Bistecca Fiorentina
“It's a smallish place located in the middle of Restaurant Row on 46th St in the theater district of Manhattan.”
“The filet mignon was so buttery tender and the foie gras gave it another level of richness to the dish.”
“I left Becco disappointed and as I walked down the street I spotted Bistecca Fiorentina.”
Bistecca Fiorentina
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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Came here on a Saturday night for dinner prior to a show. Made reservations prior and they seated me and my fiancé quickly. The wait staff was nice enough to allow us to sit in a corner of the restaurant that was less crowded. Great service abs friendly too.
The waiter was nice to give his recommendations. We ordered their Clams Oreganata, oysters on the half shell and the squid special (don't recall the name of the dish) as appetizers. The clams were baked and seasons well. Very herby and the clam meat was still moist inside. The oysters were a good size and they had some really good sauces to accompany the oyster. The squid special was nice and had big tentacles and little octopus cooked together.
For the main we ordered the seafood pasta special and the filet mignon with foie gras. The filet mignon was so buttery tender and the foie gras gave it another level of richness to the dish. I can't image it's good for you but it tastes so good I would have another. The seafood pasta was a large plate and had an abundance of seafood on it. The pasta itself tasted superb and balanced well into the tomatoey briny sauce.
Overall a great dinner venue when you're in town for a show.
My friends and I were just walking around looking for a place to eat when we stumbled across this little restaurant around the time square area. What drew my friend in was a sign on the window that indicated Tuscan steak so we decided to give it a try. The restaurant has a price fixed menu with a decent selection. I ended up choosing a pasta with salmon and asparagus for my entrée, polenta for my starter and a ny cheesecake for my desert. Price was about $25 plus tax and tip. Overall the food quality was good but what really stood out to me was the service. Our waiter was nice and talkative and cracked a joke everyone once and awhile. Overall I would definitely recommend this place to other friends.
Had been past this spot many times but this was the first visit. It was a quiet night and the service was quick and attentive. The salads were super fresh and the dressing was the right amount of vinaigrette to accompany the ingredients. The entrees were steaks to share and they didn't disappoint. Not steakhouse standard but good.
Will come back..
We came here for the pre-theater menu which is on until 7 at night to try out this cute restaurant at the side of the too busy Times Square. The place was PACKED this Saturday night but we were promptly seated by the kind waitress, offered a menu, a loaf of bread (yeah, a loaf) with butter.
The staff was very very efficient, super fast and coordinated. We were in the middle next to the kitchen and they kept swinging in and out of the kitchen, a little annoying to be so exposed but you can tell the place was buzzing and the staff was on it.
Appetizers were the classic tomato and mozzarella: fresh and easy, and the cured beef with parmesan and salad, delicious!
Main course were beef medallions and trout, I enjoyed both very much, I thought it was copious, a little too much drench in sauce and there were no sides. I was a little stunned by that, no side at all, no veggies, no nothing, just your protein and the sauce on top…. For $28+ and $32+ you really should be offered a little something…
Deserts were cheese cake and chocolate cake, these two were actually pretty good, like bakery good, not sure if made in the house or bought from an outside bakery, but very decent (totally cleaned the plates)!
Overall, great staff, on top of service, very buzzing, nice prix-fixe, no sides with your main course, good experience.
A solid Italian steakhouse around the theater district. Bistecca Fiorentina doesn't try to beat the likes of Lugers in terms of quality, but it's good for the sub-$40 price point it occupies.
Ordered the rib eye, and the porterhouse. Both were charred nicely, and cooked to order. In my opinion, the rib eye is the better choice. As I've said, the restaurant isn't on par with the best of NYC's steakhouses (it doesn't try to), and consequently, the strip side of the porterhouse just wasn't very impressive. While the tenderloin portion was good, it's less than half of the porterhouse.
I am in love with this restaurant! Cute interior, amazing service, superb food, very reasonably priced, and in the theater district so you can grab a bite before a show.
I came here at around 11:15pm since I had gotten off work super late and needless to say I was starving since I hadn't eaten for close to 12 hours.
The host told me they were planning to close the kitchen but would make an exception for me (italians are so charming hehe) and keep the kitchen open for my order. I was debating whether to get a smaller steak (like the ribeye) or go for the 32 oz porterhouse. The waiter convinced me to get the porterhouse because it is a better cut of meat and comes with a small side of creamed spinach and if needed I could take the rest home.
Umm yeah.. no packing food home for me. I devoured every last morsel of meat on that porterhouse. Practically inhaled it… it was DAMN good. They brought it out pre cut in a sizzling platter and the waiter served some of it onto a dinner plate with creamed spinach. It came with an amazing tasting cream sauce that i poured over the meat. The perfect piece of tender and juicy medium rare steak paired with the light cream sauce was heavenly. In fact, my mouth is watering right now from just thinking about it! I cant remember eating a better tasting steak, what did it for me was the sauce and the juiciness of the steak. Also, it was $42 for a 32 oz steak…this is definitely the best deal in town.
The bartender was so cool they gave me an after dinner limoncello to clean my palette.
Extremely impressed with this place. This restaurant is a MUST try.
I love this place, and have had some fantastic all-day lunches and unending dinners here. I'm usually here in a decently-sized group, and Bistecca are more than happy to accommodate 6, 8 or 10-person tables. Now, when you're with that sized group, you can really play with the menu.
Antipasti should start your meal – their shaved prosciutto, salami, parmiggiano, and olives are all top-notch. I've never tried the seafood tower, but looking over at adjacent tables has filled me with envy. For your appetizer, I have to recommend something from the sea – their grilled octopus is excellent, but I have a special place in my heart for their calamari and baked clams. For a main course, you can go with steak, but the veal with shaved truffles is my personal and best advice to you. It doesn't come with much of a side (unless of course you count the incredibly creamy sauce over the veal), so if you have a few people at your table you should also order a risotto with truffles to share. They shave the truffle table-side, so you know it is the absolute real deal, and the taste is divine.
Now, you may be thinking – what to drink? There's only one answer – vino rosso. Look along the back wall, and you'll see a marvelous selection. If it's a little too much to take in, your waiter or the maitre will be glad to give you some advice. Now, the drinking shouldn't end once your meal is over. Have a porto, and if you've left some space for their fantastic cheesecake, that espresso you are thinking of would really be better with a little bit of sambuca.
It's easy to miss this unassuming little restaurant, but once you've been, you'll be back. Just make sure this is your last stop for the day, as you'll be so pleasantly full nothing else is getting done before tomorrow.
I was brought here on valentines day and the Italian food was "OKAY" quality.
The food was not bad but it was not something special that would entice me to go back.
I ordered the antipasti as an appetizer and the meats were a bit dry. I felt as if it could of been much better. The Cabernet Sauvignon was good wine but, yet again nothing special.
The filet mignon was cooked to a perfect medium, the only down side it was a bit dry so you really needed to put the steak sauce which wasn't that great to make it juicy.
The pasta was really good.
Both the gnocchi and spaghetti were cooked perfectly, I really enjoyed it. Not the best Gnocchi I've ever had but definitely made in house, and soft. They accommodated what I requested and the staff was very nice. Anything I needed they brought it. They were constantly filling my cup with water and making sure I didn't need anything else.
The desert was a standard tartufo. The thing that really stood out was this strawberry raspberry sauce they brought out with it that tastes so amazing. They do have a huge selection of deserts from tiramisu pudding to cake.
All in all it was a good meal its a bit pricey so I hold the food to higher expectations which it didn't deliver, sadly.
Would probably not return there are a lot more romantic cute places in NYC. On top of it all the restaurant was really cold I would assume its because its a summer place. They have outside seating as well as glass doors all in the front. I ate valentines dinner in a north face fleece.