Welcome to iL Pasto Restaurant

Put simply, I can walk down to this place (first benefit) and just sit down, pick something random off the menu and it'll fill me up and be very tasty! I alternate between Basil Leaves and iL Pasto for my impulse dining out.

The food is yet to disappoint, always see people I know down there and easy to have a catch up meal with family and friends.

VERY good addition to East Perth!

Tom and I went on our first date here not long ago...

Il pasto is the sort of Italian restaurant that every neighbourhood should have. It does get pretty busy (deservedly so) especially on cooler or rainy nights when no-one wants to sit outside.
The service is always great - prompt, friendly and informative.

The food is fairly standard Italian fare, nothing out of the ordinary but all of uniformly good quality - simple fresh ingredients, well cooked and not prettied up too much. This visit I had an entree of the fried squid which was really tender, but the batter could have been I touch crispier for my liking. My main was a penne matriciana which had just enough kick to make it interesting.

It's low key, friendly and the meals are reasonably priced and well sized. Great for a casual night out.

Quite impressed with this little restaurant. My friend and I visited on a Saturday night and with both of us being on the slightly fussy side when it comes to food, I have to say we were delighted with what we ate. The food is nice and not expensive and the servings are decent too. I had the ravioli that was probably one of the best I have ever tasted. My friend had a fish dish (can't remember exactly) and she too enjoyed her meal. We finished up with a chocolate cake and ice cream which went down nicely.

Overall we were both happy with our experience and will be visiting again!!!

too hot to cook at home so stopped off to what is a fairly new restaurant in East Perth...not quite on the canal but one street back in Royal Street...have been once before but every time we have driven past lately it has been chockers...tables out on the street as well...

typical Italian restaurant, red & white tablecloths etc. etc. and the air conditioning works a treat... hasn't quite got the same Italian feel as Ciao Italia or the frenetic aura of organised chaos and there is certainly more room between tables so i guess a lot of people will prefer that...personally, i love it...

our first time there was midweek and the service was spot on, informative and attentive...the second time was a saturday evening and there seemed to be less staff and consequently the service was much less impressive...we had no real complaints but after the first experience i guess we expected a bit more...

as for the food, it was excellent...i had Lasagane iLPasto so i could have a direct comparison with Ciao's lasagne and it came out very favourably...at $15 it was a few dollars cheaper but lacked nothing in taste and whilst there was a predominance of pasta over meat the sauce was excellent, although when i make it myself i load it up with more tomato... possibly could have been a little hotter but i'm pretty fussy so it was probably ok for the average diner...the working half of the family had penne (if my memory serves me right) and whilst she said it was good she tasted my lasagne and wished she'd ordered the same...

one tip though, we were offered water when we arrived, it was bottled so it cost $2, no problem there but order the 'big' bottle because the 'small' bottle costs $2 as well...

overall, i preferred the Ciao Italia experience marginally but really only because of the ambience of the place which i realise is not to everyone's liking...however iL Pasto is definitely worth a visit if you are after Italian fare at very reasonable prices...looking forward to going back when it's not so hot so we can sit in the middle of Royal Street and watch the world go by...certainly a good addition to the mix available around the East Perth canal...