VITE vinosteria — Restaurant in New York

Amazing Italian restaurant.

We’ve arrived at Vite about 7:15 pm, it was our luck to get there before packed.

After spending time reading menu, we decided to go with 1 special, 1 paste, and 1 pizze but still couldn’t decide which one to go with because everything looks so delicious!!!! So we asked server and we went with his recommendations.

First a special pork belly on skewer, 6 skewers for $19.95. It was very good, the soft and tender of grilled pork belly with grape sauce was very delicious. Even though it’s called Grape sauce but it’s not sour at all. It’s original flavor from Italy. 9/10 (I’m not. If fan of pork belly but it’s very very good.

Second were tortellini di zucca homemade pasta, I called it as Italian dumpling (lol) with creamy pumpkin sauce. First bite, OMG!!! Second, still omg. I have to admit this dish was very good. The inner filler of pasta has a sour flavor which helped accommodate the heavy creamy sauce, made it not too heavy to finish. 8/10

Last was Pizze; Tartufata; zucchini, mushroom, truffle topped of the thin and crispy pizza NY style. Ex-cel-Lent-o! Excellent in Italian accent lmao!!! Apparently pizza was a best last dish to call it a night and you won’t be regret this. 8/10

Overall, Vite Vinosteria is a great Italian restaurant. I’m not a big fan of cheese, creamy, or even Italian soccer! But love this place.

Ps. Wanna learn Italian? Don’t forget to use the bathroom there.

Tips: arrive there before 7:30 pm, especially if you are big party. otherwise you might ended up waiting for table...

After a while, I returned to this restaurant; I believe it had been 5 years since I last ate here. The first time was love at first sight—the food was fantastic.

I noticed that the menu had changed, which makes sense as everything evolves. I was delighted to find that their pizza was as delicious as I remembered. Five stars for the pizza—it was amazing! However, the other dishes were not what I expected.

The service was impeccable; they were attentive and took care of everything with kindness. The atmosphere was cozy and friendly, allowing you to disconnect from the outside world and enjoy a good meal.

Let’s start with the salad: Burrata e panzanella. The burrata was really good, but the salad itself was too sour. The mix of cucumber, red onions, tomatoes, and the dressing was okay, but the burrata didn’t work for me on that particular combination. I give it 3 stars.

Next was the Melanzane alla Parmigiana. It was exquisite! Five stars!

As for the Pollo Marinato, the chicken itself was good, but the arugula was too sour and plain. You really need to order a side of potatoes, spinach, or beans. The price didn’t match the dish, which is my only complaint. I give it 3 stars.

The Linguine alle Vongole was good: 3.5 stars.

We decided to try some desserts. I was curious about the Nutella Tiramisu; it was okay, but my favorite was the Tortino all Cioccolato, which was good. I give it 4.5 stars.

I may return to enjoy the pizza, Tortino al Cioccolato, and Melanzane...

Very disappointing experience. We placed orders at 7, at 7:45 our server apologized for the delay and said it would be another 10 minutes for our food. At 8, we moved inside because it had gotten cold outside, and asked about the status of our food - our server apologized again and asked if we wanted more wine.

Finally our food came at 8:15, and they brought me the wrong dish. I’m vegetarian, they brought a beef dish and at first claimed that’s what I’d ordered while I argued there’s no way I would ever order this. So we waited another 5 minutes - my boyfriend graciously waited with a full plate of food in front of him even though he was famished. Finally my order came - it was good but a small portion, and I was still hungry at the end.

The table next to us also experienced the ridiculous delay and eventually asked for their food to go - the manager came out to apologize to them, and we overheard that some of their bill got comped. Meanwhile, though we waited 80 minutes for our meals, and the server kept offering wine alongside his apologies, none of the bill was comped. We spent $150+ on this bad experience…$38 of that was on 2 glasses of wine we would not have ordered had it not been for the wait and the Implication they were being comped. We won’t be...