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ANOTHER ONE GONE DOWNHILL
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IT SMELLS FUNNY INSIDE - LIKE THE WALLS ARE WATER-LOGGED. THE LAST TIME I ATE THERE, I KEPT HEARING SOME SORT OF CHIRPING IN THE WALL - PROBABLY RATS.\r \r THE FOOD USED TO BE BETTER...PRICES HAVE GONE UP.\r \r SERVICE IS MEDIOCRE
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NEVER AGAIN!
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I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MOVED TO WRITE A REVIEW AND WARN PEOPLE IN MY LIFE!\r THE PLACE IS FILTHY , THE FOOD THE WORST, COLD AND IT LOOKED LIKE ITS BEEN LAYING OUT FOR AWHILE, ITS SERVED FAMILY STYLE SO YOU CANT EVEN ORDER WHAT YOU WANT THEY JUST BRING OUT STUFF THATS BEEN PREPARED EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THE SERVICE WAS THE CRUDEST IVE EVER EXPERIENCED, A PURE TOURIST TRAP, IF YOU WANT YOUR DATE TO THINK YOU DONT KNOW ANY BETTER GO THERE \r
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Boisterous Fun with Good Eats
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Go with a group, eat family style and be prepared for a loud night of fun with very good food at a very reasonable price. We ate here for the first time as a party of 8 on the Saturday evening after Christmas. For $34 pp we had a very good five course meal. Various musicians would wander in off the street to serenade the diners. Some were good, others were not. Some people enjoy this, others find it annoying. For example an asian guy with thick glasses who was obviously mentally challenged came in wearing a santa hat and holding a trumpet on which he could barely play a note. Nevertheless he was cheered and tipped by the patrons. As far as the meal goes, it was great to not have to fuss over a menu and decide what to order that would please 8 people. We just sat down and let them bring us food. The tomatoes and fresh mozzarella were excellent, served with a very good hot anitpasto of stuffed mushrooms, sauteed asparagus, roasted peppers and spedino alla romana. The pasta course was next, which consisted of a huge platter of fabulous gnocchi, tri-color tortellini and rigatoni. Next was the meat course, with roasted chicken, shrimp marinara and veal francaise. The veal was very tender but the shrimp were a bit over done. Finally came dessert, a big plate loaded with an assortment of delicious treats including tiramisu, italian cheesecake, tartufos, cannolis, bananas foster, etc. We had two magnums of wine, a red and a white, each very drinkable and at $28 each, very reasonable. We also ordered coffee, cappuccino and espresso which was extra. Unlike some others have reported, the tip was left up to us. With tax, tip & all it came to $57 per person, which I think is a great deal for all that good food in NYC.
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It's Italian
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My friends and I accidently stumbled upon Little Italy randomly on our last night in NYC. It was a friggin street party! We all fell in love.\r \r So we decided to stop into La Mela and have some dinner. The experience was AWESOME! We all sat outside and two of us ordered a glass of wine. Instead of bringing two glasses our waiter brought the bottle and said to enjoy and if we didn't drink it all he wouldn't charge us for it all. Of course we drank it all! \r \r The food was amazing and the wait staff were typical Italians...loud, slightly perverted and a hell of a lot of fun!\r \r I highly recommend this place for a good time if nothing else.\r
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It is what it is
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La Mela is pretty typical of what I like to call a ""red sauce joint"". Is it romantic ? no. Is it the best food you ever had ? I hope not. Look, the thing about this place...Its not really trying to be any of those things. From the flourescent lighting to the vinyl tablecloths to the giant bottle of screw top house wine left on your table - ""you pay for what you drink"", you know what you are getting into here; go for a simple plate of spagetti and yummy garlicky vinegary salad, and a refreshing lack of pretension. The prices are totally reasonable, $12-$15 for an entree is virtually unheard of in downtown manhattan - generally that is the price of a drink anyplace nicer. They seated us promptly even though it was prime time on a saturday night, and brought us our food just as fast.\r The reason why I like to go eat in little italy or chinatown is because the places are quirky, and thats what makes them fun. If you're looking for a gourmet experience, or a trendy decor, this place isn't for you. Which is fine - more for me !
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CREDIT CARD FRAUDS
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ALL,\r PLEASE BE NOTED THAT THIS PLACE HAS BEEN LATELY CAUGHT FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD. A FEW OF US VISITED THIS PLACE DUE TO ITS GOOD ONLINE REVIEWS. THE FOOD WAS SUB-PAR. THE SERVICE WAS HORRIBLE AS WE WERE FORCED TO ORDER WHAT THE WAITER WANTED US TO ORDER. THE WAITER WAS VERY RUDE AND LOUD AND WAS SPITTING WHEN TALKING. HOWEVER THE WORST CAME WHEN WE HAD PAID AND LEFT. WE WERE 5 COUPLES SO WE SPLIT THE BILL 5 WAYS USING 5 CREDIT CARDS. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WE DISCOVERED THAT ALL 5 OF US WERE CHARGED THE SAME AMOUNT TWICE OR THRICE. WE HAVE CONTACTED OUR CREDIT CARD COMPANIES AND ALSO TRIED CONTACTING THE RESTAURANT BUT WITH NO RESPONSE.\r VISIT THIS PLACE ONLY IF YOU LIKE OVERRATED, OVERPRICED FOOD WHICH YOU WANT TO PAY FOR THRICE.\r RALPH, NY
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HORRIBLE. Stay away!!
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This restaurant was the absolute WORST restaurant I have ever been to in my life. I was visiting NYC for the first time and decided to eat in a nice little restaurant in Little Italy. And boy, did I make the wrong choice. Right as we sat down, my friends and I noticed that the grated cheese in the shaker on our table had completely hardened and looked months old. Then the bread came and not only was it cold but hard as a rock. The waiter was also very inattentive the whole time.\r \r The worst part was when the ""food"" came. I ordered a simple dish - spaghetti and marinara sauce, to which I added grilled chicken -- but the ""marinara sauce"" tasted and looked like oil mixed together with the sauce that comes with canned tomatoes and the chicken was cheap, dry, bland and looked like it came out of a Chinese fast food joint. My friends' dishes weren't any better - the Chicken Marsala was straight out of a Chinese restaurant and not a very good one at that and the Fettuccine Alfredo was overrun with oily sauce. \r \r We all ended up paying $20+ for our meal and felt sick for the rest of the day. AVOID this horrible tourist trap!!
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Great Italian Food!
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I never write reviews but I felt the need to let everyone in on one of the best kept secrets in NYC, and that's La Mela on Mulberry Street in Little Italy! It's not the fanciest place in the world but if you're looking for a traditional and festive atmosphere with spectacular food, La Mela is your place. Do yourself a favor and don't even look at the menu. Just let the wait staff do their thing and bring you out the family style prix-fix selections. Every course is just simply amazing, especially the pastas! I've lived in NYC my entire life and have never had better Italian food on a more consistent basis then at La Mela. It can get a bit pricey (about $30 a person without alchohol) but it's worth every penny!
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Great food, lots of fun
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Im from Houston Texas and was visiting New York. We wanted to have lunch in Little Italy and found this place. The food was great, I really like it and have never had such good italian food. The wait staff have a little attitude but its expected, makes you think you are with the Sopranos haha, I liked it. I got to practice my italian and they were really nice. This is a great place and I will be coming back.
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FUN AND DELICIOUS
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Don't listen to the uptight people that gave it one star. This place is loud an rowdy for a reason: it is FUN AND DELICIOUS! Of course don't bring kids on a weekend night on a place that stays open to 3 am, HELLO?!? But for the rest of us, it's a blast! You don't need a menu, they just bring it on! Sit back, get the red wine, and enjoy!
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do not dine here
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DO NOT BRING YOUR KIDS... \r While having dinner at this restaurant with our two kids and our little cousin from Italy, we noticed a very loud croud at the bar and the bartender and some waiters yelling and laughing. \r The entire room got very bright and our attention including our daughter 11, son 10 and cousin 13 went at the ceiling above the bar: A handmade male private part shaped light. \r Every time someone would pull the string the light would light up, I don't have a problem with having fun but not in the presence of 3 teens that all they did all night was ask questions. Something like that in a restaurant? \r In a public place? \r It is gross and disgusting, my family did not have to witness that, I hope they get fined and I hope any normal human being will not dine in this place.
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scam artist & horrible service
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Lousy service, medicore food, scam artist that would add on the tips and service charge no matter how big your party is. I went with my roomate, 2 of us, we were tagged on a 18% service charge. No wonder they tolerate such lousy service there because you are forced to pay them the underseved service charge...
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Tons of Goba-Goochin and brashuli... !!!! OHHHHHHHHHH
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So me and my a familia came to la Mella for a nissu Italian dinner... all I gots to sayu is Gobu Gooshkin... It was amazing... not on the u menu but my grandpa pa Vinchezo order a lotta Gobu Gooshkin... and we eat u and drink u all u night u. My grandma ma ... Grandma Gabodino she love the light on the ceiling... we all like ""grandma gabodino grabu du light and make it lite up u"" ...so Grandma gabodino grabu du lite u and we all laffin and u drinkin silly!
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Complete toursit trap
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I unfortunately had the experience of eating here last Sat night, some out of town friends chose this place and since I never heard anything about it I gave it a try. After eating there I now know why I never heard of this place. Out of the 30 or so other restaurants lining Mulberry St, anyone would be far superior to this dingy overpriced venue. A sabarett on the street is recommended over this place any day. We opted for the all you can eat food and drink special $32 for just food and $52 for food and alcohol, yes they charge $20 per person for the cheapest wine known to man. Thank God for the wine though b/c without it masking the taste of the cardboard food I wouldn't have eaten a thing. The food is just plain awful, they start you off with some fresh moz then some antipasto which was the best part actually. Then they bring an oversized tray of pasta leave it on your table for about 40 min completly ignoring you and forcing you to fill up on the pasta so you can't over-eat the meat. Not that the meat is anything worth saving for, the blandest driest chicken known to man paired with the worst tasting veal I've ever encountered. If you're up for wasting your money knock yourself out here, otherwise feel free to explore the countless other restaurants lining the street, anything is better than this awful establishment.
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Tourist Trap. Period.
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Went there on January 15th with seven friends. What?s up with the phallic light fixture? And what about the obscene banana dessert with the cream on its tip (a girl in the party next to us was ?encouraged? to put it in her mouth in a sexual manner). Not to mention the sexual innuendos coming from the wait staff. Sure, I guess its only ?cute? because they are Italian, you know, like in the old country. Interesting choice of entertainment. Food was bad, and I know good Italian food. Not one of us put a dent in our plates, and we were all hungry and pretty drunk. Unlike some other reviewers here, I seriously doubt this is the type of place mobsters used to eat at, reminiscing on Grandma?s cooking. No way. Tourist trap. It?ll take some time before I return to Little Italy.
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Overpriced Tourist Trap!
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This is my first review but dinner was so bad I felt it my duty to say something. I went to La Mela on the recommendation of 2 different people. I should have know better as neither of them actually live in NY like I do. There were a couple of good points. The bread was tasty and so was the mozzarella and the ice cream. The bathroom was clean and the attendant was very friendly. The waiters were nice and also attentive. That's about it. The hot antipasto was so not hot that the cheese on the asparagus didn't even melt. One of the items was not even identifiable after I tasted it. The chicken was drier than the worst thanksgiving turkey you have ever had. The veal was so thin I could almost see through it. There was more flour than veal and there was no seasoning whatsoever. Totally bland. The shrimp was over cooked and very ""fishy."" Dessert was pretty gross too. The ice cream was the only thing we liked. We thought we could at least have a decent cup of coffee but our $5.50 cappuccinos (EACH!) were lukewarm. It was so bad I wanted to go by Puglia's after and apologize for not going there!!! This dinner cost us $98! For TWO! Do yourself a favor and stay far away.
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THE WORST SERVICE, COLD FOOD, RIP OFF!!!!!!
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THE WORST THE WORST THE WORST \r a total tourist trap, I don't understand how this scam of a place stays in business, they must rely on tourists, who don't know any better and just listen to the advertising. This place advertises all over the radio, but its a TOTAL FRAUD. The food is mediocre, I lived in NY my entire life, and wanted to check it out. The service is ATROCIOUS, THE PLACE IS FILTHY!!!! \r THE STAFF are not discourteous, BUT don't deserve to work in any restaurant. \r DO YOURSELF A FAVOR STAY AWAY, \r I have lived in NY my whole life and have been to little Italy a million times, JUST WALK INTO ANY RESTAURANT on the block BUT STAY AWAY!!!! GROSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
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DON""T GIVE MONEY TO THIS PLACE!!!!!!!
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This is the worst restaurant in all of Little Italy. They are the rudest people in the world. I was one of THREE 24 people partiesto have a reservation at 7pm on Saturday. Not only could they not accommodate ANY of the parties, but they were seating a party for 25 that was scheduled at 5pm. I made my reservation over a month ago and it ruined a birthday party. We were lucky to know a great pizza place in the area (THANK YOU LOMBARDIS!) that accommodated us! \r \r The food isn't worth it for the rudeness that I experience. In addition, the staff will PRETEND to not speak english so they won't help you. \r \r Little Italy wonders why the business down there has dwindled. This is a prime example.
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Worst service EVER - DONT EVER GO THERE
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This place is the worst, we made a reservation a month in advance for a large party and everyone was looking forward to this meal. Well once we got to the place we found that they have not even seated a party from 2 hours earlier. They told us that we could wait but it was between 15 min and 2 hours. Everyone who worked there was very rude and did not care that we were a party of 25 or that they called us twice that morning to confirm the reservation. \r \r I WOULD NEVER GO TO THIS PLACE, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU.
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