Il Violino — Restaurant in New York

Three stars because although the food was good overall, the service left a bit to be desired, and the pasta was cooked strangely.

I came with a date, and the restaurant wasn't busy. There wasn't someone to seat us right as soon as we walked in, and our waitress never smiled and was cold. Bread was slow to come to the table (I had to ask, was not automatic which I'm used to in an Italian restaurant) and my soda was slow to come to the table. Again, not a busy night, many empty tables. Waitress put food down on the table without saying anything. Strange and cold. Near the end of the meal, she just took away my bread without asking if I was done. By the time I told her I was still working on it, it was too late. We felt rushed and hurried. When I eat out, I linger and lounge over my meal and my company.

Pasta was cooked weirdly. Not entirely al dente. It was also kind of sticking together, like ramen noodles. Otherwise, food was very good.

I would come back, but hopefully to better service and I will order a...

SHOCKING EXPERIENCE!

Very nice restaurant, food was tasty, service was good without any extraordinary experience. The show started once we paid the bill. We did not have a lot of cash, about 6-8$ what was about 10% of the bill value what we gave to the waiter. The waiter made a big scene in front of the other Clients that our tip was below expected 18% gratuity limit. I understand the disappointment and I made it finally up putting full gratuity on my debit card as I was not aware it was an option. Nevertheless it was so unprofessional, embarrassing behaviour and stressful to my daughter that I will never come back and will not recommend this place. It should not be acceptable and management of the restaurant should have taken the action but nobody really reacted. I felt like I robbed the place paying full amount. I want everyone to think twice before picking this place as this behaviour is below anything what we...

My wife and I decided on the spur of the moment to grab an early dinner at Il Violino tonight before catching a movie. Wow, was that a great decision! We've been in NYC for three+ weeks, and while we have not eaten out all that much, we have made the rounds to about 7-8 restaurants for late lunch or dinner. This was by far the best we have visited. The homemade pasta was terrific, and the flavor of the fettuccine con scampi all' arrabita was indescribably good. Preceded by appetizers of tricolore salad and grilled vegetables, accompanied by a terrific mid-priced pinot grigio, well, we were in "il paradisio." The tartufo was outstanding, the coffee was even great, and to top it off, the service was impeccable. (Did I mention that the setting, alongside the outside windows, was beautiful?)

There's no question this moves to the top of the list of reasonably priced date night restaurants for us....