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like the previous reviewer, went on Tuesday, food portions were TINY. Come on Mario, who you trying to kid, PASTA is flour and eggs!! Not going back, and service could do with improvement.

My 9 yr old son and I were there on July, 3, 2008 for dinner. We were very excited about going while in New York because we both love Mario Batali. We arrived about 8:10pm and was seated immediately. We were brought a chef's taster plate right away with some ice water. Finally our waiter came 10 minutes later and took our drink order and we ordered pasta for 2 along with our main course. The first pasta dish came about 10 minutes later and was 2 inches in diameter worth of food (give me a break!). The second order came another 10 minutes after that and was the same small portion as previous. It got to be 9:30pm and we still had no main course in site. I finally called the waiter over and asked "what happened to the rest of our dinner?" He said he'd check on it right away. Give me another break-45 minutes since we last saw food. That is a totally unacceptable practice for any restaurant!! Our main course of 'chicken for two' finally came and my poor exhausted, hungry son was now half asleep in his chair. I immediately had them wrap up our chicken to go and couldn't wait to get out of their. By the way, the chicken for two, comes with NOTHING but chicken and a couple of little tiny carrots for added decor. I had a $156 plus dinner bill and we were both still starving. We then had to take another $15.00 cab ride across down back to our hotel. I ran into a deli across from our hotel and got my son something of volume to eat and drink. Also, never once during our entire time at Del Posto did our waiter ask or automatically refresh our beverages. We sucked on melting ice cubes until they were gone. I actually called the restaurant soon after we arrived at our hotel room to talk to the manager. All he offered to me was an apology and nothing more. I said "that was not enough and unacceptable for the hefty bill I paid for practically nothing." He said he would take my name and phone number and have his general manager call me. I am still waiting for that call.

The food and service must have gone downhill recently, because we had an absolutely poor experience! The ratings here show the contrary, so I'm guessing that something changed recently either with the cooking staff or management. To start, we got the prix fixe menu - it's one appetizer per person, two sharing pastas, then one secondi and one dessert per person. The service is poor! The waiter was nice, but the time in between meals was unacceptable, about 40 min. We were absolutely annoyed at the slowness, as well were the people on the table to the right and left of us. To the right, the guests asked to see the manager, and to the left someone walked out before dessert was served. We sat down at 745 or so and were done after 11. And its not because the food was well presented and there were so many courses (we ate for about 3 hrs at daniel too- but that seemed warranted). The food consisted of incredibly tiny portions with no flavor and no presentation. It didn't justify the 40 minute wait in between dishes at all On to the food- the cured meats are not good at all, I've had better cured meat sat the supermarket! the pastas were dull, I could make a similar dish at home! We had a lentil soup that was really salty and the meat was dry. On top of everything, they used a random empty table near us to put other people's dirty glasses/decanters in! And even though all the tables near us were visibly and verbally annoyed at the service, they didn't do anything to quell people's complaints at all. I'm surprised because for a Batali restaurant and at the prices charged, the service and food definitely should have been better. I would not recommend Del Posto at all- unless you want to throw away your money at an overly hyped horrendous dining experience.

Had a business dinner there last week. First, what an environment. Beautiful. We had our own table and it was spaced well from the others - very nice and spacious. Service was excellent. They were soo great. Polite. Cordial. Etc..etc.. The food, had the five course menu. Appetizer was excellent but the pasta was only ok. Entree was rib eye really good. but overall, it was really expensive for great service and good food.

i finally got to del posto, what an experience, from the bar to dessert it was totaly awesome, service impeccable, the wait staff could not do enough for you and of course the best part of the night was that Lidia came to our table to see if everythign was okay, just meeting lidia was a thrill. Do not miss out on this extravanza of culinary magic. and a breathtakingly beautiful restaurant.

Went recently for restaurant week lunch. Food was good (that's it) but the portions were pretty small- the dessert was the best part which was genuinely great. Service was spotty- our waitress sat us and never came back. We had to finally stop another waiter and ask him to take our order and ask for water refills. There seemed to be a lot of people working and it wasn't that crowded so I don't know what the problem was. The restaurant is huge and has a very nice atmosphere. I'm glad I went during restaurant week b/c I wouldn't have felt that it was worth it if I went on a normal night.

We went to Del Posto with both anticipation and trepidation. We had been warned that while the food is very good the staff was somewhat impressed with themselves. We were politely greeted and immediately shown to a very nice table overlooking the main floor from the balcony. When I asked for assistance with my wine choice the steward was very helpful and not at all condescending. Our food was delicious, and our waiter was very attentive without being oppressive. When my wife expressed how much she enjoyed the little hazelnut cookies they offered with dessert, the waiter arranged for a takeout container with about a dozen of them for her to take home. Even though it was an enjoyable experience, if the tab had been under $300 I would have felt a bit better about it.