Il Tinello Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant New York

Address: 16 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019, USA

Phone: +12122454388

Rating: 4.5
based on 123 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was impeccable, attentive and knowledgeable."
  • "The service—friendly, knowledgeable, and brimming with old-world charm."
  • "The attention that we have received by the staff has been impeccable."
  • "Service was EXCELLENT and the prices reasonable for a downtown NYC place."
  • "The service is absolutely amazing and they get 5/5 stars there."
  • "The service was impeccable. Waiters were attentive."
  • "The staff and service were excellent."

Cons:

  • "Never been more humiliated. I made on-line reservations and when I showed them to the hostess she said even though I made reservations there were no tables available because they were behind (overbooked)."
  • "For some reason, the owner made us wait 45mins for our table."
  • "Service could have been slightly better as everything seemed to be looking at the next table without focus on ours."
  • "Had to walk and call for a waiter several times."
  • "The wait staff was a bit brusque during the explanation of the menu."
  • "The service is pathetic specially the waiters."
  • "We were not seated until 6:32, what followed is completely unacceptable."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Each dish is expertly prepared with love and care, ensuring that every bite is a true delight for the taste buds."
  • "The food was amazing and I think the portions were fair."
  • "They have one of the best ravioli I’ve had and the pasta with lobster was a major treat."
  • "The food is delicious and authentically Italian."
  • "The food here was absolutely terrific."
  • "Everything we ate here is nicely made and top quality."
  • "The food here is excellent (and consistently so)."

Cons:

  • "The plates were big, but very little food inside the plate and no taste."
  • "Food is bland and tastes microwaved."
  • "The Veal Milanese was a special that was burnt completely black on one side and the side up was perfect."
  • "They claim it’s an Italian restaurant, however, they don’t even have pizza, lasagna, or ravioli for little ones."
  • "The food was lousy, the service was terrible."
  • "It didn’t taste like Italian food at all."
  • "The sauce was bland y the shrimp were chewy."

Price

Pros:

  • "Service was EXCELLENT and the prices reasonable for a downtown NYC place."
  • "The dishes are reasonably priced."
  • "This place provides a five star experience without bleeding your wallet dry."
  • "The prices of the food and the quality, were both worth the hassle of the crowd."

Cons:

  • "My friends ordered spaghetti with seafood and were charged $50 each plate!!!!"
  • "At the end, the manager overcharged us, with pasta for 40 dollars!"
  • "We were charged $75 for one piece of fish! And the pasta special was $10 more than any other pasta on the menu."
  • "I was recommended wine that was $38 a glass. They prepared a dessert sampler that was $55."
  • "A cheap house chiante for $20 a glass? Mixed berries $21.95 for 20 berries?"
  • "We left 40$ tip and afterwards saw that we were charged 39$ for a tap water."
  • "Very expensive food and drink pasta was not fresh I could have cooked it myself at 30 dollars for a small bowl of carbonara."

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