Ci Siamo

I and my husband have been to Ci Siamo several times and it never disappoints! It's our restaurant of choice when we have some visitors from out of town. The food and service are always great. The last time our server was Fiona and she was very friendly, professional and attentive. The other time Damian helped us choosing our dishes and drinks. He was very knowledgeable about them and provided outstanding service. I am posting some pictures of the food from 3 weeks ago when we took our son and his wife there. They loved everything!

I have tried a few Italian restaurants in NYC and this one is at the top of my list. When you go into the elevator you are greeted with complimentary wine to drink while you are ridding in the elevator. Then you are greeted by the host who is friendly and welcoming. They check in your coat apon arrival and then your seated. I loved how they had a wine specialist who by the way is amazing and knowledgeable about the wine and history and background of the wine and wine makers of Italy. Our waiter was friendly as well and helped us with recommendations for the appetizer, main courses and desserts. Everything he recommended to us was delicious. The way I can describe the food is amazing! With each bite we took we could taste the unique spices, ingredients and endnotes of the zets that were put into the food.Amazing! You can tell the food was prepared with love. I truly felt like I was in Italy with each bite I took and the atmosphere and decor. If your looking for an authentic Italian restaurant with good food vibes and friendly people I recommended this place. I also recommend if you want to try variety of the options I suggest doing a family style and order a few things and share.

Before I lose you - take the elevator! There's complimentary wine! TLDR - Atmosphere is on point but food is lacking. There are tons of NYC options that do both better. A pretty good spot for a date with a super spacious, open concept kitchen. The service is nice - although even when asked, our waiter didn't provide much help with the wine menu. While the food is pretty good, I unfortunately found most the dishes to be a bit salty for my taste, especially the chicken and the ravioli dishes. The tagliatelle was better, but still doesn't beat similar Italian spots in the city. I had previously visited last year and it had been better so perhaps just a one-off.

One of the best restaurants I’ve been to! Cannot recommend enough. Food is unique and filling. Service is exceptional and staff are very kind. My personal favorites were onion torta, rigatoni, lemon torta, and chocolate gelato! Appetizers: focaccia, insalata, onion torta, squash Entree: trout, stracci, rigatoni, cavatelli, chicken milanese Dessert: lemon torta, basque cheesecake, hazelnut gelato, chocolate gelato

Overall good but not great. A large cavernous restaurant that is packed and very loud. The tables are mostly small and cramped and the vibe is frenetic. The cavatelli pasta with crab was very good, the onion tart somewhat heavy salty and rich and the lamb shank modestly good. The service was efficient if not high touch although it’s so loud as to hardly be fair to the servers who try their best. The wine list is exhaustive and expensive but don’t expect a decent price for anything decent. The assistant sommelier jumped when we looked at the wine list, but then lost interest when we didn’t buy the trophy bottles. It’s a great place to go with friends or coworkers after a long day at work because the food is decent and it’s a vibrant atmosphere, but it is by no means fine dining If possible, I would give them a 3.5 doesn’t work on this system.

Typically I'm not visit same restaurant in short time, but this definitely a place I am happy to meet friend and enjoy the food. Highly recommended the whole fish (Ci siamo has a great wood grill) and pasta. The dessert was very impressive, we love the cheese cake! Plus, the they do have a good cocktand wine list. I have been this place in lunch time and dinner time before, the noise level at night is away higher than noon.