklich italienisch. Pasta war zerkocht. Vitello tonnato schmeckte sauer usw.

What a delicious find! Live music and al dente pasta dishes to share, I don’t know what’s more Italian than this. Yum — to the eyes, the ears and the taste buds!

My girlfriend and I are in Amsterdam on a girls long weekend. We gave up on the hotel concierge and went to Unilocal.So glad! Pasta e Basta was incredible. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, the pasta selections so perfectly created and light, and the anti pasti buffet was delicious. What we hadn’t realized was that all the waitstaff take turns singing! They were Amazing! From John Denver to Opera, they covered it all. A definite must if you are visiting.

Pure italian dining, this place is extremely nice. The food is great. but the highlight of this place is the live performances of the waitors/​waitresses themselves. THEY CAN SING! like… Extremely good… Practically a free concert to go along with your fine whinin n dinin. Song performed every 20min. LOVE THIS PLACE, DEF WOULD DO AGAIN… #TheVoice
Overall. great food + extraordinary vocals = 5Stars

If you are looking for a lovely atmosphere, awesome singing waiters combined with delicious Italian food, this is the place you definately would like to check it out!
The menu is changed nowadays and is based on the Ron Blaauw menu (shared dining) where you first can try the delicious (as much as you want!) anti-​pasta! The anti-​pasta consist of many things like: eggplant, deliciois salads, tuna, salami, ham and many more. After this appetizer which you can get at the buffet which is set up in the piano, you can choose 3 different pasta’s which you can share with your friends.
We have chosen spagetthi with ricotta, ravioli and risotto with gamba’s. All were great and definately filling!
Unique selling point of this place are the singing waiters! They are all very talented and some of them even sing in Italian or opera and they even come by your table :)
The price has been increased to € 37 for the anti-​pasta & pasta, which is a bit pricey though.
Try also the home-​made tiramisu as dessert!

The lovely Flip, your resident CM, was nice enough to make Christmas dinner reservations at Pasta e Basta for a couple of wayward Chicago travelers. She couldn’t have picked a more lovely spot to celebrate!
We had a 9:30pm seating for a pre-​fixe menu for 65 euros a piece. Not too shabby for a three course meal on a major holiday! The menu was 100% in Dutch so it was kind of like a little dinner mystery. What would we be served? Would we like it? Kind of added a fun element to the whole experience.
Dinner itself was lovely. First course was a beef carpaccio and tuna tartar. Second course was a shrimp pasta and the main course was a roasted chicken with mushrooms. I also went with the wine pairing, which for 14 euro was well worth the price.
If you’re expecting the traditional «Eye-​talian» food, this obviously isn’t your spot. If you’re in the mood for something upscale with Italian influences, get here immediately!
The only reason I hold back one star is that I wasn’t totally in love with the singing waiters. You’ve heard about it, so I won’t go into a huge amount of detail, but I just don’t think it’s natural for people to break into song. It’s probably the same reason why I don’t enjoy most musicals. ;)
All in all, though, Pasta e Basta was an outstanding meal with a comfortable, fun atmosphere.

I was in the mood for some authentic Italian pasta, beyond the spaghetti that you can get everywhere, so I asked the hotel for a recommendation. When they recommended this place, we had no idea what we were about to get.
First, the food was excellent, but that’s not what this place is about. This place is all about the singing staff and the piano player. Basically, all the servers, waiters and waitresses take turns walking around the place with a microphone in hand, singing songs everyone knows, accompanied by a very good piano player. Also, it’s important to understand that these are not Karaōke singers; these are talented singers who know how to sing and work the crowd.
This was probably the most unexpected and enjoyable surprise of our entire trip.