Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca

"It was one of the first restaurants in New York to offer such an inventive and sophisticated take on Italian cuisine—with a voluminous wine list to match."

"It shouldn't take more than one bite of tender barbecue squab to understand why it's so hard to get a reservation at this casually elegant restaurant, whose menu strays widely from..." Full review

"If you can though, it’s worth waiting for Batali’s Hudson Valley version of Italian classics including black spaghetti with rock shrimp." Full review

""Year after year", the Batali-Bastianich team's Village "standard-bearer" for "elevated Italian" cooking "lives up to its rep" with a "daring and fulfilling" menu." Full review

"Leave your gustatory inhibitions at the door and gorge on beef cheek ravioli and warm lamb's tongue, Tuscan doughnuts and saffron panna cotta for dessert, killer Italian wines."

"Chef Mario Batali’s flagship restaurant is housed in this beautiful Village duplex – paradise for high-quality pasta and offal lovers alike."

"Trends may come and go, but judging from the crowds that haven't subsided since its 1998 opening, Babbo's still got it." Full review

"Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich transformed the Old Coach House, a New York restaurant landmark from the '60s, into a modern Italian trattoria." Full review

"The most exciting Italian restaurant in town serves food you'll never find in Little Italy. A staff as smart as you want your kids to be helps." Full review

"Originally a coach house, this Mario Batali establishment is deservedly touted as one of the best Italian restaurants in the city."