The Old Spaghetti Factory

I (and 2 of my closest #FoodieBuddies) recently visited The Old Spaghetti Factory in Wichita, KS. This location is in the northeastern part of Wichita in the Waterfront business center off East 13th Street North and North Webb Road. The Waterfront is home to lots of businesses and more good restaurants like Bonefish Grill, PF Chang’s and several others.

• North Waterfront Parkway

Bar dining room

As you enter the restaurant there is a beautifully decorated waiting area that looks out into the bar dining room. There are several dining rooms here including a large one that has a trolley car inside of it that you can dine in.

The restaurant is ornately designed with stained glass, old fashioned seats and chandelier lighting. It looks really fancy. We dined in a booth seated high above the floor with a horizontal metal bar to rest your feet on. Our booth even had curtains that we could close if we wanted for a private dining experience.

Regular menu

The menu was decent sized. They offered a drink menu and a lunch menu (with smaller portions) as well.

We were given fresh baked table bread and butter while we ordered drinks and looked over the menu. The bread was pretty basic. Very crumbly. I ordered a BlackBerry Italian Cream Soda in a collectable glass so I could take home a memento of my culinary adventure.

Blackberry Italian Cream Soda

Came in a collectable glass

Table bread and butter

My party all chose items from The Complete 3 Course Meal. This came with soup or salad, an entree, and a scoop of Spumoni ice cream for dessert. I ordered the soup (minstrone) and the Garlic Mizithra entree.

Minestrone

Garlic Mizithra: spaghetti with Mizithra cheese & browned butter with a delicious blend of garlic, bacon and mushrooms.

The Minstrone was decent, but not spectacular. The Garlic Mizithra; however, was absolutely amazing! It was packed with bacon crumbles and mushrooms. The browned butter coated every noodle allowing the Mizithra cheese to stick to the spaghetti.

Gourmet Jumbo Crab Ravioli: large ravioli stuffed with savory crab meat and ricotta cheese topped with a rich Pesto Alfredo sauce.

The Gourmet Jumbo Crab Ravioli was a disappointment. It had really large ravioli, but the taste was off. Perhaps it was a different kind of crab than I am accustomed to. The description said “savory” crab meat. Up to this point I had always found crab meat to be sweet. These ravioli left a fishy aftertaste. Luckily the Pesto Alfredo sauce was quite good!

Meat Lover’s Treat: Sicilian meatballs, Italian sausage and spaghetti with meat sauce.

The Meat Lover’s Treat was good. The Italian sausage was flavorful and not too spicy. The Sicilian meatballs were tasty and the meat sauce was hearty.

Spumoni

We finished off the meal with a scoop of Spumoni ice cream. Spumoni is a mix (like Neapolitan) of three ice cream flavors: cherry, chocolate and pistachio. A perfect way to top off a good meal.

Overall, The Old Spaghetti Factory made for an impressive culinary experience. There are several other recipes on the menu I want to try (spinach tortellini, spinach and cheese ravioli, etc…) so I plan on retutning some day.

The Old Spaghetti Factory rating: 92%

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