Donatella

Our server Brittany was a 5 plus. Nice atmosphere and good food. nice place to stop for brunch in a fun / young neighborhood. be sure to order the 'Punch Bowl'

Had been wanting to try their pizzas and finally went 3 blocks up from where I live. Pizza is delish. Everything else - no. The salads are heavily dressed everytime i've gone. Their grilled shrimp salad is a sad looking trio of shrimp on top of some chopped romaine. The service - all 3 times i've gone - unappetizing and painfully slow. it's not a big space but they either need to staff more people during dinner and brunch or move faster with their food. waiters never asked if i wanted refills on my drinks - i guess i look like a one-cocktail kinda girl? inconsistent as well. focaccia one day. no bread the next. request and then having to wait for a long time for bread the 3rd visit. they need to improve the service, the course timing and the food for this place to survive. i'm not giving it any more chances. Disappointed indeed.

I was so happy to not only have a new business jump into the vacant spot where a French restaurant had closed down some time ago, but also to see that was a Donatella spot. I assumed it's the same Donatella as the David Burke and Donatella restaurant/s that I've had outstanding meals at. The "About" section on their webpage still says "coming soon" despite it being open for months. Maybe this should've been a sign they don't have their act together, but I didn't know that 'til I looked just now. Okay, so on to the surprisingly really disappointing experience we had a couple of weeks ago. Poor enough I tried to let it go, but every time I walk by and see disappointed-looking customers leaving, I think I owe it to fellow readers not to go here. My little bro was in town and stayed at the Trump Soho, so he was dumping a lot of money around town and didn't think anything of spending $100 on dinner at this place, especially after I played up my experiences with the David Burke restaurants, and they seemed like they were kid-friendly, so my 5yo came along with us and my fiance. The plain pizza for my boy was very small and expensive for $14 or $18, I forget which, but that was to be expected... what wasn't expected was the "special" pizza we ordered for about double that amount was the same small size! We thought for nearly $30 it would be big enough for three not-very-hungry adults to have at least a good sized slice of, but it was soggy, so mushy in fact you couldn't pick up the slice (4 very small slices, like an appetizer) there was--as another person pointed out--about an ounce or two of prosciutto, and the salad we got to share was also very soggy (akin to what you’d get at an Irish pub where the salad is more for show on the side of the meat and potatoes, not really expected to be eaten), and quite small for the prices they were charging. The waiter seemed fine at first, a bit overly-friendly in the "I'm an actor and I'm going to act really happy to be waiting on you" fashion...and then kept us waiting for the check repeatedly walking by and ignore us. Then he really poured on the fake thankfulness - with the check. For this price vs quality, I felt gipped, duped, cheated and disappointed in the Donatella name. The attitude, the soggy pizza... maybe if you're going for drinks and to maybe have some food on the side you won't mind it the return, but if you're going for a good meal... Don't.

I agree with earlier reviews, the gold pizza oven at the back is pretty impressive. Pizzas are OK, though staff hyped them up to be the greatest ever (not true). The chocolate cake dessert is ridiculously delicious. Next time I'll just order that.

After reading various reviews before dining, I was happily surprised with my experience at Donatella. I really like thin, crispy crusted pizza and am not usually a fan of Neapolitan pies. We asked for the pizza crispy, the waiter said he would bring it "almost burnt" which he did. It was great. We also had a delicious relatively expensive wine. Maybe because it was Christmas week the place, although pretty full, was not noisy in the least, another thing I had expected from reading reviews. I would return and I wholeheatedly recommend Donatella.

The food was good, but very small portions. My pasta dish was so small it wouldn't pass for an appetizer. The service was worse. Our waiter was awful and didn't even bring our check, but sent someone else and continued to talk to another server. I've had one good experience there, but will never return based on my last visit.

For someone who has had Pizza in Italy, i have to say this is the best so far in the States that i've tasted. I love everything about it. I tell everyone about this place and so far i've gotten many thanks for doing so. If you want a good pizza, pasta or whatever it is that you are thinking of, go to this place period.