Osteria del Principe
“Order the Casata Monfort Muller Thurgau with the burrata….awesome.”
“First of all, I want to give a huge thank you to Carlotta for her extreme professionalism and warmth.”
“I'm excited to try their other dishes, but will get the proscuitto and Mille Foglie again for sure.”
Osteria del Principe
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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I enjoyed this restaurant! The staff was attentive and the ambiance is nice.
San Daniele e Buratta (proscuitto with a ball of cheese): This proscuitto is amazing!! It's salty but not overly salty, smooth and buttery, and just melts in your mouth like meat candy. Even the cheese was so good. It was light and a nice complement to the proscuitto.
Polpo Grigliato Alla Sicliana (grilled octopus): Delicious and a big portion! The octopus was grilled just right. It was so tender and easy to chew. Although, I didn't care for the arugula under the octopus.
Pappardelle Al Ragu D'agnello (pappardelle with lamb ragu): I love the pasta in this dish! The pasta was fresh, al dente, and tasted nothing like boxed pasta. The sauce I thought was just OK – like regular meat sauce.
Tagliata Con Rucola e Bella Lodi (sirloin steak): Although this place is not a steak house, the steak was not bad. It was not melt in your mouth, but it still had good flavor and really liked how the cheese and steak went together. Again, I didn't care for the arugula in this.
Authentic Italian eatery with some amazing prosciutto. Many types are hand cut and eaten with focaccia and a special mild cheese served in a paper cone- never saw this before. Lots of good wines to accompany the fine prosciutto and cheese. One of my great pleasures in eating is pasta and the homemade spaghetti with cooked and raw prosciutto in a carbonara like sauce was out of this world. Very hospitable Italian hosts make you feel right at home.
Was fortunate to come here for a foodie event, they have a great spot in the back of the restaurant which is perfect for private events. The cured meats are very high quality. As others have commented, the burrata with pesto is extremely fresh, you can taste the purity of the cheese. Their pasta, I dont recall the name, but it was creamy with bits of cured meat, topped with a piece of speck, fantastic! The foccacia was so perfectly salty,i had about four pieces and didnt plan on stopping. Great service. Great food, a gem in flatiron
Like a lot of other Yelpers seemed to have, I too had a deal for this place. It was on Travelzoo, and I believe it was $95 for 4 entrees, 4 appetizers, and 4 glasses of wine or beer.
Things started off smoothly. All the appetizers that we ordered were great. We ordered the San Daniele e burrata (Prosciutto San Daniele aged 16 months served with burrata cheese), parma e melone (Prosciutto di Parma aged 14 months served with cantaloupe melon), polpo grigliato alla Siciliana (grilled octopus with arugula, potato, cherry tomato, capers and olive), and caprese di bufala (buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil). The prosciutto was good – sometimes, all you taste is salt and that wasn't the case here. The mozzarella was smooth and creamy, The octopus was perfectly grilled and went really well with the rest of the ingredients.
When it came to entrees, that's when things got a bit rocky. I went with the special of the day, which was a risotto with prosciutto and arugula. It was a little too salty, and dare I say…maybe even a little too cheesy! (normally, I'm all – there's no such thing as too much cheese! But even this was a tad too much for me!) In addition to that, the rice tasted like it could have been cooked a bit longer.
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe the kitchen was just having an off day. Or maybe risotto is just not their forte. I would be willing to give them another try, just because their antipasti were so good – but probably only on another deal.
Tip – check in for a free glass of prosecco!
This could well be my new favorite Italian in the city – that's a big claim.
We got a great deal on Amazon Local for 2 apps, 2 entrees, 2 desserts, a bottle of wine and 2 glasses of prosecco for $85 (I think). Sometimes restaurants are funny when you present them with a voucher from a deal site but not these guys – they were quick to offer our glasses of prosecco and even let us have any menu items we wanted even though several were slightly more than the $ value on our deal T's & C's.
This is a relatively new restaurant set up by a great Italian couple who recently moved here, and they certainly have maintained and even exceeded the high standards of their homeland in terms of service and food quality.
We started with the Octopus and the San Daniele e Buratta (Prosciutto with burrata -mozzarella stuffed with a cream cheese). The octopus was good, the San Daniele e Buratta was out of this world!
Following that we had the carbonara and the lamb ragu and both were also delicious, great portion size and clearly freshly made to order. The carbonara in particular had a rich creamy sauce and a generous helping of the amazing house prosciutto.
Although we were stuffed we had to make the most of our deal so we got apple crumble and a panna cotta for desert. We couldn't finish them but would have easily if we'd had room!
The decor in their is very nice although they have a lot of high tables in the back of the restaurant, I think to cater for a more casual lunch crowd. If they got rid of these they could fit more tables back there and make the place a more intimate dining spot.
We felt like we had just robbed the place considering the high standard and vast quantity of food we had eaten for just $85. I would gladly pay full price (or even double in the case of the San Daniele e Buratta!) to go back again.
Nice chic place, like the simple and elegant decor! The menu is priced very reasonably for a vibrant central NYC spot right off the Madison Square Park! Ordered the grilled octopus antipasta with arugula, cherry tomato and roasted potato. Have not had such nice octopus for a long time! And it's in a nice portion! Grilled baby lamp chops with eggplant tangien and roasted potato are really nice and complemented each other for $24, which is awesome as most midtown price would command at least $30 such dish. For Bruschetta, we had the toasted bread with Salmon, this dish I don't care much but the whole dinning experience was really pleasant with very attentive waiters!
I will definitely come back to this place!
The food is somewhere between three and four stars, exactly 3.5 stars. I wasn't wowed, but it wasn't bad either, I'd eat here again, but wouldn't come out of my way for it. For starters, we had the San Daniele, which was prosciutto and burrata cheese (fresh and delicious), slightly pricey at $22, but it did come with a portion large enough to share among four people. We also had the eggplant parmesan, which was good. The apps were all good, the entrees were a miss. My pappardelle lamb ragu was ok, but a little bit disappointing. The pasta was too al dente and it was just very heavy, I couldn't finish it. Had a taste of the apple strudel with vanilla ice cream and that was grood, you can't really mess up dessert.
The bottle of chianti we ordered was good. They do have good wines here, I've had drinks here on another occasion. Service started out ok, but also went downhill as our meal progressed. The waiter seemed impatient at first to take our order and then disappeared toward the end of the meal when we were trying to get our check. They have limited tables. I dislike the restaurant decor, it looks like bad 80's decor that needs to be renovated, and the layout of the restaurant is so awkward, with a weird combination of low tables and high tops.
I had an okay meal here with my work team for dinner.
I got the pesto pasta and thought it was just okay.