Noodle Pudding
Italian restaurant · Brooklyn Heights
38 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Highlights
Italian comfort food with generous portions & friendly service
Italian comfort food with generous portions & friendly service
"Noodle Pudding is a family style Italian restaurant famous for their fresh authentic pastas. With Naples-inspired cuisine, their dishes focus on simplicity rather than sophistication, with a large selection of seafood and local and seasonal ingredients. A few favorites are the Tagliatelle Bolognese and the Rigatoni alla Siciliana. Despite it’s low profile, no sign, no website and no social media, the restaurant has developed a loyal cult-like following, keeping its tables full of regulars since opening in the nineties. The waiters are dressed in crisp whites and most are fluent in Italian. The interior screams *Italian-American* with red and white checkered tablecloths and classic wooden bar. It’s a cozy spot in the winter, and in Summer they open up the front for an al fresco experience. There are no reservations and it’s cash only." - This Also
"Unless you live in Brooklyn Heights, you may never have heard of Noodle Pudding. This place doesn't have a website or a sign, and it's located on a quiet side street where you mostly just find locals. But you really need to eat here. A rarity for NYC, Noodle Pudding is a cash-only, under-hyped Italian spot that serves great food and isn't especially hard to get into. (It's walk-in only.) The space is charming and old-school, with big windows in front that open up in the summertime, and the bar is a wonderful place to have a martini and a massive serving of lasagna." - willa moore, bryan kim, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick, carina finn koeppicus, hannah albertine
"Noodle Pudding doesn’t get enough credit in the wider Italian restaurant scene in New York, but it is just one of those steadfast neighborhood spots — increasingly a rare breed — where prices are fair and portions stay plentiful. The restaurant is always buzzing, but somehow it also feels quaint with waiters dressed formally in button down shirts and ties and tables covered in red and white gingham topped with white paper. The menu offers Italian feast standards: fried calamari with a wedge of lemon, eggplant rollatini, hearty bowls of pappardelle with duck and mushroom ragu, spaghetti with briny clams, and fall-from-the-bone osso bucco." - Eater Staff
"Stop by Noodle Pudding on a reasonably warm day, and the big front windows might be open, letting a breeze run through the old-school, Brooklyn Heights dining room. Start your meal with the fritto misto, get some burrata, and order as much pasta as you can handle. The lasagna bolognese is always a good choice, although it’s about as large and dense as a car battery. And that’s only a slight exaggeration. This place is cash-only, they don’t take reservations, and the bar is a wonderful spot for a solo meal." - Willa Moore, Sonal Shah, Neha Talreja, Bryan Kim, Carina Finn Koeppicus
"Carbo-loading is known as a pre-run tactic, but we don’t see why it can’t also be helpful post-run. Rather than question our lack of understanding of the human body, just agree with us, and eat some delicious pasta at Noodle Pudding after your run across the Brooklyn Bridge into Dumbo. This Italian spot is a good low-key date option in case running is a couple’s activity for you, and there’s also a small bar where you can eat a big plate of gnocchi in butter and sage by yourself. Just remember to put some money in your sock - it’s cash-only." - matt tervooren
