Giorgia

"Most of the reviews of this restaurant have been accurate that this is a good place during the week, but avoid on the weekend. I experienced the exact same thing when we went here during the week in November and it was wonderful with good service and amazing food. For some reason I forgot about the reviews and foolishly booked this place for New Years Eve for a party of 8. When I called to make the 8pm reservation they never told me on the phone it would be a price fixed menu which included dessert. I called back again 3 weeks prior to reduce our party to 6 people and again they never mentioned their NYE price fixed menu. We always have everyone back to our house for champagne, dessert and coffee to watch the ball drop at midnight so that menu would never work for us. When we arrived at 8pm we were informed our table was not ready but should just be a few minutes because the party was finishing dessert. We were crammed standing in their non existent lobby with many other diners waiting for their table and weren’t seated until 8:45pm. When we finally sat down, the waiter informed us about the price fixed menu so I looked around for a manager amongst these high school kids and finally saw a woman off to the side folding napkins. I asked her if she was the manager and she told me she was the owner. When I complained that the employees answering the phone should inform diners of the menu change she told me that was too bad and I should have asked them. She then said they do this EVERY year. I asked her how I would know they do this every year and she gave me a dirty look and bellowed out the most insincere “sorry” I ever heard. This woman who I assume was Giorgia had a terrible attitude and couldn’t care less as people kept leaving the restaurant because they weren’t sure when or if they would ever get seated. These high school kids were very nice and were working very hard. She was doing very little to help them in any way mange the chaos she caused. If you want to do a price fixed menu and include dessert and coffee, you have to tell people when they book that you have two seatings at 5:30 or 6pm and 8pm. Otherwise they will linger and be reluctant to give up their table. These high school kids were never going to tell the earlier diners they needed the table and if they looked up and saw all of us crammed into the restaurant entrance they might have vacated their table sooner. As I mentioned, many people called other restaurants and left and we foolishly stayed and because the food coming out of the kitchen was so slow it took 3 and a half hours before we were able to leave the restaurant after arriving at 8pm. We barely got home in time to watch the ball drop. However the food was excellent, the price fixed menu was a value but the restaurant is so badly mismanaged by the owner it doesn’t meet expectations. Our waiter was a young kid who did a great job under the circumstances so we didn’t take it out on him and tipped generously. But the owner after folding a few napkins sat and had dinner with friends as her restaurant around her was in constant chaos with the few tables they have. She very obviously didn’t care and I feel sorry for these kids who have to work hard for such a narcissist. We won’t be back but if you dare to try this place, don’t go on a weekend."

"Amazing Italian food. The service was i. trouble during covid but it’s all good now. A real Italian place. Share a pasta for mid course. Calamari on skewers was fantastic."

"Small, intimate and delicious. All homemade. Most days grandma Girogia is in the kitchen! Truly the best of the best we’ve been coming here for 6 years!"

"Amazing food, staff is incredibly gracious and attentive, especially for how young they all are. Love that it's BYOB. Frank really runs a tight ship. We can't wait to come back. Highly recommend the pastas, the croquettes, the carciofi salad."

"This has been one of our favorite places, but our entire party decided NO MORE. I have to agree with another post about middle schoolers running the restaurant. There seemed to be no adult presence. We had a young kid waiter. Probably had zero training. Not his fault. Food was decent, but menu hasn’t changed in years. I wish my birthday party was at Victory Park Tavern. That place never disappoints. We will not be back. Another restaurant bites the dust!!"