Rao's

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 happy eating