The Old Spaghetti Factory

(404) 872-2841

249 Ponce de Leon
Atlanta, GA 30308 33.772581 -84.37904

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Neighborhoods: Midtown, Northeast, Northeast

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Price:

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Last updated 5.12.11

Category:

Restaurants, Banquet Rooms

Payment Methods:

American Express, Discover, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Family Style Dining, Date Spot

Cuisine:

Italian

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What People Are Saying About The Old Spaghetti Factory

Featured Review

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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.

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
The kids' menu includes smaller-portioned versions of spaghetti dishes, as well as macaroni and cheese and grilled cheese.
Look Good:
Watching your waistline? Ask your server about the low-carb pasta option.
ambiance
93.75% positive
  1. “This could be a great family place given the decor and atmosphere- I wanted to bring my family on inauguration day- but didnt feel that I could explain the quality of the food.”
  2. “Food's good and the ambiance is nice.”
  3. “It is decorated very creatively and it's has a nice atmosphere.”
  4. “Its a wonderful crazy decor, but the food is so awful that I'll never go back.”
  5. “Great decor; average food”
  6. “Cold food, Cold Service, great atmosphere!”
  7. “The building is amazing, and it's in a great location, but the food is definitely sub par.”
  8. “The ambiance here is terrific!”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “keep going back, though, for the great prices (salad, bread, entree, dessert for $10!)”
drinks
33.3299994468689% positive
  1. “The food and drinks were not worth the wait--my cosmopolitan was made with the house vodka, which was of such a poor quality that it tasted and felt as if I were drinking rubbing alcohol; the salads were wilted and drowning in dressing; the pasta was extr”
  2. “The service was incredibly slow--it took over 15 minutes for us to get our drink order, another 15 to get our salads out, drink refils were few and far-between, and I thought we'd never see our check.”
  3. “It's not a 5 star place to dine, but the food isn't bad and the tab at the end of the night including all the drinks.”
food quality
76.09000205993652% positive
  1. “Cold food, Cold Service, great atmosphere!”
  2. “But if the food is bad, nothing can make up for it.”
  3. “The food is AWESOME.”
  4. “The salad was pretty good, but what happened to the appetizer we ordered?”
  5. “Great decor; average food”
  6. “keep going back, though, for the great prices (salad, bread, entree, dessert for $10!)”
  7. “liked it because the service is really friendly and the food is abundant.”
  8. “It's not a 5 star place to dine, but the food isn't bad and the tab at the end of the night including all the drinks.”
  9. “Great pasta, cheap prices, awesome service”
  10. “You can do a 3 course meal for two for under 20 (great place for a cheap date).”
  11. “The building is amazing, and it's in a great location, but the food is definitely sub par.”
  12. “love Italian food--I love cooking it and I love eating it.”
  13. “So a restaurant with decent food can move in!”
  14. “The food is pretty good and cheap!”
  15. “It is too bad that a place that has so much space and looks pretty has such bad food and service.”
  16. “My hubby and I were pretty hungry so the waitress did good to quickly ask us if she could start us out with some "garlic cheese bread" as an appetizer.”
  17. “Service was horrible, food was cold.”
  18. “Server would not allow us to order soup and claimed, "The soup is prepared at 5pm and it is nasty at this time of night.”
  19. “The food and drinks were not worth the wait--my cosmopolitan was made with the house vodka, which was of such a poor quality that it tasted and felt as if I were drinking rubbing alcohol; the salads were wilted and drowning in dressing; the pasta was extr”
  20. “The food is not fancy by any means but it does taste good and you get a lot.”
  21. “This could be a great family place given the decor and atmosphere- I wanted to bring my family on inauguration day- but didnt feel that I could explain the quality of the food.”
  22. “The food, however, was terrible.”
  23. “Its a wonderful crazy decor, but the food is so awful that I'll never go back.”
menu variety
50.0% positive
  1. “Even with a limited selection and poor timing on our part it was a good experience.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “This could be a great family place given the decor and atmosphere- I wanted to bring my family on inauguration day- but didnt feel that I could explain the quality of the food.”
  2. “great place to take the parents too!”
  3. “You can do a 3 course meal for two for under 20 (great place for a cheap date).”
return potential
50.0% positive
  1. “Its a wonderful crazy decor, but the food is so awful that I'll never go back.”
service
60.0% positive
  1. “Was there on Friday, loved the surroundings and the service was good.”
  2. “My hubby and I were pretty hungry so the waitress did good to quickly ask us if she could start us out with some "garlic cheese bread" as an appetizer.”
  3. “It is too bad that a place that has so much space and looks pretty has such bad food and service.”
  4. “The waiter was great and still had a sense of humor.”
  5. “The service was mediocre as well.”
  6. “Managers are friendly and interact with the customers.”
  7. “Great pasta, cheap prices, awesome service”
  8. “Complained to management in a polite manner to the manager and he became angry and was asked to leave.”
  9. “Been there several times and had pretty good service.”
  10. “liked it because the service is really friendly and the food is abundant.”
  11. “While we were a large party (of about 20), there was no excuse for the bad service that we received.”
  12. “The service was incredibly slow--it took over 15 minutes for us to get our drink order, another 15 to get our salads out, drink refils were few and far-between, and I thought we'd never see our check.”
  13. “I'm all for fast service but maybe not so fast that I feel rushed to get in and get out.”
  14. “The food and drinks were not worth the wait--my cosmopolitan was made with the house vodka, which was of such a poor quality that it tasted and felt as if I were drinking rubbing alcohol; the salads were wilted and drowning in dressing; the pasta was extr”
  15. “Horrible service”
value
71.4300012588501% positive
  1. “Don't let the facade fool you, the interior of this place is beautiful and so are the prices of the entrees.”
  2. “The food and drinks were not worth the wait--my cosmopolitan was made with the house vodka, which was of such a poor quality that it tasted and felt as if I were drinking rubbing alcohol; the salads were wilted and drowning in dressing; the pasta was extr”
  3. “The spaghetti was excellent and for all of us to eat it was about half the price of Hard Rock.”
  4. “keep going back, though, for the great prices (salad, bread, entree, dessert for $10!)”
  5. “The food is pretty good and cheap!”
  6. “Great pasta, cheap prices, awesome service”
  7. “You can do a 3 course meal for two for under 20 (great place for a cheap date).”
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. “The service was incredibly slow--it took over 15 minutes for us to get our drink order, another 15 to get our salads out, drink refils were few and far-between, and I thought we'd never see our check.”
3 Star Rating: Average

06/29/10

pasta isn't good anymore

by JPBaby

TOSF used to be the place to fo to when you were craving for good family style Italian food. Not anymore. The spaghetti with meatballs didn't taste as good as I remembered and the wait staff didn't even acknowledge our complaints.

3 Star Rating: Average

01/04/10

Horrible service

Contributor

Complained to management in a polite manner to the manager and he became angry and was asked to leave.

2 Star Rating: Below Average

12/13/09

Horrible service-- will never go back

by vstev

I've been here many times. Most of the time service has been slow and spotty at best, with a few exceptions. I keep going back, though, for the great prices (salad, bread, entree, dessert for $10!) and the mizithra cheese dish, which I can't get enough of.

The last straw came this weekend, when I took some family from out of town here for dinner. We sat for 15 minutes before anyone came by to take our order, and it was the manager because there weren't enough servers on duty. We ordered a bottle of wine, and ten minutes later he came back to tell us they were out, and would be back "a few minutes later" to see what our other choice was. I told him that we were ready to order, so he hastily took our food orders, not bothering to ask if we wanted soup or salad.

Ten minutes later, no one had come back with bread, or to ask what drinks we wanted.

So we got up and left.

All in all, we were there for over 30 minutes with NOTHING to show for it.

Such a shame, because it has so much potential. But when even the managers don't care about your service, there's really no point in eating there.

I won't be back.

  • Pros: Great food, awesome prices
  • Cons: Worst service in town
4 Star Rating: Recommended

10/23/09

Fun Place

by Ramesses

It's not a 5 star place to dine, but the food isn't bad and the tab at the end of the night including all the drinks....makes it worth a try. Been there several times and had pretty good service. Better with a group of people.

  • Pros: Affordable
  • Cons: None
1 Star Rating: Poor

01/20/09

Beautiful Site, Great Location, Lousy Food!

by LadyLuck51

Was there on Friday, loved the surroundings and the service was good. The food, however, was terrible. I had the lasagne- not even close to a well-known frozen brand. Tea was weak, not tasty. Portions small. I might have forgiven these things had the bread been good. Not so, cheap crumbly lacking in flavor and texture. My friend and I both ordered the italian sausage on the side- I did not find it edible and said so to the waiter.This could be a great family place given the decor and atmosphere- I wanted to bring my family on inauguration day- but didnt feel that I could explain the quality of the food. I wish I could understand the kind of thinking that goes into promoting a venue, on one hand,and shooting yourself in the foot with the food!

The Details on The Old Spaghetti Factory

Place Categories:

  • bad service
  • decent italian food
  • bad food
  • great family place
  • great decor
  • nice ambiance
  • polite manner
  • great cheap prices
  • nice atmosphere
  • great waiter
  • unique spaghetti place
  • poor timing
  • pretty good salad
  • wonderful italian restaurants
  • good taste
  • amazing building
  • order soup
  • great location
  • great pasta
  • good surroundings
  • not beautiful interior
  • disappointing overall experience
  • interesting neighborhood
  • poor quality
  • excellent spaghetti
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