Elio's Restaurant
1621 2nd Ave, 10028-4459 - New York City
Italian
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Elio’s has been around for decades. It’s a classic UES home styled Italian restaurant. The food is good quality and the vibe skews more adult. I had the chicken parmigiana which was great and an aperol spritz. The menu is large with lots of selection. It gets a bit noisy with how echoey the room is.
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Great Italian food at this local hang out. Cindy Adams from the New York post was dining in the restaurant when I was eating. She was sitting right next to me at the table near the bar. She was super nice and seem to enjoy the food there. The owner was very nice and was walking around making sure everyone was happy with everything. The food was the star of the show with the social crab being perfectly cooked and in season perfect. The chicken that my friends ordered was also amazing and it was all white meat with perfect seasoning and sauce. I normally don’t eat chicken with this chicken was perfectly done. Also came with amazing sausage which also I don’t eat but was also perfectly done. Also order a side of angel hair pasta with sauce and that was also amazing. For appetizer we had beans and shrimp which was also great. Basically nothing to not like in this restaurant. I highly recommend this place for anyone looking to have the best Italian food on the reside
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Wine selection was great. Cute outdoor set up. Would've just liked to know more about the entree's themselves, especially if they come with side dishes like green beans.
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Got a reservation for 2 at 7pm. They kept seating people who clearly had NO reservations right in front of us. Me and my party were sitting at the bar, waiting to be seated and the bartender told us to MOVE so 2 white women could have their dinner there. I understand why no minorities or people under 60 were at this establishment.
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Overcrowded. Our table was in a terrible spot, directly in between the bar and the bathroom/server's station. My chair was kicked and bumped the entire meal, someone even pulled my hair using my chair as an armrest. The food was okay, I've had muuuch better Italian elsewhere with a much more enjoyable atmosphere. Two members of my group's entrees were wrong, including a vegetarian who called days in advance requesting an eggplant parmigiano but the restaurant didn't buy any eggplant so his only option was pasta...
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Amazing experience. Old school great service and food. Had the Grilled Branzino and Striped Bass. It was all cooked perfect. Finished it off with Espresso and Creme brulee! Bravo!
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First time when I walked into Elio's back years ago and had my first dinner I absolutely loved it and always coming back! Old fashioned Italian food from salads pastas fish meets deserts amazing wine list and ambience feels like home beautifully put together tables with clean white tablecloths!
Absolutely love the bar and spectacular service will recommend Elio's for wonderful dining experience anytime!
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Absolutely disgusting and unsanitary. The tablecloth has sauce and food on it and the napkins were stained. The knives had food on them from previous people.
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