08/10/08

Manager,staff,pasta, wine list,garden

by toto70

This place is a great gem!

we were there last night ,it was packed,we did wait a little to get seated in the garden.

The staff was a real charm,the manager gave us a temporary seat to get a glass of wine while we were waiting.He was very caring to us,we had a conversation about restaurant business,we have one too in San Francisco. I would love to hire him anytime.Seriously!!!!

The evening was beautiful,we tried the famous pasta in the wheel and few different specials.All very simple but so tasty.We ordered a bottle of a delicious Chianti Riserva from '03.The wine list was very accurate and had good selections from different regions of italy.

We skipped dessert,but the waitress insisted to try the cannoli.

we did. we loved it

thank you guys,you made our last night in NY great.

we will see you soon

A&K

08/03/08

Surly Manager and Terrible food

by JohnJS

Surly manager and terrible food. Visited Aug 2, 2008. Ordered highly touted fish combo in red sauce --monkfish,mullet and shrimp. First two were overcooked, mushy--and shrimp were basically inedible--tough and dry. Tried to suggest to the Manager that perhaps the chef might , next time, not overcook the shrimp. He did not take kindly to this suggestion --which was intended to be helpful, not complaining. Instead, gave us some excuse saying that is the "way it is made", acting extremely uncaring and surly--then just suggesting we could leave--which we did. Will never return.

05/08/08

Good food and good wine

by punky21

There were four of us for dinner on a Wednesday night. We were seated promptly in the beautiful dark room. We ordered some wine to start. Before I tell you how great the food was... I would like to mention that the service was definitely below par. The waiter never checked on us throughout our meal. We had to chase down someone for some fresh pepper and cheese to top off our pastas. A friend asked an entree could be altered and we watched the waiter pretend to visit the kitchen and ask. Now... back to the food -- As an appetizer, we shared the bacon wrapped shrimp. They gave us an extra shrimp so that we could each have one (it usually comes with three). The shrimp were pretty small and the bacon was overcooked. Not a good start but not terrible, either. I had the spaghetti with fried zuchini, capers and codfish in a spicy olive oil. For such as simple dish, it was absolutely delicious. One of my friends ordered the potato gnocchi and that was even more delicious. The portions aren't huge and it was so satisfying to eat every last bit of my dinner! If you want big portions... go to the Olive Garden.

• Pros: food, wine
• Cons: service