(between 34th Street
and 35th Street)
If you find yourself in midtown on the East Side and looking
for a relatively lunch spot, Notaro is a decent choice.
The restaurant is quaint and definitely old-school Italian.
Their $13.95 lunch special comes with an appetizer, a main,
and coffee/tea. The main dishes are pretty varied from lasagna to salmon.
We both started with their Caesar Salad as it was highly
recommended by our waiter. The salad was of decent size. Appreciated that it
came on a large plate as opposed to a small bowl.
For my main course, I went with the spaghetti and meatballs.
Can’t go wrong with spaghetti and meatballs in an Italian restaurant!
My friend ordered the Pollo Marsala (chicken breast stuffed
with mushrooms). Decent-sized portion, but not loving the presentation.
And even though it wasn’t offered with the lunch special, we
ordered their homemade cheesecake ($9). Decent, but not memorable.
Their Montepulciano ($9 per glass) did pair very well with
both the pasta and dessert.
Pros:
Decent lunch special.
The waitstaff let customers linger without rushing them out
(at least from what I could witness from their lunch service!).
Excellent coffee!
Cons:
Wished the lunch special offered a dessert. Even a simple
choice of ice cream/gelato would have been nice.
Final Thoughts
As was noted throughout my review, the word to describe the
experience is “decent,” but I don’t consider it a must-return-to dining
experience unless I’m in the neighborhood.
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