The overall ambiance was nice and very well decorated giving off the Italian family style restaurant. The waiters were good as well. Checking on your table and moving to each and every person. However, the food came to a disappointment to me. The sangria was very watered down. The warm bread was good! The pasta was not something to rage about. My lasagna was tasteless. Just cheese, noodles, and sauce. read more

Original Vincent's - Italian Near Me - New York, New York

A classic. You can't go wrong eating a meal here. I must have been here a dozen times and have taken plenty of family here too. The service and food are always top notch. read more

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Don't know where to start my experience yesterday was one of my worst. Brought my family there after visiting my daughter at college and I was embarrassed. The restaurant had nothing in stock there explanation was everything is coming in tomorrow. The bread was the best thing served. I'm a chef and I had visited this restaurant from my childhood and didn't understand how it could on gotten this bad . I hope they read this because there was nobody in the restaurant but my family and we couldn't wait to leave and every other restaurant was filled walking to get dessert. Won't be back. read more

I was super excited to try the Original Vincent's after going to their Long Island location, which I loved! But, I was unfortunately very disappointed in the service and cleanliness of the restaurant. Upon entering, we had to wait a while to be seated and served regardless of the fact that the restaurant was practically empty. Out of our four place settings, at least two included dirty utensils. After requesting new utensils, the server took the dirty ones from us but never came back with clean ones. We also waited a while for our server and another while for our food to actually come out. All in all the food tasted good but in my opinion was a little over priced for the poor service and not-so-clean atmosphere. I will not be coming back to this Vincent's location. read more

Original Vincent's - Chicken Parm w/Linguine - Italian Near Me - New York, New York

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My first encounter with Vincent's was in their Long Island branch. I was wowed by that branch's clams in white sauce linguine so I finally decided to bring my out of state friends to Little Italy's Vincent's for lunch. It was extremely quiet on a weekday. The interior is vintagey and has a nice vibe. We ordered eggplant parm and the clams in white sauce linguine and essentially oily garlic bread. We ordered the garlic bread because in the long island branch, they served bread at the table with herbs in oil. I really wanted them to try it I thought it would be the next best thing, but I was wrong. The garlic bread was hard and crunchy and there was oil oozing out of every bite. The clams in the clam linguine were medium-sized which meant they were tougher to chew and to eat. They did not have any clam flavor to them. The white sauce did not have that much flavor either. The one in long island used small clams and they had the sweet seafood flavor. The eggplant parm, however, was really good. It was soft and the pasta was perfect. I'm not sure if I ordered the wrong items or if it was just a bad day, but I might come back to try something new. read more

EPIC SAUCE - MUST TASTE - Coming from an Italian, true foodie, and sauce connoisseur... this restaurant is a legacy and is going to close unless we save it. This is single handily the absolute most amazing marinara/red sauce/gravy whatever you want to call it that you will ever taste in your life. Absolutely nothing compares. I do not write reviews but feel it is my civil duty to give this sauce justice. You can eat it by the spoon, even bowl lol or with bread and calamari dunked in it. The rigatoni is awesome, so are the ravioli and lasagna. We have tried to go a few times and they have been closed. I have been coming here from NJ since I was a little girl. We stocked up on the jared sauce you buy in the restaurant but it is not the same. The supermarket version of this sauce is better but still not as amazing as what you get in this restaurant. I beg of you please send everyone you know here ... I dare you to find a better tasting sauce. They have sweet, medium, hot something for everyone. I suggest sweet on the food and a side of medium and hot for $1 each for dipping and adding on the side. You must trust me on this one and please leave a review if you go and agree. How do they have 13 reviews being open for decades ?! Keep it simple here get a pasta with marinara, chicken parm,calamari, ravioli and plenty of sauce. I guarantee you have never had sauce like this. read more

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Why does this place only have one other review? That's a little sketchy. I've been going here my entire life, and there is nothing that compares to the calamari and marinara. If and when you go, sit at the bar and watch them cook. It's all part of the experience. The service, the food, the waiters; are all fantastic. Again I've been going here my entire life eating who knows how much of that marinara... Ask for it medium. If you like it spicy, ask for hot. But if you would like to taste your food and the flavors of your meal go as high as medium. Hot is just asking for a challenging meal. Maybe ask for a side of hot. Just trust me on this. My staples are calamari and the chicken Parm. Steamed or fried calamari whichever you prefer, you can't go wrong either way. And Double it. Just trust me. They also have the spinning dessert wheel, again you can't go wrong with anything in there, my personal favorite is the chocolate strawberries, they are seasonal and not always avail. When I was a kid I used to sneak in there and grab one or two. My father always ended up paying for them, and Sharky always egged me on. Fun memories. After all these years I'm glad I got to go back and experience Vincent's another time as an adult with a dear friend of mine. read more

Original Vincent's - Italian Near Me - New York, New York

broccoli with garlic was perfect. pizza inedible, lied about the gin. I ordered hendrix, received tanqueray. They admitted the "error" but wouldn't adjust the bill I asked the waiter before ordering should I get the lasagna or pizza. he told me definitely pizza. What arrives is a reheated frozen pizza. I asked the waiter and he told me yes, in fact, it is reheated frozen pizza. He told me they cook the pizzas, keep them "2-3 days" and reheat as needed. This is not okay by any standard. I couldn't eat it. Was still fully charged. Happy to share pics, just message me. It is sad to see these old places fall into this condition. I love to support the institutions. This place shouldn't be open. It's insulting. read more

I've been to the one on Long Island and loved it, so when my group and I passed by it while walking through the city, we figured we'd try it out. It does say it's the original and all. I regret doing so. So we went in and waited 15 minutes for a table when there were at least 3 empty tables within view. Okay, maybe there's not enough servers..I get it. Then proceeded to wait a 20 minutes for water. 5 more minutes for bread. And another 45 sticking minutes for 4 damn entrees. I'm sorry, You made us wait for more than an hour for some bland calamari, mediocre chicken parm and a basic Caesar salad. Yeah, no thanks. Long Island is better. read more

Stay away from this place. By far the worst service I ever received. We ordered our main course and after waiting 45 minutes we never received it. However, several people ordered after us and received their food. Asked for the waiter and bus boy said he's busy. Paid for our appetizers and left. Do not patronize this restaurant. A million other restaurants in the area that will satisfy your cravings. read more

I have been coming to Vincents with my family as a tradition for the past 15 years. Growing up, our yearly homage to NYC to see the tree at Rockefeller Center always included the trek down to Hester Street to have lunch with the family at Vincents. I can attest that their sauce is second to none, and I grew up in an Italian household. They sell it by the jar, and for good reason. Its the best! I prefer medium, but the sweet sauce is just as good! If hot is your thing they even sell a jar just for you. Never a bad meal here, I have tried the Chicken Parm, Chicken Francaise, their broccoli rabbe is perfect, and even the traditional spaghetti and meatballs. The waiters have stayed the same, and so has the quality of food. I prefer the Chicken Francaise, with a side of Medium Sauce to dip the chicken in. And always some jars to take home. Dont waste your time anywhere else, Vincents cant be beaten. read more

Original Vincent's - Chicken Francaise with a side of medium sauce and sauce for the bread (don't use the butter) - Italian Near Me - New York, New York

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Vincent's is a five star Italian restaurant. Period. The younger generations don't appreciate 20th century style red sauce joints like this, but I'm so glad it's still here. I will eat here every time I'm.in the city. read more

Meatballs were delicious, we ordered spicy and medium! they were both so good. We also got the mozzarella garlic bread. Delicious. Only comment would be that the meatballs were expensive in my opinion, 2 for $12. The space is large and the servers were very kind. I'd definitely check it out even with some less than favorable reviews. Meatballs are a must try. read more

First time in NYC and had to try Italian food in Little Italy. I'm not a huge Italian food fan, but glad I chose Original Vincent's. The waiter and staff were really nice and the pasta and medium red sauce is awesome. You can even special order the sauce and they will ship it to you. read more

This place is not worth the visit. The meatballs were dry and tasteless. The pasta sauce is below average. The service was ok but the food was crap!!!! Do not waste you money! Good authentic Italian doesn't taste like this! read more

Found an animal in my pasta. The waiter wanted me to believe that it is not an animal. After I asked him what he thinks that it may is WITH LEGS? He said things I could not understand. Blabla. The check was just my mothers pizza and wine. I paid nothing. But in my opinion he should forget about the check. First and last time in this dirty place. read more

Bland calamari, Caesar salad with bottle tasting dressing....horrible chicken parmigiana.

Tucked away in Little Italy is this great restaurant. Great Service, friendly staff, and delicious food!