Crispo Restaurant

11/06/09

Great Food

by Ella72 at Citysearch

I love this place. My friend and I go here every few months and have not been disappointed once. The food is good the staff is very nice and they have a great wine selection. It's a great restaurant for small parties or a romantic dinner for two.

• Pros: Food
• Cons: none

11/03/09

Great food for a Great Cause!!

by Rachel M at Citysearch

If you haven't had a chance to experience all that the Crispo menu has to offer....Now's the time!! On Sunday, November 8th, Crispo is presenting "La Famiglia". It's a four course "abbondonza" style supper.. beer, wine, tax and tip are included in the $50minimum cash donation, and %100 of the proceeds go directly to Adrianna Cavanagh and Nathen Trueblood, two children who are battling Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. The chefs at Crispo have been planning this special menu for months, and invite anyone with a big appetite, and a big heart to share in this unique dining experience. Make your reservations now! The event starts at 2pm. The children and your bellies will thank you!!

07/09/09

Loved It!!

by mereditheats at Citysearch

I went to Crispo last night for a birthday dinner. Everything from start to finish was perfect. Our waitress was lovely, personable, and gave terrific recommendations which were totally spot on. I got the Bucatini...amazing. The duck (which i tasted alot) had exactly the right amount of crisp on the outside with a perfect balance of meat on the inside. Wine awesome..service terrific. I even ate brussle sprouts which i never do...candied with almonds and proscutto..GOODNESS!!! They even gave me a complimentary glass of calvados since they were out of it and that was the last of the bottle. All in all 100% terrific restaurant. I highly reccommend this place!

• Pros: The food, location, the wine....

05/07/09

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

by AnthonyB at Citysearch

If you love overpriced, empty restaurants with the wait stuff starring at you the entire time – don’t go to Crispo! People seem to overlook the fact that Crispo is not a fine dining place, even though the food and the service are too good for the menu prices. They could have charge twice as much. New Yorkers know that even with the reservation they might end up waiting for the table on a busy Friday or Saturday night and they are not stressed out about it. I find it amusing that people complain about 20 min wait and expect some free stuff to be sent to their table.

I’ve been to Crispo on many occasions and I have never left disappointed. The food is absolutely amazing! From appetizers I would recommend prosciutto with polenta and smoked mozzarella, roasted peppers and buffalo mozzarella, caramelized cauliflower. Spaghetti carbonara, meatballs and trofie are outstanding. Branzino, lamb chops, pork shank and duck breast are definitely worth trying.

The place can get crowded and loud pretty fast, but the servers are always up to speed. I was very pleased with my waiter’s knowledge of the wine list (I think his name was Jordan). When I had dinner with 7 of my friends, the waitress (with a slight accent) was friendly and very fast, we didn’t have to ask or wait for anything.

I love sitting in the garden when the weather is nice. I always recommend Crispo to all my friends and have never heard that they were disappointed. Give it a shot!

• Pros: Great food, service, garden
• Cons: None

03/29/09

Great Food

by ang44ny at Citysearch

Great place but htey need for their wait staff to be more interactive. Make your diners feel they are at your home. Not a very welcome place.

• Pros: Food and atmosphere
• Cons: Lack of detailed menu and staff interaction

03/23/09

Good Food, Sloppy, Confsed Service

by ab1847 at Citysearch

We had a 9pm reservation on a Sunday, my boyfriend, his mother and myself. We received a friendly and prompt greeting and were seated right away. The restaurant was not crowded but most tables were sat, so I don't know why we had service issues. Our first waiter brought the menus and then asked us for our drink order. We asked if he could suggest a dry red and he just said "oh they're all good" and couldn't recommend anything. Everything related to service went down hill from there! We ordered individual drinks which never came; we had to go to the bar to get them ourselves. We ordered 4 salads/appetizers, one was brought after the main courses and we had to remind the waitress we had ordered it. The bus-boy took our appetizer plates while we were still eating. We tried to tell him we are still eating the appetizers and waiting for a fourth, but he didn't seem to understand us, so we sat with our remaining appetizers with no plates to eat them on. After our food was delivered I had a question about my dinner, but there was never any follow up by the wait staff. When we got the bill there were charges for drinks we didn't order and we had to chase down a server to have the bill corrected.

I think the main problem here is that they seem to use a "tag-team" approach to service. We had a bout 4 wait staff during our meal (not including the bus-boys). No one remembered your order and I think they all assumed someone else was taking care of you.

The food was very good, we loved our meal. This is really the only thing that made the night "ok". If you can deal with flaky service, you will get a good meal here. Otherwise, steer clear!

• Pros: Very good Food, Decent Wine List
• Cons: Bad Service

03/10/09

Delicious pasta dishes

by trimiami at Citysearch

I was nervous about the reviews on bad service, I went on a sunday night and experienced no negative service. The place was very cute, with exposed brick and dim light. The pasta dishes were great, the angliotti stuffed with veal and mushrooms was amazing. The only critique is i was hoping for canolis to be on the dessert menu, but the tiramisu was good. Would definitely go back.

• Pros: great food, good value
• Cons: none

11/23/08

awful service

by torontoian at Citysearch

the bus boy was more pleasant to us then our waitress, the mumbled when she spoke and she never came to check on us.

other than the awful service, the food was amazing.

• Pros: food
• Cons: service

09/02/08

Pretty Patio!

by AmityM at Citysearch

The back patio is very pretty! The tables in the front would be nice to eat outside too I imagine. The food is really good and so is the service. Loved it!

08/12/08

Terrible service

by nycgal14 at Citysearch

I love the food at this place and have been coming often but had the worst expierence at a aresturant the last time I went. After telling them weeks in advance I was going for a special celebration we waited a half hour for our table, they then gave us the worst table and a waiter who kept telling us they didn't have what was on the menu. He completely forgot about us until he asked if we wanted the check, at which time we were about to leave he caused a huge scene about us not leaving our credit card reciepts. He proceeded to yell at my friend and when we asked him to calm down, only then did he realized he had them in his hand. I was mortified to have brought out of towners here and even more disappointed because it use to be my favorite resturant in the city.

• Pros: good food
• Cons: awful table, awful service, NEVER dine with a large group!