Pasta Bar - The Original is an Italian restaurant at 55 Keong Saik Rd., #01-05, Chinatown, Singapore, and its name points to a pasta-focused menu. It holds a 4.3 Google rating from 1,418 reviews, a large number of opinions.
A good Italian restaurant gets pasta right: noodles cooked al dente, firm to the bite, tossed with a sauce that coats rather than drowns them, with a few good ingredients instead of many. Sauces range from simple tomato and garlic to cream-based carbonara-style dishes, and ordering a couple to share is an easy way to try more. If you are choosing between places, look at whether the pasta is made fresh or comes dried, and ask the server what suits the sauces. Keong Saik Road is a street of conserved shophouses lined with restaurants and bars, and Friday and Saturday evenings are the busiest, so booking ahead helps. Regulars mention dietary needs when they reserve, as pasta contains gluten and many sauces include dairy, and many restaurants can offer vegetarian options. With a large number of reviews, recent ones are the best guide to current quality.
For anyone dining along Keong Saik Road, Pasta Bar is a well-reviewed place to book a table.