Lamarca Pasta Restaurant
Restaurants in New York, NY
Restaurants • Italian Restaurants
Restaurants in New York, NY
Restaurants • Italian Restaurants
161 E 22nd St.,
New York ,
NY
10010
UNITED STATES
212-674-6363
Based on 6 reviews
212-674-6363
No wonder it's closed on the weekends
I had been wanting to eat here for a long time, and finally made it there last night. I was beyond disappointed with the quality of food! My friend and I agreed that the pasta was undercooked and the sauce tasted like it was out of a chef boyardee can. My dish was meant to have prosciutto it in, and after much digging I was only able to recover one cube. The tables on either of side of us were left with full and half plates of pasta when the patrons left. We ordered a bottle of wine, which wasn't even served until after we received our starters. The only redeeming qualities were the hot rolls and salad, as well as the pinot grigio, but these do not compensate for the slow service and substandard food. I am perplexed as to why this place gets raving reviews! There are significantly better Italian restaurants in NYC, so my recommedation is to skip this one altogether.
212-674-6363
Chef Boyardee!
I am, like another reviewer on this site, completely confounded by other people?s glowing reviews of the food at this restaurant. The food here truly is comparable to Chef Boyardee (and I don?t mean that in a good way). If your idea of authentic Italian food involves syrupy sweet tomato sauce and overcooked pasta then this place is for you. Otherwise, go to the diner across the street and you?ll have a better chance of finding some Italian food. The most Italian part of this meal was the Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies that we picked up at the Duane Reade on the way home.
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Foods Good, but they left me in the Cold
I agree with most of the reviews about Lamarca Pasta but I have to relate a recent experience that was very disturbing to me. I was refused service on a Monday evening because I was only one person. Over many years I was a frequent patron of the restaurant, most of the time I went there along with my Mother who lived three doors down the street. While she was in the hospital, I went there for dinner one evening. Four tables were empty but when I asked to be seated, I was refused being told that they would not seat a single person. I've never heard of such a thing.
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Affordable, well made, delicious!
Every meal I've ever eaten here has been excellent. While the service is mediocre (and when the restaurant gets crowded they can make you feel guilty for lingering), the food and the wine choices are perfect. The place is just the sort of affordable, low-key eatery NYC needs in these crazy times. Homy, cozy, with a wonderful deli that has amazing cheese selection. When the wait for a sit-down meal is too long, go for the takeout!
212-674-6363
terrible food
The food sucks
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Awesome Pasta
I love this place. It's easy to miss it since there's nothing remarkable about it from the exterior, but what it offers inside is exceptional. I've only gone to the take-out part in the back with a separate entrance and have found one man, not the owner but he's always there, to be so kind and helpful each time I visit. He always offers free samples of the sauces (which I always accept) and he just makes me smile. I loooove the arrabiata sauce and aurora. They also have great soups!Worldwide > United States > New York, NY > Italian Restaurants