San Pietro

We had lunch here two weeks ago and the prices are outrageous. Lunch for two with no drinks, no coffee, no dessert was over $200. We went with the specials the waiter recommended and each had a bowl of soup as an appetizer ($35 for EACH bowl of soup ... a lentil and a chicken). I had tuna which was a plain grilled tuna - nothing special ... it was overcooked and fishy - it was $70. There is a difference between price increases and price gouging and that will be the last time we don't ask for prices on specials or dine in this restaurant.

Update... So we returned after the incident from about five years ago below. The owner wasn't there today, but the long-time head waiter, who is fantastic, and the real reason why this restaurant still operates took great care of us today. The food was excellent as well. I'm going to move my rating up from one star to four stars based on this recent visit... I have been going to San Pietro for years and have recommended it many times to friends and colleagues, but from my previous experience, it will be the last time that I ever visit the place. I had taken a client out to lunch who happens to be over 90 years old and hard of hearing. He inadvertently ordered the wrong main course and asked for it to be changed. The owner ran to our table, yelled, and threw a fit over the request. In all of my years entertaining, I had never seen anything so unprofessional, especially from a place supposedly this high-end. It was horrifying, to say the least, and I could tell that the waiter (who is great, btw) was incredibly embarrassed. As I was leaving the restaurant I walked over to the owner and let him know that I didn't appreciate his treatment of my elderly client and his response to me was "this is my house, get out". With an attitude and treatment of customers like that, it won't be his house much longer. Needless to say, I won't be recommending or returning to San Pietro ever again.

What a fabulous place! Manolo was a star and made everything feel special. The food is to die for, highly recommend the seasonal specials and the desserts

Amazing and authentic southern Italian food. The best salt-crusted branzino in town. An explosion of Italian flavors

Genuine Italian with people and taste that exhibit something that feels like you’re in Italy. Prices are good too — you need to go if you’re near Rockefeller!

Excellent customer service, very attentive and even gave little cookies at the end! Pasta was great, felt very authentic. Will come back Kid-friendliness: Very welcoming

We had a reservation at 7 pm - get to the restaurant at 6:55 and we got in trouble by the waiter for not calling ahead. The whole meal was chaotic from start to finish. They didn’t refill waters (beware they charge $10 for 1 bottle of water and didn’t even offer tap water as an option). The food was just ok. We didn’t even get 1 of the dishes we ordered. The portions are very small and some dishes were salty. The worst part of the meal was when we got our check. Suddenly, our bill had different dishes than what we ordered and we were charged $235 dollars initially. We only got 1 salad, 1 entree pasta, and a small serving of eggplant Parmesan (pictured here) which was the special. We told our waiter about the wrong charges on the bill and he seemed irritated and took the check back. He brought it back with a few dollars knocked off. However the bill was still wrong. The head waiter then comes over and tells us that the eggplant Parmesan was usually $60(!!!) and he gave us a special price and he ended up charging $48 for it. He then up charged the price of all of the dishes we ordered by a few dollars. There’s only a few menus to go around for the whole restaurant so I couldn’t even reference it to double check the prices. Overall, we paid $134 (so $100 less than what they initially charged us). Between the mediocre food, poor service, and highly inflated prices - we were highly disappointed and would not go back.

Horrible experience! Had to pay the check and go eat dinner at another restaurant right after. Extremely disappointed at the food and service. Very rude and arrogant staff. Not typical Italian food you are looking for- very bland tasting and you could get better Italian food for half the price anywhere else in the area and the city. I am a vegetarian and asked for no pork/no meat pasta dish and waiter still brought out meat dish casually saying to me that it only has turkey … sir do you know what being vegetarian means? Service is bad quality and waiters give attitude and makes you feel guilty for asking for something. We live over on 5th Avenue and won’t be going here anymore nor consider it even as a neighborhood spot!

Authentic Italian food. Simple, fresh ingredients with a lot of flavor. Impressive wine list.