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Sandro's

306 E. 81st St., New York, NY 10028
nr. Second Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-288-7374 Send to Phone

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4 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Italian

Photo by RJ Mickelson/Veras for New York Magazine

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Hours

Mon-Sat, noon-11:30pm; Sun, 4:30pm-7:30pm

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at 77th St.

Prices

$16-$40

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Dine at the Bar
Late-Night Dining
Outdoor Dining
Take-Out

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

For a big guy (six foot four in his stocking feet), Sandro Fioriti gets around. The Roman expat opened his first eponymous restaurant with Tony May in 1985, and when it closed eight years later he ricocheted from the Hamptons to St. Martin. In the mid-nineties, he reacquainted New Yorkers with his spaghettini al limone and Roman-style fried artichokes during stints at Noodle Pudding, Il Buco, and a second Sandro’s. Then he flitted between a half-dozen Upper East Side kitchens. So what is one to make of the third Sandro’s to open in 22 years? “This is my place now; I’m going to be here for a long time,” insists the nomadic chef. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

I've been to Sandro's three times in the last three weeks and plan to keep returning on, hopefully, as regular a basis. It has quickly become my favorite place in the city - I forget I'm in New York and feel transported to Italy as soon as I walk in. The wait staff and Sandro himself are wonderfully hospitable, and the food is the most authentic I've had outside of Rome. It has been packed every time I've been, all on weeknights, which is particularly impressive given both the fact that it is August and that restaurants, unless top notch, tend to be struggling right now. It is simply a wonderful experience that cannot be recommended highly enough.

What a speacila treat

susan_g from 76266 | Posted on 6/9/09

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	10

Value:	10

Just came back from a long weekend in the City and had dinner at Sandro's and it was wonderful. From the crisp white interior, the welcoming service and the best al dente pasta ever, our meal was more then we ever expected. Our concierge was pleasantly surprised when we told him we had eaten there and it kicked us up a couple of notches. Will defintiely go again on our next visit.

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