Serafina Tribeca - New York

My daughter is staying at the Frederick Hotel next door, and we were hungry. We kept it simple, meatball appetizers, and she had pasta with mussels. The food was very tasty, veryI pleasant servers. You scan the barcode at the table, to access the menu. This might be tricky for some people. I'm not a difficult guy, but the water was lukewarm, and not refilled. Also my bread with meatballs was toasted- but rock hard. I couldn't bite into it. Very nice atmosphere, and call for a reservation to sit at a good table outside. I had to circle the area a few times to find parking.

This place is average. For what seems to be a high end Italian place it wasn’t great. The cocktails were great. Should’ve known not to order the lobster ravioli when the waiter told us that they were out of lobster when we ordered the lobster over spaghetti. We split a crab cake and lobster ravioli. For a 23 dollar appetizer the crab cake was sub par and not very much. The lobster ravioli, I’m pretty sure we’re frozen. The outside was chewy and rubbery and some of the insides were still cool. Could’ve probably gone to Trader Joe’s and grabbed some frozen lobster ravioli and crab cakes for a quarter of the price that we paid at this location. Definitely steering away from this place next time I’m around NYC.

Plates were good but very overpriced. Parpadelle short ribs were very tasty. Carbonara was ok. Space was trendy and of course in a hot location. All the servers and staff were really nice, and perhaps the part that I liked the most about the experience. Cocktails were also good, strong but not memorable. I’d skip on the tiramisu, I didn’t personally like it. It seems like the kind of place that would be perfect to enjoy a couple of drinks, seating outside with friends. Great place to see and be seen but not a memorable culinary experience.

I stayed at The Fredrick Hotel and this restaurant is in some building, Ordered truffle pizza and it was perfect but what I didn’t like is altitude of the guy he looks like manager tall guy with tattoos, he was little bit disrespectful with his altitude, when I make order he didn’t say a word just turn around and left table , he barely said what you whant , you can’t be so full of yourself. And coming on dinner with friends, waiter spilled drink on my friend and he was smiling all night, he didn’t even look that he is sorry, and we sited outside, before they close they take all tables and chairs on one place , this guy who was doing that was throwing chairs and tables so hard I mean obvious he whanted us out but that is not how job is done in serious restaurants! I visited far worse places and they had at least better stuff who acted nice and polite!

We liked everything the atmosphere, the food and service. Thank you for a nice good bye NYC dinner