Il Punto Ristorante

What a wonderful surprise this restaurant ... in the heart of Manhattan you can breathe Italy, from food to smiles. Antonio the maitre is a delightful person who welcomes you with joy and you see the passion in what he does. Each dish is described by him from creation to realization and really makes you breathe the air of Italian food with his story from traditions to flavors. And then the food is exceptional each dish is presented with attention to details and an explosion of flavors. Try the salad with onion ice-cream, shrimp and blackberries a dream and the risotto with porcini mushrooms simply sublime. I recommend to all those who really want to taste the real Italian cuisine made with Italian products, to go to this restaurant you will not regret. You will immerse yourself in the tradition of Italian flavors seasoned by Antonio's professionalism and engaging energy that will guide you with love.

First of all, we spent a little bit of time at the bar and the bartender was really nice and friendly. All of the staff were nice. However the food was not up to a New York standard for us. Both mine and my husband's pasta came out more than al dente, almost too undercooked to even twirl on a fork. The dish that I ordered had a very strange sauce it was mushrooms and the sauce looked like beets. I don't see it on the menu, but it was a little weird and kind of dry. The calamari was really good and came out so fresh it was worth the calories! The dessert shown was good, though almost not enough to share. So all in all our items were hit or miss. It may have been an off night so I'm willing to go back to try again but it just didn't live up to this 4 1/2 stars that I saw it was rated.

We were well seated and the service was good, but the New Year's Eve menu was really not great and expensive. Although the special menu looked good on the prints, the flavours weren't quite present. Maybe it's usually good, but it was really plain this peculiar night.