Best Restaurants for Foodies in Allerton

Piccolo Cucina Uptown is seriously one of the best Italian restaurants in NYC. This is my go-to spot for great food and service. My daughter asked which restaurant I wanted an X'MAS gift card for and Piccolo was my response! My boyfriend and I went last night and shared the Lobster Roll for appetizer and for the main entrees, I had the Busiati with Sicilian pistachio pesto and salmon ragu and he had the Ravioli Special. He could not get enough of the gorgonzola cheese sauce from his dish, he had to use the bread to get all of the sauce as he said it was too good to waste! Top off our meal with couple of glasses of Moscato and everything was perfection. PCU has very attentive staff and the evening was quite enjoyable, as usual here. I always recommend PCU to anyone who asks for a great Italian place to eat. Mangia Mangia!

The staff was on point, fast, attentive and very polite. We would definitely return back to this location.

Anthony our pasta instructor was awesome! He kept the class fun and engaging. We had a great time learning to make the pasta. After the class, we had dinner and the food was amazing as well. I highly recommend this experience!

Shrimp cocktail was amazing, with some of the sweetest prawns I had this season. The fries were good, as reviewed by others and you should try the creamed kale too. We enjoyed the appetisers so much that we ended up not ordering any mains. Service was impeccable as well. I would highly recommend Monterey as a must try when in New York!

Always an excellent meal and service! And surrounded by the Botanical Garden