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Becco

355 W. 46th St., New York, NY 10036
nr. Ninth Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-397-7597 Send to Phone

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  • Reader Rating:

    7.5 out of 10

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    15 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Italian
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Official Website

becco-nyc.com

Hours

Mon, noon-3pm and 5pm-10pm; Tue, noon-3pm and 4:30pm-midnight; Wed and Sat, 11:30am-2:30pm and 4pm-midnight; Thu-Fri, noon-3pm and 5pm-midnight; Sun, noon-10pm

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 50th St.; A, C, E at 42nd St.-Port Authority Bus Terminal

Prices

$28-$35

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Good for Groups
  • Lunch
  • Notable Chef
  • Outdoor Dining
  • Theater District
  • Family Style
  • Online Reservation

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

Middle-aged suburbanite women pack this Italian spot nightly, attesting to the wild popularity of PBS chef Lidia Bastianich. For them, she is surrogate mother and they gather at her tables for several helpings of al dente pastas. The consistently competent all-you-can-eat three-pasta prix-fixe dinner is also an affordable alternative to Becco's East Side cousin Felidia, as is the gently priced Italian wine list. But the closest that her fans—or anyone—will get to Bastianich here is buying her cookbook, sometimes making it feel like you're eating not in her kitchen, but in her factory. — Carla Spartos

Prix-Fixe Menu

Lunch, $17.95; dinner, $22.95; all-you-can-eat-three-pastas

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Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
60% Would you go back?
60% Would you take a date?
26% Would you take kids?
66% Would you go on business?
66% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.9
Service: 7.5
Décor: 8.1
Value: 7.7

All the average food you can eat

keenakit from 94618 | Posted on 10/10/09

Overall Rating: 6 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 6
Service: 6
Décor: 6
Value: 6

Popped in last night late on recommendation -- didn't know anything about Becco in advance. Plenty of food, adequate though average. Overdressed (though tasty) Caesar, bland tomato sauce, barely detectable sage and butter in the sage and brown butter sauce -- you get the idea. $25 wine list a great gimmick. Charming room.

Average at best

chrisc1 from 32903 | Posted on 8/4/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 5
Service: 7
Décor: 7
Value: 4

Went to Becco for a company dinner. Had reasonably high expectations as this is supposedly an in-demand restauarant. before a show. Bottom line, it was a very average to below-average experience. Our group of 30 was served "family style". No better than any strip mall Italian restaurant. Pasta was bland and undercooked. Beef was fatty and, again, average. Appetizers were plain and boring. I really don't get it..

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