Il Fiorista Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant New York

Address: 17 W 26th St, New York, NY 10010, USA

Phone: +16464908240

Rating: 4.4
based on 107 reviews.

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

  • "Best place in NYC...amazing decor, great ambiance, hospitable hosts."
  • "Inside is artsy & staff is great."
  • "The outdoor seating is nice and it’s right by Madison square park."
  • "The ambiance was charming, with a cozy yet elegant atmosphere."
  • "What a lovely, bright space, if a little loud (music)."
  • "Really nice ambiance."
  • "The space is well-lit due to the enormous windows with high ceilings, and at night the lights drape you in an easy, comforting vibe."

Cons:

  • "The hall is so terrible that I can't even use a photo taken during the event on social media."
  • "They have put us in this dark, gloomy, bare and cold room."
  • "The only warning I have is, they haven’t figured out temperature control in the uber cute 'greenhouses' they’ve erected for pandemic-era outside kinda dining."

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff is very friendly and nice and the space is comforting."
  • "Service is always top notch."
  • "The manager, Allison, was just as lovely as she came to check on us throughout the night."
  • "Our waitress Vivi was very attentive and helpful. impeccable service from everyone."
  • "Service was attentive and on the slower side, which was actually nice to be able to take our time."
  • "Staff were impeccable. Waiting on us was Francisco, who made sure glasses were filled and stomachs, satisfied."
  • "Better than the food was the incredibly cheery and attentive staff."

Cons:

  • "Portions are very small and not worth the price."
  • "Service was a little slow for the price of the restaurant and we would have like a little more attention which is why we rated 4 stars."
  • "The only weird issue we had was the time it took for the pasta entrees to come out was obscenely long."
  • "Service was average at best for this kind of place that charges these prices."
  • "Service was great at first, but slowed down a bit towards the end as they got busier."
  • "The server was nice, but service was SLOW! And he really needed his notes for an understanding of the menu."
  • "However the food service itself was slow for the 2nd and 3rd courses."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Gnocchi was brought to perfection after being toasted and swirled in a buttery sauce with a hint of citrusy lemon and brought to greater complexity with maitake mushrooms."
  • "The food is high quality, simple and delicious."
  • "Everything is healthy, so you always leave feeling light, but satisfied."
  • "The food is always fresh, delicious and well plated, with seasonal changes."
  • "Steak was perfectly tender while being paired with, among other flavors, the previously-unheard-of 'lamb’s quarter' green leaves."
  • "The food was beautiful and delicious. It’s a vegetable forward menu with super creative combinations."
  • "The chefs tasting menu was delicious with layered flavors (especially the pea risotto and salmon and ragu pasta) and perfectly timed."

Cons:

  • "The restaurant is beautiful and the service was excellent unfortunately the food is the downfall here."
  • "Food portions were very small for the price you pay."
  • "Food was good but the burger was quite small for the price and didn’t come with a side."
  • "We got the equivalent of 3 meals for 13 ppl yet paid $90pp! Save your money and go elsewhere."
  • "Food and service was less than spectacular, wasn’t especially bad - but nothing memorable and considerably average, especially for the price."
  • "The food is here is okay not too exciting. Tiny portions are as if they’re trying too hard to create something artistically beautiful."
  • "The rest of the dishes were pretty average and the eggplant dish was below average IMO."

Unique Features

Pros:

  • "I learned that while eating dinner, you could order a floral bouquet to go and they’d have it made to order and ready for you by the time you left."
  • "The cherry on top for me is that they serve exquisite mocktails."
  • "They also have flower arrangement classes here, which I think is super cool and makes this place truly unique."
  • "The flowers are beautiful and for sale."
  • "All dishes incorporate flowers in some manner, which is fun and creative as well."
  • "Went for a private floral class and brunch. The team was excellent to work with and the class was so fun."
  • "The aim of the menu is to bring the benefits of flowers to the menu, and it does that elegantly."

Cons:

  • "The tasting menu is literally a scam."
  • "2 ppl - we each ordered 1 cocktail, shared 1 appetizer, and each got a pasta entree (very small) and the total after tip was $70 per person and I wasn’t even full when we left."
  • "For $85, I could’ve gotten a full entree with sides and probably and appetizer and a half. But instead received such small portions."
  • "This is a horrible place to eat me and my friends went for brunch and we didn’t ask for flower but the server keep sending the florist to our table again again it’s was so disturbing."
  • "I should have known it was an off night when we sat down and the flower on our table was dead!"
  • "The only warning I have is, they haven’t figured out temperature control in the uber cute 'greenhouses' they’ve erected for pandemic-era outside kinda dining."
  • "I have e-mailed, called, and even shown up to the restaurant IN-PERSON for more dinners to ask about my simple request - that the restaurant send me a photo of my receipt from a specific date and time... and then they never do."

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