Osteria del Circo

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Cuisine: Italian Price: Expensive

  • Hours: Mon, from 11:30am-2:30pm and 5pm-10:30pm; Tue-Fri, from 11:30am-2:30pm and 5pm-11:30pm; Sat, from 5pm-11:30pm; Sun, from 5pm-10:30pm
  • Reservations: Recommended - Make an Online Reservation
  • Payment Options: Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, American Express
  • Dress: Stylish Casual
  • Noise: Moderate
  • Seats: 155 including 30 at the bar; 75 on the sidewalk
  • Key People: Executive Chef - Benedetto Bartolotta; Chef de Cuisine - Alessandro Giuntoli; Pastry Chef - Stephane Weber; Owners - Marco Maccioni, Mauro Maccioni
  • Year Opened: 2000
  • Awards and Accolades: Wine Spectator Magazine Award of Excellence

Critic Reviews

The New York Times  

The restaurant has lots of visual pizazz, and enough Italian warmth to fire the ovens..

New York Magazine  

This place is always buzzing, partly because of its excellent bloodlines (Sirio Maccioni's brood of charming sons runs the place) and partly because of a menu of faithfully reproduced classics - Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Time Out New York  

You were warned by the name: The place is a circus - a loud, crowded production where sculpted trapeze artists spin overhead and wide-eyed fans file in to see...

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Martin C.
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Service Rating star star star star Posted on 03/20/08
Outstanding midtown Italinan with a circus inspired design. Recommended.