Masseria dei Vini Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant New York

Address: 887 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

Phone: +12123152888

Rating: 4.6
based on 168 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was excellent, well-prepared, and the service was great!"
  • "Fine dining with vegan options."
  • "One of our pizza choices was White Wedding which consisted of Mozz, ricotta, parmesan, truffled mushrooms, rosemary, sage, sea salt, garlic olive oil and we added a super premium topping of Parma prosciutto....Absolute HEAVENLY!!"
  • "Service was phenomenal and most of the food was extremely tasty."
  • "The food was phenomenal."
  • "The food was very authentic and tasty."
  • "The pizza was excellent. Several pasta dishes were excellent as well."

Cons:

  • "Overly priced for the quality."
  • "Also some dishes are overpriced (Cotoletta alla Milanese for $50 ???)"
  • "Food is reasonable but far from great."
  • "Nothing blew us away but you could tell the ingredients were good."
  • "The main course pastas were a let down: the ravioli with shrimp and artichoke was covered in a watery tomato sauce and the spaghetti with clams was over salty and unpleasant."
  • "Our halibut was overcooked and pasta was chewy, under seasoned and didn’t feel fresh."
  • "The food portions were large but it was just ok."

Service

Pros:

  • "Hostess and owner went to great effort to seat us without a reservation on a busy Thursday night."
  • "The staff was incredibly attentive."
  • "So personal and attentive staff that continuously impressed with small things like filling up the water glasses and joking about the food."
  • "The wait staff was cordial and efficient."
  • "Service was simply excellent, always alert but non-obtrusive."
  • "They have attentive and professional servers!"
  • "Service was great and super fast."

Cons:

  • "This is the first restaurant that would not do anything special for such occasions."
  • "However last Sunday inexplicably the owner decided to have a D.J. The music was so loud it was almost impossible to talk."
  • "Quick but a bit impatient waiters (but hey, it's New York)."
  • "The service was far too pushy - clearing starters when there is still food on them!"
  • "Wait staff was good - deducted points for the maitre d. their level of arrogance was off the charts."
  • "The service was really odd, they were reaching over us eating to fill glasses, and kept knocking plates into the little table lamp and into each other."
  • "The service is absolutely awful."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Atmosphere is perfect to entertain conversations, weather is for a business dinner, romantic meal or even just to treat yourself alone at the bar counter!"
  • "Atmosphere was upscale and sleek."
  • "The ambiance was clean, intimate, elegant and simply good."
  • "The atmosphere is amazing."
  • "The atmosphere was cozy and inviting."
  • "It has a nice, well lit and classy atmosphere with a huge marble bar (yay!) that has a great buzzy vibe with good people dining there."
  • "The atmosphere was warm, spacious and very relaxing. But the most admirable experience was the friendly and knowledgeable waiting staff."

Cons:

  • "The atmosphere left a lot to be desired - very loud, cramped, and completely unromantic."
  • "The fluorescent lighting behind the wall of wine bottles makes the space feel tacky and cold."
  • "This is by far the loudest restaurant I have ever been to."
  • "I still don't see why they would blare 90s nightclub music in a nice Italian restaurant."
  • "The food is certainly delicious, but the atmosphere took this from a 4 to a 3 for me."
  • "Very fancy. LOUD. I couldn't hear a single thing my partner said all night."
  • "Very noisy during our visit."

Price

Pros:

  • "Prices are fair for the times."
  • "Prices are very reasonable considering the quality of food, drink, service and experience."
  • "Reasonably priced, great atmosphere, food and service."
  • "Price point was excellent for a dish like this at $32.50."
  • "The prices are appropriate for the great service and food quality."
  • "Good affordable and fresh food."
  • "The price was obviously higher than in Italy but comparable to other Italian places in the City."

Cons:

  • "Dont believe these people when they tell you they make italian cheesecake with ricotta."
  • "3 pizzas $75. What a shame!"
  • "They add 22% gratuities to the final check although the food is good."
  • "Dinner for 3 was almost $200. Two drinks each, no appetizers or dessert. 2 Pastas and one pizza. 2 of the drinks were 8 oz bottles of Coca Cola at an obscene price."
  • "Very expensive for what we got."
  • "It was slightly on the expensive side for what it was."
  • "The price point is definitely hefty but it is worth EVERY single dollar!!!"

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