Arte Restaurant
“Fireplaces in an intimate room, it was perfect on a very cold night.”
“was in Greenwich Village dropping off my son at NYU looking for a decent Italian restaurant.”
“We arrived early and the bartender "bobby" is absolutely spectacular – and made us feel like regulars.”
Arte Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
3 reviews
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A total neighborhood gem in many ways and I would rank it higher if not for the weirdly inconsistent service for the high tabs. We stumbled onto this place after a doctor visit down the block. Despite living a few blocks away and passing by for years, I had no idea Arte existed. Don't you love New York!
It has the same neighborhood, upper-middle-class, your-NYU-professor-invites-you-to-dinner feel as Volare on West 4th. Except it looks more modern and well-kept, as if they've had a recent renovation. The room is expansive and pretty, with little nooks and white-tablecloth tables set with a bottle of the house favorite wine (careful, those bottles are pricey). There's a fireplace that no doubt makes for cozy date nights in the winter.
We ordered a couple of glasses of Montepulciano and bowls of pasta. I had the Paglie Fieno Calabrese (shrimp, broccoli, garlic & oil). Very tasty, but at $22, a dish that could easily cost $10 less–and does–at many downtown Italian joints. But, fine, it's an old-school Northern Italian fixture where you pay extra for the homeyness and comfort and waiters are trained to speak ceremonially with Italian accents. Charming. But after we declined dessert and asked for the check, our waiter, no doubt disappointed, went MIA for at least 20 minutes, which is odd because he was right across from us the whole time, chatting it up with other staff. If I'm paying $90 for 2 glasses of wine and 2 plates of pasta, the service had better be better than an NYU cafeteria.
I met friends here for dinner recently. What a cozy and friendly place. They were helpful, informative and funny, and did not rush us. We all had delicious salads, then pasta. You can order a full or half order of pasta. Nice. I ordered the full serving, then couldn't eat it. Since I was staying at a hotel, I asked for a plasic fork to go with my leftovers. Our waiter was very helpful and pleasant. And sent me home with tasty bread to accompany my leftover pasta! I enjoyed it for the rest of my NYC stay. Looking forward to more tasty dishes there on my next Manhattan visit.
Had dinner here with friends prior to going to a play at a theater in Greenwich Village. We were there early for dinner and it wasn't crowded but filled up a little later. The service was good from the start and continued throughout the meal. I had the arte salad to start and it was good. For the entree, I had the branzino aromatico which was a grilled sea bass with a herb broth that was very good. The fish was moist and I really enjoyed it. I'd go back again.