Food tastes so blend and has no flavor. $28 dollar for a small bowl with only the pasta and some tasteless white sauce. The laziness of cooking is actually shocking.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Cottrell Hill
Very small location and it's communal seating, but the food was great. Started with the Chef choice for the appetizer, good cheese, and pickled veggies. Then I ordered the Chicken over arugula and mushrooms. Great taste and good seasoning om the chicken. Just know the place is crowded but is still worth going for Dinner.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Isabella Herrera
One of the most disappointing meals I’ve had. The valentine’s day special was $125pp with no posting of what the menu included. It ended up being a salad with half a poached pear, 4 tiny undercooked (crunchy undercooked) ravioli & fo the entree the only option was steak — if you didn’t eat meat the alternative was a cauliflower steak that was completely bland with a “crispy polenta” side that had less flavor than a piece of paper. Even regardless of price, one of the worst meals I’ve had but to pay $125 for half a pear, an endive, half a cauliflower head and a piece of brownie the size of a clementine is absolutely absurd.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Sakshi Aggarwal
It’s one of the best quality food I tried in Brooklyn.. flavours, ingredients, temperature, hospitality, ambience, prices.. all fits as per italian standards cooking and preparation. We had lunch, soup, salad, cakes with fresh whipped cream and espresso. 10/10 braviii
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Douglas Brooks
Great spot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
The King
We started with bread and olive oil, which was exceptional and set a high bar for the rest of the meal. The arugula salad followed, it was decent and the portion was generous. Unfortunately, the experience went downhill from there. Despite ordering our mains at the start, there was a long delay after the salad. When the main dishes finally arrived, they were somewhat disappointing. The fish was flavorless essentially just olive and fish with no seasoning and the Bolognese had a strange aroma that didn't fit the dish. While the bread was a highlight, the rest of the meal (including the mediocre wine) means I won't be returning.. but I honestly really loved the bread…
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Arsenal forever
First thing when you walk into the restaurant, you can’t even locate the host. When the host finally decided to show up after 10 minutes, he was not jotting names down. He claimed he tracks ppl by their face. He was extremely rude and told us to leave the place when we asked for the status of the table that the host promised to give us. He said he can give us the table if he feels like to and he can deny us service if he wants. Would never go back there.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Jessica Juarez
Went on a Wednesday afternoon for lunch and it was a bit busy but we got seated immediately. The sandwich was delish and offf the bread was perfectly crispy and soft, as well as the pasta, I could see this being nice to share amongst the group. Service was spot on! And the ambiance mixed in really well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sandro Kargareteli
best!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
XT
This restaurant has a nice, intimate vibe inside. There’s a large table in the middle of the restaurant that’s shared between different parties, and the surrounding tables are fairly close together as well. We even saw some traffic jams of people waiting to be seated and others trying to leave. If this doesn’t bother you then you’ll probably feel nice and cozy.
The food was good. The escarole salad might be the highlight here, with the sweet potatoes coming in at second. The rigatoni and chicken was enjoyable as well. The only miss was the broccoli. The sauce included sits on the bottom of the plate, so you kind of have to eat a bit of dry broccoli without much flavor to get there. And when you do get there, it’s not really enough.
Overall a good restaurant to try out a few times as they rotate their menu seasonally (I was told)
We have been coming here for years, over the last few months I kept hearing from friends how the food quality went down and they stopped coming, however 4 of us decided to still give it a chance, we came on a Saturday night early enough to put our name down, the host (wearing a beanie, beard and a flannel shirt) on Dec 20th 2025, took my name and said it would be 30 min and he would call us. We went to their sister bar Anais around the corner to get a drink, 40 min later I had a missed call and when I called back it went to a voice mail, so we went back to the restaurant, as we entered we waited good 5 min as the host was on the other side of the restaurant literally just looking at us, none approached us, he deliberately made it a point to not come over and greet the guests, there was a 4 top ready, so we thought ok this would be ours, host finally decides to come our way, while getting breadcrumbs off one of the table first, then he comes and says couple more minutes, I tried to explain to him that we put our name down now an hour ago and that I got a missed call, but he rudely interrupted me and said he never called and straight up walked away! At this point since this is a tiny place we walked outside to wait and all 4 of us decided that we don’t want to spend our money here after being treated like this. There are so many great places in the neighborhood, we are locals, you should treat people nicely, even if busy or you make a mistake, host should have apologized - it would have been a very different story. Rucola used to be cozy with great service and food, now it just is busy, food got worse and service is rude. 4 of us are joining other friends in the neighborhood to sadly never come back.
Service: 1
Jeff Christian
Absolutely incredible atmosphere. Exactly the experience you are looking for. Service was great! Try everything on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Raghav Goyal
Cozy packed lovely winter night. Stellar food, the perfect December ambiance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pili Serrat
The food quality is not as good as is used to be.. very disappointed.
Food tastes so blend and has no flavor. $28 dollar for a small bowl with only the pasta and some tasteless white sauce. The laziness of cooking is actually shocking.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very small location and it's communal seating, but the food was great. Started with the Chef choice for the appetizer, good cheese, and pickled veggies. Then I ordered the Chicken over arugula and mushrooms. Great taste and good seasoning om the chicken. Just know the place is crowded but is still worth going for Dinner.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the most disappointing meals I’ve had. The valentine’s day special was $125pp with no posting of what the menu included. It ended up being a salad with half a poached pear, 4 tiny undercooked (crunchy undercooked) ravioli & fo the entree the only option was steak — if you didn’t eat meat the alternative was a cauliflower steak that was completely bland with a “crispy polenta” side that had less flavor than a piece of paper. Even regardless of price, one of the worst meals I’ve had but to pay $125 for half a pear, an endive, half a cauliflower head and a piece of brownie the size of a clementine is absolutely absurd.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
It’s one of the best quality food I tried in Brooklyn.. flavours, ingredients, temperature, hospitality, ambience, prices.. all fits as per italian standards cooking and preparation.
We had lunch, soup, salad, cakes with fresh whipped cream and espresso.
10/10 braviii
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great spot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
We started with bread and olive oil, which was exceptional and set a high bar for the rest of the meal. The arugula salad followed, it was decent and the portion was generous. Unfortunately, the experience went downhill from there. Despite ordering our mains at the start, there was a long delay after the salad. When the main dishes finally arrived, they were somewhat disappointing. The fish was flavorless essentially just olive and fish with no seasoning and the Bolognese had a strange aroma that didn't fit the dish. While the bread was a highlight, the rest of the meal (including the mediocre wine) means I won't be returning.. but I honestly really loved the bread…
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
First thing when you walk into the restaurant, you can’t even locate the host. When the host finally decided to show up after 10 minutes, he was not jotting names down. He claimed he tracks ppl by their face. He was extremely rude and told us to leave the place when we asked for the status of the table that the host promised to give us. He said he can give us the table if he feels like to and he can deny us service if he wants. Would never go back there.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Went on a Wednesday afternoon for lunch and it was a bit busy but we got seated immediately.
The sandwich was delish and offf the bread was perfectly crispy and soft, as well as the pasta, I could see this being nice to share amongst the group. Service was spot on! And the ambiance mixed in really well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
best!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This restaurant has a nice, intimate vibe inside. There’s a large table in the middle of the restaurant that’s shared between different parties, and the surrounding tables are fairly close together as well. We even saw some traffic jams of people waiting to be seated and others trying to leave. If this doesn’t bother you then you’ll probably feel nice and cozy.
The food was good. The escarole salad might be the highlight here, with the sweet potatoes coming in at second. The rigatoni and chicken was enjoyable as well. The only miss was the broccoli. The sauce included sits on the bottom of the plate, so you kind of have to eat a bit of dry broccoli without much flavor to get there. And when you do get there, it’s not really enough.
Overall a good restaurant to try out a few times as they rotate their menu seasonally (I was told)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Perfect place for morning coffee and branch
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We have been coming here for years, over the last few months I kept hearing from friends how the food quality went down and they stopped coming, however 4 of us decided to still give it a chance, we came on a Saturday night early enough to put our name down, the host (wearing a beanie, beard and a flannel shirt) on Dec 20th 2025, took my name and said it would be 30 min and he would call us. We went to their sister bar Anais around the corner to get a drink, 40 min later I had a missed call and when I called back it went to a voice mail, so we went back to the restaurant, as we entered we waited good 5 min as the host was on the other side of the restaurant literally just looking at us, none approached us, he deliberately made it a point to not come over and greet the guests, there was a 4 top ready, so we thought ok this would be ours, host finally decides to come our way, while getting breadcrumbs off one of the table first, then he comes and says couple more minutes, I tried to explain to him that we put our name down now an hour ago and that I got a missed call, but he rudely interrupted me and said he never called and straight up walked away! At this point since this is a tiny place we walked outside to wait and all 4 of us decided that we don’t want to spend our money here after being treated like this. There are so many great places in the neighborhood, we are locals, you should treat people nicely, even if busy or you make a mistake, host should have apologized - it would have been a very different story. Rucola used to be cozy with great service and food, now it just is busy, food got worse and service is rude. 4 of us are joining other friends in the neighborhood to sadly never come back.
Service: 1
Absolutely incredible atmosphere. Exactly the experience you are looking for. Service was great! Try everything on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cozy packed lovely winter night. Stellar food, the perfect December ambiance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food quality is not as good as is used to be.. very disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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