I took my friend to Marston's for her birthday. Neither of us had ever been. She ordered their chicken linquine, which had a nice scoop of goat cheese on top. It was halfway decent. I ordered their chicken dumplings with squash and mushrooms in a soy ginger sauce. I thought, ""This sounds exciting."" However, the chicken dumplings are identical in appearance, smell, and taste to the frozen chicken sold at Trader Joe's. Not only that, but I only got six of these dumplings. The Trader Joe's serving size is nine. Luckily, my special lady friend had linguine to spare (which, as mentioned, was halfway decent). I would have starved without that linguine. The soy ginger sauce was too sweet, and nothing special. I don't plan on ever going back. There are many better choices in Pasadena at half the price.
Pros: location, ample parking, not busy
Cons: below-average food, slow service, disappointing
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