Pepe Rosso 24 — Restaurant in Town of North Hempstead

This is an edit : We moved out of town almost 2 years ago but decided to come back to celebrate my daughter's 6th birthday and we LOVED it ! They recently renovated and it's beautiful inside ! But let's get down to the food and service. 5 stars across the board ! Forget driving an hour into the city for a good meal. This is definitely on par with any Italian food joint you can think of. Started off with arancini and calamari fritti for Dinner my wife and i both had the specials and they were spectacular! (One was black farfalle with artichoke ,nutfree pesto shrimp and buratta . The other was veal scaloppine with ravioli) The kids had farfalle with pomodoro , with a side of meatballs . Dessert we were presented with a nice stracciatella in a waffle bowl with a candle for my daughter's birthday. Then we ordered the chocolate pecan pie along side the Molton lava cake . Again everything was perfect and on point! Service matches the food and decor. Definitely need to mention the special drinks . I had a smoked Negroni and it was so good I needed one more before I left! The wife a watermelon margarita and she was very happy with it . Michael the owner is great with his customers . He watches over everything to make sure it's perfect. Keep up the amazing work !

Love this place .... It's our go to for Italian food In Port . Last night we tried their Sicilian pie and it was amazing ! We also ordered their hot Antipasto and I was impressed with the amount of calamari that was in the tray with 2 shrimp 2 baked clams and 2 stuffed mushrooms. Addition to review. Ordered some catering from them yesterday and it was absolutely amazing. The half tray or rice balls was a complete hit with my Sicilian side of the family ! The baked clams as always are always nicely stuffed and the clams are always a good size! They always go above and beyond with their...

We were glad to see that the restaurant was packed which is good for their business. Before COVID we used to have dinner there on weekends with friends, and it was not crowded.

While business looks good , unfortunately service was very slow, and it was too noisy there for conversation in the group other than with those in adjacent seats. The good thing is there wasn't music to make it worse. They were quick to take a bar order and then it went downhill from there, not only to have someone take the meal order, but to serve it too. After arriving we were still waiting 75 minutes until actual service and one of the entrees had to be returned for heating up. It was also an unacceptable wait to get someone to give us the check.

This restaurant needs more wait staff and kitchen help to deal with the crowds. I gave it 3 stars only because each of the several entrees of fish, veal, chicken/eggplant were very good as was the sauces. Kudos...

I am a customer who eat at the restaurant a lot. I love the staff and for the most part I get the same thing every time. I just ordered from here over $70 on 2 meals. I had no utensils in the bag so I called back to advise them. For the first time in my life, the guy says “you have to request utensils when you call”. Like, excuse me. If I’m ordering food, what makes you think I would not need a fork, spoon, or whatever to eat it with. Smh beyond disappointed! How much could a plastic fork possibly cost?. What happened to customer service. Ask for utensils?! This is not Burger King! Sad, but I will never order...