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Locanda Verde

379 Greenwich St., New York, NY, 10013
at N. Moore St.
212-925-3797

Avg. Rating

7
Food: 7
Service: 5
Décor: 8
"Recommended"

Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10.

58% would go back.

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LAUGHABLY SMALL PORTIONS

By ChefMiguelLaCosta on 4/24/2013

  • Overall Rating: 4
  • Food: 4
  • Service: 4
  • Décor: 5
  • No, I would not go back!

"We highly recommend getting your meals to share." The waiter tells us after hurriedly reciting the list of specials. When I say laughably small portions, I mean we literally laughed out loud when they arrived. It actually seemed like a joke that this guy recommended we share. Everything. From the appetizers to the pastas and secondis were Tapas sized portions. $15 for lamb meatball sliders... a tiny plate with 2 tiny meatballs on 2 tiny buns comes out. TINY! Not even normal sized meatballs, and certainly not the jumbo traditional Italian size you'd expect if you only get 2. Pappardelle was child size and over cooked. lamb chops were $32 and had 2 bites of meat on each (no exaggeration. 2 bites. like lollipops.) and an almost non-existant garnishing worth of veggies. This place is exactly what everyone says it is. Super snobbish and total robbery. How the hell do you have Chef Carmellini and Robert De Niro backing an italian style restaurant, yet serve up such small portions??? I would gladly pay $10 more for an adequate portion, rather than $10 less to be dissatisfied. Get with the program guys. And why is it so packed all the time? Is there something the rest of us are missing?

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5 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

Arrogant, ruse service. Got thrown out for complaining

By Jonfweber on 6/27/2012

  • Overall Rating: 4
  • Food: 5
  • Service: 1
  • Décor: 4
  • No, I would not go back!

Inattentive service. When a server finally came to the table to take our order, we asked for a minor change to accommodate a severe food allergy. The server said the chef "didn't allow any changes.". We asked to talk with a manager, who said if we didn't like it, we could leave and (seriously) confirmed that they're more concerned with pleasing the chef than customers. When we protested, they literally threw us out.

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43 out of 76 people found this review helpful.

Rude staff poor food. Silly chef tricks aren't for you!

By Wgb2nyc on 6/23/2012

  • Overall Rating: 1
  • Food: 1
  • Service: 1
  • Décor: 1
  • No, I would not go back!

Im a local and the staff was consistently rude throughout the seating, ordering and check out process. Additionally the food wasn't good at all. One doesn't season amatriciana sauce (a roman staple) with thyme, rosemary and oregano. It reminded me of an over seasoned tomato sauce from a crap pizzeria like pizza hut. Additionally mixing mustard and the delicate subtle flavor of a sea scallop is tantamount to food murder. To to put a sweet pesto as a dessert sauce was a poor flavor combo and surprising they misspelled a few items in the menu. Seriously Carmellini and Bobby D! after you stinky in Italy I would hope you'd understand that Italian food is traditionally prepared and recipes age old for a reason - because after years of practice they nailed it. So do f it up by blindly trying to tweak masterpieces like an amatricana sauce. I bet you are down with putting pecorino on a fish pasta you silly soprano. It's like thinking you can reinterpret and improve on the Mona Lisa... You just shouldnt dare mess with perfection and that's exactly what each of my Dishes did and failed miserably. As far as the decor it's now become that same generic NYC old factory industrial look. I mean come on!!

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41 out of 64 people found this review helpful.

Worst service ever

By mismisty on 6/18/2012

  • Overall Rating: 3
  • Food: 3
  • Service: 1
  • Décor: 5
  • No, I would not go back!

I could not believe how poorly we were treated. The male server acted like we were not worthy of eating there. Well guess what, we are not celeb's, but we can sure buy and sell most of them. So sorry dude..our usually substantial tip was brought down to the 15% that would expectd from a local pauper. The hostess or manager was totally useless and also very rude. She told us that that is just his personality so basically deal with it. Well I will spread the word to EVERY that I know. As I see from past reviews this in not unusual

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41 out of 74 people found this review helpful.

Rude employees including managers

By Stavroun on 5/31/2012

  • Overall Rating: 4
  • Food: 5
  • Service: 1
  • Décor: 7
  • No, I would not go back!

Its the second time we visit the restaurant and i can't say anything good about it besides the nice ambience and okay food. The waiter was very rude and even said we now have to get up and go speak to the manager. When the manager came was still unwilling to help us. They both acted like we were outside a popular club and they dont care since they are so busy. I would not recomend this place.

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55 out of 107 people found this review helpful.

noisy, salty and sullen

By TorontoFoody on 4/12/2012

  • Overall Rating: 6
  • Food: 6
  • Service: 4
  • Décor: 9
  • No, I would not go back!

Trendy but noisy, hard to have a conversation without yelling. the promise of fine food was overshadowed by excessive amounts of salt. Our waitress was neither nice nor mean. She did us a favor serving us.

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41 out of 86 people found this review helpful.

Perfect

By marcibutler on 10/24/2011

  • Overall Rating: 9
  • Food: 9
  • Service: 9
  • Décor: 9
  • Yes, I would go back!

If you are looking for a restaurant with excellent food, a lively but homey atmosphere and an occasional star sighting, Locanda Verde is it. The ricotta is to die for. My swordfish with white bean entree was delicious. The prices are incredibly reasonable, especially for NY. As for star sightings, a Friends star and a Good Wife star were chatting with one another two feet from my chair!

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50 out of 95 people found this review helpful.

Go for the food!

By Mercy on 6/20/2011

  • Overall Rating: 7
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 3
  • Décor: 8
  • Yes, I would go back!

Let me begin by saying that the food is delicious. I had the Casarecce (pasta with shellfish in a garlic lemon sauce) and my boyfriend had the Fennel Glazed Duck paired with cherries (brilliant). Both were finger licking good (but don't do that in this restaurant or you'll be frowned upon). On another note, the service probably is as bad as people say. Talk about making you feel like you're not worthy of being there. The waiter offered very little help with choosing a wine and did not let us taste it first either. He seemed annoyed that we did not want an appetizer or salad. I ordered my pasta first and when my boyfriend ordered the duck after, the waiter expressed surprise. He said he assumed he'd also be ordering pasta. Perhaps he felt we could not afford a duck dish? I didn't feel rushed, but I did feel an air of self righteousness on his part. Quite pretentious, but if you can get past that, you'll enjoy an absolutely amazing meal. And the hostess really is lovely. Someone please train these people to be cordial or even (gasp) kind.

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86 out of 164 people found this review helpful.

Sucky Suckison

By boomeranian on 4/16/2011

  • Overall Rating: 5
  • Food: 7
  • Service: 1
  • Décor: 9
  • No, I would not go back!

I mistakenly thought I would be the first to give this place a bad review, but shame on me for not reading up on the real story from all of you who already wrote about how disappointing this place is. I hate that I wasted my night out with friends I don't see very often by being rushed to place my order, rushed to eat it and then ushered from my table to the drawing room (aka hotel lobby) where another bitchy person begrudgingly brought us a round of "we-just-kicked-you-out-of-your-table-because-the-next-party-is-way-more-important-than-you" drinks. Only 80% of our food was delicious, (mushroom crostini, wax beans, and dessert), and not being able to spend time enjoying it due to Miss Pushy coming around every 2 minutes, followed by Mr. Skinny Tie kicking us out of our table has made my decision not to go back a no-brainer.

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117 out of 203 people found this review helpful.

great brunch

By upidstae on 8/15/2010

  • Overall Rating: 10
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 9
  • Décor: 10
  • Yes, I would go back!

the place is beautifully done. we had the pastry misti, uovo modenese, the polenta waffle, and enjoyed it all. would definitely recommend to anyone for brunch.

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125 out of 274 people found this review helpful.

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