Becco

We celebrated my wifes B'day with a Matinee of Evita followed by dinner at Becco on Wednesday 10/3. Once again our dining experience was flawless at our favorite NYC restaurant from start to finish. Over the years, we have established an incredible relationship with managers and staff and as I gave them a heads up that we would be dining here for my wifes B'day,simple, classy touches made her day extra special. As we arrived we were seated under the skylight ( as requested ) and our waiter greeted us with a Sparkling Persecco toast for two compliments and congratulations to my wife on her B'day. Scanning the menu, another unexpected treat, an appetizer of Barutta, silky cows milk mozzarella served over toasted, crusty Italian bread, atop a mound of Broccoli Rabe arrived, again with Becco's compliments. For our appetizer course, we ordered the Prosciutto Parma with 2 year old aged Parmigiano Regianno cheese. Paper thin slices of this delicate salted meat and sharp shards of cheeses were a great start, as well as Becco's Baked Shrimp served with a spicy tomato sauce for dipping. My wife opted for the 3 unlimited Pasta Special .Todays offering were house made spaghetti with frseh tomato and basil, orinchette pasta, with braised cauliflower and bacon, and a semolina gnocchi filled with ricotta cheese and served with a pana granata cheese sauce. All three were superb. I had an order of Osso Bucco accompanied by farro and zuchinni, with a glass of chianti. This was by far the most succulent offering of this dish I've ever had here. Fall off the bone,melt in your mouth tender. Outstanding ! We always leave some room for dessert,and our luck continued as a featured dessert dish was Canolli bordered by hot roasted pistachios ( another wifes fave ) which was served with candles and a chorus of Happy B'day from the wait staff. I sampled the sorbets which today were Mango, Watermelon, and Concord Grape. Superlative flavor and texture in all three of these. We finished with tea, and Capuccino with a side of Sambucca. I cannot thank the staff enough for the effort taken to make my wifes day memorable and I will continue to patronize and recommend this consistently warm, welcoming, class act of the NYC dining scene.

We were walking around NY all day and wanted to sit down and enjoy dinner. We called and no reservations but we were told that walk-ins are welcome. We took a chance and got to restaurant . Wait was 20 minutes but we did not order drinks at the bar when table was ready. The young man was ok could have been more pleasant and explain dishes slowly since we had couple form Europe and english is their secondary language. We did enjoy dinner but would recommend specials for pasta dish. The ceasar salad was great. Do not get martini because glasses are super small.

Myself and 3 friends on a girls in NYC weekend dined here Sat. night at the recommendation of other friends. We knew the pasta and wine list reputation and were very much looking forward to a treat. Unfortunately the NYC subway held us up a bit but we called to assure them we were on our way. When we did arrive about 20 minutes late it did not surprise us that we would have to wait a few minutes. What did surprise us was the surly young woman handling the seating assignments. She snarled at us that we were late, ordered to "make a right at the bar and just stand there" , and that it would be at least 15 minutes. I was not the one who made the reservations or I would have left immediately. We were finally given a table outside just to the left of the front door which was an incredible attempt to squeeze one more table into this very crammed restaurant. Our waiter and his maitre d, boss were clearly in a tiff with each other over the former's service to the party before us. Eventually we had our dinner which can only be described as ok but nothing special. OK food can often be forgiven even at NYC prices with smiles and a warm reception. Maybe after almost 20 years Becco needs a facelift -- both sides of the mouth up and a kind word out!

was so looking forward to going to becco since i watch lidia all the time i got the 3 daily pasta dishes the spagehetti with tomato sauce was so bland i had to dump a pile of cheese on it just to give it some flacor the semolina gnocci was so hard and dry that had a bland cream sauceon it my partner had the stuffed cabbage which wasn't any better it was juast chop meat rolled up in cabbage minus the flavor their kidding me i could make better stuffed cabbage and tomato sauce better that ! i'll never go back there again nor will i reccomend it to anyone

This was the first visit to Becco for five of the six ladies in our lunch group. It was recommended highly to us by the sixth member. We could not thank her enough for the wonderful suggestion. We ordered the three pasta all you can eat lunch. It was delightful. The mushroom ravioli was the best I have ever had. And the bread was fabulous! We are all raving about our enjoyable lunch and can hardly wait until our next visit to Becco.

I often do not write reviews, but felt compelled to share what a great meal I had at Becco! I recommend the all-you-can-eat daily pasta special, as all three dishes were fantastic.

My husband and I went to Becco for my birthday on February 19th of this year. Since we are fans of Lidia Bastianich, we were eager to dine at "Becco". We had a 1:00 p.m. reservation, and once we arrived, we found the place to be packed. The restaurant is a series of different rooms - all either too dark, too bright or just right - and very disconcerting. We were led through a narrow and crowded bar area, to the back into a dining area that was way too bright due to the over head glass skylight. The tables for two were literally only 4 inches apart which made it seem as if you were dining with the people to the right and left of you and it is very noisy. At one point, the couple on one side of us left, and a young woman was seated next to us - and due her enormous girth, she nearly toppled over everything on our table! Then, her very elderly uncle arrived, wearing cataract glasses, and proceeded to go into great detail about his recent cataract surgery. This while we were trying to enjoy our meal. The tables are ridiculously close and do not make for a pleasurable dining experience. The food was good, not great. The only very good thing was the $25 wine list, so at least we were able to enjoy a decent wine at a decent price. Also, there seems to be no dress code - people were coming in dragging backpacks and dressed as if they were about to mountain climbing. Really? It seems that "Becco" is just a tourist trap relying on Lidia's reputation.