Tarallucci E Vino

This used to be one of my favorite places in the Flatiron neighborhood. Good food and a good wine selection, but specially, their waiters who made you feel at home wether you were having just a coffee or a big business dinner. Unfortunately, something has changed in their administration and now they have a very rude manager who seems to care more about counting how many pieces of bread you are getting or freeing his tables before you are finished. I have stopped going or recommending it to friends after an extremely unpleasant experience, no wonder it is now half empty while it used to be hard to find a table at night.

Stepped into this awesome Italian restaurant for what I thought would be a quiet and peaceful evening but it was quite packed and super noisy. (Not a dealbreaker)
The vibe and ambiance when you walk in is great and service was top notch, although our waiter didn’t stop touching my friend. Like literally every time he passed him he’d caress his back. Totally creepy but we made light of it.
Let’s go to the food. Also, pictures below. Wow! Total wow factor. Everything we ordered was out of this world. Especially the tartar. I recommend that as a light starter. It is super tasty and fresh.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the pasta but that’s just my preference in taste. The snapper was to die for! One of the best snappers I’v ever tasted. Well prepared and perfect in taste. The same goes for the meat.
Dessert was adorable. Ha, I know it’s an interesting word to use. But I saw the people next to me getting it even though they were taking it off the restaurant week menu the server was nice enough to offer it to us too.
It was ice cream with hot espresso poured over it. Absolute deliciousness.
I’d love to come back and try the lunch menu.

We went there for Sunday brunch. The restaurant was not crowded and we still had bad service. Everyone’s food and drinks were coming at all different and wrong times even though ordered together.
The baked goods helped them get the 2 stars. Croissants and Cornettos were great. If I ever came back, I was just order a bakery item.
Unfortunately, the rest of food was not. We ordered off the prix fixe brunch menu and not worth the $ 26.00. Frittatta was overcooked and the French toast was soggy. Small portions. No refills on the coffee which is ridiculous. How much does regular American coffee cost??? C’mon!

Great salmon quiche an coffee! It’s so pleasant to have coffee properly: white china cup and tiny plate.
The staff is also really nice and competent.

Had a really nice lunch here with my hubby! The ambiance is really cute here! We had a very funny waiter which was pretty attentive.
The bread, focaccia and olive oil that was brought out was very good.
Started out with the meatballs as an appetizer which we shared. They were pretty good mini meatballs and came with crispy bread on the side which was much appreciated to soak up the sauce.
I had the duck pasta which was very tasty but was put off that it was two large pastas (manicottis I guess?) stuffed and covered w duck ragu versus just regular pasta.
My husband had the pork ragu pasta which he loved.
We didn’t have time to grab their coffee but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was worthwhile as they have a very authentic Italian coffee bar at the front of the restaurant.
Will be back!

The worse experience ever, the food came out very slow, when we finally go it the server forgot the appetizer. We order the (Dorada for two) that was not even enough for one, the server also forgot the sides, when we placed the order we were told that the Dorada was coming with two sides. Finally after waiting for 5 more minutes we got the appetizer and the two sides. When the runner came with the appetizer and the sides we expressed our frustration about the whole experience, and how the server was blaming the kitchen for all the mistakes, the runner told us that it wasn’t the kitchen. Minutes after the server came over in a confrontational manner, telling us that we never order the appetizer nor the sides. Unfortunately we were not ready for the final surprise, when we got the bill we were giving the wrong bottle of wine, the one we order was 48 dollars and the one given was 150 dollars, plus we were charged for the two sides that we were told it was included with the meal. We ask for the manager but he was gone, everybody else acted as they didn’t care about anything. My friend, which she was the one inviting us, she has been living in NY for 15 years and visited this restaurant many times before, she felt so embarrassed that she decided to pay the 277 dollars bill for the worse experience of our lives, and leave the restaurant. It is a shame that business like this exist, ripping off customers the way we were. #Tarallucci #dinner #restaurant #ripoff #NYC @Tarallucci @tripadvisor