by Elliot Swincher

It was on a chill day in Louisville, KY when my mom, step-sister, and my nephew went to The Old Spaghetti Factory. I hadn’t gone in quite some time to actually dine-in and it was really cool at the parking garage across the street. There is a system in place to where you type in the license plate number to pay to park. We walked into this adventure through the heavy and beautiful gold doors of the restaurant. 

I was incredibly pleased by the flexibility after I was at a ribbon-cutting prior to my arrival at the restaurant allowing me to cancel a later reservation for 7:15 p.m. after I arrived at 6:15 p.m. The establishment of two different reservations I believed would cause confusion to ensue but they actually understood. 

Our waiter, Daniel, was very cordial and had well developed manners, and acknowledged both our needs, time constraints, and what food we wanted.

I ate at the restaurant with my mom, nephew, and half-sister. We all ordered the Spinach Artichoke Dip as an appetizer and it was much like a cheese dip with vegetables in it. 

Their food was very good according to my family members. Hot and well seasoned. I ordered their Famous Baked Lasagna and it was very creamy and had a leveraged taste as usual, which is why I always order this there. 

As a commodity, water is served aside from your ordered drink. Usually water is on my list of most despised beverages but the water that they served was delicious, albeit I usually don’t like Kentucky wWater. The first time I had Kentucky water was at a Steak N Shake and left a bad rap for me. 

The main drink that I ordered was the Vanilla Italian Cream Soda, which tasted like the strength of the taste a McDonald’s Sweet Tea has in the context of tea or the strength of the taste a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha has in the context of coffee but this was in the Cream Soda department. 

I was incredibly pleased that my nephew had to use the restroom because this way I got to review everything about the restaurant. The dining room walkthrough on the way to the bathroom reminded me of a scene out of the movie “The Color of Money,” super cool as a major movie lover.

The bathroom itself was gorgeous and was very clean and spacious. I should add that the actual restaurant and trolley that we ate in was very clean but the trolley was not spacious as it reminded me of being at the Golden Corral. The tables were basically clanking together and people’s voices were booming off each other. 

Overall, the service was fantastic, food was delicious, and the staff was so cordial and friendly.