Kitschy Italian restaurant churns out heaping plates of pasta that won't break the bank.

(317) 225-5321

210 South Meridian
Indianapolis, IN 46225 39.7639 -86.1582

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4.5 Star Rating: Recommended

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5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/03/09

amazing!!!!!

by CSMobileUser

I had never been to the old spaghetti factory before tonight. I read some of the reviews and they were quite helpful. I could take a while to get a seat if you do not call ahead. My advice would be to call ahead an hour before you would like to get there. Service was awesome food was great for the price. Also the atmosphere is one of a kind. One of the best places to eat downtown.

10/06/08

Kitschy Italian restaurant churns out heaping plates of pasta that won't break the bank.

by Contributor

In Short
Whimsical antiques and decorative items--velvet armchairs, vintage-looking fringed lamps and booths made from iron bedsteads--fill the dining room. The OSF Classics menu offers spaghetti with a choice of mushroom sauce, rich meat sauce, browned butter and feta-like mizithra cheese sauce, and more. Other popular favorites are the baked lasagna--layers of noodles, tomato sauce and four kinds of cheese--and the fettuccine Alfredo. Meals include a green salad, fresh-baked bread and ice cream.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/31/07

Best Italian Downtown

by susan1981

Great place for Italian food! Atmosphere is great, good food for a decent price - only problem is that there is often a loooong wait to get in - great place for lunch though! Try the Managers Favorite - spaghetti combined with meat sauce and Mizithra cheese. Meals include soup or salad and delicious warm bread with garlic butter. Great place!

  • Pros: Ambience, Price, Location, Food
  • Cons: Long waits for table and sometimes for food.
1 Star Rating: Poor

01/24/06

Sad Food + Sad Service = Sad patrons

by appearingnitely

The atmosphere is wonderul, too bad the food is lacking flavor.

The service was awful.. the adults were served before the children?? The drink orders took about 20 minutes to get to the table, water refills were unavailable. however we asked them several times they would not leave a pitcher so we could do the refilling ourselves. Food came out of the kitchen cold.

The waitress was nice but she had too many tables!!

This place used to be great.

  • Pros: nice atmosphere
  • Cons: bad food, bad service
2 Star Rating: Below Average

01/21/06

Bad service, average food, decent atmosphere...

by lindsayny

Dined with a large group of 13. We waited over 2 hours for a table because they did not take reservations (somewhat expected at 6PM on a Sat night); but it was cool to hang out at Jillian's across the street while we waited. It took 20 min for our waitress to take our drink order, and another 25 min before we received our drinks! Salad and soup were good, bread was great with garlic butter! Meals took 1.5 hours to come out since a party of 30 was ahead of us! Fet. Alfredo was so-so; would not recommend spag. sauce to any "real" Italian. All meals come with soup or salad, bread, and either coffee, hot tea, or milk, and spumoni or vanilla icecream (not bad!), but our waitress never brought our coffee!

  • Pros: Inexpensive, It's downtown
  • Cons: don't do reservations, Bad service
4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/11/05

Maybe Not Authentic Italian, But........

by denrod

For those who walk into an Italian restaurant hoping for Iron Chef Kobe to be in the kitchen whacking away at some eel for dinner, then this is not your place. But for someone looking for plain, good Italian-type food at a good price in great surroundings, then this is the spot! Nestled downtown amongst the high-priced eaterys, the Old Spaghetti Factory offers atmosphere, good food, friendly service and just a downright good time for your family or that big date. The average person will leave smiling!

  • Pros: Atmosphere, Location, Value
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/23/03

The Best Italian Resturant in town

by courtbell

The Old Spaghetti Factory is Fabulous! The food is great! With my meal I got salad, bread, and ice cream! All for a low price. Two people can eat on 25-30 bucks including drinks! I can't say enough wonderful things about this place...when you go try the Browned Butter with Mizithra cheese! Its the best...hands down!!!!

  • Pros: GREAT VALUE, VERY VERY VERY TASTY!, Great Ambiance
  • Cons: Very busy
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/15/03

I LOVE this place!!!

by Spoomsister

Old Spaghetti Factory is one of my favorite places to eat when I am in downtown Indy. The decor is pleasing, the service is good, and the food is great. Did I mention it's fairly cheap too? A plate is around $6-8, can't beat that for the quality! The Train car inside for seating is cool, though I have never sat in it. Just talking about it makes me want to go back. Oh, I should mention that I wouldn't classify this place as Italian. Though most of their dinners are pasta types, it doesn't seem to have anything resembaling the Italian persona. The name fits it perfectly. More like an upscale Fizzoli's, to me. Hope this helps! :o)

  • Pros: Great Prices, Great Food, Great Atmosphere
  • Cons: What cons? :o)
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