"You can’t just stumble into this corner spot on MacDougal and King, unless you’re comfortable with a two-hour wait for a table. But if you reserve in advance (or arrive at 4:50pm) you can eat a steamy bowl of very al dente carbonara with enough freshly grated parmesan cheese to elicit a “do you want some pasta with your parmesan?” joke. Sit in the upstairs room to order a la carte: just like at Roscioli’s Roman counterpart, dinner there feels like eating in a deli, but a fancy one, which sells luscious tomato sauce, and perfectly marbled mortadella. Downstairs, there’s a $130 prix-fixe tasting menu with wine pairings." - Willa Moore, Bryan Kim, Kenny Yang, Carina Finn Koeppicus