Mi Piace

Pros: Great neighborhood, reasonable prices
Cons: Poor service, no dedicated parking

My friend was in town, and staying in Pasadena, so we decided to check out Mi Piace. You can't go wrong with Italian, and we checked out the menu - standard fare, at reasonable prices. Everything looked good so far! The restaurant itself is very ...

Pros: Excellent food, fabulous desserts
Cons: Royal pain in the patoot to get a table on weekends or busy weeknights

Is Mi Piace THE most popular restaurant in Pasadena? Sure seems so, particularly on a Saturday night.

It's gotten to be rather difficult to get a table here due to the restaurant's enormous popularity, which is both a blessing and a curse....

Pros: the food
Cons: there isn't one in San Francisco

I made a good friend on the internet. We met in a writing group and even though our age and backgrounds are slightly dissimilar, we've managed to build an in-person friendship that has lasted almost three years - through writing stresses, husbands,...

Pros: good food
Cons: overpriced, overcrowded, long wait, bad service

I remember Mi Piace when it first opened several years ago. Most of us in my charitable organization chapter used to get together there for drinks or a late snack/bite after our weekly night meeting. The service was friendly and impeccable and the food...

Pros: Excellent, imaginative food
Cons: really, really bad service

This restaurant is a real crying shame(I went to the Burbank version). The food is knock down drag out oh heaven on my plate fantastic. The service is for masochistic people who like to be insulted. I made reservations a week in advance for a celebration...

Pros: food, atmosphere, location
Cons: wait times

Mi PIace in Pasadena is the perfect place for a great Italian dinner. The atmosphere is inviting- contemporary but not stiff. When you first enter the restaurant you're enticed by the dessert case. Fruit tarts and tiramisu await you after a tantalizing...

Pros: the bread w/ oil and vinegar
Cons: long waits

Mi Piace is located in Old Town Pasadena, a fun place to hang out, walk around, and window shop on a weekend night. As a result, this restaurant is always crowded, but it is definitely worth the wait.
The average time to secure a table for two...

Pros: Great Food, Good Service
Cons: Busy

I feel Mi Piace is the best Italian food in Pasadena. The food is consistently excellent, the entrees are not overpriced, the service is good, and its a pretty fun atmosphere. All the dishes I've had there are excellent, though the Lasagna has too much...

Pros: Good Location. Food tastes o.k.
Cons: Crowded. Small portions.

When I think of Italian food, I think of cozy family settings with a jolly staff ready to stuff you full of spaghetti and garlic bread. What I got when I went to Mi Piace was a very crowded, sterile environment. The food was at most just o.k. (The...