Petrarca Cucina e Vino — Restaurant in New York

Solid date night with the homies. 8 of us made reservations, brought wine (our friend is a wine rep and set it up) and had delicious food. Only one of us were disappointed in our meal.

I got one of the specials - the pappardelle with duck Ragu. It was a nice helping. Not a giant plate and not a skimpy one. Perfect amount. It was good, but didn't knock my socks off. My buddy got the same and was amazed.

Wife got the butternut squash ravioli with a brown butter sauce. She enjoyed her meal and my bite of her food was on point.

The rest of the squad got the special ricotta gnocchi with truffle oil. My bite of that was exquisite. Light and delicious. Cannelloni (stuffed with Ricotta and spinach) looked good. The carbonara was exactly what it should have been. Creamy, bacony and great.

The letdown was the spaghetti and turkey meatballs. My buddy had maybe 3 bites. I took some to see what all the hate was about and agreed that the flavor of the sauce was bland n disappointing. The meatballs were good but needed more spice. Every pasta dish could've been a tad more Al dente, but that's just my "Been to Italy boujee side" talkin.

All in all, a great experience. The wine was flowing. The conversations were going. And the service was top notch. Shout out to Alfonso, who was the best waiter we...

The first time we came here was over 10 years ago and we had such a bad experience, we figured it’s been long enough so let’s give it another shot. Outside of the grumpy old man who greets you at the entrance, who I think is the same one that was there 10 years ago, the service was very pleasant and friendly. The bread is absolutely delicious and the olive oil is good. That’s about it. The Caesar salad is drenched in oil, not even sure what that was. The pizza tasted like microwavable pizza with a fried crust. The Brodo with tortellini was average, perfectly OK and definitely needed the extra Parmesan and pepper added to it. The orecchiette was good, but tasted more like mac & cheese. The Bronzino was fine, unfortunately they do not debone the fish so that was a fun challenge. The wine was perfectly fine as well. It was a very average and underwhelming experience. The tables are right next to each other so you have about 6 inches of space between you and the person at the next table, which unfortunately is standard for some NYC restaurants. I certainly will not go back and will not recommend this restaurant. It wasn’t a horrible experience. It was just very average. and I believe it is a popular place because it is relatively inexpensive compared to other NYC restaurants. But you get what...

Was not a great experience. From the four of us, we ordered two spaghetti with turkey meatballs dishes, one black linguine with seafood dish, and a ravioli dish (this is the one the waiter messed up on). For one thing, the waiter misunderstood one of us while ordering and that person received the wrong dish. After that was resolved, another person in our group found a piece of metal in their seafood dish. When we finally got the waiter attention, they looked at it and took it back to the kitchen saying they will remake it. Now at this point we were kind of frustrated because this place has good reviews but only two out of four of us had our food. In the meantime of the "remaking" of the seafood dish, the spaghetti was alright but the meatballs were not even warm in my dish. Once the seafood dish was done and back to our table, this is where I'm pretty sure they microwaved it and brought it back because the middle of the food was steaming hot and the shrimp became rubbery. I'm not sure it was microwaved, but I'm pretty sure. Overall I won't be coming back, it was over expensive for the service we received. Would...