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Fear not fellow New Yorkers, the investment bankers are alive and well and dining at Del Posto! My friends & I were surrounded by the lamest crowd of diners, in a dining room that is so over the top it hurt! The room was so stuffy, and it was dreadfully painful (but somewhat entertaining) watching all these 20 somethings trying to act like sophisticated high end diners. And what would a 8:00pm dinner in NYC be without the token table next to you with a 5 and 3 year old! (tho admittedly well behaved). Ok, now the good news - I go to Babbo and Lupa often so I am very familiar with the wine lists (which overlap quite a bit) I picked a couple of killer reds for under $40 (hint, go to Puglia section of list). The real bright spot was the food. All the pastas were amazing as were the Proteins. So Del Posto is lame but the food is really good. I would say go for a special occasion, if not steer clear and hit a more casual Batali place where the food is mostly just as good.

Foodie friends have given Del Posto mixed reviews and -- given my last very disappointing experience at Babbo -- I had some trepidation about visiting Del Posto. But it was Restaurant Week, so three friends and I decided to give it a try. My bad: they were only offering lunch for The Week, and I reserved for dinner. That said, the experience was really enjoyable, everything one would hope for from a restaurant at these prices. First of all, the room is quite beautiful and very serene, and the tables are sufficiently far apart so that the noise level is no problem at all. Second, the staff was extremely gracious, even given that our orders were quite spare (one shared appetizer, one entree apiece, and only one of us ordered wine). And the food is truly delicious; the garganelli ragu was terrific, and my seafood caciucco was excellent: well-seasoned, and a generous portion. Altogether, a terrific alternative to the sadly aging Babbo.

Heard great things about Del Posto but after my visit last Sat night we were very disappointed. Not only did we leave hungry but the food wasnt seasoned. It seemed like our server just didnt want to be there. In this economy you would think they would step it up.

I went to Del Posto for the first time the other night and had one of the best dining experiences I've had in a long time. I was immediately impressed with the service as the maitre'd approached us just as we had entered to ask us the name of our reservation and offered to seat us early if we wished. We passed on the $18 per glass of wine at the bar and were seated. A great table on the second floor overlooking the restaurant, although all tables seemed to truly be spaced well in charming settings. All courses were superb from the amuse bouche of butternut squash balls embodied with perfectly candied corn and delicious crostinis to lobster salard, a scrumptious pasta tasing with incredible handmade truffle raviolis. For our entree's we had the artic char and a seafood ragu in a sauce that was out of this world. They were also able to suggest a terrific wine that was not overpriced by any means (and I do mean $50 range) and they were certainly sure to make sure our glasses were never low without being obtrusive and stretched the last drop perfectly through the end of our meal. Del Posto is far from inexpensive and unfortunately not a restaurant to frequent in this struggling economy but it was in all truthfulness worth every penny.

A friend of my wife recommended this restaurant for our wedding anniversary. When we arrived, the hostess greeted us and wished us happy anniversary as she took us to table. Our waiter was very courteous and was very good at recommending what we should have for dinner, being that it was our first time there. The food was very good and exquisite. After dinner, the manager came out, wished us happy anniversary and presented us with two complimentary glasses of Dessert champagne. The chef wrote happy anniversary in chocolate on our dessert plate. We enjoyed dining there for our anniversary and will go back again. I haven't stop recommending this place to firends.

overpriced, pretentious restaurant......food was decent, but portions were tiny.....so many better choices in nyc

This was my second time here and it was not less impressive. We ordered lots of courses and everything was just outstanding. Everyone who had never been there was impressed. The service was impecable. They always were there to take care of our needs. It made the birthday of one of our group very special. I will continue to come back.