(212) 367-1979

35 W 13th St
New York, NY 10011 40.735784 -73.995229

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Neighborhoods: Greenwich Village, Downtown

DAANDREANYC.COM

Hours:

Mon-Thu, 5:30pm-10pm

Fri-Sat, 5:30pm-11pm

Sun, 5pm-10pm

Last updated 11.30.11

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Restaurants

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Restaurant Special Features:

Romantic Dining

Cuisine:

Italian

What People Are Saying About Da Andrea

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The Scene – An Old-World blend of rusticity and formality sets the scene with exposed beams, stucco walls, mismatched chairs (and coffee cups), and colorful paintings akin to illustrations from children's books. As the warm waitstaff navigates the narrow pathway between two rows of tables, diners find little distraction from their intimate meals. – – The Food – This traditional Italian menu serves up solid renditions of the classics. Start with any of the refreshing salads, from the traditional caprese made with fresh mozzarella to a tangy carpaccio di salmone. The…

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In good weather, the restaurant opens up a section of the sidewalk for outdoor dining.
ambiance
90.0% positive
  1. So, we made the trek yesterday to Da Andrea's new location on 13th Street, excited to see our old friends and settle into a good meal.
  2. Overall, great authentic food, a great ambiance, and all at a great, affordable price.
  3. warm and cordial ambience, delicious dishes and really good wine brings a moiety of Italy to you.
  4. It's a small, personable, comfortable place with the most wonderful italian food I've eaten since my last trip to Italy - and I ate with my family there.
  5. Superb food; friendly atmosphere,delicious dishes,a lot of flavor; reasonable wine list ( maybe more selections in that price range would give people more to choose from ).
  6. The atmosphere is nice and the owners and the staff are very sweet.
  7. Good food, nice service, pleasant ambiance back then.
  8. The location in greenwich village is always lots of fun, and inside the restaurant is very cozy.
  9. In the end, I guess we won't be back - the atmosphere wasn't really that impressive and the food was even less so.
  10. The ambience is great, best part of town for a great quaint restaurant, walked in off the street & were seated immediately.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. this little place serve the best home made pastas, sauces and dishes , the portion are very generous , great wines , everyone i bring to this place are impress, the service is very friendly , this guys make everything fresh every day , you can tell, from
  2. The desserts were incredible and very authentic.
  3. desserts are also wonderful.
  4. Oh1 you must try the warm Zabaigone with berries for dessert, out of this world!
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. We also really enjoyed our wine.
  2. warm and cordial ambience, delicious dishes and really good wine brings a moiety of Italy to you.
  3. Lovely apple tart, nice service, good wine by the glass, including Prosecco, my favorite.
  4. this little place serve the best home made pastas, sauces and dishes , the portion are very generous , great wines , everyone i bring to this place are impress, the service is very friendly , this guys make everything fresh every day , you can tell, from
  5. Superb food; friendly atmosphere,delicious dishes,a lot of flavor; reasonable wine list ( maybe more selections in that price range would give people more to choose from ).
food quality
90.0% positive
  1. It starts a great meal off on the right foot.
  2. considering how amazing the food is, i have easily paid double or triple what i have paid at da andrea and not gotten nearly as good food.
  3. Plus the food is very good, in a "comfort food" type of way.
  4. Good Service, good food, great Chianti Classic I would recommend to all.
  5. warm and cordial ambience, delicious dishes and really good wine brings a moiety of Italy to you.
  6. Our dinners were all wonderful and appetizers of asparagus soup and augula salad were great.
  7. The house red is a fantastic montepuciano the pastas are fresh, the servers all have great attitudes, and best of all, it's relatively cheap!
  8. The tagliolini was clumped together in short pieces, making it very chewy, the sauce bitter and overwhelming and the clams unappealingly thrown all over the bowl.
  9. There was a relatively long wait, but we couldn't bear to leave since the aroma of the cooking food was so enticing.
  10. The food was absolutely excellent, authentic Northern Italian cuisine.
  11. The zuppe di pesce looked and tasted like a boiled, lackluster and random bowl of seafood overwhelmed by salt and a strong bitter note (perhaps due to dried versus fresh herbs).
  12. Good food, nice service, pleasant ambiance back then.
  13. When they have it, the potato-leek puree soup is absolutely amazing.
  14. It has great Italian food for reasonable prices.
  15. Overall, great authentic food, a great ambiance, and all at a great, affordable price.
  16. Their dishes are delicious, really authentic and abundant.
  17. however the pasta (of all things) was very subpar.
  18. The desserts were incredible and very authentic.
  19. It's a small, personable, comfortable place with the most wonderful italian food I've eaten since my last trip to Italy - and I ate with my family there.
  20. Superb food; friendly atmosphere,delicious dishes,a lot of flavor; reasonable wine list ( maybe more selections in that price range would give people more to choose from ).
  21. So, we made the trek yesterday to Da Andrea's new location on 13th Street, excited to see our old friends and settle into a good meal.
  22. Still, the meal started well with fresh bread and the mussels in red sauce appetizer.
  23. The food here for myself and my companion was just terrible.
  24. The portions were perfect and it was all very tasty.
  25. Wine list was great, bread & foccacia were excellent.
  26. The search for a new, authentic Italian joint starts anew.
  27. this little place serve the best home made pastas, sauces and dishes , the portion are very generous , great wines , everyone i bring to this place are impress, the service is very friendly , this guys make everything fresh every day , you can tell, from
  28. The food is genuine Italian food - always good and sometimes better than good.
  29. Looking around the restaurant, meals appeared over sauced and over oiled, not at all characteristic of authentic Italian cooking or the old Da Andrea.
  30. great italian food.
  31. It's the best italian food in the city - hands down.
  32. such friendly service, and food.
  33. The service and welcoming attitude and prices were nice, but the Spagetti Bolognaise tasted like something out of a school cafeteria - I could swear the ground beef was from a can - how can you mess up spag bol?
  34. Move on to someplace that suits your character - shallow, superficial, pretty people watching, substandard food with plenty of minute portioned food.
  35. We had been recommended to go here by other neighborhood NYC'ers, but I cannot recommend this restaurant for an enjoyable Italian meal at all.
  36. I'm a chef (30 years), and I can honestly say that I've finally found Italian food worth eating at a reasonable price.
  37. In the end, I guess we won't be back - the atmosphere wasn't really that impressive and the food was even less so.
  38. The kids were happy with the spaghetti bolognese, but the cavatelli with seafood was overwhelmed by the pesto sauce.
  39. Also, the olive oil, which comes with the bread at the beginning of the meal and is served in small porcelain bowls with real olives to munch on at the end, might have been the best I've had at any Italian restaurant in the city.
  40. Great food, great value, great service.
  41. am from Bologna , I have been living in the village for the last seven years and this is the best italian food you can find around new york
  42. We are going back for a nice casual, well prepared and served meal.
  43. Overall, amazing Italian food, especially the mussels and white tuna dish.
  44. to the point of having to wait a good 5mins before even gingerly touching it, further we ordered the bolognase and there was litteraly 20 strands of spaghetti more than smotthered in meat sauce.
  45. recommend the pasta dishes, esp the papardelle with sausage ragout and the gnocchi with pesto.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. Superb food; friendly atmosphere,delicious dishes,a lot of flavor; reasonable wine list ( maybe more selections in that price range would give people more to choose from ).
overall
100.0% positive
  1. hesitate to praise too much, because it's already hard enough to get in -- but this is my favorite village restaurant.
  2. this little place serve the best home made pastas, sauces and dishes , the portion are very generous , great wines , everyone i bring to this place are impress, the service is very friendly , this guys make everything fresh every day , you can tell, from
  3. The ambience is great, best part of town for a great quaint restaurant, walked in off the street & were seated immediately.
  4. Also, the olive oil, which comes with the bread at the beginning of the meal and is served in small porcelain bowls with real olives to munch on at the end, might have been the best I've had at any Italian restaurant in the city.
  5. I'm italian and this woud be my favorite restaurant also in Italy.
return potential
0.0% positive
  1. In the end, I guess we won't be back - the atmosphere wasn't really that impressive and the food was even less so.
service
92.30999946594238% positive
  1. Our waiter was very good and the owner was very accomodating.
  2. Great food, great value, great service.
  3. The new space is noisy with music ringing from the stereo, chaotic with tables (no longer with tablecloths) scattered randomly, the service surly.
  4. Our waiter was charming and efficient.
  5. such friendly service, and food.
  6. Superb food; friendly atmosphere,delicious dishes,a lot of flavor; reasonable wine list ( maybe more selections in that price range would give people more to choose from ).
  7. The service and welcoming attitude and prices were nice, but the Spagetti Bolognaise tasted like something out of a school cafeteria - I could swear the ground beef was from a can - how can you mess up spag bol?
  8. Good food, nice service, pleasant ambiance back then.
  9. The house red is a fantastic montepuciano the pastas are fresh, the servers all have great attitudes, and best of all, it's relatively cheap!
  10. Lovely apple tart, nice service, good wine by the glass, including Prosecco, my favorite.
  11. this little place serve the best home made pastas, sauces and dishes , the portion are very generous , great wines , everyone i bring to this place are impress, the service is very friendly , this guys make everything fresh every day , you can tell, from
  12. The atmosphere is nice and the owners and the staff are very sweet.
  13. Move on to someplace that suits your character - shallow, superficial, pretty people watching, substandard food with plenty of minute portioned food.
value
100.0% positive
  1. The portions were perfect and it was all very tasty.
  2. The service and welcoming attitude and prices were nice, but the Spagetti Bolognaise tasted like something out of a school cafeteria - I could swear the ground beef was from a can - how can you mess up spag bol?
  3. Overall, great authentic food, a great ambiance, and all at a great, affordable price.
  4. Superb food; friendly atmosphere,delicious dishes,a lot of flavor; reasonable wine list ( maybe more selections in that price range would give people more to choose from ).
  5. We sat there for hours just eating, drinking and relaxing at such an affordable price.
  6. It has great Italian food for reasonable prices.
  7. I'm a chef (30 years), and I can honestly say that I've finally found Italian food worth eating at a reasonable price.
  8. Not to mention huge portions, and a very affordable winelist.
  9. this little place serve the best home made pastas, sauces and dishes , the portion are very generous , great wines , everyone i bring to this place are impress, the service is very friendly , this guys make everything fresh every day , you can tell, from
  10. The house red is a fantastic montepuciano the pastas are fresh, the servers all have great attitudes, and best of all, it's relatively cheap!
  11. Great food, great value, great service.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. There was a relatively long wait, but we couldn't bear to leave since the aroma of the cooking food was so enticing.
  2. Move on to someplace that suits your character - shallow, superficial, pretty people watching, substandard food with plenty of minute portioned food.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/16/10

I love this place

by sueshii

I absolutely love this place and wish I lived closer to the west side! I came upon this place when I used to work on the westside and I got addicted to the homemade pasta here. Its a small place but with cute atmosphere, esp during the summers when they have it open to the outsid. The bolognase is solid and I was shocked at the previous review. Maybe they're used to spagetti-o's but the homemade pasta texture is perfect al-dente!

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/21/09

Blah!

by susan3862

Never trust Zagats. I went here with my family based on Zagats high rating. What a disappointment. When the waiter finally arrived to our table after ten minutes, he greeted us by asking what we would like without offering us a drink or at least some water. The appetizers weren't too bad however, the menu is boring and the food was bland. I got the spaghetti bolognase. You can't really do much to mess this dish up but the meat was chewy and the dish was really bland. My husband got a stuffed ravioli dish and asked if peas could be added to his dish and the waiter said they had no peas. When bread arrived there was no butter, no oil, no plates. When our dishes arrived, we weren't offered cheese for our pasta or pepper, nothing. We had to ask for all of this. Although our dinner was cheap it was really not worth it. I would have spent double for a better meal and service.

  • Pros: cheap food but not worth it
  • Cons: bland food, poor service
2 Star Rating: Below Average

03/08/09

Lost in the move

by henry01

The review I hoped not to write. My Italian wife and I frequented Da Andrea as our neighborhood Italian joint. Good food, nice service, pleasant ambiance back then. So, we made the trek yesterday to Da Andrea's new location on 13th Street, excited to see our old friends and settle into a good meal. Sorry to say, somewhere between Hudson Street and 13th, they lost their way. The new space is noisy with music ringing from the stereo, chaotic with tables (no longer with tablecloths) scattered randomly, the service surly. Still, the meal started well with fresh bread and the mussels in red sauce appetizer. However, the main courses were abysmal. The zuppe di pesce looked and tasted like a boiled, lackluster and random bowl of seafood overwhelmed by salt and a strong bitter note (perhaps due to dried versus fresh herbs). The tagliolini was clumped together in short pieces, making it very chewy, the sauce bitter and overwhelming and the clams unappealingly thrown all over the bowl. Looking around the restaurant, meals appeared over sauced and over oiled, not at all characteristic of authentic Italian cooking or the old Da Andrea. Our waiter (new to this location?) acted aloof and surly, and hardly made us feel welcome (though we were warmly greeted by holdovers from the Hudson Street locale). The search for a new, authentic Italian joint starts anew.

  • Pros: Proxmity to Quad Cinema, good bread
  • Cons: Poor food, chaotic ambiance, impersonal service
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/07/08

La cucina italiana autentico

by Zimpione

Unfortunately really fine and authentic Italian cuisine is wasted on one particular segment of the population. A previous reviewer referred to this restaurant as "hum drum" and "without people watching". Well, if that's the priority, you're obviously not serious about food - especially Italian. It's a small, personable, comfortable place with the most wonderful italian food I've eaten since my last trip to Italy - and I ate with my family there.

Perhaps Da Andrea wasted it's time on you. Move on to someplace that suits your character - shallow, superficial, pretty people watching, substandard food with plenty of minute portioned food.

Bravo Gianpietro!! Grazie per tutti!!

  • Pros: food, service, atmosphere
  • Cons: Niente
1 Star Rating: Poor

10/03/08

hum drum

by girldowntown

nothing to write home about. not bad, its an ok casual place. no atmosphere,no people watching. very hum drum. there are so many other italian restaurants that are much better and fun.

The Details on Da Andrea

Place Categories:

  • good authentic food
  • really good wine
  • best genuine italian food
  • delicious pasta dishes
  • nice service
  • huge portions
  • very good waiter
  • comfortable place
  • favorite quaint restaurant
  • incredible desserts
  • nice atmosphere
  • fresh pasta
  • equally good other appetizers
  • abysmal main course
  • excellent bread
  • pretty disappointing dinner
  • nice attitude
  • bitter sauce
  • authentic italian
  • best olive oil
  • authentic old da andrea
  • poor college kids
  • reasonable prices
  • enjoyable meal
  • not recommend restaurant
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