Cori C

Love love love this restaurant! Food was delicious and the service was great. Our waiter was so knowledgeable and took good care of us. There were 4 of us dining. We ordered 3 appetizers, 4 main dishes including a 60oz Porterhouse that was phenomenal, and 2 desserts. The Espresso Martinis were also very good. I cannot wait to go back when we visit NYC next time.

+1

H L

Authentic Tuscan food. Came here twice for lunch. First time the two of us got the fried artichokes, the daily special pesto pasta, and the pork chops finished with fennel salt and Tuscan kale. The second time we got the zucchini salad, spaghetti Al limone, a daily whole wheat pasta with porcini and lamb, and split the rabbit. Everything wa very delicious and generous portion sizes. Personally I liked the secondis here more than the pastas - I saw someone get the grilled chicken and it look amazing with great char. I would also recommend the lasagna to share as well. Tough to get a prime time dinner reservation, but supposedly the staff says there are tons of last minute day of cancellations. Beautiful outdoor dining space as well.

+3

Lori Lam

i had such a wonderful experience here from the service and suggestions to the food and atmosphere itself. this place now has my favorite pasta, the ramps tortellini, and my favorite bite ever. it was flavorful, creamy, and melted in my mouth. other menu highlights were the steak tartar, lasagna, and roasted carrots. am definitely coming back to try their other pastas!

+3

Andrew Berto

Enjoyable but not my fav Italian in the city (or west village for that matter). Was only able to get a res for weekday lunch. The meh looked extensive but we only ordered the pappardelle al limone and lasagne on the menu. Both very good. Also got potato croquettes which were one of the many specials they had which I always appreciate interesting specials. Really like the vibes of this place and the outdoor/courtyard seating looked very nice if the weathers warm as well.

+2

Kyana Ifill

I enjoyed the food but not my favorite pasta in New York, a bit overhyped to me honestly. I liked the lasagna but Don Angie’s is better. The best pasta was the lamb whole wheat. I wish it was with non whole wheat but I think they chose whole wheat because the sauce is so dark in color. The pappardelle was also good. Pasta was cooked perfectly to my liking. The lasagna was a bit dry to me and i would prefer more ricotta flavor. The Cornish hen was okay, not memorable. It wasn’t dry but not necessarily juicy. Bread was horrible so skip that. Wasn’t warm and wasn’t good. Prosciutto and melon was delicious but hard to go wrong with that. Cocktails were basic nothing interesting. I prefer torrisi and it’s easier for me to get that reservation so win win for me.

+9

Jade Li

The food was good! Definitely better than Via Carota down the road. The lasagna was rich, decadent, and well balanced (not too salty despite the mountain of cheese it comes with). The pappardelle al limone was decent. The noodle texture was good, but I felt as if the sauce was lacking a little. The fried artichokes had good texture but was lacking like a sauce or something on the side ( the artichoke itself couldn’t carry the whole dish I’m sorry).

Albert K

Cute Italian spot with a large back room and an old school rustic look. The back patio is an extremely cute extension for the days with good weather. Pasta was good overall. Ordered the paccheri strascicati $26. More to come. Front person who seats you was a bit of a stickler as well. Seemed like there were open tables but he strictly wouldn’t seat people early even 5 minutes or put them near each other even though a bunch of walk-ins came in after. Understood that you can’t seat until your full party is there but seemed quite inflexible. Understood that your parties but might be able to sit together due to how busy it may be but when walk-ins with 4 people can come and grab 2 tables pushed together it makes you wonder. Also our tables were put very far apart with one in the front seating and one in the back. -1 star. Also they ask if you want bread but don’t tell you it’s $5. Still worth it. Overall food is solid. Excellent artichoke and pasta. The lasagna was enough for two people!Our waiter was solid.

+32

A

Very cute and cosy wine bar-esque restaurant. Service is super friendly and very knowledgeable. Burrata and prosciutto were fine; nothing special. House bread I found underwhelming. Boring, wholemeal bread. My main took about 40 mins so the service is definitely slower than normal. The pasta was great, the sauce was a bit on the salty side but overall nice. The lamb was so tender. Nice wine list but the up marking is aggressive. $22 for my glass of petite arvine - the bottle RRP is $29 making the up marking almost 300% I wouldn’t mind going back and trying the lemon pasta or the famous lasagne. Overall good but didn’t hit it out of the park for me. Acoustics are awful it’s so loud despite the venue only fitting 30 people max

This Tuscan restaurant offers wonderful Carciofi Fritti, delicious Oxtail and Caramelized Pastas and a tasty Meat Lasagna. Also, the Coniglio in Porchetta and the Chicken were very good. However, we were impressed with the Manager and our main waiter’s unwelcoming and rude attitude. I suggest the owner takes a closer look at these situations since it is quite easy to visit another restaurant in a city so full of excellent Italian restaurants.

Gummy

painfully average. been waiting to try this place for ages and it really like hit and it didn’t. wasn’t salty enough, or maybe some things were too salty? i’m not sure. the lasagne wasn’t great, super heavy and dry. i expected it to be either more moist or more lightweight. the pasta was the best thing we had. the fried mushrooms were quite of addicting but yet still not anything to write home about.

+1

Josephine Lee

If SMH were edible, it'd taste like I Sodi. When the restaurant's Resy page came across my screen with a new crown in the corner (making it easier for me to book a table), I figured I'd finally give this place a shot now that reservations weren't as difficult as rocket surgery. But color me disappointed--and put me down for Team "Not Worth the Hassle". - Pane e olio: I didn't want this, but it was ordered anyway. Their housemade sourdough was...very weird. Super dense, thick and chewy. Maybe I'm too much of a peasant to appreciate this kind of sourdough, but I do bake my own bread and this bread tasted like one of my beginner mistakes. Regardless, I hate that we had to pay $15+ for this gluten nightmare. - Lasagna a sugo: Supposedly their signature dish--but I can't fathom why unless over-salted disappointment is an aspiration in the culinary world. This lasagna tasted like someone spilled an entire can of NaCl in ground meat, then threw in some sheets of pasta to mask the mistake. There was little to no sauce, the cheese was mostly only on the top layer, and no other seasoning could be discerned from all that salt. The entire thing made my kidneys hurt. - Special pappardelle with lamb and porcini: I don't know if this dish had a proper name, but by virtue of not being the aforementioned lasagna, it tasted miles better. There could've been more lamb, and there definitely wasn't enough porcini, but the pappardelle was al dente enough. - Side of roasted carrots: Good, but who doesn't know how to roast carrots? At least they gave a large amount--it helped wash down the horrible lasagna. Service was fine but not particularly friendly, especially as the place filled up after 5:30pm. The space was the typical brick and wood chic that so many West Village restaurants have, but as with the service, it was lacking in warmth. Definitely don't plan to return.

Venus Zhang

“A classic West Village Italian trap”. I had such high hopes when I brought my bf here, but the higher the hopes come with the bigger the disappointment. None of the dishes we ordered really stood out. The steak tartare was decent, but the bread it came with was overly toasted and hard to enjoy. Lasagna was the go to dish, classic, hearty, and clearly the most popular item in the room (almost every table had it). Still, it wasn’t something I’d urge my friends to try. Finally it came the final blow: the branzino paired with spinach. My bf and I love branzino and we ordered it almost everywhere but we have never had such a bad branzino! It was dry, flavorless, and outrageously priced at over $60 (which we thought it must be the signature dish of the menu- but we were so wrong!). The paired garlic spinach was even worse, clearly frozen and then defrosted, overly salty, and completely stale. All in all, this was a deeply disappointing experience. I’m honestly confused about the hype. Will NOT recommend this place to anyone.