Norma Gastronomia Siciliana - New York

Recommend the couscous with seafood soup and pasta. The pasta al horno has very special flavor. Doesn’t hurt to try.Food: 5/5

Great food, service and ambience. We had the burrata, ragu, carpaccio, pizza and pasta. All very delicious!Food: 5/5

Absolutely spectacular! We spent some time in Sicily last summer and while we didn’t try the arancini or cannoli here, the pasta was absolutely spectacular and very much reminded us of some of our favorite meals we had while traveling. Large portions, perfect textures, and very flavorful sauces.We also had the olive appetizer and the bresaola, and while they were both delicious, the two of them were a bit too salty to only split between two people for me personally! I think if we had a larger party (say, 4 that it would have been perfect, but I do wish we had tried the bruschetta instead.For drinks, I had a glass of the Grillo and found it to be a very easy to drink white table wine. Not very dry and quite fruity without being too sweet. My partner had a Menabrea Bionda (since they didn’t carry Messina what a shame! Hopefully they will one day! and he really enjoyed the light, hoppy flavor.As far as the restaurant itself, the waitstaff was all very attentive and lovely, and the music and atmosphere was lively without being too loud!

I ordered online. Showed up 20 minutes later. Pizza was not started. I was the only person there. Rude guy asked me to wait outside. They still have not started my pizza and it's been 35 minutes. Here are some photos to show how not busy they are. The Italian guy does not seem to think there is any issue as they just take 45 minute breaks from 5-6 and customers who ordered at 4:55 with no warning from yelps order platform (grub hub) that order will take longer than 10 minutes. Then gluten free pizza is not gluten free to add injury to insult. Ohh well I just wasted an hour, $25, and caused myself a painful GI journey. Sure it’s better during peak hours but don’t count on any speed, urgency, accuracy or customer service from grub hub orders.

We ad the arancine norma which was good if not a bitoverwhelming with the size and taste. Then we had the diavola pizza––great, it was very light but filling. We also had pasta alla norma which was a bit on the heavy side but it was good. For dessert we had the torta cioccolata which I think was a bit too sweet and heavy