Caffe' da Michele Osteria Italiana

We went bc of all the reviews and quite frankly the gentleman that answered the phone. We had a conversation in half Italian half English. I fell in love with him Eating here is a different story though.. we were 1 of 2 tables when we got there and it remained that way. The food was not a pleasant experience. We ordered two appetizers calamari and octopus carpaccio. I have never in my life seen calamari come out in the shape it was presented to us today(see picture) It was good but MAYBE had 10 pieces on the plate and a very large portion of arugula. The octopus was a huge mistake. I don't even know what we were served honestly. It looked like octopus bologna SERIOUSLY (see picture) with, again, a gigantic pile of arugula... There was SOOO much lemon on it that we were unable to eat it (lemon to hide something?) $50 for two appetizers (that we only ate one btw ...couldn't get the server to understand we didn't want to take it home and we didn't want to eat it, so we left it and paid for it ) Sure, I'll gladly pay that price for good food, any day, all day, but this stuff was pretty much inedible. I really wanted to like this place, but it's a hard pass for me ..

Highly over priced .. food was ok but not great, service was good because the one waitress was running around like crazy, get her some help geez, $16 for 4 of the smallest meatballs I’ve ever had at a restaurant basically equivalent to 1 meatball..its ok but for the prices it should be better

Are there today. Ordered the meatball.when served I asked for bread ,was informed they ran out of bread. 4 bite size meatball for $16.00. I won’t be back.

Food was okay. Nothing spectacular and definitely not worth $26. I think the prices for what they actually give you is a bit much. Service was lacking. There are much better options out there. Will not be back.

New place for us... not the usual Italian we're used to. No spaghetti, no angel hair, and no parmesan (chicken nor veal, or eggplant). Wine selection was very good, and the bread with oil and garlic was delicious... As were the meatballs. Very much liked the service... Interesting... some of the food selections below were not on the menu or available when we asked...

Homemade food, greasy staff and cozy ambiance. This was the most authentic Italian experience I’ve had in the US in a long time. Will be back!

Always had fusili alla putanesca pasta here. Last time me and my family went there and were served just pasta with tomato sauce and no trace of anchovies not to mention that their portion was half the size. It's a shame that their cutting corners like that.