Rosticceria Evelina — Restaurant in New York

Went here for my birthday with some friends and had the absolute best time!! The atmosphere is incredible, they sat us in the enclosed greenhouse area in the back which was so beautiful. Our sever Hannah was great!! She always made sure we had everything we needed and went above and beyond for us. I tried to take pictures of the food but could not get my friends to stop eating for literally 2 seconds because the food is - that - good!! I highly recommend ordering family style so bring your friends because you will want to try the whole menu. Some of my personal favorites for appetizers were the prawns, and the broccolini. For our second course we had the carbonara pizza, the funghi pizza, and the oxtail rigatoni which are seriously to die for. We also had the rotisserie chicken (which they are known for) and the pork chop, both were huge portions but we literally cleaned the plates. They even sent us dessert on the house and the owner personally came over to say happy birthday and we all took a shot together! So sweet! Also, i don’t think they advertise this but the chef was the winner of chopped…. So overall if you don’t go you’re seriously...

We had our wedding reception here and it couldn’t have been more perfect. If we could give 10 stars we would! They host events of various sizes, but the full buyout for max 86 people worked perfectly for our group.

The attention and care that the whole team put into food, cocktails and wine selection can’t be beat. Giuseppe (owner) and Alex (events coordinator) gave us ample guidance on selecting a menu and arranging seating. They helped us curate the aesthetic of the space and allowed us to bring in a DJ for dancing at the end of the evening, while providing an awesome in-house sound system.

Our guests couldn’t stop raving about the food and signature cocktails, and numerous people remarked on how friendly the staff were. They seemed to genuinely be having fun with us while providing top notch service.

Considering the quality of food and service, the pricing was very reasonable.

Grazie mille again to everyone at Rosticceria. We plan to come back many times...

I was a little disappointed by the food and service. As a vegetarian I knew my options were going to be limited, but I trusted these will be good based on past Evelina experiences. However, i ended up not liking most of our food. The delicate squash appetizer was actually mostly bitter radicchio that was a little dry, the pizza was not soft enough and too acidic and not seasoned well, and the dark chocolate mousse for some odd reason was covered with all the salt that the pizza was missing. The exceptions were the roasted cabbage with hazelnuts appetizer which was supreme and super flavorful and the Adam’s apple cocktail which was nice. The covered backyard has bad acoustics and I do not recommend it, but the front of the restaurant is beautifully designed and seems chic and cozy. Our service was minimalistic and slow, or else we likely would have asked for more help with some of the issues we had. I don’t think we’ll be coming again...