Reviews for Spaghetti Works in Des Moines, IA
Location - good Aesthetic - cute Cleanliness - poor, from the sticky floors to the dried pasta bits in our booth, I was hesitant... to trust what the kitchen may have looked like. Greeted by host an old McDonald?s bag on the host stand rather than a person, Iwondered if the staff isn?t eating the food why should I? Service - poor, our waitress was nice but I watched other staff drudgea large garbage bag through the dining room. The salad bar was dark af, and there were no plates leaving customers standingaround. Once I asked for a plate they were brought out nice and wet?. Food - gross, the pasta was clearly old and dry. Thealfredo sauce was chunky and not in a good way. It and also cold and tasteless except for a slight tang?. We really could?ve ranto Walmart and bought a best choice jar of sauce and been much more pleased. Read more
On this day (Jul 13th) 3 years ago (2019), I came inside from the rain to rest and get a quick lunch. The staff were very nice... and of course I had to try the traditional spaghetti and meatballs ???? along with a salad from their salad bar ????. Both weredelicious and fairly priced. I hope to go back if I'm ever in Des moines again. Read more
This seemed promising. I was sat right away and the server was in the table fast!! Gave me no time to even sit before she was... requesting my drink order. I just spouted out Coke, and that even seemed to take too long for her. She came back took my orderand after a minute to look at the menu adjusted my drink order and asked for the Works Pasta. All the sauce choices wereabundant and this gave me a sample of each. I got fettuccine noodles. The food came out before I even got back from the saladbar. For a pasta place the noodles were blah! Served less than warm and stuck together. Some of the sauces had nice flavor butwere VERY greasy. The server did bring one refill with the bill. She was very absent from my table and the gentleman at thetable besides me had to go find her in order to place his order, which was odd since she was on me so fast. When she finallycame back for my card I asked for a to go drink and she said no rather fast, then the excuse they had no to go cups. I shoo-in yhead and said alright, all the whole looking at another table with kids that all had beverages in paper cups with lids. Over allI would say skip this place unless you just really need pasta. Read more
Food good. Atmosphere good. People good. Salad bar good. They have plenty of variety and can basically get any pasta dish any... way you want it. Kids pizza was delicious and melty (6yo description not mine) Read more
This was a cute Italian diner type of experience. It's in a great location with a lot happening. The service was a little... inconsistent between employees. They have a small salad bar, which was oddly almost too dark to see anything. We ordered theirgluten free options. The food was good, but left something to be desired in presentation. Read more
Walked in on a whim. Planning to go to another restaurant near here, but I'm glad I went to Spaghetti Works instead. I was not... familiar with many of there sauses so decided to get the sampler. It was fabulous. There were a couple sauses I was not as fondof, but there were surprises too. I am not a big seafood person, but the SPICY red clam sauce was amazing. And try actually meanspicy. The beer cheese an chili were both good and completely new experiences for me. If you are undecided on more than acouple of them, give it a try ... On and it's A LOT of food. Additionally I started with their salad bar, basic lettuce andsome fun toppings, plus a wide variety of dressings. I'm sure I could have made a meal of it if I had tried. And the people,although they were short staffed, the staff was still wonderful and made my experience even better. I believe Jada was myservers name and she was extremely helpful. Read more
We went to this location this evening and myself and husband were seated in the same room as a large family/party that was loud... the majority of the stay. We understand that it was not our server?s control to place us there, and had the offering to move,but we had already placed our orders. While we were told they would have management speak with the group if their volumepersisted, it never seemed to arrive as the volume stayed the same the majority of the evening. It may not be the best decisionon part of the wait staff to sit a couple in the same room as a large and loud party when there are other seating options open. Read more
This location needs some updating and cleaning. 1st there is a smell as you walk in from the salad bar drain. 2nd We had a... large group. So we were placed in the private room which had a smell from the carpet as well. Now let's talk about thefood. Crab cakes are gummie and made of imitation crab meat... should not be called a crab cake. Chicken and mushroom bake wasjust ok Lobster sensation. I had lobster something but the lobster may not have been lobster. More like a crumbled reminent ofone. Bread came out after the meal . And so many other disappointments. I gave it 2 stars for the service as they werefriendly Read more