The Old Spaghetti Factory

4 recent ratings
$$ • Italian Restaurant
Reported to have a gluten-free menu
Popular gluten-free menu items: Pasta, Salad
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3 ratings

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275 Fifth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

Most Recent Reviews


Gluten Sensitive
3 months ago

This food was great. We were looking for an affordable place to eat, and this was it. I personally recommend getting the salad with creamy pesto sauce, gf pasta with mizithra sauce, and the spumoni ice cream. The portions are pretty large, and you get a free appetizer and dessert with any entree. Atmosphere and service were also pretty good. There is also a kids menu. We are traveling with a nine year old, and she also loved it. I would definitely recommend.

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  • — Salad, Pasta
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  • — Vegetarian options
Symptomatic Celiac
3 months ago

The pasta was so over cooked it was like mush

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Celiac
6 months ago

They say gluten friendly but said they do use separate water and utensils to try and avoid cc. I hade the Alfredo it was just ok, but no reaction.

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  • — Pasta

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This establishment is NOT a dedicated gluten-free facility and may not be safe for those with celiac disease. Please contact the establishment directly to inquire about safety precautions.
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2 years ago

Gluten friendly menu. Not tons of options but enough.

Is there a gluten-free menu?
  • — Separate gluten-free menu
3 years ago

Offers gluten free pasta…but it was rotini, NOT spaghetti. Separate section of the menu featuring only the gluten free options, which was quite helpful. Good price for the amount of food, you get a salad, pasta, and ice cream. Server was helpful. Both gluten free salad dressings were good, as was the spumoni ice cream. Our group had the marinara, meat, clam, and mizithra cheese & brown butter sauces. The marinara and meat sauces were very average, however the clam and mizithra & butter sauces were pretty good. Nobody got sick! While there were no kids in our group, it seems to be a great place for kids especially picky ones. The kids menu had gluten free mac and cheese as one option.

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  • — Separate gluten-free menu
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  • — Food flagged
  • — Knowledgeable staff
Gluten Intolerant
4 years ago

I am also dairy free and have been doing keto. I ordered chicken breast and steamed broccoli. The waitress came back and said they boil the broccoli in the regular pasta water, so it would not be gf. This made me wonder if they cook the gf pasta in the same water. The only thing I could have was chicken breast and I got cross contaminated with it.

They were very nice, but don’t think I will visit again.

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  • — Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu
5 years ago

Has a gluten free menu. The noodles and clam sauce was very tasty. Great waiter. No issues whatsoever!!

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Celiac
5 years ago

Delicious, quick pasta dish which was relatively inexpensive!

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7 years ago

I give 4 stars because I felt perfectly safe eating there, but to be honest the food was pretty mediocre (would give three stars if we were only talking about quality). I got the alfredo with chicken which came with a side salad and a small ice cream dessert for about $17 so decent value. Family friendly establishment.

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7 years ago

Gf noodles were good, meat sauce wasn't great. Didn't get sick.

Celiac
7 years ago

Best gluten free pasta (in my opinion). I've been here multiple times without getting sick!

Celiac
8 years ago

Both myself and my 9 year old daughter are gluten intolerant and we found the staff knowledgeable. We did not get sick. The food was pleasant, not incredible, but pleasant. I had noodles, sauce and italian sausage. She had alfredo with chicken in it. We also had the ice cream for dessert. Overall, a nice experience and we would eat there again.

9 years ago

Atmosphere was good, gf pasta good, sauce probably the worst I have ever had

Celiac
9 years ago

They have a section of the menue with all gluten free items listed (very helpful)

Unfortunately they don't offer just regular spaghetti noodles it's the spiral noddles...which are kind of gross in my opinion.

Their food is just OK

10 years ago

You can pretty much have any of the pasta dishes as long as you get the gluten free pasta. Very delicious! I just wish they offered something more, like gluten free rolls, bread or some sort of appetizers as well.

10 years ago

They have a special section on their menu with gf options. I appreciate the effort but the food was mediocre

10 years ago

they have gluten free pasta and a special section on the menu for gluten free.

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Celiac
11 years ago

Solid gluten free menu. So so food.

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11 years ago

Excellent pasta! Great prices! Staff was very knowledgable about gluten free options. Staff was very nice as well! Highly recomend!

13 years ago

Service was good. Not many options on the GF menu, but I probably should have had the chicken. The GF pasta was not very good, the marinara sauce was just "okay", and the rest was covered in some type of cheese that tasted stale. I could have had a better pasta meal at home. The pesto dressing on the house salad was good, but the salad was boring otherwise. I think the rest of my group enjoyed their non- GF meals, and I do have to say that we were surprised that it wasn't more expensive. If you're GF you won't go hungry here, but you could do better elsewhere.

Reviews of this Chain

Celiac
1 month ago

The food was alright. Not much going on at 1 pm and only a couple servers. GF menu available via QR code. Grateful for GF pasta (not spaghetti) so I could enjoy the mizithra & browned butter pasta (as well as meat sauce). One of my favorites and I haven’t been to an Old Spaghetti Factory since my celiac diagnosis. Waiter knew not to put croutons on my salad. No GF bread.

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  • — Pasta
Is there a gluten-free menu?
  • — Separate gluten-free menu
Symptomatic Celiac
2 months ago

I ordered delivery from here. They have a gf menu but it is basically just one type of gf pasta with various sauce options. GF pasta is what it is, I had the brown butter and cheese topping that tasted ok. My salad came in a Chinese-style takeout box and the spumoni ice cream was all right.

The order came with a mini baguette in a plastic bag, which made me really nervous. I tossed the whole bag, which was a shame because my salad dressing was in there with the bread. Overall, the food was underwhelming, but I didn't get sick so whatever.

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Is there a gluten-free menu?
  • — Separate gluten-free menu
Other
  • — Dinner
  • — Delivery
  • — Online ordering
  • — Good for soy-free
Symptomatic Celiac
2 months ago

I passed on the pasta, but had a salad with some chicken and didn’t get sick. Still a fun experience.

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GF Menu Items
  • — Salad
Is there a gluten-free menu?
  • — Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu
Other
  • — Good for dairy-free
Gluten Intolerant
3 months ago

Fantastic separate gluten free options! No stomach ache after eating either! The spaghetti came with a separate " gluten free" flag on it so the kitchen staff knew!

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  • — Pasta
Is there a gluten-free menu?
  • — Separate gluten-free menu
Gluten Intolerant
4 months ago

Hello very nice experience with a few types of sauce that can be put over gluten friendly rigatoni. However, this is not something they particularly focus on so there was some cross contamination in the kitchen somewhere. Fighting my stomach now.

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GF Menu Items
  • — Pasta
Is there a gluten-free menu?
  • — Separate gluten-free menu

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