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Osteria Laura

Osteria Laura

1890 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York City I-10026-2811, United States

Full • Wine • Italian • Catering


"We had a reservation downtown for a friend's birthday dinner last Friday but the celebrant suddenly was running late and the original restaurant couldn't accommodate anything past 10 mins from the original reserved time. So off we scrambled to find a restaurant in Resy that can accommodate a group of 10 at 7pm on Friday. I also thought of this place as I've seen the wonderful reviews in the past. So I decided to call and they were able to squeeze us in.We were given a long table and basically had our own little section upon entering. The place wasn't big but just right, with a nice bar and great music. Pretty good vibe. My husband and I weren't drinking but everyone loved the drinks especially the Holy Water. We also kicked it off with the Fritto Mix for 2 which had wings, mozarella sticks, calamari and popcorn shrimp with various sauces on the side. We enjoyed it.For entrées, most of the group ordered the Ribeye and we unanimously agreed it was pretty good as well as the green beans that came with it. My husband ordered the Chicken Parmigiana dish and enjoyed it. We also ordered Spaghetti Bolognese just so we know how good their pastas are and it was delicious.For desserts, we ordered flan, gelato, and the Tortino al Cioccolato with ice cream and this was a hit. The music also became better and better as the evening went by. Service was warm and attentive. Interestingly, unlike other restaurants here that'll automatically charge you 20% or higher for big groups, they actually only charged us 18%, which made it easier for us to decide to add more gratuity of course. We also met Laura, the owner of the restaurant, as she was pretty nice and hands on. Thanks Laura and Team, for making it an enjoyable evening for all of us!"

Toscana

Toscana

202 Broadway, Fargo, 58105, United States Of America

Pizza • European • Northern Italian


"We went to Toscana Oct 30th for a Bachelorette party. Our reservation was at 6:30 we LEFT the restaurant about 3HRS LATER!!!! Not by choice! First of all we had a table of 126 people had one waiter who was GREAT! The other 6 of us had a waitress that was absolutely horrible!! The 6 people with the waiter all had salads which the other 6 of us were not even offered...not sure if they cost extra or came with the meal because she didn 't even tell us about them. Then ONE meal came about 15 minutes before anyone Else 's. The waitress 's comment was the rest of the meals should be coming soon, but I only have 2 hands Don 't we all??? Anyway... the rest of the people at the table finally got their food...all 6 people at the one end, and all but 2 on our end. Our waitress disappeared after the food was delivered, and we finally had to STOP her to let her know that 2 did not have their food...she just went oh...I will check on that ...no apology etc. She came back and had to ask the 2 people what they ordered again. One of them could not remember the name of her meal and asked for a menu which the waitress said she did not have!!! YIKES! Well, their food came out fairly quickly, but by that time the rest of us were done eating. The 6 people with the waiter then received their checks and had paid for their food before we even had checks. Once again our waitress came out and said that she had dumped her book and needed to know again what we had all ordered. OMG!! So, she proceeded to the back room to write them all up and brought them to us...and once again disappeared. We all decided that we better pay cash if we ever wanted to leave because God only knows how long it would take her to process a credit or debit card and bring it back to us! I don 't know how long this waitress has worked at Toscana, but she obviously is either in the wrong profession or needs A LOT more training. Not once did she refill drinks, etc. if we would not have had the waiter on the other end that would not have been done either. Not once did she apologize nor offer a free desert, or discount off the meals...NOTHING!"