Barbuto

I could not recommend the Chef's Table experience at Barbuto more.I'm a bit of a picky eater, so normally I'm a bit nervous about family style tasting menus where I don't get to select what I'm eating. They brought us out SO many things and I was obsessed with each and every single dish. That literally never happens for me. The tasting menu seems a bit pricey ($100 per person) but when you consider where you are and the huge amount of food you receive it's absolutely worth the price.The meal starts out with an appetizer course, which could really be an entire meal in itself. Meatballs, pesto pizza, olives and focaccia and some delicious salads like kale cesar and radicchio with mushrooms. For mains we were served bucatini amatriciana, gnocchi, roasted cauliflower, crispy parm potatoes, sweet potatoes, frittata and an herb roasted chicken. Everything was 10 out of 10, but my highlight dishes were pastas and the salads. On top of it all, ALLL of this food was per four guests. So for our. party of eight we had duplicates of every single dish. It's an insane amount of food in the best way possible. Service is on point and they kept our red wine flowing all night long. The meal ended with the most delicious pumpkin roll which paired perfectly with an espresso martini.For a special occasion holiday lunch this is the perfect pick. There are so many restaurants around (and of course, Barbuto has their regular menu) but the Chef's Table experience was elevated and an amazing way to treat yourself and indulge. Just note that for the experience you'll need a minimum of 7 guests!

Can't believe I haven't left a review for Barbuto! I'm obsessed with the gnocchi. That's all I have to say.

Was able to make last minute weeknight dinner reservations 24 hours in advance, which was a HUGE lifesaver. JW does it again in the new space. Luckily had a group of 4 so we were able to sample a bunch from the menu.Started with meatball and the insalata di cavolo. Meatball was large but quite pricey for one piece. Salad was reminiscent of the best pizzeria caesar salad you ever had.Brought the group here for the chicken salsa verde and the potatoes. Unbeatable combination.Not usually a dessert person but made sure to save room for 1/2 the dessert menu. Not to be skipped!

There's a table at the top of the stairs after you walk in. Takes direct hits of arctic blast every time the entrance door is opened. Awesome place to try out your new ski apparel. As for the food; halibut dish was fantastic, as was the burrata app. Nice job, chefs! Seating engineers; please improve, the kitchen needs you to complete the experience for your guests.

Fully lovely experience. We had a reservation for dinner and walked right in. I liked the vibe that they were busy but could still accommodate a walk in. Its welcoming. The waiter brought us our salad before the meal even though he's technically supposed to put the meal in all at once. Very accommodating. I cannot speak to parking as we walked. Yay public transit.

The food was good I can't really complain about anything, but I don't think it was memorable.While the ambience is good, great for a date or pre night out drinks, I just think NY has soooo many italian restaurants that are better .

We tried to get into Pastis on a rainy Saturday afternoon and there was an hour wait. My friend asked the host which restaurant was his favorite in that area and he recommended Barbuto. We took the short 5 minute walk over. It was lovely inside and had a view of the water.We all loved the food. I had the gnocchi... though not pillowy and soft, the sauce that came with it made up for it a 1000% (still dreaming about it a week later). My friends had a salad and the special and both loved what they had.The only reason for the 4 star rating was that even with the restaurant half full it was still difficult to hear one another and that our server was not the friendliest to the point that we commented on her lack of personality and friendliness.Would definitely recommend and go back for more!

I was so excited to get to dine at a Jonathan Waxman restaurant. Roast chicken is my favorite dish and I have eaten it at many restaurants around the world including the famous Zuni cafe in San Francisco!This restaurant is beautiful and intimate inside though a tad noisy. We had a lovely view of the river from our high top table. we ordered a couple of fancy very expensive cocktails that were quite tasty. Our waiter was an absolute doll!! He was efficient, accurate, and funny!!We started by sharing the kale salad. The portion was generous and tasty! Then of course I ordered the roast chicken and my friend ordered the steak. The steak was well cooked but quite under seasoned. The chicken was well cooked and very tasty. Here's the problem- the chicken comes with a very tasty salsa verde on top which unfortunately destroyed the crispness of the skin. A roast chicken with a soggy skin is just not at all what I was hoping for.This meal was indeed tasty though pricey, the setting and service were excellent but the chicken was a tad disappointing.

Nice space but I thought the service was weird and pushy. I got the calamari salad and it was so soggy and overly salty. Food also took a while to come out.

Sadly, have to demote Barbuto to three and a half stars after our Saturday night experience. We had a reservation for 9 p.m. but were asked to wait at the bar. We ordered a drink, and then our table was ready and the host escorted us to it. The drink never followed us over, and the waiter couldn't discern what happened to it, even when we asked him. We ordered the meatball (delicious, as always) and bread to go with it. The meatball came, the bread didn't - just some breadsticks, which were also delicious, but impossible to mop up sauce with them. When we asked our server what happened to the bread he said that the restaurant had run out of bread (!!!) and the breadsticks were free (!?!). How do you run out of bread on a Saturday night? The kale salad, which we usually love, was too acidic and the texture of lumpy baby food. The steak we ordered was generously portioned, but very chewy, under salted, and served with an accompaniment that was a total mystery to me (some kind of sauteed veg? I checked the menu but the there is no hanger steak there). Thank goodness for the crispy potatoes we ordered as a side. Budino was served very cold from the fridge, too thick and just not chocolatey. Keep in mind, there is not much ambience to speak of here. The acoustics are good, but the room feels cold and angular, and the view of the highway doesn't add much to the experience. Take away reliably good food and there is not much of a reason to go here anymore.