Amarone Restaurant

(212) 245-6060

686 9th Ave
New York, NY 10036 40.7617 -73.9901

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Neighborhoods: Clinton, Midtown

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Price:

$$

Last updated 10.17.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Gift Certificate, American Express, Visa, Diners Club, Discover, Money Order, MasterCard, Travelers Check

Restaurant Special Features:

Romantic Dining, Fine Dining, Brunch, Notable Wine List

Cuisine:

Mediterranean, Italian

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Amarone Restaurant

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This restaurant serves authentic Italian cuisine including pastas, salads, meat and fish entrees and desserts.

Editor's Tips

The Extras:
This restaurant can accomodate private parties, corporate events, birthdays, tour groups and pre-theater parties as well.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “It gurantees great quality, personal touch, great food and great atmosphere, you feel at home, well.”
  2. “The hostess was friendly and personable, and the place was comfortable.”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Tiramisu is the best in NYC, chocolate cake with hazelnut gelato is excellent.”
  2. “The waiter comes over and enhances your experience with a good Riciotto dessert wine.”
  3. “Then sit back, have an espresso, enjoy any of the great desserts (my favorite is the tartufo) and relax some more.”
  4. “Then they brought the check without asking if we would like dessert so we went for cheesecake elsewhere.”
  5. “An of course you can't forget to order a homemade dessert.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “EXCELLENT wine selection, EXCELLENT food.”
  2. “Please go to Amarone as only a true Italian like myself who knows good food, good wine, and nice people can tell you.”
  3. “The waiter comes over and enhances your experience with a good Riciotto dessert wine.”
  4. “Then sit back, have an espresso, enjoy any of the great desserts (my favorite is the tartufo) and relax some more.”
  5. “It's the perfect local place for foodies in the hood to sneak off to for a few drinks or great, simply prepared Italian food.”
  6. “The wine selection is quite decent and the service is very friendly.”
food quality
90.38000106811523% positive
  1. “Great Italian food, delicious salads, excellent pastas, good veal dishes as well.”
  2. “EXCELLENT wine selection, EXCELLENT food.”
  3. “It's the perfect local place for foodies in the hood to sneak off to for a few drinks or great, simply prepared Italian food.”
  4. “The Pomodoro sauce is wonderful, I just get it with rigatoni and it's fantastic.”
  5. “had the pasta primavera that was awesome, Thanks Tony for the great service.”
  6. “The food overall was incredible!”
  7. “The pasta with truffle sauce is absolutely fantastic.”
  8. “Amarone has delicious Italian food that tastes like it comes from an Italian grandmother's kitchen, but is presented artistically.”
  9. “There was good Italian food and the service was great.”
  10. “It gurantees great quality, personal touch, great food and great atmosphere, you feel at home, well.”
  11. “It's a great portion of red snapper with shrimp, mussels and clams.”
  12. “Please go to Amarone as only a true Italian like myself who knows good food, good wine, and nice people can tell you.”
  13. “Though it is a great place for a pre-broadway meal, I suggest going after 8pm when the hectic rush to get customers out to the show is over.”
  14. “DO NOT recommend this restaurant and it certainly does not have good Italian food.”
  15. “well fresh everything.”
  16. “To sum it up, the food was bad and the service was bad.”
  17. “The freshest Italian food that perfectly compliments a great Amarone”
  18. “Every dish is delicious, starting with an antipasti, pasta aldente, pesci, carni and pollo.”
  19. “The past is hand made and gorgeous, the pomodor sauce hand made by Tony's mother with best tomatoes and fresh basil is the best I ever had.”
  20. “Great food”
  21. “Overall, a very good food and a very good value.”
  22. “This is a quaint little restaurant with great service and great food.”
  23. “The food is tasty but nothing you can't find at other good Italian restaurants.”
  24. “The owner welcomed us warmly kissing our hands, but the food was pretty average and the service was poor.”
  25. “Request the fresh pasta with the porcini mushrooms and truffle sauce.”
  26. “The service is professional, the food is very fresh, and the prices are reasonable.”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “The wine selection is quite decent and the service is very friendly.”
  2. “EXCELLENT wine selection, EXCELLENT food.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “said it before, the best rating I could ever give a restaurant is the fact that I see Italian tourists frequent it.”
  2. “Amarone Ristorante is my favorite restaurant in New York City.”
  3. “Though it is a great place for a pre-broadway meal, I suggest going after 8pm when the hectic rush to get customers out to the show is over.”
service
82.34999656677246% positive
  1. “had the pasta primavera that was awesome, Thanks Tony for the great service.”
  2. “The hostess was friendly and personable, and the place was comfortable.”
  3. “Very friendly and helpful staff and really do not need a reservation.”
  4. “The waiter comes over and enhances your experience with a good Riciotto dessert wine.”
  5. “Fresh Pasta, nice sized portions, top notch service - and the ever present and smiling Tony (owner, host.”
  6. “There was good Italian food and the service was great.”
  7. “The owner -Tony is very friendly and is all over the place making sure everything is in order.”
  8. “The owner welcomed us warmly kissing our hands, but the food was pretty average and the service was poor.”
  9. “Please go to Amarone as only a true Italian like myself who knows good food, good wine, and nice people can tell you.”
  10. “The service is professional, the food is very fresh, and the prices are reasonable.”
  11. “To sum it up, the food was bad and the service was bad.”
  12. “This is a quaint little restaurant with great service and great food.”
  13. “found this place to be inviting and warm but service a tad pushy.”
  14. “The service is fantastic.”
  15. “The service is excellent and always helpful.”
  16. “The wine selection is quite decent and the service is very friendly.”
  17. “Our waitress was nice enough when you could find her, but that was a challenge.”
value
100.0% positive
  1. “The service is professional, the food is very fresh, and the prices are reasonable.”
  2. “Overall, a very good food and a very good value.”
  3. “love their large portions of Mussels in White Wine, and their array of pastas.”
  4. “Fresh Pasta, nice sized portions, top notch service - and the ever present and smiling Tony (owner, host.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/15/12

BE AWARE DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!

by 14567

Attention Jewish customers from upper east side, west side and midtown. be very careful the owner originally from southern Italy by the name of Tony,

(also the owner of Amarone Restaurant) is a anti semitic, racist, anti jew,

with a bigotry behavior toward Jews! This man is a fake, incompetent,

illiterate and doesn't even speak proper English with a heavy Italian southern accent.

Tony the owner of Azalea restaurant is a pathetic Albanian lover, he hates his own people from Italy.

Please did you realize that there aren't Italian employees? no Italian waiter,

no Italian busboy, no Italian manager and NO Italian Chief?

And there worst of all that the employees working at the restaurants are illegal alien with criminal record from Romania, Albania, Mexico and Equador! the kitchen staff is not even Iitalian and the food is prepared and cooked by illegal alien from mexico and the chef by the name of Alex is not even Italian but an immigrant from Mexico!

ATTENTION: The labor department is investigating the owners of both restaurants,

Azalea restaurant and Amarone for violating Federal and state Law by illegally

confiscating all the wanters tips and refusing to pay all his employees!

It is also investigated for violating labor law by underpaying his employees and not even meeting the minimum wage required by law. the food portions are extremely small, overpriced and it takes for ever to come out from the kitchen! do yourself a favor save your money and go eat somewhere else!

The food sucks, very poor taste, old frozen fish, small portions and overpriced!!

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/12/09

Better Italian restaurant than in Italy

by hugold

First of all managed by a great guy, Tony, from Lazio. It gurantees great quality, personal touch, great food and great atmosphere, you feel at home, well...actually you feel like you are in Italy, eating better than in Italy.

The past is hand made and gorgeous, the pomodor sauce hand made by Tony's mother with best tomatoes and fresh basil is the best I ever had. The liguine a la vongoli, the raviole, the veal picatta, I tasted them in my several visits and the taste is like a dream. And the wine is typical Italian with a great choice.

And price? The food and the wine is priced in a way you will come back becasue they don't rob you.

Finally, the personal hospitality by the owner and manager, Tony, makes you have an unforgettable time. The food and the wine are only part of the good time. The overall experience makes you come back and recommend to your friends.

  • Pros: Fresh and delicious food and great atmosphere
  • Cons: Too many people getting to know the place
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/24/09

My secret gem in hell's kitchen.

by yikes10036

I said it before, the best rating I could ever give a restaurant is the fact that I see Italian tourists frequent it. Because it's authentic. The Pomodoro sauce is wonderful, I just get it with rigatoni and it's fantastic. Fresh basil...well fresh everything. Now I'm in love with their Fusilli Norcia, which is a red sauce with sweet and hot italian sausage, I never get tired of it. I also recommend the Brodetto with Red Snapper. It's a great portion of red snapper with shrimp, mussels and clams. The Three Cheese Risotto is rich and wonderful, and has always been perfectly cooked. It's the perfect local place for foodies in the hood to sneak off to for a few drinks or great, simply prepared Italian food. And the delver! Tony, the manager is a great guy, friendly and interested in his customers. The service is fantastic. Very relaxed.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/16/08

Party of 6 women recommend

by Jenn9268

There was good Italian food and the service was great. The hostess was friendly and personable, and the place was comfortable. I would definitely go again and the party of 6 women I was with all agree. I had the pasta primavera that was awesome, Thanks Tony for the great service.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/02/08

Perfection - at least for me!

by RobDT

Fresh Pasta, nice sized portions, top notch service - and the ever present and smiling Tony (owner, host...etc) I?ve been eating here for years and I love it - and recommend it to everyone.

Please note - Amarone is a big Pre-Theatre spot - so it?s not quiet and is usually crowded. Less for a romantic date and more for a fun group to enjoy.

EXCELLENT wine selection, EXCELLENT food.

Enjoy, and make sure you say hi to Tony.

DO IT!

  • Pros: Just the best all around
  • Cons: Crowded - noisy

The Details on Amarone Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • great prepared italian food
  • great service
  • comfortable local place
  • like homemade dessert
  • beautiful experience
  • favorite restaurant
  • bad italian food
  • great amarone
  • very friendly thanks tony
  • fantastic pomodoro sauce
  • personable hostess
  • good riciotto dessert wine
  • fresh basil
  • helpful staff
  • best rating
  • favorite tartufo
  • best tiramisu
  • love ve
  • good veal dishes
  • interesting conversation
  • big pretheatre spot
  • great portion
  • very good value
  • delicious dish
  • fresh pasta
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