Wonderful meal with wonderful service (as usual). Came here frequently during my degree, and stopped by for dinner while back in town. Between fun stories, remembered details, and delicious food, this will always be a necessary stop on my Ithaca trips!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cody Arana
Unique, present flavors that make a date night remeberable and worthwhile. Allow your server to pair you with wine that enhances your meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wendy Adelsberger
We dined last evening sitting tightly at a table near the window. Our server was very nice . The tables to either side of us were also seated at the same time as us. We waited 45 min for our drinks ( as both other tables had drinks apps and their dinner) when our food finally arrived ( about 1 1/2 hour ) it was cold. Very disappointed for what we were expecting to be a lovely dining experience
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Karl Neubauer
This was our 4th time here, and every time this place continues to get better. The food was amazing, and service was spot on. What a fantastic gem
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Skirt Steak, Scallops, Short Rib Gnocchi
Furkat Mukhtarov
I went to Mercato for dinner and had an excellent experience at first. Then, I found a cockroach in my Affogato. While the photo may be slightly blurry, it was definitely a roach.
The waitress who served me and my friend apologized profusely and assured me that the desserts would be taken off the check. She seemed sincere and asked if there was anything else she could do, but my dinner experience was already ruined.
The bug remained on the table, and no one came to remove it while our cards were processed. Before leaving, I pointed out the bug, now stuck to a piece of paper, to another waitress in case they wanted to investigate it further. She quickly folded the paper and put it aside, but there was no acknowledgment of the seriousness of the situation.
At no point did anyone from management get involved, and I left feeling that the incident wasn’t taken seriously. For a restaurant with such high standards - and as someone who doesn’t often dine at places like this - I expected much better. There didn’t seem to be a clear protocol for handling such a serious issue.
I hope this review reaches management so that the restaurant takes appropriate measures to address these hygiene issues.
Bree Jones
I want to start this by giving some flowers before i deep dive into everything else. Tori our server was a delight, she was very sweet, informative and had a nice flow between her sections. The arugula starter i had was a refreshing great start, we had the chicken liver and unfortunately wasnt great. Even knowing lover lovers may be an acquired tasting object. we were sadly disappointed. the bread was also tasty, but would have been elevated had it been warmed.
For dinner I had the gnocchi with eggplant ragu. Now, while it was tasty it lacked some flavor for my liking.
We finished with dessert options, we immediately knew that being at an italian spot affogato was a for sure choice!! Along with dessert i was craving an espresso martini. While this restaurant has all the ingredients to make this cocktail my server made it known multiple ways that the OWNER refuses to make this cocktail. As a bartender, server and fellow industry worker, i understand it’s not on the menu. However, you have all the ingredients to make it happen, I’m confused as to why it’s such a HARD NO. Very strange about some things. I will say
I’ll conclude with again Tori was amazing!! The ambiance was cute, small and intimate. I teetered between three and two starts bc the food didn’t AMAZE me. I also wasn’t able to get something I knew they could do easily.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Robert DeFreitas
Excellent swordfish cooked in a bag to preserve flavors and moisture. Excellent seared scallops. Excellent reisling from Forge vinyards in Finger Lakes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rebecca McNellis
The food here was very good! We are extremely spoiled in NJ with tons of amazing Italian restaurants around. This little restaurant did well, we enjoyed our dinner & our server was very attentive. It's a small place, but it was quaint.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Patrick Underwood
Our server Richard was top notch! Food and atmosphere was on point! Best place in Ithaca we've had dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jessica Gaa
The food was fantastic and the service was even better. Thourally enjoyed our experience from the moment we walked in the door.
We called a couple of hours in advance to see what our best chance was to get a table since we knew that they don’t take reservations. We were told our best chance was to get there at opening since it’s first come first serve. We got there ten minutes after opening, there was no line and only one table seated. We were told they would not be able to sit two people at a table that early on a Friday night so we had to leave.
Leslie Miller
Excellent food and service, but seating was too close, making it difficult for conversation.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
RENIA K.
The food was well cooked but so overpriced and the recipes was more than simple for example we ate fresh pasta with fresh tomato sauce for 26 dollars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Andreas Mayr
Top-notch food and drinks, you won't be disappointed. Best in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buckwheat Pappardelle with Duck Ragu, Scallops, Crostini Sampled and Clam Casino
Wonderful meal with wonderful service (as usual). Came here frequently during my degree, and stopped by for dinner while back in town. Between fun stories, remembered details, and delicious food, this will always be a necessary stop on my Ithaca trips!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unique, present flavors that make a date night remeberable and worthwhile. Allow your server to pair you with wine that enhances your meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We dined last evening sitting tightly at a table near the window. Our server was very nice . The tables to either side of us were also seated at the same time as us. We waited 45 min for our drinks ( as both other tables had drinks apps and their dinner) when our food finally arrived ( about 1 1/2 hour ) it was cold. Very disappointed for what we were expecting to be a lovely dining experience
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
This was our 4th time here, and every time this place continues to get better. The food was amazing, and service was spot on. What a fantastic gem
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Skirt Steak, Scallops, Short Rib Gnocchi
I went to Mercato for dinner and had an excellent experience at first. Then, I found a cockroach in my Affogato. While the photo may be slightly blurry, it was definitely a roach.
The waitress who served me and my friend apologized profusely and assured me that the desserts would be taken off the check. She seemed sincere and asked if there was anything else she could do, but my dinner experience was already ruined.
The bug remained on the table, and no one came to remove it while our cards were processed. Before leaving, I pointed out the bug, now stuck to a piece of paper, to another waitress in case they wanted to investigate it further. She quickly folded the paper and put it aside, but there was no acknowledgment of the seriousness of the situation.
At no point did anyone from management get involved, and I left feeling that the incident wasn’t taken seriously. For a restaurant with such high standards - and as someone who doesn’t often dine at places like this - I expected much better. There didn’t seem to be a clear protocol for handling such a serious issue.
I hope this review reaches management so that the restaurant takes appropriate measures to address these hygiene issues.
I want to start this by giving some flowers before i deep dive into everything else. Tori our server was a delight, she was very sweet, informative and had a nice flow between her sections. The arugula starter i had was a refreshing great start, we had the chicken liver and unfortunately wasnt great. Even knowing lover lovers may be an acquired tasting object. we were sadly disappointed. the bread was also tasty, but would have been elevated had it been warmed.
For dinner I had the gnocchi with eggplant ragu. Now, while it was tasty it lacked some flavor for my liking.
We finished with dessert options, we immediately knew that being at an italian spot affogato was a for sure choice!! Along with dessert i was craving an espresso martini. While this restaurant has all the ingredients to make this cocktail my server made it known multiple ways that the OWNER refuses to make this cocktail. As a bartender, server and fellow industry worker, i understand it’s not on the menu. However, you have all the ingredients to make it happen, I’m confused as to why it’s such a HARD NO. Very strange about some things. I will say
I’ll conclude with again Tori was amazing!! The ambiance was cute, small and intimate. I teetered between three and two starts bc the food didn’t AMAZE me. I also wasn’t able to get something I knew they could do easily.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Excellent swordfish cooked in a bag to preserve flavors and moisture.
Excellent seared scallops.
Excellent reisling from Forge vinyards in Finger Lakes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food here was very good! We are extremely spoiled in NJ with tons of amazing Italian restaurants around. This little restaurant did well, we enjoyed our dinner & our server was very attentive. It's a small place, but it was quaint.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Our server Richard was top notch! Food and atmosphere was on point! Best place in Ithaca we've had dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was fantastic and the service was even better. Thourally enjoyed our experience from the moment we walked in the door.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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We called a couple of hours in advance to see what our best chance was to get a table since we knew that they don’t take reservations. We were told our best chance was to get there at opening since it’s first come first serve. We got there ten minutes after opening, there was no line and only one table seated. We were told they would not be able to sit two people at a table that early on a Friday night so we had to leave.
Excellent food and service, but seating was too close, making it difficult for conversation.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was well cooked but so overpriced and the recipes was more than simple for example we ate fresh pasta with fresh tomato sauce for 26 dollars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Top-notch food and drinks, you won't be disappointed. Best in
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buckwheat Pappardelle with Duck Ragu, Scallops, Crostini Sampled and Clam Casino
Terrible service, bad attitude overall.
Service: 1
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