"Their patio and outdoor seating is phenomenal, draped with vines, flowers, and those cool table lamps that I’m seeing everywhere nowadays."
"The space is so welcoming and cozy in a high brow way."
"The decor is nice and the place is not too big and noisy."
"The inside feels intimate and is very romantic."
"Romantic and cozy vibe, lovely music, and very attentive service!"
"The ambiance is wonderful; the staff courteous and professional."
Cons:
"I don’t want to deduct stars for this, but the two times I’ve come here it smelled very strongly of fabuloso and it turned us off enough to not stay."
"The intimate dining room is cozy and lovely, but the food was average/less than average."
"It’s too loud to be romantic."
"The music was way off for the room (hard rock, really?)."
"The spot is very small, intimate but extremely loud."
"The vibe in the restaurant was a bit off. Our waiter came up to us 3 times in quick succession while we still had our menus open and were trying to discuss what to order."
"Nothing had outstanding flavor nor wowed us, sadly. :( Pretty basic."
Service
Pros:
"Shout out to our wonderful server Domenico and the restaurant manager Lorenzo who took excellent care of us."
"Our waiter Genti made the whole experience incredible."
"Very lovely and attentive staff."
"The waiters were attentive…"
"The service is extremely friendly and well done."
"The service is warm and attentive."
"The staff was very friendly and attentive."
Cons:
"Never got corrections for the bad food orders."
"Service was slow even though the restaurant was empty."
"The service felt rush the whole time we were there."
"Charged me for a dinner I did not have even though I cancelled ahead and according to the rules. Was disrespectful and rude in contact."
"When we went for our reservation... we were told that we do not have a free table at the moment."
"Was told that everything is booked and they can give me table outside... We were eating literally on a street."
"Took 1 hour to have a drink order taken. 2.5 hours to get our food."
Food Quality
Pros:
"I had an amazing experience. Fantastic service, innovative & high-quality food / wine selection and an awesome atmosphere."
"Pastas were out of this world good!!"
"The veal osso buco in particular ranks as top 3 dishes I’ve ever eaten."
"This was the best Italian food I’ve had in New York so far."
"The food exceeded any and all expectations--a hard feat to accomplish given that I grew up in Italy."
"Had the tagliatelle duck ragu and it was seriously the best ragu I've ever had."
"Every SINGLE dish was amazing, especially the appetizers."
Cons:
"The food was good but nothing to rave about."
"The squid entree was less interesting, but fresh and summery."
"Food was ok, nothing special. A lot of fried and breaded items and what wasn't seemed less than fresh."
"We ordered the pappardelle wild boar ragu, the ravioli, and the lamb shank and all three dishes were average."
"Unfortunately we could not finish our starter or our main. The beef tartare was bland and nondescript, and the veal Milanese was dry and rather tasteless as well."
"The food was very disappointing. It was very bland and lacking in flavour."
"The food was average/less than average, and the prices were way too high for that."
Value
Pros:
"Most of their dishes are quite reasonably priced."
"The food is delicious for an (NYC) reasonable price."
"Wine list is excellent and quality / price ratio is absolutely fair!"
"Prices were reasonable."
"The food is delicious, and reasonably priced, as is the wine menu."
"Pricing is ~$20-$25 per pasta, but well worth the cost."
"It's a little pricey but all the food was great."
Cons:
"Wine list was mostly too expensive."
"So many better places to go to in NYC and am glad I did not go here considering their treatment of people."
"The prices were way too high for that."
"I guess OC is not alone in its impulse to charge $50 for entrees and serve small portions."
"Over charged us. Ordered one bottle of wine and was charged for 2 when we absolutely did not order the second."
"But it is also unacceptable to walk away hungry after ordering 5 dishes for 2 adults and one child."
"Nothing had outstanding flavor nor wowed us, sadly. :( Pretty basic."