Rao's — Restaurant in New York

Oh! My! Gosh!! Hello! I'm Deborah. I found some of your frozen meals, pizza and sauces at Walmart here in Arab Alabama 👍 I've never heard of you until I looked you up to see if you have restaurants, and of course your product sold at Walmart that prompted me to look you up. Your pizza sauce is totally amazing! I must have at least 50 jars. I bought all of them in the store the other day 😁 The sauce is so delicious that it prompted me to try out your frozen meals. Your four cheese ravioli your lasagna and your chicken parmesan is outstanding!!! I haven't tried your pizza yet, but I'm about to try the cheese one next time I go to the store and I'm just going to add some extra toppings to it. If your food taste this good just from the grocery store, I can imagine how amazingly delicious it will taste in your restaurants!!❤️🕊️ I wish I could try your restaurant, but unfortunately there's none of your restaurants around my area. I will be moving back to California soon Woodland California which is around the Sacramento area. It would be nice if you can get a restaurant there! If you did I would bring my sleeping bag and camp outside Lol 🤣 Oh my gosh I just can't believe how good your food is. I'm telling everybody about it!! Walmart can't keep up with me. I keep buying all your pizza sauce! Walmart also sells your pasta sauce as well. I haven't tried those. I bought the caramelized onion one and the marinara one and I haven't tried those yet, but I'm sure they're going to be totally delicious. Thank you so much for your delicious food. There's not much restaurants here in this little town that I live in so I really appreciate your food!! 🍕 🍝 🫙 Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there and y'all have a blessed rest of the weekend and the next following week 🙏😇🙏 I give you 10 Stars for your wonderful food!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆❤️🕊️🌹🌹🌹 I almost forgot your tomato basil soup sold in jars and your Italian wedding soup both very delicious 😋 You have Many! Dishes in the frozen section of the grocery store. So many that I can't keep up with adding them to this review 😋 I had to go to Guntersville Alabama to the Publix market there where they sell even More! Dishes. I bought your meatballs in sauce. Haven't tried them yet, but I already know they are Delish!!😋😋 I also bought your variety meat pizza, your vegetarian lasagna and other pasta dishes with white sauce😋 I would love to try and buy on a regular basis your eggplant Parmesan but none of the stores have it. I heard that Target sells it. I may have to go there as well. I'm going to have to buy a second freezer to fit all your delishes dishes because my freezer is packed with Rao's s only! Store bought frozen meals I will ever buy. 😋😋😋 Thank you for making it possible for the world to have the chance to have your food in Thier freezers and cupboards. I also bought four more of your soups. Different ones as well ❤️‍🩹😋😋😋🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ God Bless you and your...

This is a review on the collaboration of Rao's with Thrillist and their "attempt" to try and give you an experience like no other. I thought it was great that this was even offered during covid. Your chance to have rao's famous dishes delivered to you. The price is 50 dollars for a dinner for 1, it comes with lemon chicken, meatballs and penne and a salad (all small portions). In the great looking packaging you get a mug (plastic from Thrillist) a fancy plastic wear set of utensils, and a T shirt from rao's, when it arrived I couldn't belive what a deal I was getting, I live in Queens so delivery to me was put of the question, but I work down town so I had it delivered there, it arrived almost 45 minutes early and that was a pleasant surprise. When I started on the meal I was expecting to be dropped with flavors, I was, but it was over powering flavor. The chicken was not even edible it was so strongly seasoned with lemon, it was hard as well. The salad had there "famous" dressing on it, but it all tasted stale. The meatball and penne were really good, they were done to perfection and were well seasoned cooked and presented, but nothing overwhelming, I've been to plenty of places that do it just as good, and all that food came packaged on what I call a cafeteria plate. I say all that to say, I'm sure I will never get a chance to sit and eat at rao's to experience everything in person and I cannot say that this is the experience you will have if you were so lucky to score a table and eat there, but as far as getting it delivered and there brief partnership with Thrillist it was a BIG mistake. That's my 2 cents, everyone stay safe and...

Let me start off by saying you are coming here for the experience. Countless legends have eaten here over the years and if you have a chance to eat here I would jump at the opportunity because one like this does not come along very often. Being a part of the East Harlem Giglio Society, my friends and I have been here numerous times to drink at the bar which you can do but you cannot eat if you do not have a table. Getting a table is near to impossible and the only way to get one is if you know someone.

I had the privilege of eating here the Friday before Christmas December 22nd 2017 and again this past Friday March 2nd 2018. Each time was great, food was fabulous and the environment is incredible. Being that our crew knows most of the workers here makes it even better as it feels like you are going to eat with family not at a restaurant. I must say it is not the same without Frankie Pellegrino (the original owner who passed away last year) but the love is still there as well as Nicky the Vest. There are no menus, so when you place your order they tell you what are the options for the night. We sampled almost everything and all dishes were delicious.

There are no checks either, whoever pays the bill gets whisked away to the back to settle up at the end of the night. You can expect to spend a good $150-$200 per person which is pretty reasonable for the hardest place to eat in NYC. We usually stay until close and by that time you will run into see someone that is considered important. It all depends on your definition of...