Maialino

Some of the best Italian and service in New York! The bolognese and Tonnato were unreal. And the tiramisu is fab! Bartenders are super knowledgeable as well.

For me this is the best Italian restaurant in NYC. My big favorite is their Bolognese. The sauce is just amazing, i dont know what's the differnce but tastes so special to me... Nothing has beaten theirs. Their Carbonara is good too! The place is very crowded, so need a booking in advance. Great service as well.

For being a non tipping restaurant the service here was great! We order 3 different pastas to share, Carbonara (the crispy pieces of guanciale were out of this world good), Squid Ink Pasta with Crab and Jalapeno, and a special they had with lobster spaghetti in a red sauce. The carbonara pasta had a distinct smokey and/or meaty taste to every bite. The squid ink was very different, even if you have had a squid ink pasta before. The lobster one was very fresh with almost a lemony flavor. The pieces of lobster were poached (idk how that works on a lobster) and were very soft and juicy; cooked perfectly. Every dish was great. Good size beer and wine selection. For dessert we had a chocolate hazlenut cake with a scoop of ice cream which was really good. The outside and bottom had a hazlenut crisp to it. Thanks for a great date night!

Great location. Right in the heart of Gramercy, inside the Gramercy hotel sits this cozy italian eatery. Maialino specializes in fresh incredible pasta dishes as well as their signature Crackling Pork Shank. With portuons for 1 or 2, i recommend getting a portion for 2 for the entire table to share. Or just one for yourself. The fried Artichokes as well as the tortaglioni stuffed with oxtail are also off the charts. Great beer menu with fun selection of craft beers.

Amazing food and service! The ricotta, corn, tomato, and basil angolotti is out of this world - excellent sweetness from the corn, a sauce that's rich in flavor with good acidity but still eats light, and perfect cooked pasta. The kouign amman and toffee brioche bun were also delicious pastries, expertly done. All of the staff was very kind and helpful, and the interior is spacious with an old world feel to the Italian photos on the wall, and a lot of nice windows for good daytime lighting.

It has been five years since I ate at m Maialino on an anniversary trip to NYC with my then partner. This place has lived rent free in my mind ever since. Back then, this stretched my budget, and it was a treat to go out and eat at a restaurant like this. It was a great excuse to get dressed up, and live the good life. The pork butt was perfectly cooked, and I think about how the fat on the outside feels and turned into a rind often. I'm hungry now thinking about it. The service was superb, and would hands down repeat. Maialino is ideal for celebration or a night to you want to remember.

Maialino is such a great restaurant, so much delicious food, very friendly staff. The malfatti was absolutely wonderful, I had it many years ago, and never forgot it. Cozy spot, it looks great. The tiramisu was excellent as well. Great list of Italian wines, not to be missed.

A must go for Italian fares. Atmosphere is trendy but not fake, restaurant is both spacious and snug thanks to the classic wood furniture and checkered tablecloths. We ate at the bar which allowed us to enjoy the bar snacks and the full dinner menu. The fried potato skins were surprising, with a bit of creamy pecorino and chillies. The vegetable tempura was light and original, with fennel and salsify if I'm not mistaken. The pasta were fabulous. Al dente, with some cracked pepper and pecorino, and bits of guanciale, sort of Italian bacon, salty, powerful, crispy and melting at the same time. So good. Wine selection is very interesting but - extremely - expensive, it's a shame. Cocktails are not worth your time. Service is friendly and professional. No tipping establishment.

Sashank, one of the servers, made our experience so wonderful. We (group of 4) did a walk-in on a Saturday night around 7pm. We first sat at the bar and then was able to move to a table. Sashank was working the bar area and answered all of our questions and made fantastic recommendations. Something about how he took his time, genuinely recommended the dishes, never rushed us, and kept his eyes on our table and proactively brought out what we needed — it made a huge difference in our dining experience. After we moved to a table he later came back to check on us before leaving. Our friends and I decided that we can make it our neighborhood meet up spot on the nights he’s working so we can again have a great dining experience! Food: - Great: Insata, veal tonnato, bolognese are my fav - Eh: Didn’t love the lamb shoulder (it’s super tender and generous portion - but didn’t have any special element to it), bucatini was so great.

The suckling pig pasta dish was beyond amazing. Everything else was delicious but the pig pasta was the star. Amazing wine list and the somm was attentive of our needs.

Came in for dinner on a holiday weekend and easily got spots at the bar. Tasty cocktails and wine. Good bean dip appetizer with great portion for the price. We’ll be back!

Holy smokes, Danny Meyer just doesn't miss. The common current of every Meyer joint is a non-happenstanced coziness. Mailalino is no exception to this rule, boasting a great staff, wonderful fresh pastas and a wine list that's to die for.

Proper Roman trattoria and one of my favorite Carbonaras in New York. Reservations are necessary. Brunch is a very good deal. A standout even in Gramercy.

As always an amazing experience... we had just had dinner at I Sodi and were disappointed so we decided to come back to one of our favorite restaurants. Solid service, amazing food, and vibrant crowd!

Amazing chefs and staff translate to amazing food and experience. Seafood is some of the freshest I've ever had in NYC.

Went for breakfast. We shared each menu. But their volume were enough for Japanese. Also, service and taste was great!

Delicious set of unique courses including grilled octopus. Extensive wine offering too.

Fresh pasta and in general good food and environment. It is a hotel restaurant but does not feel like. Wines are reasonable and I recommend their grappa taster. Service can be spotty.

Pricy, but a really great place. Service was perfect, food was exceptional and we didn't feel rushed which we really like. Our favorite was the Pomodoro anti pasti, but also the olives and all else. Great atmosphere for a date night out.

Delicious. Great service. Fun casual atmosphere. Perfect poached eggs, banana bread, Can't wait to go back.

Amazing restaurant with attentive and personable staff. The food was phenomenal! Best dining experience I've ever had.

Came here last night and was pleasantly surprised by how delicious every bite was. Also the service and sommelier were SO lovely. Sometimes it can be hard to find amazing restaurants in this area of town but damn this will be a go to for us. The pastas were amazing and everything was seasoned perfectly. The wine list is also beautifully curated, we loved it!

I really like this place. They opened around the same time period I purchased my place, so we were both new to the neighborhood. I began coming here from the beginning. I've liked this place since the first time I came here. It's also really that they serve all day. The fried meatballs are so good! We've also had the pork hash many times...delicious. The bacon is really good...very thick with lots of black pepper; and I love black pepper. One of my favorite things to order from here is a simple side of carrots....so good. We've ordered the Maialino Al Fomo numerous times and have never been dissatisfied. Service here is great. The servers have always been professional and accommodating.

We loved our food! We were served in a timely manner and they sat us immediately.It is difficult to get a reservation.The black bass and arctic char were delicious.Broccolini and garlic were perfect. Caesar salad was yummy Save room for desserts.All 3 we ordered fantastic with Happy Birthday in chocolate on them.Cant wait to go back!

One liner review - hype over Cacio e Pepe was overrated. We heard so many good things about this place especially about Cacio e Pepe (literally cheese and pepper) and Amatriciana pastas. We ordered both and while I enjoyed amatriciana I was quite disappointed in cacio e pepe. It reminded me of a mac n cheese in pasta. Some reviews say cacio e pepe pasta was too salty but the saltiness was just about right, but it was rather a bit bland. Not sure if it needed more talk but it was just ok. I enjoyed the texture of Amatriciana pasta more. Their quanciale in this pasta was the best I have tasted ever, very rich in flavor and both crisp/fatty at the same time. Service wasn’t particularly friendly but practical and professional. They don’t get tips so they don’t have to be friendly. Tip: Last-minute booking is pretty doable. I called the day before my intended visit during peak vacation period and they were able to squeeze me a spot at 5:30 PM. Call them and see if they can make you a seating. I took out one star because I expected a lot more in Cacio e Pepe pasta.

Great for brunch! The pastry basket was delicious and the Toffee Brioche was amazing! Get the Pork Skin Sausage Biscuit. So delicious! Service was great!

Visited with some business colleagues and it was quite busy on a Thursday night with people from all walks of life and stature. Nice crowd and good atmosphere. Big portions, the Maialina al Forno is very tasty and enough to feed a crowd. Try the Polpo if you're an octopus fan.

Been here a few times. Good. Radicchio salad and clams. Bread was tasty. Ate at Scarpett last night and it was better. I like M setting a lot. Sweet fireplace at connected hotel lobby of Gramercy to hang out at before or after dinner for cocktails

One of the best Italian meals I had on this trip. The only noticeable thing was that the service wasn’t as good as other restaurants. Not sure if it is because there is a no tipping policy. Would still go back for the food and wine itself but it is very obvious - had to continuously flag down waitstaff

I was invited as a guest, lively restaurant even in the middle of the week. Kept it simple with the fish (delicious). Sorbet for dessert, a pommegranate and lemon. Part if the Gramercy Park Hotel.

We love this place so much. Top quality ingredients ( mozzarella buffala is so good) and originality in the recipes. I love the carbonara with the crispy pork and the strong pepper, and my friend had the chance to taste a wonderful corn ravioli with a yellow tomato sauce... an amazing sweet/sour contrast! The only weak points of maialino are the very short lunch menu, the price, and the success (difficult to get a table on friday and saturday). If you go there, don't miss the torta de la nonna as the dessert !! It's a must !

Foreword: I need to go back to try cacio e pepe and gricia. I had a very nice pork rib with crackling (8/10) and my friend tried the fettuccine alla bolognese (6/10) - that’s not legit bolognese, but it’s the popular version outside of Italy. Nice ambience, good service, bit on the pricey side. Good overall.

Service was very good but the food was a bit on the salty side.

I recently went for dinner (we were a party of 3). Things started off well, we were say quickly and the waiter promptly attended to our orders. The atmosphere is very rustic, a little busy and the clientele were young. We ordered a salad to share, and each ordered an entree. I had the Chicken (which came highly recommended by the waiter), however there wasn't nearly enough sauce. The chicken was tender and flavorful, but strange My father ordered pasta with clam sauce, and his portion of pasta was SO incredibly small that he ate half of my dinner too! The difference in the serving sizes between our three entrees was crazy! The food was average in flavor, OK in presentation and all around just not what we were looking forward to. Perhaps we ordered the wrong dishes, and this was not the average experience in this restaurant, however, I would not recommend the restaurant to anyone I know.

A comfortable place with nice view of the Garmercy Park. Perfect for people watching. Overpriced food and lame service. Went for brunch over the weekend and ordered a bunch of plates. The chef's basket was great. All the other were not impressive. The classic pasta Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe was too salty and the pasta overcooked. The brussel sprouts were mostly burned. Our server was slow and indifferent: no smile and never asked once how's everything. When we asked for a box for the leftover she even packed the bones. No wonder this is a no tipping restaurant because I really didn't feel like tipping LOL.

The atmosphere and vibe was very date-night. We had the vitello tonnato and that was the highlight dish from the night. The malfatti is a bit too salty and the bucatini is alright. The oilve oil cake is great

Really cute place, went for brunch. The pork hash was fabulous but the pancakes were a disappoinment. The chicken sausage as a side is a MUST.

Not as good as I expected. The salami from antipasto was good. Carbonara was a bit too salty and heavy. Service was just okay.

Food is good, but took a very long time to come... Service can be a but brusque during busy times.

This old favorite is back and although the staff is as wonderful as ever the food is not. Most notably the rigatoni dish did not have fully cooked pasta. The new place is smaller than the old location and reservations are a must if you want to avoid sitting at the bar. Not sure I’ll be back … there are other better Italian restaurant choices.