Dino Reviews Summary

Category: Northern Italian restaurant

Address: 222 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA

Phone: +17182221999

Rating: 4.2
based on 118 reviews.

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Very intimate, cozy and comfortable restaurant."
  • "Beautiful spot with a classy yet laid back energy."
  • "Service was great and atmosphere wonderful."
  • "The space was super comfortable—the perfect balance of homely and chic."
  • "Love the outdoor space of this place, it feels cozy and intimate. Perfect for a casual date or catching up with friends. The service was great - it adds on to a good experience."
  • "Nice quiet outdoor seating. It was super comfortable."
  • "Adorable outdoor patio in the summer."

Cons:

  • "Their outside dinning setup is equally uninspired, and the back patio feels bleak."
  • "went in at 10:15pm on a thursday nite ... closed. if you say you are open till 11pm understand that customers think you are seating and serving till 11pm."
  • "The place was almost empty during lunchtime and the waitress was very friendly."
  • "Backyard is an absolute mosquito paradise- be warned."
  • "We sat in the backyard which seemed nice at first but often had a strong kitchen smell."
  • "The outdoor sidewalk seating can get a little loud because of the pizza place next door."
  • "A little cramped in the front though."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was exceptionally good."
  • "Great staff."
  • "Service was great and I'll likely return for more crostini or to sample the dinner menu of pasta."
  • "The staff worked with us to find stuff that fit our needs and checked on us often."
  • "Staff is really attentive."
  • "The staff is so nice and extremely helpful."
  • "All the waiters and waitresses are super friendly."

Cons:

  • "The service felt somewhat impersonal."
  • "Service low not even able to prepare a separate check by themself."
  • "The service was slow and the pasta dishes were disappointing."
  • "Ultimately, I gave up and canceled. Very disappointing service."
  • "Terrible service. Ordered food, they sent us the wrong order (someone else’s) then argued with us and promised us our real order and had us waiting a further hour before telling us it was not coming."
  • "Service was incredibly slow and the server was picking his teeth at the bar."
  • "Poor service!! Turned away w my service animal after a snobby customer didn't want to be near dog while eating."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Ragu fettuccine- was amazing, very rich."
  • "The spaghetti limone was good."
  • "Had the grill chicken sandwich and 2 other people I was with had the eggplant & chicken parmigian and we all loved our food. Great food and great service.. enjoy."
  • "The spinach gnocchi was to die for, and the veal meatballs were banging-- def enuff to be a shared appetizer."
  • "Food was fantastic just a wonderful experience."
  • "Also, tried there flour less chocolate cake for dessert very light also very tasty."
  • "The pasta is amazing!"

Cons:

  • "Sauce is flavorless and dull, void of all spice, quality and depth."
  • "The food wasn't terrible (I have a salt shaker; perhaps you should consider getting one yourself), but it annoys me when the menu misrepresents what you are going to get."
  • "The pasta was too Al dente, the cheese was congealed and the sauce tasted straight out of a jar."
  • "An expensive meal after all the fees/tip etc.for underwhelming food."
  • "Food was sub par, poor quality, old frozen items."
  • "The Spinach Gnocchi pasta... was just green nodules in flavourless tomato muck."
  • "Generous helpings but disappointing food: burrata was good, but tomatoes lacked flavor, the dressings were uninteresting, the bread mediocre, the ragú was not tasty - uninteresting sausage in tomato sauce."

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