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Celeste

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502 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10024
nr. 84th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-874-4559 Send to Phone

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  • Reader Rating:

    6.3 out of 10

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    24 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Italian, Pizza
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Hours

Mon-Thu, 5pm-11pm; Fri, 5pm-11:30pm; Sat, noon-3pm and 5pm-11:30pm; Sun, noon-3pm and 5pm-10:30pm

Nearby Subway Stops

1 at 86th St.

Prices

$14-$16

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Special Features

  • Brunch - Weekend

Alcohol

  • Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

Proudly Neapolitan in heritage are all sorts of impeccable fritti, as well as classic free-form pizzas out of the wood-fired oven, at Celeste. A flower-decked terrace leads into country-cottage quaint with sky-blue plates and exactly what you'd eat in Naples: deep-fried buffalo-ricotta balls (soft and creamy). Savory seafood fritto misto. And the day's riff on zucchini blossoms. Quite a trick for Teodora's Giancarlo Quadalti, staunch partisan of Emilia-Romagna and chef-partner here. He's mastered the mantra of Upper West Side eats, too: big portions, small prices—antipasti and salads (anchovy crostini, sautéed mussels, stuffed eggplant rolls, thin-sliced artichokes with pecorino), artisanal pastas and their gelato dessert. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Recommended Dishes

Gelato, $5.50-$8.50

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Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
66% Would you go back?
62% Would you take a date?
29% Would you take kids?
16% Would you go on business?
33% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.3
Service: 5.3
Décor: 5.5
Value: 6.8

and to think we waited in line for this abuse ...

hofame from 60047 | Posted on 11/7/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 2
Service: 1
Décor: 3
Value: 1

yes, the owner was insufferably obnoxious and overly attitudinal. Unpleasant. Worse than that though were the simple pizzas. Having lived in Italy I know Italian wood-fired pizzas. They were a friend of mine. And let me tell you, Celeste's pizzas are not authentic. Not at all bone-fide, especially put up along side, say, Da Ivo's in Rome. Something more on the order of the ubiquitous mall-centric California Pizza Kitchen pizza. My Nepoliatana was overly salty (yes, I know capers and anchovies are, by nature, salty) and the sauce was pedestrian and skimped on. They were utterly unremarkable pizzas. Worse yet, though, was the sewage smell emanating from along side the right-hand wall (as you enter) where we sat. What was that? Two words; don't go.

RUDE EGO-ITALIAN ACCENTED WAITER

foodiedl from 10024 | Posted on 7/8/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 1
Service: 1
Décor: 1
Value: 1

WARNING STAY AWAY EGO-ITALIAN ACCENTED WAITER!! I I have never been treated so badly by an EGO- ITALIAN ACCENTED WAITER EVER! my wife and I ordered food to go after 35 minutes we asked EGO-ITALIAN ACCENTED WAITER about our order..he never PUT our order IN ..ok fine, after another 25 minutes we walk in and hes sitting with his friends drinking WINE! HE STILL had`nt put our order in.. in very ARROGANT WAY HE SAYS HES BUSY and the kitchen made a mistake 10 minutes passes EGO-ITALIAN ACCENTED WAITER STILL HAD`NT put or order in the guys in the kitchen say in spanish he is lying he does this ALL THE TIME

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