Yet another pasta restaurant, but perhaps 1 feature that keeps patrons coming back is its value-for-money dinner buffet of starters and antipasti.

Unique pasta dishes at this restaurant will tantalise even the pickiest eater's tastebuds. For lovers of spicy food, there is the Red Curry Cream Sauce and Green Curry Cream Sauce (Thai green curry with tuna, olive oil, garlic, coriander and limejuice). For Japanese cuisine fans, there is the Mentaiko and Salmone Affumicato (smoked salmon with ikura in double cream sauce). And of course, they have the popular sauces like Marinara, Carbonara and Vongole. Pasta sauces are also home-made by Italian-trained house chef, Eric Lau, who had previously worked at Domus at Sheraton Towers and Cascani at Pan Pacific Hotel.

Their set lunch costs $8.90++ and includes a starter, pasta and dessert of the day with coffee or tea. The set dinner comes with a buffet serving starters, a choice of any pasta and free flow of iced tea. It costs $14.90. Pasta Fiesta is offering a 20% discount for its dinner buffet.

Red Curry Cream Sauce

Consisting of Thai red curry with prawns and coriander in double cream sauce, Red Curry Cream Sauce is the most popular of Pasta Fiesta's specialties. It could be due to its spicy curry taste, a taste that most Singaporeans are familiar with. The sauce looks and tastes really appetising. The cream sauce gives it a sweet yet spicy taste.

Red Curry Cream Sauce costs $11.

Aglio, Olio E Peperoncino

This house specialty was disappointing although staunch vegetarians and health freaks may gravitate to this because of the lack of other alternatives. The spaghetti is tossed in chopped garlic and scented with basil and Italian parsley, which would have been fine if they hadn't drenched it in olive oil.

Aglio, Olio E Peperoncino costs $8.

Mentaiko

A much-desired dish among Japanese patrons, the cream-based mentaiko (cod fish roe) is dotted with ravishingly spicy cod fish role that exudes a fresh seafood scent through every corner of your mouth. The chef tones down the experience with pudgy cherry tomatoes that makes the colourful spaghetti nutritious, which should make it appealing to the health-conscious Japanese.

Mentaiko costs $12.

Dessert
Tiramisu

A popular favourite in Italian restaurants, this delicacy does not contain alcohol unlike traditional Tiramisu. This is to cater to Pasta Fiesta's Muslim and younger customers. It tastes like most Tiramisu except that it's creamier. Nonetheless, it's a great way to round off a meal.

Tiramisu costs $4.

Service

The service is excellent at Pasta Fiesta. The service crew is polite and attentive to the customers' needs. Dirty plates are cleared promptly and water glasses are refilled as soon as they are half-empty. Patrons are also greeted cheerily as they enter or leave the restaurant.

Ambience

The yellowish lights at Pasta Fiesta create a very homely feel. The dιcor is modern, with the restaurant situated on a raised platform. The interior is shaped in a circle, with the buffet in the middle, making it easy for not only the service crew to walk around, but also the patrons. Yet another restaurant at Meridien Hotel with an open kitchen concept, Pasta Fiesta has been designed this way because people like to see the chef cooking, its manager, Ms Jenny Chia, says.

Overall rating: 7/10