Bar Birba — Restaurant in New York

Amazing. Would give 10 stars if I could. Food delicious and I just went to Italy and did a food tour. Arancini stands out. And their wine selection is top notch. Servers are really knowledgeable about everything. Small place and newly opened and I expect them to be packed and reservation only very soon. Serving pizza in NYC is a bold move since literally there are so many places that do that well like Roberta’s and Union Pizza etc. But the prices here are very reasonable considering what they are at other places. Small menu of small plates. Unique offerings of appertifs and digestivs that I’d like to try next time. Could use more dessert options considering the digestiv selection. Please do a killer Tiramisu. Food felt very Tuscan or Sicily region. No pasta I don’t believe. Only thing I didn’t love was the Caponata. It was a lot of onion and pepper. I was expecting more eggplant chunks. The bread with it was amazing and my friend really loved it though so what do I know. I’m always a sucker...

I really wanted to like this place because it’s around the corner, and based on the other reviews maybe we just caught them on an off night. Atmosphere - dark, sparse and very cold. We wore our coats the whole time and my son added his hat and we were still freezing! The chicken prosciutto app was really not good - a mouthful of unrendered fat and a bone. And my pizza seemed like it had been reheated and was totally hard and black on the bottom. I got the margharita and half of one slice was very spicy - I don’t think this was on purpose, maybe they spilled something on it? My son’s pizza was not burned and he thought it was ok. My sparkling wine was partially flat. Staff was really nice and friendly but seemed confused (a second person came to take our order after we ordered, the first person came back to confirm our order…). We left after about 30 min and didn’t eat much. Hopefully just an off night / growing pains as we’d love to have this option in the...

I'm lucky to share a neighborhood with this spot - my partner and I stopped by recently while celebrating our anniversary and had a wonderful evening. The prices for the plates and pizza we shared were very reasonable, and I was happy to see lots of good NA drink options. The pizza was perfectly chewy, and the prosciutto was beautifully fatty. There were lots of other seated tables, but the space never felt crowded or loud. This is a great place to catch up with a friend or have a nice long evening...