Radici

my boyfriend and i came here for valentine’s day and had such a wonderful evening! the service was exceptional and the food was so delicious. we will absolutely be coming back and can’t wait for our next meal here! also, big thank you to the owner who gave us free shots of their homemade limoncello, it was so amazing!!

Amazing Italian spot! The food was delicious, the cocktails were excellent, and the fried calamari with shrimp appetizer was my favorite—perfectly crispy and full of flavor. Great service and a cozy, welcoming atmosphere. Definitely coming back!

Absolutely delicious. Perfect ragu and vodka sauces! Loved my arugula and fennel salad, too. Find your way here.

It’s been a very long time where I was greeted with such great hospitality. The owner had come over and pushed a second table over so we could have more room, without us even asking. My husband and I ordered the octopus, tagliatelle bolognese, mushroom calzone, and the angel and devil pizza. We were floored by how amazing all the food was. Everyone in the establishment was warm, happy to help, always smiling, making us feel comfortable and wanted. We will definitely be back! Thank you!

The waiter was amazing. His knowledge of the dishes and recommendations were on point. The environment and food makes you feel like you are away from home. This place will be one that I will definitely return, even if I dine alone.

On Valentine's Day, we had dinner at Radici, where I enjoyed the best meal I've had in a long time. The service was also excellent, and the restaurant space is larger than it appeared from the photos I saw online. I hope to return soon.

Everyone loved the food! And the desserts simply delicious. Good cappuccino also and loved the mini biscotti! Perfect ending to our meal!

There’s a simple elegance to being home. The flavors aren’t punchy. But sometimes they don’t need to be. The ingredients are fresh and the composition refined. It also helps that their hospitality matches their flavors.

Excellent food and reasonable prices. Staff is very friendly and accommodating. Highly recommend.

I've been eyeing Radici ever since it popped up in the neighborhood a couple of months ago. My fiancé and I decided to go on a Saturday evening around 6 PM, and it was pretty busy! Definitely make a reservation if you're planning to go on a weekend evening. We did a walk in and luckily there was one table available so we were seated immediately. From the moment we walked in, the vibe was awesome. Nicely dim lights, perfect for a date night or family/friends get together. The staff is SO kind. It's one of those places where you just feel welcomed right away. We had two servers, and both were lovely, but shoutout to Adrita (I believe is her name) who was absolutely amazing. She had such a warm, friendly energy that made the experience even better. Now, let's talk about the food because OMG. We started with the meatballs, which were perfection, and then shared the rigatoni carbonara and the Diavola pizza. I'm not even exaggerating when I say everything was ridiculously delicious. My fiancé literally said it was one of the best pizzas he's had in a while, and honestly, I agree. The pasta was out of this world. So flavorful, perfectly cooked, and dare I say... better than some of the Italian spots we've tried in the city. For drinks, we went with a Negroni and a Hugo, both of which were spot-on. I already can't wait to go back. Radici is officially on my list of go-to dinner spots, and if you're in the area, do yourself a favor and check it out. You won't be disappointed!

So...4 stars because it's a new local place and we love that. They had our table ready with our reservation. Always good. Really friendly servers. Even told us to move our car from the lot next door when they saw us park there. Very nice. Prices are all reasonable and the food is good. Not great. Not writing home about it. But good. Caesar salad was typically average. Rigatoni vodka was good. And angel and devil pizza also good. Just nothing exceptional. They did have specials that we did not try but they might be worth it. The lamb chops that went by looked very good. They have mezcal which hubby likes. Another plus. And some homemade desserts which we also did not try. Would come back for the friendly service and try other menu items.

I had a very enjoyable dinner here! My family and I used to come here when it was La Vigna, and we were not disappointed! Once you step in, the vibe of the restaurant is very nice and warm. The staff are all so kind and willing to answer any questions you have! We felt at ease almost immediately. We ordered the arancini (rice balls), pasta bolognese, bolognese lasagna, and a seafood pasta (I forgot the name). Overall, we were happy with everything. The arancini was good. It was very lightly fried and the inside is flavorful with the perfect amount of cheese and meat. My bolognese was tasty and the pasta noodles were cooked perfectly. The seafood pasta was very plentiful and came with an abundant amount of pasta noodles and seafood. The only complaint we had was that the lasagna was not evenly heated, some parts of it were room temperature while other parts of it was warm. Despite this, it was still very good. We will definitely be back at Radici!

Loved it! If you want Italian food that will remind you of being in Italy, this is the place to go. Probably the best carbonara I've ever had stateside. Pizza was fantastic, pasta dishes were fantastic, dessert was fantastic. Nice ambiance. Nice service. What more can you ask for? If you live in Forest Hills this may be the best Italian food in the entire area. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

So this seems like a territorial battle that was being waged in the back of my head for years. Eventually, it had to be waged at the table at some point in the near of time. (I know I haven't written in a while, sorry to let down Yelp family). So overly exposed and indoctrinated into NYC flat pies, eight triangles bend it in half after an air assault of garlic powder, chili flakes, oregano, grated Parmesan - if they have it (PRO TIP: check the soda refrigerator, its bottom left if its there at all. Do not arouse attention from the hoypaloy, its our little secret, our inner shake the jar topping track). I'm thrilled for a new pizza option, new to us but a tradition to them. Now the stage is set, who'll be the first to blink? For tbattle has begun and my belly is ready to deep dive into what's going into the ovens here at Radici. Its like two different continents and as a one half Italian American. Side note. Home of Vespa - I got one for sale (1986 Vespa Piaggio)(Made in my ancestors Genoa) so we don't just build ships folks. Sometimes I get a little removed from my Italian heritage and then something draws me back in with a noticeable thrust. Here is the thrust as it were. There's an admitted partner in crime that insists on taking his lunch at Radici three times a week, he's got it like that and the midday Merlot might make the occasional appearance. But how better to pay honor to classic Italian food and the pizzas that I adore than a DOC or DOCG of a beautiful ITALIAN red table wine. If I see you detaining Pepsi, we're not talking it texting for one full year. Four pies in on eating though the menu start till finish, till completion we have about six to go last I can recall. The Angel and Devil first to report on and it was fun in a devilish tongue tasting way. Please see the menu for specific ingredients). It's a sweet sunflower honey and spicy soprasatta getting it on in the main event, center of the ring. The secundi (small notable Italian language noun drop) was the second shift owners favorite, his name is Manuel and he's a classy Italian gentlemanly entrepreneur. It's got potatoes and ham and the crust seemed fluffiest like a cumulous cloud to give the necessary weight displacements. Thirs was the quattro firmaggio, y'all know the translation here. Gotta let it sit a few minutes, because if you just tear into it (notice picture with end torn slice as I'm yelling "DON'T TOUCH IT" He did and tore off cheese like removing your pool cover in spring. I swear I wanted to strangle him in that moment. But the aroma get me hypnotized as I could see the cheeses come together like the Salmon of Capistrano. Dude Note, Again: Wouldn't it be cool if YELP did a Classifieds section for us entrenched and dedicated reviewers. I am certainly not advocating a meet up, dudes and chicks -that's just silly but it would be cool to integrate a secularly a bit more in times of WTF is going on in America and the World and o pool our communities both foreign and domestic into a cornacopia of peace and love and tsmall scale transactions. There is no Italian versus American, NYC Style checkout and check down , neither is on a level playing field of equal parts so each is to be received differently. However, as I write this quick review I can feel the pull of why I brought about this back and forth of the two categories,, classifications, family genus, species and that is because. -- pregnant pause -- the price is about twenty dollars for an eight rectangular slice with toppings of the utmost class of quality, four bucks more and your rocking the house with he primo toppings. I know I am sometimes a bit neurotic - I hear that all the time, but I find the price jumaring checkers, chess calculations of different meats and wonky vegetable toppings disturbing. Wouldn't it be nice to get the best ingredient's (IE: Italian) in whatever your combination and you can make a special order - do not quote me on that but I am of the upmost confidence that it'll happen.

The food is FANTASTIC! My boyfriend and I had two pasta dishes (bolognese and carbonara) and we shared a pizza and this the closest to real Italian food since being in Italy 2 years ago. The service is excellent and they made you feel welcome. It has a warm atmosphere. Will definitely be regulars there!

This new Italian restaurant in Forest Hills is amazing. I had seafood pasta with tomato sauce which is fresh, delicious and a lot of seafood they put. I was very satisfied with that. Service is also great. People are nice and friendly there. I had lasagna to go on other day, that was very good too. I wanna try more food from this restaurant.

Radici's pizza is truly authentic Italian. For those who know the difference, the crust, probably the most important part of any pizza, is spongy not hard and tasteless, like most Italo-American pizza's are. The rest of the pizza is perfect too. My favorite is the "Diavola", their rendition of pepperoni. Amazing !!

Update: Im giving one star and that's generous. I called the restaurant to inform them of this issue. The first gentleman I spoke with was very apologetic and offered for me to come in and receive another pizza or get a refund. I chose the latter. He said he had to speak with his manager. The manager got on the phone and said sorry this is the way the pizza is and offered nothing despite the pizza being inedible. This is a tell tale sign of how this restaurant operates. Save your hard earned money and go someplace that values its customers and their money. This was my second attempt at this place after a mediocre first dinner. I ordered the Angel and Devil personal pizza to go for lunch. What I received was a burnt mess and the pizza was not good. It was soggy. There was no crispness to the crust. I really wanted to like this place. The waitress did put the pizza in containers for easier transport- so at least 2 stars for the staff. But to think that the chef would think this is acceptable to give to a customer is unreal. What a waste of money. $24 down the drain. Radici, you need to do better. I won't be returning.

Kudos to the team for making feel at home. Our meal was exceptional! We cannot wait to return and break bread at a local venue with great ambiance that has taken the neighborhood by storm!

Just ate there! Wonderful food ! Amazing kindness with us. Will definitely return ! Congratulations... wish you much success!

The best...Great food Great service Nice owners...best marinara sauce we ever had..Romantic style pizza is great

Radici is a radical newcomer in Forest Hills, bringing Italian cuisine to another level. Fabulous pasta, Roman-style pizza, appetizers and a cool bar make this a destination restaurant.

We reserved for supper on New Year's Eve and arrived to a very full house! The bartender was overwhelmed but was able to perfectly mix our cocktails! The food is excellent!! We tried many dishes and their specialty bottle of red wine!! Sooo wonderful! Dessert was delicious, too! It's such a warm and welcoming place! Benvenuto a Forest Hills!!

New place in the old La Vigna space. Delicious pizzas, pastas and entrees. I've had excellent Fritto Misto Di Mare, Pizza Romana, Pollo Alla Parmigiana and fish specials. One night we had dessert Nutella pizza--OMG outrageous! The service can be a bit scattered but they get it done. We are happy to have this in our neighborhood.

Very excited to have Radici in Forest Hills. We find the food more authentic than typical Italian restaurants and overall everything we've tried has been delicious from appetizers, salads, homemade pastas, entrees (eggplant, beef, chicken....), pizza. Each time we dine there we try a different dish. They have interesting specials offered each day, and a decent selection of wine/cocktails. The owners/staff are warm, friendly and always accommodating. The place is inviting. Welcome to the neighborhood and much success to you!

This was the worst dinner that we've had in the neighborhood. Restaurant was crowded like they didn't have enough servers or cooks to cover reservations yet they were taking walk ins. Salad was gross. Entree was undercooked and mushy. Some servers were nice but one was abrupt and rude. Afterwards hungry and also sick to my stomach. Really bad experience overall. Won't be back.

We live in Forest Hills and go out to eat at least once per week. Though we have our "favorites," we were so excited to try Radici. We couldn't have been more disappointed. Obviously understaffed (or undertrained?) for a Saturday night, we showed up for our reservation and were sat fairly quickly. Though we were brought water (tap, of course, as we weren't even asked if we'd like bottled or sparkling) it took almost 15 minutes for anyone to come back and take a drink order. Though we were able to order quickly after we received our wine, the food was, at best, mediocre to terrible. While I enjoyed the octopus quite a bit, the Radici Salad my wife ordered was a huge disappointment. Never in our lives have we seen any restaurant base an entire large salad purely in a bed of radicchio. There must have been an entire chopped head of radicchio on the plate along with some sliced pears and a few pecans. The radicchio wasn't grilled (at least not visibly) as promised, the pears were plain, and the salad underdressed. Typically such a salad would have some sort of greens to it to balance out the bitterness of the radicchio... but no such luck here. My wife was incredibly disappointed and, after I tried it, so was I. The eggplant Parmesan my wife had ordered was the star disappointment of the night. There was an 80% breading to 20% eggplant ratio on the dish, and the breading wasn't cooked though. Literally tasted of raw egg and undercooked bread crumbs. No crunch whatsoever. And while the tomato sauce was obviously fresh, it lacked seasoning, character or distinction -- it quite literally just felt like a pile of slop on a plate. While my wife isn't one to ever complain in a restaurant, she asked it to be taken away -- without a single offer to have it remade properly or replaced with anything else. The branzino dish I'd ordered off the menu had some fair components. The branzino was fresh and relatively well seasoned and cooked (although honestly the skin could have been crispier). What I didn't get about the dish *at all* was the pairing with the zucchini risotto. While it seemed like a good idea, the risotto was "over cheesed" and thus far too rich for the dish and just didn't pair well with the branzino. There was a complete lack of acidity within the dish, just making it unbalanced and feeling too rich. While we were brought a complimentary tiramisu and a few shots of limoncello, pro bono, to make amends (which we honestly appreciated), the tiramisu wasn't that great (no flavor to the mascarpone, dry lady fingers) we were just too far turned off at that point to really indulge. Happy to see new things open up in the neighborhood -- but honestly, they should just be better. Better trained staff, better food, better experience...please.

Lovely restaurant! Authentic Italian food similar to what you get in Italy. Fresh pasta from scratch, delicious apps and mains. If Service was great!