Arco Cafe — Restaurant in New York

📌 @arcocafenyc - Sardinian Italian Restaurant • Service - 10/10 super friendly and attentive. • Atmosphere super cute intimate setting. • What we drank:

🥃 Italian Sin - Aperol, bourbon, prosecco, orange slice.

🍷Mirto Royale - Mirto (Sardinian traditional liquor) and Prosecco. • What we ate:

🥬 Kale Salad - Green Kale, raisins, sliced almonds, cherry tomatoes, lemon dressing.

😋 Caeciofi Fritti - Fried artichoke hearts.

🍕 Focaccia Sarda - Tomato sauce, mozzarella, Fiore Sardo cheese, dry sausage, pecorino.

🍄‍🟫 Gnocchi alla Montanara - Gnocchi with pancetta and mushrooms in cream sauce.

♥️ Ravioli de Patete e Menta - Homemade ravioli filled with potatoes, fresh mint and Fiore Sardo cheese. • Desserts:

🍯🧀 Sebada - Fried pastry dough filled with pecorino cheese and lemon, topped with honey and powdered sugar.

☕️ Tiramisú - Espresso and mascarpone. • Final thoughts 💭

We can not wait to go back! Every single bite we took was busting with flavor, authenticity, creativity and we could not stop! We left weighing in an extra 10 lbs and it was completely worth it 😂 - not only do they make their pasta FRESH in house, you can buy it to go, and make some fresh delicious pasta at home. 10/10 recommended...

4.5 stars rounded up. Cute, small cafe with fresh, home made pasta. I went for the lunch special $21 (12:30-5pm) which included an appetizer and main. The complementary focaccia was very good; olive oil and balsamic vinegar was offered as accompaniment. The mussels were on the small side; the accompanying tomato sauce was flavorful but a bit salty. The Fritto Misto was good, the batter was light. The shoestring zucchini was too thin and thus, overcooked; it would be better if they were cut thicker or in disks so that they would be al dente. The malloreddos was good with a fair amount of sausage. The gnocchi was light and the dish was surprisingly light even though it had a cream sauce. Fresh grated parm cheese and ground pepper was offered. This place is a good option if you can take advantage of the lunch special.

5/2024 we went to celebrate a Columbia graduation for lunch. We had an order of Fregula (salmon, shrimp n mushrooms with fregula pasta) and 4 lunch specials. Tried the new on the menu fried artichoke hearts and they are very good. Also had the vodka sauce, carbonara and cacio e pepe. We shared the dishes family style and waitress was very accommodating with all the extra plates. A 5...

I am not sure why it has taken my so long to write this review about one of my FAVORITE restaurants in NYC. Every single dish is made with fresh ingredients and the fresh pasta's, foccacia bread and pizza's are ALL absolutely DELICIOUS. We have gone there for lunch, brunch, dinner with just our family, on date nights, with friends, celebrated BIG celebrations there with 20 people and we are always treated like family. You truly feel like you are in Sardinia when you eat there as we know from Daniele, the chef, that so many of his recipes come right from his mom (and his sister Francesa!). We have followed our favorite waitress in NYC, Daniela, there and so grateful for her and her family. And Ruth --- another gracious staff member who greets us with hugs every time we come! I will also say their delivery is one of the best and their dishes always come piping HOT and their portions are quite big. I love the staff there and very grateful to have Arco in our neighborhood! Thank you for always welcoming us with open arms and always feeding us the most delicious food --- OH and the canoli's- have to get...