Maialino (vino)
Wine bar · Midtown East ·
Roman-style pasta, lamb shoulder, veal tonnato, wine bar
Roman-style pasta, lamb shoulder, veal tonnato, wine bar
"If you need something just a little bit nicer, and you’re somewhere around the Gramercy area, try Maialino. It’s one of our favorite Italian restaurants in the city, and it’s perfect for when you want to eat some really good pasta. Bring someone here that you’re trying to impress, or maybe just stop by when you have some extra budget and no one really cares what you do with it." - bryan kim, hillary reinsberg
"Maialino looks kind of like an Italian farmhouse that was purchased by a real estate developer, expanded, and turned into a restaurant. It’s a big, charming place with a lot of art hanging on the walls and a bunch of tables covered in blue-and-white checked tablecloths. The service is friendly, it’s fancy without being either stuffy or rowdy, and it’s in a big space in the bottom of the Gramercy Park Hotel. Also, there’s pasta. Good pasta. So it’s a pretty safe bet that most people will like Maialino." - bryan kim, katherine lewin, matt tervooren
"Maialino is the ideal place to eat with someone who just recently stopped going below 14th Street. We aren’t saying it’s uncool - it’s just nice and wholesome-looking with its blue-and-white checkered tablecloths, and the menu has a bunch of pastas that pretty much everyone will like. This place is located in the bottom of the Gramercy Park Hotel, and it’s a good spot for your boss and a friend to eat some cacio e pepe while they talk about school districts." - bryan kim, chris stang
"Maialino is the first restaurant many people think of when it comes to Gramercy, and that’s probably because it’s in the Gramercy Park Hotel, and looks out onto Gramercy Park. We may not be able to get into the park, but we can (if we book in advance) get into Maialino, and we’re pretty sure that’s a lot better. Eating the pastas here is a great way to spend a special evening, and breakfast and brunch are pretty fantastic here too." - hillary reinsberg
"What's Different: The first thing you'll think about when you leave this spot from Union Square Hospitality Group is no longer how one gets a key to Gramercy Park. Now located a few blocks north at the bottom of a Nomad hotel, this restaurant has a new name (with the addition of "vicino"), a more romantic setting, and a shorter—but very familiar—menu. Verdict: This place continues to serve the same Roman-style food it was known for, and it's as good as ever. You’ll still be thinking about the spaghettini alle vongole and roasted lamb shoulder the morning after your visit, but you’ll remember the razor-thin slices of veal smothered in tonnato and fried capers for the rest of the year. We liked the old rustic space, but the new dark and candlelit room is no better or worse—just different." - team infatuation
