5star food and service. Amy, our server was amazing! We will be coming back! Great spot in Ridgewood!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Laine Dirnberger
Velma is one of my favorite places in the city. Sit at the bar for happy hour and you won’t regret it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paul Yu
Great service, nice space. Food was not good though. Doesn’t justify the higher prices. Plenty of other great Italian joints around.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Rebecca Orlandi
Great neighborhood joint with awesome food and good vibes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joshua Neal
Listen babe just do yourself a favor and bring yourself and whoever is special to you to this restaurant! From the vibe to the food to the staff - all is a 10/10! Thank me later 😘
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christopher Perkins
Chicken was super dry. Like paper. I had to spit it out.
Food: 1
John O'Hara
I love Velma, the food is delicious and the atmosphere is always welcoming. The service is great and it always feels like home. This is what a neighborhood spot should be like. It's hard to find a restaurant that serves pizza by the slice these days and their grandma is my go to! Thanks Velma!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kary Sartan
VELMA’S IS GRRREAT. Pasta is perfectly Al dente and the Velma salad is PERFECTION. I’m a sucker for a good vinaigrette and the lemon vinaigrette here is so refreshing and has this super lemony goodness. Love love love it here. Will be back, highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Velma Salad
Denise Mancilla
Dined here with a friend and my toddler son. The food was delicious, flavors were great. The service was equally great. I would definitely go back to eat there again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Velma's Caprese Stack, Square Vodka Pie
Christa Mccain
Pasta is cooked perfectly. Not sure what happened to the portions? I think this was 16 before tip.
Walked in with a friend on Friday night for dinner. It was busy but they were able to seat us quickly.
Beautiful space. A lot of thought and intentionality was put into the flow of the space, with different types of seating and an “m” shaped bar which is a welcome alternative that allows the flow of people to be uninterrupted when people gather, and gives good visual space markers between the bar area and table area. Decor is cute, and with old italian style red checkered table clothes with paper on tol, lots of deep greens and great use of texture in the space. Behind the bar is reminiscent of scorpion records but organized, with old license plates, trucker hats and electicisms.
Good wine list, and drinks are appropriately priced for the neighborhood.
My friend and I ordered meatballs, the velma salad, and the vodka lumache. Meatballs were excellent, exactly what we were looking for- great texture, excellent slightly spicy and appropriately salted meat, and classic red sauce that makes you want to lick the dish. Bread with meatballs was perfect for the dish. The velma salad was ok- it could have been either better dressed or just salted before tossing for better flavor. The spicy vodka lumache was good- but not a pasta I would order again. It wasn’t particularly spicy nor did it have the creamy classic vodka sauce taste. Still, the flavor was good, just not what we expected. Pasta was cooked perfectly al-dente. I would definitely order the meatballs again.
Overall, great atmosphere and good experience. Will be back to try their other offerings
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Chad Hamilton
Everything about this place is great, highly recommended!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linh Nguyen
Space nice. Staff friendly and helpful. Service quick. Drinks yum. Food mid.
Good portions for the price, but I honestly could've made a better bolognese from a jar. Severely underseasoned. Also tried my friend's parm, which was slightly better, but not $30 good (not that I'm complaining about the prices, cause you do get a decent amount of food).
Also a little heavy handed with the parmesan. I tasted nothing but that across the 3 dishes I tried. Should be optional.
I really really wanted to love Velma. It's conveniently located, and I do like everything else about it, but I don't think I would return for the food. There are better options.
3-star, but +1 for the good service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
sani s
Hands down one of the best places in the neighborhood! From the pasta, drinks and services, everything is Sooo
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Esmeralda Chavarin
It’s a really cute restaurant with really good food! The martini was great and it was a cool presentation- just wish it was colder overall. Regardless it was still one of the best martinis I’ve had aside fro Cozy royals and the food was delicious. Glad we came, definitely coming back again!
5star food and service. Amy, our server was amazing! We will be coming back! Great spot in Ridgewood!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Velma is one of my favorite places in the city. Sit at the bar for happy hour and you won’t regret it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service, nice space. Food was not good though. Doesn’t justify the higher prices. Plenty of other great Italian joints around.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Great neighborhood joint with awesome food and good vibes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Listen babe just do yourself a favor and bring yourself and whoever is special to you to this restaurant! From the vibe to the food to the staff - all is a 10/10! Thank me later 😘
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chicken was super dry. Like paper. I had to spit it out.
Food: 1
I love Velma, the food is delicious and the atmosphere is always welcoming. The service is great and it always feels like home. This is what a neighborhood spot should be like. It's hard to find a restaurant that serves pizza by the slice these days and their grandma is my go to! Thanks Velma!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
VELMA’S IS GRRREAT. Pasta is perfectly Al dente and the Velma salad is PERFECTION. I’m a sucker for a good vinaigrette and the lemon vinaigrette here is so refreshing and has this super lemony goodness. Love love love it here. Will be back, highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Velma Salad
Dined here with a friend and my toddler son. The food was delicious, flavors were great. The service was equally great. I would definitely go back to eat there again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Velma's Caprese Stack, Square Vodka Pie
Pasta is cooked perfectly. Not sure what happened to the portions? I think this was 16 before tip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
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Walked in with a friend on Friday night for dinner. It was busy but they were able to seat us quickly.
Beautiful space. A lot of thought and intentionality was put into the flow of the space, with different types of seating and an “m” shaped bar which is a welcome alternative that allows the flow of people to be uninterrupted when people gather, and gives good visual space markers between the bar area and table area. Decor is cute, and with old italian style red checkered table clothes with paper on tol, lots of deep greens and great use of texture in the space. Behind the bar is reminiscent of scorpion records but organized, with old license plates, trucker hats and electicisms.
Good wine list, and drinks are appropriately priced for the neighborhood.
My friend and I ordered meatballs, the velma salad, and the vodka lumache. Meatballs were excellent, exactly what we were looking for- great texture, excellent slightly spicy and appropriately salted meat, and classic red sauce that makes you want to lick the dish. Bread with meatballs was perfect for the dish. The velma salad was ok- it could have been either better dressed or just salted before tossing for better flavor. The spicy vodka lumache was good- but not a pasta I would order again. It wasn’t particularly spicy nor did it have the creamy classic vodka sauce taste. Still, the flavor was good, just not what we expected. Pasta was cooked perfectly al-dente. I would definitely order the meatballs again.
Overall, great atmosphere and good experience. Will be back to try their other offerings
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Everything about this place is great, highly recommended!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Space nice. Staff friendly and helpful. Service quick. Drinks yum. Food mid.
Good portions for the price, but I honestly could've made a better bolognese from a jar. Severely underseasoned. Also tried my friend's parm, which was slightly better, but not $30 good (not that I'm complaining about the prices, cause you do get a decent amount of food).
Also a little heavy handed with the parmesan. I tasted nothing but that across the 3 dishes I tried. Should be optional.
I really really wanted to love Velma. It's conveniently located, and I do like everything else about it, but I don't think I would return for the food. There are better options.
3-star, but +1 for the good service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Hands down one of the best places in the neighborhood! From the pasta, drinks and services, everything is Sooo
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It’s a really cute restaurant with really good food! The martini was great and it was a cool presentation- just wish it was colder overall. Regardless it was still one of the best martinis I’ve had aside fro Cozy royals and the food was delicious. Glad we came, definitely coming back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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