Rossini's

Truly one of the best Italian meals I've had in a long time. And that's coming from a family that eats NYC Italian multiple times each week. Rossinis is an NYC staple that's been around since the late 70s. It no doubt falls into the "old school Italian" bucket. If you're an upper east sider, you're familiar with Campagnola, Primola, Elios etc... rossinis is right up there with all of these. Everything we had was excellent. From the baked clams and fried calamari appetizers to the chicken scarp and veal parm entrees, we loved it all. Best of all was the Saturday night live piano + opera singing. Truly a special environment. Do yourself a favor and go on a Saturday night, you won't be disappointed.

Started off with a "Tri color " salad with house dressing. Perfection. Wonderful. Had the gnocchi bolognese for an entree. It was outstanding. My wife had the house risotto which was "wonderful " as she described it. I agree. Service is outstanding. Only downside was where we sat. But that was minor.

Love this restaurant. Atmosphere perfect, elegant and warm kind of feel. Wait staff super attentive. Great drink selection and food is outstanding. Highly recommend the gnocchi bolognese. So delicious, tender and homemade. I brought my boss here from California and she was like she has to come back here to get this dish- yes people want to fly here for the food.

What a great restaurant! Service was impeccable and the food was just delicious. We had everything from Osso Buco to a seafood marinara with pasta. Drinks were on point, chocolate martinis are excellent and the dessert platter was wonderful. We will definitely be back!

Refined but unpretentious old school nyc Italian white-table-cloth cooking. I went for the lunch special and ordered the soup of the day and the Pollo alla Francese. The bread arrived first, fresh and gently toasted. The soup was a potato leek and it was exactly that, on the light side in terms of the potato purée but with what tasted to me like a solid, honest stock for its base. The chicken in wine sauce with butter and lemon also had what seemed like a simple but well made sauce with fresh ingredients. The chicken was tender, not over cooked, nicely pounded and lightly breaded. It came with a few vegetable sides and a tasty little rectangle of what tasted like sautéed polenta. I asked for a fruit tart with ice cream and an espresso and was charged extra for those but it was worth it. The apple tart had thinly sliced apples layered on it that still had some juice to them and still tasted fresh. The tart base had a light taste of almond paste, not too much and the whole slice had a nice, light glaze to it. The espresso pull was bracing, nutty and not too bitter, perfect.

I wanted so bad to like this place. I tried hard. I spent a couple of hours here enjoying some wine and multiple courses at the bar. Spoiler alert: The wine was the best thing. Take whatever you think is subpar - maybe somewhere, like, Olive Garden. Now go two steps lower. Yeah, food was that bad. Like, not NYC bad. Not even Italian bad. Just straight up bad. I would not eat here again even if you paid me to.Service was wonderful! The bartender, Martin, was so sweet and nice . He patiently took care of me over my prolonged courses at the bar. And he had great wine recommendations.The ambiance and vibe was nice. It's got an old school feel. Waiters in tuxes. Low lighting. Celebrity pics. All great.But then you order some food... And that's where this place dies. The Caesar salad sounded nice with the "tangy anchovies." Most boring Caesar salad I've probably ever had. Ever. No wait - I have to emphasize that EVER again. The tiniest, little, bland, crap salad on a plate. I'm fine with small. Give me small. But give me flavor. That $5 supermarket Caesar salad kit is FAR superior to whatever $15 blandness this was.It was edible, though. So I'm holding out some hope here. I go for the baked clams next. Don't do it. I repeat, do not get the clams. They were... Almost gross. Soggy, but overcooked and burned breadcrumbs. No flavor. You gotta make that lemon slice work real hard. Real hard. Maybe then you'll get a tiny touch of flavor.And then the pasta... Someone's Italian grandma has got to be spitting on them right now. Atrocious. I went with the recommendation of the carbonara. Which is one of my fav pasta dishes. What's that crap Italian fast food place? Fazoli's? Yeah... if Fazoli's did a carbonara drive-thru "pasta," it'd be 5x better than whatever I got served. For reals. It was THAT bad. If I could send it back, I'd send everything after the first couple of bites back. Then I'd vomit those first bites and send that back too. Then I'd send my next day poop back too. I want NOTHING about me to be even slightly affiliated with the absolute abomination of this "pasta" dish. I would share my dog's kibble before I subjected my tastebuds to this again. Are you getting the picture yet? Ick.So in sum, service and vibe are fab. Food is shite. (Yes, shite.) Now, all that said, I cannot overstate how impeccable the service was. Absolutely outstanding! Give Martin a raise. And I dug the vibe. This spot has absolutely everything but good food. But nonetheless, I enjoyed my overall experience, minus the food.

Enjoyed a nice quiet dinner here. The risotto and pesto linguini was al dente and delicious. Wonderful service and welcoming atmosphere.

Great Northern Italian food I had the shrimp , then Linguine with clam sauce , food was great staff is friendly and Tiramisu was the bomb ! Delicious!

Love Rossini's it's a family run restaurant the bar area is great as well as the service and the food is always fantastic

Food was good, ambiance was charming, but service was very snooty. With all the good Italian restaurants in the city, not going to waste my time going here again.