Paesano Ristorante Italiano

98-1277 Kaʻahumanu St, Aiea - 96701
282 reviews
Italian
(808) 485-8883

If you love garlic this is the Italian place for you! My husband and I have gone here several times and have ordered different things almost everything we've gotten has been amazing. The one dish I've tried and was not pleased with was they're Fettuccine Alfredo. Even though im sure they proably make it, the sauce tastes like something that comes out of a jar you buy at the grocery store. However, other than that particular dish everything else has been amazing.

Tasty and fresh. Made to order, bread ono too. Shrimp & vegetables with pesto, Shrimp Scamp

Price is high but the quality is not there....pasta was ok nothing is special....steak was tender but not worth $52...

My former employer took me here on my last day with the Company.The staff is really nice. It's a clean restaurant.The food is really delicious. You can't go wrong with ordering. Prices are reasonable as well. Half portions of huge.The chicken paesano, breaded shrimp salad, tomato bruschetta, fettuccini alfredo, linguine chicken anchovy olio with side alfredo sauce, and affogato is delicious.Try to go during lunch, it's perfect.

For the amount of food you receive and the price you pay it is not worth it. The taste was okay nothing spectacular or great about it. The seafood salad was better than the entrees I ordered. I will probably not go back there again if I could help it. I think Riccardo's is a much better Italian restaurant.

It was a good dinner. Bread is hot, food service was nice. Nothing too much and just right. Food quality fit the price point. Mom and I had a delightful time and my daughter, who is 2 really enjoyed it as well!

Great service. Friendly and efficient. The chicken parmigiana was tasty. The coating on the chicken was crunchy and fresh. For me the marinara sauce could have been a little more flavorful. Overall Paesano is Highly recommended.

A nice quiet place I have a great meal.

Always wanted to try this place since I've seen it on my sikdorak runs. The place is nice, a little more upscale than your spaghetti factory or palazzos. Service is definitely 10/10, friendly host, and friendly attentive wait staff. No doubt about those. The food though, left Abit to be desired.Appetizers range from $10-$20, and entrees are $20+(up to $50 for some of the special dishes) We started with the Calamari, not the kind you get at buca di beppo, it was alright. Soft but kind of flavorless, even the breading didn't taste like much. Fried mozzarella sticks, your usual take on mozzarella sticks but also not too great, at least it was stringy. Then the prosciutto wrapped melon, which was Abit better, probably the best out of the 3.As for entrees I had the shrimp scampi (Regular size for $32) and was Abit disappointed. It looked great at first but they didn't properly cook out all the white wine, and it had just a tad bit too much garlic which was also Abit undercooked. So the sauce tasted like white wine and raw garlic. My other guests got the special of the day, seafood combination with lobster cream sauce which was actually really good. And the carbonara which was done properly, no peas here and extra creamy. Didn't seem like they used guanciale though.In the end, I absolutely loved the service and my guests liked their food. Just the appetizers and the scampi left me a little hanging in the end.Bonus: they still do offer angel hair for an upcharge. I read it on their website, but didn't see it on their physical menus.

So good ! Service... excellent. Moderately High prices.