Mediterraneo
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 734-7407
- Cross Street:
- 66th Street
- Directions:
- 6 at 68th St
- Hours:
- Daily 11:30pm-12am
Editorial Review for Mediterraneo – by Citysearch Staff
In Short
This come-as-you-are, cozy Italian restaurant does brisk business serving focaccia, pastas like penne with pesto and brick-oven pizzas topped with the likes of shrimp, capers and fresh tomato. The large dining room is frequently crowded with groups who have just caught a flick at the movie theater across the street. Sidewalk tables go quickly on warm nights.
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User Reviews for Mediterraneo
07/09/2008 Posted by jackryan
The pasta here are LOADED with oil and they must use 50% fat beef for the meatballs but they are swimming in fat run off. I've tried the pastas 3 times and all marinara ones are always too oily and salty. I hear this place has good pizza but I have yet to try it. The service here can be very flakey and you'll be rushed out if it's a busy nite.
12/10/2007 Posted by turk196
This was our first (and it will be our only) visit to Mediterraneo and when we looked at the menu, we knew it would be a bad night. The menu states a "$20.00 minimum per person", which is absurd. Anyway, we ordered some fried calimari and drinks to start. The calimari arrived 3 minutes after we ordered it (which is way too fast) and was pub-quality at best, mostly fried batter and not much calimari. The wine my wife ordered was simply terrible. We then ordered two individual "wood-fired" pizzas. When they arrived within 5 minutes, they looked undercooked. The crust was very thin and when I picked up a slice the crust crumbled in my hands. The cheese on the pizza was not bad, but the pizza kept breaking and crumbling and I was left with a plate full of crust. The pizza's were $15 each and it was the worst pizza I have ever had and that includes frozen pizza! The staff wasn't very attentive, except when they were bringing the food out. If you need something, you have to scream for them to come over, or just wait until they want to come over. The ambience of this place is not that great either: it is basically a bar trying to be an upscale restaurant and it is not working. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. It is overpriced, the service is bad and the quality of the food is terrible. The city has so many good places to eat. Mediterraneo is not one of them.
Pros: None
Cons: Too many to list
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