Trattoria Dell'Arte

(212) 245-9800

900 7TH Ave
New York, NY 10019 40.7654 -73.9803

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Neighborhoods: Clinton, Midtown

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The Scene – The "Arte" at this teeming Italian triumph is represented by giant sketches of proboscises and other (R-rated) body parts, set off by brash walls of yellow and aquamarine. Typical of owner Shelly Fireman (he also owns Redeye Grill on the same block), the tables are neighborly, the lights unforgiving and the noise level, at times, numbing. Upbeat and capable servers add to the festive scene. – – The Food – On this Mediterranean menu, don't miss the carciofi alla Giudea--fried baby artichokes with parchment-thin crispy leaves. Pastas are as imaginative…

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The Extras:
On the second floor is the Wine Room, an attractive space lined with bottles and a long wooden table that seats 16. For a larger and more tony affair, there's the Candle Room, complete with fireplace and terracotta floors, which seats up to 55.
Know Before You Go:
Delivery is available in the neighborhood from 51st to 60th streets, between Fifth and Eighth avenues. Call (212) 245-1357.
ambiance
91.66999816894531% positive
  1. “Food is good - but no better than any other italian restaurant in NY; service/ambience, again - ok, but no better than the others.”
  2. “The atmosphere was not bad but the food was just sub par.”
  3. “Ambiance was fun and as a solo diner they made me feel very comfortable.”
  4. “Amazing food, super friendly environment, and great location!”
  5. “The waiters are smart and talented and fun, and consistently regale me with their sharp knowledge of the menu and wines, and ability to help me decide what to order.”
  6. “Interesting decor, interesting food”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “cheesecake) and I've always received good service.”
  2. “This place is GREAT the service was excellent our waiter Joe was the best waiter i ever had in my life ask for him the food was great and the dessert was great also im going back real soon the veal parm was great”
drinks
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. “LOVE the wine list-Sonoma Cutrer and Stags Leap-wow!”
  2. “Outstanding antipasti bar, good pasta and very good service.”
  3. “Biggest complaint - the wine list - don't offer good vintages on the menu and bring over different years upon ordering - 1998 is NOT the same as 1997.”
  4. “The bar is extremely friendly and a great place to chat with other patrons.”
  5. “The waiters are smart and talented and fun, and consistently regale me with their sharp knowledge of the menu and wines, and ability to help me decide what to order.”
  6. “Everything was extremely fresh, and with the extensive choice of wines, I could never try them all.”
food quality
100.0% positive
  1. “The Tordelli with bolognese sauce is wonderful and my latest must have dish.”
  2. “pizza everywhere in nyc, BUT this was the thinnest, most crispy holy trinity -crust-sauce and cheese-of pizza perfection!”
  3. “Where the food was good, the overall experience could have been alot better.”
  4. “Although the food was quite good, I must say I felt like I was in a cafeteria.”
  5. “We were looking forward to a good meal too.”
  6. “Once seated I had the most amazing fried artichokes, eggplant rollatini, and tuna steak!”
  7. “The atmosphere was not bad but the food was just sub par.”
  8. “The ultra thin crust pizza is a great starter, I loved the wild boar pasta, and the fish dishes have all been very good.”
  9. “They also have fabulous pasta dishes, most notably the Lobster Linquine Carbonara, the Agnolotti spinach raviolis, and the to-die-for Tordelli stuffed with veal and topped with bolognese.”
  10. “True, it is not a cheap eats place but I do think you get a good value for the quality of food served.”
  11. “Very good food, celeb sightings & loud!”
  12. “Amazing food, super friendly environment, and great location!”
  13. “There is a fantasic Antipasto Bar with an incredible variety of delicious, fresh vegetables, seafood, etc.”
  14. “Their cracker-thin pizzas are the best I've had.”
  15. “Everything was extremely fresh, and with the extensive choice of wines, I could never try them all.”
  16. “Outstanding antipasti bar, good pasta and very good service.”
  17. “Interesting decor, interesting food”
  18. “Had a very enjoyable meal.”
  19. “Good food and good service”
  20. “get so frustrated when I go out, I can NEVER find a restaurant that has GREAT food and AWESOME service.”
  21. “This place is GREAT the service was excellent our waiter Joe was the best waiter i ever had in my life ask for him the food was great and the dessert was great also im going back real soon the veal parm was great”
menu variety
80.0% positive
  1. “The waiters are smart and talented and fun, and consistently regale me with their sharp knowledge of the menu and wines, and ability to help me decide what to order.”
  2. “which you can order off the menu.”
  3. “Biggest complaint - the wine list - don't offer good vintages on the menu and bring over different years upon ordering - 1998 is NOT the same as 1997.”
  4. “Everything was extremely fresh, and with the extensive choice of wines, I could never try them all.”
  5. “There is a fantasic Antipasto Bar with an incredible variety of delicious, fresh vegetables, seafood, etc.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “The bar is extremely friendly and a great place to chat with other patrons.”
  2. “shuddered when I read the the upstate NYer's hostile words about my favorite NYC restaurant.”
  3. “don't know what these people or talking about, unless you have to know someone to get good service, I absolutely have no complaints about this place!”
service
82.1399974822998% positive
  1. “The waiters are smart and talented and fun, and consistently regale me with their sharp knowledge of the menu and wines, and ability to help me decide what to order.”
  2. “The service was good eaven tgough it was crowded.”
  3. “Amazing food, super friendly environment, and great location!”
  4. “get so frustrated when I go out, I can NEVER find a restaurant that has GREAT food and AWESOME service.”
  5. “Went to this restaurant with a group of friends and had the worst service.”
  6. “The bar is extremely friendly and a great place to chat with other patrons.”
  7. “This place is GREAT the service was excellent our waiter Joe was the best waiter i ever had in my life ask for him the food was great and the dessert was great also im going back real soon the veal parm was great”
  8. “don't know what these people or talking about, unless you have to know someone to get good service, I absolutely have no complaints about this place!”
  9. “Good food and good service”
  10. “Outstanding antipasti bar, good pasta and very good service.”
  11. “As for the service, only once-- after a Carnegie concert-- when they obviously got slammed with a full dining room of hungry cranky people [the concert was bad!”
  12. “cheesecake) and I've always received good service.”
  13. “Nice restaurant with friendly staff.”
  14. “Food is good - but no better than any other italian restaurant in NY; service/ambience, again - ok, but no better than the others.”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “True, it is not a cheap eats place but I do think you get a good value for the quality of food served.”
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/05/10

Favorite Italian Restaurant! - best PIZZA in NYC

by foodieinnewjersey

I frequent this place because I work close by. I think it's great and one of the best Italian Restaurants in the city. The Antipasto bar is delicious.! (include the eggplant capinata (sp?) on your plate... amazing!) and the Pizza is incredible (super think crust, brick oven.. just get the margarita) ..sometimes we order a pizza for the table to start.. it's very thin. And enjoy the bread they bring to the table..it's awesome! We usually order pasta dishes, i love the clams, but everything is great! It can get very noisy in the main room, so I try to request a booth. We've always had great service with friendly wait staff (some are actors and very fun). And we use the private rooms for private dining, which is great. The drinks are nice too. nice size martinis and wine.. they give you a carafe, so it's like a glass and 1/2.. also, the iced tea is wonderful! It's on the pricey side (entrees in the $20s) drinks about $14.) It's a nice place for drinks at the bar and a plate of antipasto (you can choose your favorite items for your plate), or for a full blown dinner. Definitely a must see in NYC.. you'll get a great NYC experience if you're traveling from out of town. You'll remember this place!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/10/08

GREAT

by joey11111

This place is GREAT the service was excellent our waiter Joe was the best waiter i ever had in my life ask for him the food was great and the dessert was great also im going back real soon the veal parm was great

  • Pros: wait staff food everything
  • Cons: none
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/20/08

THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!

by sftonycchick

You gotta try the Margarita Pizza! I know, I know...pizza everywhere in nyc, BUT this was the thinnest, most crispy holy trinity -crust-sauce and cheese-of pizza perfection!!! I LOVE the wine list-Sonoma Cutrer and Stags Leap-wow! Perfect! Coming from SF,being a bit of a wine snob, its so pleasent to see quality wines vs. just ordering by color as I am used to doing in NYC. No wonder this place was packed!

  • Pros: food-wine-staff
  • Cons: so crowded
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/28/06

Best Restaurant in NYC

by ericknyc

I shuddered when I read the the upstate NYer's hostile words about my favorite NYC restaurant. If they were only wise enough to TRY the Veal Parmigiana, they would not only have tasted one of the most flavorful, tender, delicious veal ever, but they'd eat their words regarding portion size. I usually have to take half home for lunch the next day, it's so awesomely large.

They also have fabulous pasta dishes, most notably the Lobster Linquine Carbonara, the Agnolotti spinach raviolis, and the to-die-for Tordelli stuffed with veal and topped with bolognese.

As for the service, only once-- after a Carnegie concert-- when they obviously got slammed with a full dining room of hungry cranky people [the concert was bad!]-- I got crappy service from a waiter who seemed to not even care to apologize for it. But that's one incident in DOZENS of visits I have made to this wonderful gastronomic delight of a place. The waiters are smart and talented and fun, and consistently regale me with their sharp knowledge of the menu and wines, and ability to help me decide what to order. They are especially helpful in sorting through the long list of excellent antipasto items... which you can order off the menu... although I recommend you "point and pick" your antipasto course-- the waiter gives you a slip of paper with your table number on it, you walk up to the antipasto bar, and the friendly guy behind the counter assembles your plate as you select each item. Then the waiter brings the plate to the table.

Yes, the prices are high. Hello. NYC rent is a heck of a lot higher than a small upstate NY town. Save your extra dollars in an envelope marked Trattoria Dell Arte-- and when you've amassed a few hundred, take yourself and a friend out for a dining experience where money will be no object-- and worth every penny!

  • Pros: Best food in NYC-- pastas, meats, pizzas with paper-thin crusts, GREAT service, friendly staff.
  • Cons: Noisey when crowded, expensive.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/22/06

Amazing food, super friendly environment, and great location!!!!!!

by wiggles05

From the second I walked into Trattoria Del Arte I felt welcome. The very stylish and charismatic matrade greeted us with such enthusiasm I could have sworn he new us! (Later I found out his name is Brandon. Make sure to ask to him! He's a doll!) Once seated I had the most amazing fried artichokes, eggplant rollatini, and tuna steak! Everything was extremely fresh, and with the extensive choice of wines, I could never try them all. Plus our waiter kept us laughing the entire meal. Now I've lived in New York my whole life, and have never found a restaurant that makes me feel so welcome! Keep up the good work Trattoria!!!!!!!

  • Pros: Fresh & super delicious food
  • Cons: Can't think of one.

The Details on Trattoria Dell'Arte

Place Categories:

  • good food
  • good service
  • great place
  • favorite nyc restaurant
  • outstanding antipasti bar
  • delicious fresh vegetables
  • loved wild boar pasta
  • delicious seafood
  • love stags leapwow
  • fabulous pasta dishes
  • love wine listsonoma cutrer
  • not bad ratings
  • friendly staff
  • good size
  • most amazing tuna steak
  • best waiter
  • full dining
  • interesting decor
  • very good fish dishes
  • wonderful gastronomic delight
  • good eaven tgough
  • nice plus
  • recommending arte
  • very enjoyable meal
  • most crispy holy trinity
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