Caterina de Medici at The Culinary Institute of America

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   Elizabeth

   New York City7 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Everyone's meal was delicious and interesting. Timing of service was a bit off and drinks ordered before the second and third courses didn't arrive until everyone was mostly finished with the course, so plan ahead.
   

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   Jazmin

   San Diego7 reviews

   1.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Sadly, this restaurant was really disappointing. I was so looking forward to this experience, but was definitely not what it was paired up to be. The appetizer which was a pasta carbonara lacked flavor and was missing Parmesan cheese and fresh pepper. No one came around asking for Parmesan cheese or fresh pepper. The octopus appetizer lacked flavor and was also not fresh. The entrée dish of Bronzino was too heavily crusted with pistachios. My dish of seafood with gnocchi and potatoes was odd for an Italian restaurant. The potato just seemed to be thrown in. The dessert was the worst part of the meal. One of the desserts was advertised as tropical fruit when in fact, the fruit was frozen and had pieces of ice chips in it. The tiramisu lacked espresso and the cream on the espresso was actually salty. This restaurant needs a lot of help before it could actually be successful. It’s a shame because the premise is nice, but the food was really awful.
   

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   Lizzy

   New York City12 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food and a surprising take on Italian food. I had a rare experience with sweet potato gnocci with duck and rigatoni carbonara.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Columbus2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was fine wonderful! Would highly recommend.
   

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   Regine

   New York City6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We loved the menu choices and the food was delicious! The servers were very polite and very helpful with their recommendations. We’ll be going back again soon!!
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   New York City1 review

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A wonderful experience. Setting, service, food and beverage were all excellent. Attentive, gentle and friendly staff. Highly recommend
   

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   Dan

   San Francisco2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Service was outstanding. The duck dish was not good. Very tuff and not tasty
   

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   Amy

   New York State1 review

   4.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   It is always nice to visit. Over all, we had a very nice experience. The food was selection was great. The duck dish was particularly good because the meat portion was very generous which is greatly appreciated.
   

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   L

   New York State3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Delicious food, as always. Predictably wonderful, excellent service.
   

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    Mark

    New York State2 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on March 9, 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3

    Very disappointed I have dined at the culinary a number of times last night we invited guests from out of town and were embarrassed by the poor service. The food was hit and miss the monkfish brodetto dish had no monkfish risotto was overseasoned the coordination of serving was poor it was as if there was no supervisors in the building . Fully half the dishes came home barely touched (good luck I hope the dogs will eat it) I doubt we will eat here again anytime soon.
    

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