After waiting 3 months for a table, we were a 4 top, server seemed bothered to be working making it very a very unpleasant experience. The food to be quite honest left much to be desired. The pasta was undercooked, not al dente, but undercooked and hard, the chicken was dry, nothing was really good enough to rave about or make us want to return, I guess it doesn’t matter really because they are super busy anyway with all the social media hype. Seems simple enough to put out the same meal nightly but I guess not.
Scott Gillies
Just attended one of their evening dinners. Family style food and service was spot on. Fun night and a great dinning experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Johnathan Vaughan
We came in for lunch today for my wife's birthday. Cousin Joe set us up with a Chelsea (cold) and a Hailey (hot) sandwiches, pasta salad, and mozzarella and tomatoes! They were incredibly delicious and we can't wait to come back for another amazing dinner here! Cousin Joe also gave us a slice of fresh carrot cake for her birthday and it was phenomenal! Thank you to Cousin's Deli for starting my wife's birthday of work a fabulous lunch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily Johnson
I recently had the opportunity to enjoy the weekend dinner at Cousin’s Deli with a group of friends. These reservations get booked out literally months in advance so I had made this one several months ago. We all arrived within a few minutes of the dinner time and were seated. For these dinners, there is one seating each night, and everything is served family-style. The restaurant is extremely full because there is limited space and tons of people who want to enjoy it. We were a group of 6. Dinner is also BYOB so we had a few bottles of wine among us. Our first course was a yummy bruschetta that was super fresh and flavorful. This was then followed by a plate of delicious appetizers which included eggplant rollatini, arancini, sauteed mushrooms, and shrimp. It was super delicious and tons of food! You are able to bring home leftovers so no need to stress about wasting food. Then we got a salad that was huge! It had pepperoncini in it which several of my friends loved. After that was the pasta course. We were served pasta a la vodka. It was an interesting sauce, much lighter than I’m used to for this dish. The pasta was delicious! Then came the main entrée course of chicken piccata. This serving was MASSIVE! Three different people took food home! The dessert plate came out with three different desserts on it- carrot cake, biscotti, and cannolis. You can also order coffee to go with the dessert course. Everything was very tasty with very generous portions. The only big downside to the evening is how loud it is inside- I literally couldn’t hear my friend two seats down. Just comes from being super a popular experience in a restaurant not originally created for this set up. Still highly recommend! Big items to know: - You can take leftovers home - BYOB - Parking in the lot right next to the restaurant - Super loud inside during dinner
Vegetarian options: If you do the family-style dinner, you can call ahead to request the fish entree or a possible vegetarian entree. One of my party is vegetarian and was happily accommodated
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli Carrot Cake and Biscotti, Bruschetta
Rob Whitney
Cousins Deli was incredible! We had the Saturday evening family style dinner (group of 4) and it was 6 courses of delicious! And, there was so much food! Great atmosphere, beautiful food and the restaurant owners visited every table. We forgot that this restaurant was BYOB/W... So, don't forget to bring your own wine!!!! Highly recommended ! Make a reservation, it's worth the wait.
As an Italian, and in my humble opinion, I consider Cousins to be the best Italian deli and food in downtown Wilmington. Their weekend dinners are excellent multi-course meals. Great food and service and staff. We love it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Janet Smiraldi
Food delicious! Great service! Friendly staff! What else could you ask for!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli Carrot Cake and Biscotti, Bruschetta
Alana Myers
Love this place!! The dinner was so worth it, and it meant a lot to us that the head chef Joey came out and greeted everyone’s table.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Courtney Atherholt
The sandwiches here are amazing and so are the weekend dinners! Highly highly recommend.
Food: 5
Zoe M.
We went on Saturday for the dinner menu! It was fantastic. Food was delicious, staff were absolutely wonderful, and the atmosphere was so nice! I would recommend getting on the waitlist list for dinner if you haven’t yet!
It was our first experience! Great food, ambience and Staff. Love that the owner Joe came out to every table! Dana was great. Definitely will be going back highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sean Ruffolo
Best deli in town. Fresh, delicious, great hot choices too If they are packed, don't worry. They get the orders out quick.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica Dartoozos
The BEST food, the BEST owners. Really great experience with Italian, family style dinner. Plus it’s BYOB. So fun. The owners are the sweetest family too. Great people to support Lunch is really great to if you haven’t tried
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephen Colangelo
Don’t bother. Nothing available till next year and Guy was rude for no reason when calling to check if any availability for their “Family-Style” dinner. Would’ve gladly done it online as to not seem to BOTHER anyone for just checking.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Paula Grandini
I know this place has gone viral, but I called trying to get a reservation and they were super rude, no thanks
After waiting 3 months for a table, we were a 4 top, server seemed bothered to be working making it very a very unpleasant experience. The food to be quite honest left much to be desired. The pasta was undercooked, not al dente, but undercooked and hard, the chicken was dry, nothing was really good enough to rave about or make us want to return, I guess it doesn’t matter really because they are super busy anyway with all the social media hype. Seems simple enough to put out the same meal nightly but I guess not.
Just attended one of their evening
dinners. Family style food and service was spot on. Fun night and a great dinning experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We came in for lunch today for my wife's birthday. Cousin Joe set us up with a Chelsea (cold) and a Hailey (hot) sandwiches, pasta salad, and mozzarella and tomatoes! They were incredibly delicious and we can't wait to come back for another amazing dinner here! Cousin Joe also gave us a slice of fresh carrot cake for her birthday and it was phenomenal! Thank you to Cousin's Deli for starting my wife's birthday of work a fabulous lunch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I recently had the opportunity to enjoy the weekend dinner at Cousin’s Deli with a group of friends. These reservations get booked out literally months in advance so I had made this one several months ago. We all arrived within a few minutes of the dinner time and were seated. For these dinners, there is one seating each night, and everything is served family-style. The restaurant is extremely full because there is limited space and tons of people who want to enjoy it. We were a group of 6. Dinner is also BYOB so we had a few bottles of wine among us. Our first course was a yummy bruschetta that was super fresh and flavorful. This was then followed by a plate of delicious appetizers which included eggplant rollatini, arancini, sauteed mushrooms, and shrimp. It was super delicious and tons of food! You are able to bring home leftovers so no need to stress about wasting food. Then we got a salad that was huge! It had pepperoncini in it which several of my friends loved. After that was the pasta course. We were served pasta a la vodka. It was an interesting sauce, much lighter than I’m used to for this dish. The pasta was delicious! Then came the main entrée course of chicken piccata. This serving was MASSIVE! Three different people took food home! The dessert plate came out with three different desserts on it- carrot cake, biscotti, and cannolis. You can also order coffee to go with the dessert course.
Everything was very tasty with very generous portions. The only big downside to the evening is how loud it is inside- I literally couldn’t hear my friend two seats down. Just comes from being super a popular experience in a restaurant not originally created for this set up. Still highly recommend!
Big items to know:
- You can take leftovers home
- BYOB
- Parking in the lot right next to the restaurant
- Super loud inside during dinner
Vegetarian options: If you do the family-style dinner, you can call ahead to request the fish entree or a possible vegetarian entree. One of my party is vegetarian and was happily accommodated
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli Carrot Cake and Biscotti, Bruschetta
Cousins Deli was incredible!
We had the Saturday evening family style dinner (group of 4) and it was 6 courses of delicious! And, there was so much food!
Great atmosphere, beautiful food and the restaurant owners visited every table.
We forgot that this restaurant was BYOB/W... So, don't forget to bring your own wine!!!!
Highly recommended !
Make a reservation, it's worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vincenza Eggplant Parmasean, Cannoli Carrot Cake and Biscotti, Bruschetta
As an Italian, and in my humble opinion, I consider Cousins to be the best Italian deli and food in downtown Wilmington. Their weekend dinners are excellent multi-course meals. Great food and service and staff. We love it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food delicious! Great service! Friendly staff! What else could you ask for!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli Carrot Cake and Biscotti, Bruschetta
Love this place!! The dinner was so worth it, and it meant a lot to us that the head chef Joey came out and greeted everyone’s table.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The sandwiches here are amazing and so are the weekend dinners! Highly highly recommend.
Food: 5
We went on Saturday for the dinner menu! It was fantastic. Food was delicious, staff were absolutely wonderful, and the atmosphere was so nice! I would recommend getting on the waitlist list for dinner if you haven’t yet!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta
Restaurantji Recommends
It was our first experience! Great food, ambience and Staff. Love that the owner Joe came out to every table! Dana was great. Definitely will be going back highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best deli in town. Fresh, delicious, great hot choices too
If they are packed, don't worry. They get the orders out quick.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The BEST food, the BEST owners. Really great experience with Italian, family style dinner. Plus it’s BYOB. So fun. The owners are the sweetest family too. Great people to support
Lunch is really great to if you haven’t tried
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Don’t bother. Nothing available till next year and Guy was rude for no reason when calling to check if any availability for their “Family-Style” dinner. Would’ve gladly done it online as to not seem to BOTHER anyone for just checking.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I know this place has gone viral, but I called trying to get a reservation and they were super rude, no thanks
Service: 1
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