Max Restaurant - East Village
New York, NY 10009-7581
Phone: (212) 539-0111
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Between 3rd Street and 4th Street
Message from Max Restaurant - East Village
"Best Affordable Italian Restaurant in NYC"
- "Best Pasta - NYC"
- Great Outdoor Dining
- Extensive Wine List
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Editorial Review for Max Restaurant - East Village – by Dan McAlvanah
In Short
Young, thickly-accented waiters work a narrow room of fewer than 30 seats. Occasionally, Italian hip-hop that sounds suspiciously similar to Public Enemy circa "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" plays in the background. Simple Italian fare, with an emphasis on familiar pastas, include "My Father's Style Rigatoni," served with thick slices of sausage and veal meatballs. Other dishes get a matriarchal moniker: "Mom's Meat Loaf with Neapolitan-style Potatoes" and "Homemade Lasagna, Mom's Style."
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User Reviews for Max Restaurant - East Village
05/21/2008 Posted by steveneptune
This is a great place to eat if you're not a stuck up preppy or tourist who expects the hostess and wait staff to fawn all over you just because you're dropping $10 on a plate of meatballs. If you're a down to earth person who doesn't mind no-frills service then I suggest you give it a try. It's my favourite Italian place in the city.
Pros: Food, wine, atmosphere, pretty hostess!
Cons: Tight squeeze and always busy
04/18/2008 Posted by garyliu
Group of 4 went last night to Max seeking some decent pasta. We didn't have to wait for table inside although the outdoor garden had a 20 mintue wait. It being one of the first nicer evenings of the spring we kinda figured it would be a little busy. We waited for our main course an hour and 20 minutes after we ordered, no joke. Best of the all our waiter (who apparently was the manager) checked on us a grand total of 0 times during this span. We got up twice to speak with him and the hostess after 45 minutes and 1/2 hour later. They apologized saying it was so busy and they were understaffed. He initially offered to give us free desert, which was a ridiculous offer considering we had all gotten up to leave after we finished our 2ND bottle of wine and no food came out. He ended up comping one bottle of wine and brought out our food. This manager was so unapologetic and unfamiliar with the english language, it was really insulting. ON TOP OF ALL THIS, the food here is HORRIBLE. The rigatoni sauce tasted burnt, the meatballs were dry. The Osso Bucco was not TENDER!!!! If all people want in a restaurant is some outdoor garden to eat, I would strongly advise staying away from this place. I really hope this place gets its act together because this was THE WORST DINING EXPERIENCE I've ever had in NYC in 15 years.
Pros: NONE
Cons: PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS
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