Very good! A bit touristy but good. The guanciale in the Amatriciana was a bit fatty which was not my
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Maggie Murphy
Overall we had a good dining experience and would consider going back. The food was delicious, and the service was great at the beginning. Toward the end of our meal we realized we never received our drinks, and then it took forever to the get bill and get out of there, even though the restaurant wasn’t busy at the time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Sophia Chizuco
The food was great but we waited 35 minutes for the food. & Right after we ate, they took the plates and rush us out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Lydia
A favorite. The namesake Cacio e Pepe tossed in the wheel of cheese is always a winner! The food is predictably excellent and the staff attentive and gracious. This has become a neighborhood favorite, especially when combining it with movie night as it is across the street from Village East theater.
Phyllis
Went for Valentine's Day dinner. Have been several times before. The signature dish, cacio de pepe, was delicious as always and fun the way they serve it at the table. It was super crowded and somewhat cramped (which is why "ambiance" only got 3 stars) yet nonetheless, the service was excellent. And waitress even gave us free aperitifs after the meal. Excellent meal overall.
S Z
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Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Carla Di Paolo
I came back to this place after few years of absence and the experience was terrible. When I stepped in to the place the guy at the door (that later introduced himself as the Sicilian owner) recognized my last name being Italian and, after calling me "mozzarella" (?!?!?), he asked us to follow him to the table. The place was so noisy that was impossible to talk and it was necessary to scream to place our order. The carbonara my American friend asked was presented to him with no eggs at all and full of water. The "guanciale" that was supposed to be in the carbonara was normal bacon in big chunks and when we asked to our waitress where the eggs were she (Romanian) told us the eggs where inside the pasta (the pasta they used were normal paccheri, dry pasta, no eggs involved). When I reply that kind of pasta is not made with eggs, she said she didn't know much about the carbonara and asked the Sicilian guy to step into the conversation. Rude and probably with very little knowledge about cooking, the guy came to our table with a terrible attitude. He insisted the eggs were there (no yellow color anywhere in the plate...just plenty of water and chunks of bacon) and he appeared quite angry at us. When I tried to explained to him I am born and raised in Rome and I know what a carbonara looks like, he became even more mad at us. Then, he even came back to our table to show us, in a little pan not bigger that one inch, the eggs (some kind of yellow creamy sauce) they use to prepare the carbonara. At no time, he offered us to prepare a new real good carbonara or not to charge us for the dish that my American friend ended up returning to the kitchen almost untouched. I will never again come back to this place. This is the typical restaurant where "Italian managers/owners" believe that American guests will eat anything they will be offered and where the perpetuation of Italian embarrassing stereotypes are intent to be attractive to an unprepared audience who will eat anything that looks like Italian. Very bad experience!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Svea Owen
We love a cheese wheel pasta.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tonnarelli Cacio E Pepe
Antonella Tilli
the food was excellent! a super warm place to go and enjoy! The service was very good too! I recommend eating pasta in New York and getting out of the Time Square area and the ordinary! We will definitely return ❤️ I recommend the lasagna with bolognese sauce!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Satvik Pendem
I got the carbonara, it was not very good, oversalted, the guanciale was very hard, almost like pebbles.
I can't wait to come back. They definitely did not hold back on the cheese! Food and service was great. Great place to have date night or even a night out on my own.
katrina landry
The staff is super friendly and the food is very good! The cacio e Pepe is tossed in a pecorino romano wheel at the table and it’s a mouth watering view. Get the Tiramisu! It’s made in house and is the light and decadent all at once!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was there on Christmas Eve, not enough staff BUT the two guys that were there working were AMAZING, fast, efficient and attentive, just felt like there should have been 1 more person to help them.
From the onset of entering the restaurant, the host and staff were extremely accommodating and quick to get to our drink and food orders. Great environment also from the other patrons. And the pasta dishes.... 10/10.
Navin R.
Cacio E Pepe is a solid option if you're in the east village. Classic options that everyone loves and has something for everyone. If you'd really like to see the cache e Pepe tossed in a wheel of cheese then this I definitely the spot for you. The servers did a good job of explain everything, even the drinks. I ordered the orecchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage will my brother and sister in law both had the cache e Pepe. We all enjoyed our dishes but don't think anything was done above and beyond.Overall, a solid spot.
Very good! A bit touristy but good. The guanciale in the Amatriciana was a bit fatty which was not my
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Overall we had a good dining experience and would consider going back. The food was delicious, and the service was great at the beginning. Toward the end of our meal we realized we never received our drinks, and then it took forever to the get bill and get out of there, even though the restaurant wasn’t busy at the time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
The food was great but we waited 35 minutes for the food. & Right after we ate, they took the plates and rush us out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
A favorite. The namesake Cacio e Pepe tossed in the wheel of cheese is always a winner! The food is predictably excellent and the staff attentive and gracious. This has become a neighborhood favorite, especially when combining it with movie night as it is across the street from Village East theater.
Went for Valentine's Day dinner. Have been several times before. The signature dish, cacio de pepe, was delicious as always and fun the way they serve it at the table. It was super crowded and somewhat cramped (which is why "ambiance" only got 3 stars) yet nonetheless, the service was excellent. And waitress even gave us free aperitifs after the meal. Excellent meal overall.
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Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
I came back to this place after few years of absence and the experience was terrible. When I stepped in to the place the guy at the door (that later introduced himself as the Sicilian owner) recognized my last name being Italian and, after calling me "mozzarella" (?!?!?), he asked us to follow him to the table. The place was so noisy that was impossible to talk and it was necessary to scream to place our order. The carbonara my American friend asked was presented to him with no eggs at all and full of water. The "guanciale" that was supposed to be in the carbonara was normal bacon in big chunks and when we asked to our waitress where the eggs were she (Romanian) told us the eggs where inside the pasta (the pasta they used were normal paccheri, dry pasta, no eggs involved). When I reply that kind of pasta is not made with eggs, she said she didn't know much about the carbonara and asked the Sicilian guy to step into the conversation. Rude and probably with very little knowledge about cooking, the guy came to our table with a terrible attitude. He insisted the eggs were there (no yellow color anywhere in the plate...just plenty of water and chunks of bacon) and he appeared quite angry at us. When I tried to explained to him I am born and raised in Rome and I know what a carbonara looks like, he became even more mad at us. Then, he even came back to our table to show us, in a little pan not bigger that one inch, the eggs (some kind of yellow creamy sauce) they use to prepare the carbonara. At no time, he offered us to prepare a new real good carbonara or not to charge us for the dish that my American friend ended up returning to the kitchen almost untouched. I will never again come back to this place. This is the typical restaurant where "Italian managers/owners" believe that American guests will eat anything they will be offered and where the perpetuation of Italian embarrassing stereotypes are intent to be attractive to an unprepared audience who will eat anything that looks like Italian. Very bad experience!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We love a cheese wheel pasta.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tonnarelli Cacio E Pepe
the food was excellent! a super warm place to go and enjoy! The service was very good too! I recommend eating pasta in New York and getting out of the Time Square area and the ordinary! We will definitely return ❤️ I recommend the lasagna with bolognese sauce!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I got the carbonara, it was not very good, oversalted, the guanciale was very hard, almost like pebbles.
Restaurantji Recommends
I can't wait to come back. They definitely did not hold back on the cheese! Food and service was great. Great place to have date night or even a night out on my own.
The staff is super friendly and the food is very good! The cacio e Pepe is tossed in a pecorino romano wheel at the table and it’s a mouth watering view. Get the Tiramisu! It’s made in house and is the light and decadent all at once!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was there on Christmas Eve, not enough staff BUT the two guys that were there working were AMAZING, fast, efficient and attentive, just felt like there should have been 1 more person to help them.
From the onset of entering the restaurant, the host and staff were extremely accommodating and quick to get to our drink and food orders. Great environment also from the other patrons. And the pasta dishes.... 10/10.
Cacio E Pepe is a solid option if you're in the east village. Classic options that everyone loves and has something for everyone. If you'd really like to see the cache e Pepe tossed in a wheel of cheese then this I definitely the spot for you. The servers did a good job of explain everything, even the drinks. I ordered the orecchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage will my brother and sister in law both had the cache e Pepe. We all enjoyed our dishes but don't think anything was done above and beyond.Overall, a solid spot.