Celeste

""Celestial" Neapolitan cooking, "wonderful" cheese plates and "tough-to-beat" tabs make for "crammed" conditions at this UWS "winner" whose engaging owner is "part of the experience"." Full review

"Proudly Neapolitan in heritage are all sorts of impeccable fritti, as well as classic free-form pizzas out of the wood-fired oven, at Celeste." Full review

"There’s hardly room to breathe—let alone eat—at this popular Upper West Side spot. Celeste offers authentic fare in a country setting, and has a large fan club." Full review

"Perhaps its greatest notoriety rests on a splendid Italian cheese course-served with various honeys, nuts, and preserves." Full review

"This old school red sauce Southern Italian trattoria has been an UWS neighborhood staple for years." Full review

"The atmosphere is convivial. The staff is pleasant and efficient. And the food is sublime. That counts for everything, even on the Upper West Side." Full review

"Cheap and tasty homemade pastas. A true gem."

"Even though only a laminated piece of paper on the door denotes this tiny dinner-only Italian spot, lines start to form early." Full review

"So authentic, so fresh, and so darn toothsome it’s almost as if they teleported it direct from the Boot." Full review