Bistro Milano - City of New York

First, be aware the restaurant name is now Bice. Same owners, same address. We spent 40 min trying to find Bistro Milano. Food is good, not great. Charming service. Ate outdoors in nice weather.

Extremely friendly service. Located between 2 LOVE sculpture on 55th. We three got a table by the window looking street. That was cool! Vongole was tasty. Wine was good.

This is definitely a place for business lunches. However that being said, I've found the food to be quite wonderful and the servers always have a warm attitude. Plus when it's warmer out the patio is a nice area to sit in. They seem to do seafood well and from the calamari appetizers to the seafood risotto, they were all delicious and generously portioned. A few of their pastas are made fresh and the linguine was definitely one of the better pastas I've had recently. For dessert, they have gelato and affogato that are pretty spot on. The only thing I'd lament is their pricing. This is defiantly a more expensive meal as the pastas are $25 and up so keep that in mind.

Lovely power lunch spot. Al fresco, wide sidewalk so you don't have cars honking next to you. I had the Gambetto special (4 shrimps with vegetables which was a good portion as I was not hungry. Others got the salmon penne pasta special and fruti di mare spaghetti. The pasta portions were very generous and highly recommended. They are renovating the indoor area, so it is great because you know you are getting a table outside this summer : Service was very good. Bread, olive oil and balsamic (so good I could have that balsamic by itself! were served right away as we sat. 100% recommend for sit-down lunch or after work dinner in Midtown. Note for restaurant: Bring back the lunch prix-fixe special!

If you like pasta and don't mind spending 20 or more than you will like it here. The service and food was good but I don't believe it's worth the price. I've had meals that tasted just as good for half the price at other places. I'm not a wine drinker but I tried some and it was good. The bread was a bit hard but tasted fine. Nice little place to visit.