This review is compliments of my good friend, Mike:

Paesano Ristorante finally opened yesterday and we tried it out this
evening. It is located across the parking lot from Safeway in the Waimalu Shopping Plaza. We got there at the start of dinner service and had appetizers and entrees. If you are of a mind to try it out, I’d say it is very much like Assagio in Mililani. Many of the menu offerings are the same as Assagio .

I liked the atmosphere. I had the cold antipasto and my wife had the Kahuku shrimp in a spicy sauce. Both were good. I had the small portion of a Veal alla Sorentino and my wife had the vegetarian linguine.

The small portion of my veal was huge. I can’t imagine what the regular portion looks like. We had to skip dessert. By the time we finished most of the tables were occupied. We ran into a number of people that we know. I think the restaurant will be quite successful.

Pearl City was ready for this. There are so many mediocre restaurants in the Pearl City-Aiea area.
It is definitely a family restaurant.This is the second restaurant in this “chain”, the other being in Manoa Marketplace.

There was no pizza on the dinner menu. I guess pizza doesn’t fit. I haven’t seen the lunch menu, so maybe they have pizza then.

Pricewise, the check was comparable to Assagio. Two appetizers, 2 ice teas, and 2 entrees came out to $82.00 including tax and tip, which might be a little high for a weeknight dinner, but it was worth a try.

One nice thing is that you can buy the marinara sauce, fresh bread, and some of the various pastas. The other nice thing is that for now, there is plenty of free parking.

Thanks, for the review, Mike. I will definitely check this restaurant out.

You can discover some of my own favorite Italian recipes at this link:

Pizza Therapy’s Italian Recipes

You can also discover a number of pasta recipes at Pasta Therapy Recipes.

And of course I recommend:

That’s all for now.
Eat, eat….

Albert Grande
pizzaiolo -in -training