Blackjack Pasta Bar

I used to live right by this place, thought I’d reviewed it. Very very small place, I ate in there a few times, but mostly got takeout or delivery. I remember the food being very good, though something about an excess of mozzarella cheese rings a bell. But even though I no longer live in Boston, I’d definitely recommend this place. Prices were anywhere from moderate to a bit spendy.

I love and hate this place equally. I love it because I can’t get enough of the Cajun Alfredo and mushroom cream sauces. But I hate it because they take freaking forever to deliver. I usually bank on 1.5−2hrs. But, to make up for it, they are open late which is a rare find for Boston.

I am not a negative reviewer, and I can’t say that you shouldn’t try this place out because we have had their Cajun pasta and it was delicious. With that said, it’s hit or miss — and tonight was a big, big miss.
When I say it felt like everything had been cooked three days ago and popped in the microwave before we picked it up would be the understatement of the century. I don’t understand it. We decided to keep it simple and cheap tonight and were just in the mood for some basic Italian-​American fare: chicken parm and sausage parm. The sausage was tough and dry, and it left a chalky grease in my mouth; the kind of chalky grease you get when the sausage was cooked days ago and you didn’t quite reheat it enough. That kind. The chicken parm was flavorless. The chicken was tough and one piece couldn’t even be cut. The buns that came with the meal tasted of plastic, as did all the food. It tasted like it had been sitting in plastic containers for a few days. Even the side salad — something I didn’t think could be screwed up — had mushy tomatoes that seemed to have been cut three days ago and refrigerated since then. All in all, disappointing –and if not for the convenience, would not even have been worth $ 10. I’ve had better public high school cafeteria food.
I’m not sure what happened tonight. I wish I could say it was an accident, but with so much of the meal being half-​assed and terrible, I don’t know what to think. Did I mention that the pick-​up time was 30 mins after we placed the order? I’d like to know what they were doing during that time, because it certainly wasn’t cooking.
Is it indicative of a problem with the business in general? Probably. I’ll hold out hope that if we decide to give them another chance, it won’t be such a disgrace.
And I’ll be ordering the Cajun pasta next time. Maybe.

The worst delivery experience I have ever had. Took over 2 hours to deliver and when my girlfriend called, the manager yelled and cursed at her. Avoid at all costs.

Ordered from Grubhub and food took more than 90 minutes to arrive, and restaurant did not even bother to call with an updated ETA, or apologize. When I complained about no utensils being provided, the driver said «that’s not my responsibility. I just deliver the food.» This restaurant does not deserve to be in business. When I called to complain to the manager, he was full of excuses, unapologetic and rude.

I ordered takeout from here. It was amazing. It came in 45 minutes, 25 minutes earlier than it’s estimated delivery time. It was piping hot, which was great! I was given a 20% discount because it was my first time ordering from there thru Eat24. I ordered the Cajun Chicken and Shrimp fettucine. The fettucine was very good. They were super thick noodles, so I got really full and was able to save the other half for lunch. Also, I’m pretty sure they were fresh made noodles and not the prepared ones from boxes. It was a good amount of Shrimp in the bowl and the chicken was very tender. Even though I ordered a canoli, they gave me a chocolate chip cookie, which made me happy. Great first experience. Will be dining in soon!

I have had the lobster ravioli delivered before and it was delicious! I have had a craving for this dish for some time and decided tonight was the night! I excitedly ordered and anxiously waited an hour for my meal. The time finally arrived and I took my first bite… I almost spit it out because it was so salty. It was utterly distasteful.
I work in the industry so I hate complaining about these things. However, this long awaited, not to mention $ 15 (which was beyond worth it in the past!) dish was inedible. So I called the restaurant.
A very kind young lady answered the phone. I told her my problem and gave her my address and was put on hold. Then a male, I assume was the manager or head chef annoyingly answered the phone. I told him my problem and was told that the crab can be salty. Which I understand– but this dish was inedible! He said, «I guess we will try to do better in the future» He was so rude that I told him, «there might not be a next time» and he hung up.
I would have given this five stars in the past but solely due to his rudeness a one star review is given and I will not be ordering from this establishment again.

The delivery was so prompt, 5 star delivery and packaging! However, when it came down to the food it was ridiculously salty I can still taste the salt. The bread on the sub was great if they could just lay off the salt it would be excellent!

My daughter and I just wasted $ 50.88! I think this place has Mozzerella on its brains. The dishes were OVERloaded with it! AND I DO MEAN OVER, OVER, OVER, LOADED!!!
My daughter ordered the fresh linguini in shrimp scampi sauce for $ 12.95 and we asked for another order of shrimp — $ 3 extra — because they only give you 5 shrimp plus we ordered broccoli and mushroom for an extra pay (I think they were a buck each) and it came with a salad. The shrimp and sauce weren’t bad but tooooooooooo much mozzarella.
I ordered the homemade veal cutlets — $ 11.95 — and the extras included bacon and mushrooms and chives (again I think at a buck a piece). Again tooooooooo much mozzarella. The bowls were also toooooooooo small to cut anything up so we had to transfer them to paper plates (if I’m ordering out, I’m NOT in the mood for cleanup). The veal was dry/​overcooked and again the bowl was too small to use to cut up the meat so on paper plates it went.
For dessert we got strawberry cheesecake and banana cream pies@ $ 5.95 each. They were the best part of the meal.
Everything was just slopped on top of each other and it was just a mess even before we got the food out of the bowls. They didn’t send any tableware or napkins — nothing. Plus they got a 10% tip. So as you can see, we won’t be ordering from them again.

Up & down quality here. I ordered via Foodler and it took another hour over the estimated time. The pasta was bland… And the garlic bread was cold and burnt.

I had a day off from work and was in the mood for some pasta, so I found this restaurant on Foodler and decided to give it a try. I ordered the fusilli with sweet sausage, shredded mozzarella in garlic alfredo sauce, and the fried chicken ravioli. About an hour goes by after I submitted my order, and I’m wondering where my food is. And then an hour and a half goes by and still no food. I even received Foodler’s follow up email titled «How was your Blackjack Pasta order?». A few mins after I received that email, I get a call from the delivery guy who seemed wicked sincere about me not having my pasta, and he informed me that he’d be there in a few minutes. A few minutes turned into a half hour. When he finally came he apologized, and I appreciated that.
The meal was not worth the wait. The fusilli dish looked like greasy mac and cheese, and there was no creamy alfredo sauce consistency. But I did enjoy that there was an abundance of the sweet sausages spread throughout. The fried chicken ravioli were overcooked, and were too hard to eat. I was disappointed that I waited so long for this.
I don’t believe I’ll be ordering delivery from this place again (reading other reviews 2 hours appears to be the norm), but I’d probably go to their physical store and order something different and see how that goes.

Ok so we thought we’d give them a try despite the bad reviews and fake reviews… The Good… delivery was within the hour they said, the Cajun Chicken Alfredo was pretty good, it was creamy, the noodles were thick and not too soggy, a little spice to it and showed up hot.
The Bad… It was $ 27 for 2 small pasta dishes. THE TOMATO SAUCE IS HANDS DOWN THE WORST TOMATO SAUCE I’VE EVER HAD, it was watery, bland and all around disturbing, the eggplant was soggy, and tasteless, the spaghetti noodles were way way over cooked
Def will not be ordering anything again

Owner leaves a comment: I tried to rectify situation.
No. No you did not. FIRST he said, «We never SAID we make our soups in-​house», admitting that they do use canned soup and then charge $ 5 for it. I hung up after feeling both threatened and yelled at about my «bad review». You were in no way trying to rectify anything and the only reason the owner is writing that is because he is back peddling after harassing me by calling my personal number which he got from Foodler.

This place is extrordinarally delicious! Staying at the library late is made much more enjoyable thanks to their delivery services.
Good: perfectly good! Delicious hot food (yes, hot while delivered), extra suprises with the food order (a dinner roll and a cookie), the delivery guy was awesome! (He was having trouble finding the building but was very patient and extremely nice) so I tipped him well.
Bad: food could have used a little less sauce (even though it was amazing), ask for dressing on the side for salads, packaging could’ve been cleanier (it looked like the place was busy), ask for extra napkins for the yummy deliciousness :)

This place was in Everett forever and I had never been as I just always heard mixed things about the business…
So we were at work and a co-​worker found them on Foodler & we decided to place an order… OMG the menu is like a Book of make your own everything’s…
TOPPINGS GALORE… You can create Pasta, Bread, So much.
Several of us ordered and everyone was pleased with their orders. Everything was really good and like most of the reviews, things weren’t really mushy. Everything was warm & really flavorful.
Will def be going back soon!

Absolutely LOVED it!
Have been looking for a good Italian restaurant that delivers and finally have found one! Their service is prompt and polite, I only waited about 35 – 40 minutes for my food (which isn’t bad!) and the good was delicious! I ordered way too much though and ended up having 2 meals (not that that’s a problem!) I got the Mac n cheese bites to start with because I can’t resist Mac n cheese, I’m not entirely sure why it comes mixed with fries but it works for me! My main meal I got the potato gnocchi with the pink (meatless) vodka sauce, and of course topped it with cheese cheese cheese (I had fresh Mottza, shredded Mottza, feta and Gorgonzola-​I love cheese) wow was it ever delicious! Just thinking about it my mouth is watering! On the side I ordered the 4 cheese garlic bread, it was tasty but it was a full loaf of bread (baguette) and doesn’t reheat well so not so tasty when cold. Then desert (because it’s just not a meal with out it) cannoli (2 but I only ate one at a time) holy were these ever good! I mean WOW delicious! Excellent service and meal overall so good I plan to order again tonight!

Fantastic service and wow absolutely blown away by the food! I ordered the Cajun chicken Alfredo and couldn’t believe my tastebuds when I had my first bite. Not only was the sauce delicious and creamy but the chicken was cooked perfectly with just the right amount of spice. A chef named Ibo took my order and made my food quick with incredible accuracy. This was my first time here and to be honest I was a little skeptical because it’s sort of a hole in the wall place. I am most definitely going to come back! Amazing!

Not really sure why it took them over an hour and a half to deliver our food when we ordered from them. I could understand if it had been during a busy time (I expect delivery to take long at night or on the weekend), but it was at 2:30 in the afternoon on a weekday. Foodler originally told us it would take 45 mins to an hour. After an hour and 15 minutes, we called to find out what was going on. The driver said he «got held up» and would be there in another 10. Finally, 20 minutes later, we had our food.
The food, by the way, was terrible. I ordered the fried chicken ravioli, and at first I thought they had mistakenly given me plain cheese ravioli. There was so much filler and so little meat, I couldn’t even detect that there was chicken present until I was on my third ravioli. I also sampled someone’s meatball sub, and I can honestly say that it was so bland, even the same sandwich from Subway would have tasted better. The cannoli? Stale. It was a testament to how ravenous we were that we actually ate the food.
In short, don’t order from them unless you are planning your meal two hours in advance. Or if you have tastebuds.

I don’t understand the whiners on here. This place is amazing. The food was delivered on time and it was hot. Bunch of babies in Boston.
So many choices to choose and my favorite sauce is the pink cream crab sauce. I get it with garlic, sunriped tomatoes (which are huge), scallops and potato gnocchi.

Pretty solid for delivery. It’s cheap, fast, and you can order pretty much anything. They also deliver pretty late.
The food is OK. The fact that you can make your own pasta dish is pretty great. They have a ton of different sauces, pasta varieties, and toppings. I used to get the meatballs but haven’t enjoyed them as much recently so now I tend to stick to veggie and pasta. Sometimes I find they put way too much sauce on but you can specify light on the sauce.
Overall it’s a convenient place but I wouldn’t count on consistency.