DeuxMoi Made Me Do It…a restaurant guide for millennials
Ci Siamo
High End Italian Restaurant with Live Kitchen
Ci Siamo is located on 33rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenue. It is between Hudson Yards and Madison Square Garden, making it a convenient location for those shopping, working, living, or visiting nearby. The restaurant offers an open indoor dining space featuring a live kitchen, a spectacular bar area, and wine cellar…the outdoor terrace also earns it extra points.
Ci Siamo is a rather new restaurant on the scene. Opening in October 2021 during COVID-19, it has brought in over 650 positive reviews on Google, giving it a 4.6 star rating in less than 2 years. Danny Meyer’s Hospitality Group and Chef Hillary Sterling have created an interactive Italian restaurant inspired by the Mediterranean. This is evident in the menu and the presentation as all ingredients are local, fresh, and the outcome is made right in front of your eyes.
Ci Siamo is considered moderately expensive to expensive, depending on what dish is ordered. Appetizers, starters, salads, and vegetables are moderately priced. The homemade pastas vary from $24-$34, which is reasonable for the freshest, homemade pasta you can watch being made in front of your eyes. Lunch meals vary from $30-$40 and dinner meals vary from $33-$43, excluding the Bistecca Alla Fiorentina which is based on market price.
The lunch and dinner menus share the same appetizers, starters, salads, and vegetables, for the most part. The mains for lunch and dinner are different, with roasted chicken, arctic char, woodfire trout, chicken milanese, and braised lamb being the lunch time meal options and trout, poached orata, half chicken, pork milanese, lamb, skirt steak, and bistecca alla fiorentina making up the dinner time meal options. Additionally, you can only get the gnocchi frito, ostriche fritte, asparagus, marinated mushrooms, topini, and rapini agnolotti during dinner service.
The dessert menu offers a variety of gelati and sorbetti flavors as well as lemon tarta, bomboloni, chocolate budino, and Basque cheesecake. Many of the Google reviews recommend the caramelized onion torta (available at lunch and dinner), cavatelli, trout, gnocchi frito, pork milanese, chocolate budino, and Basque cheesecake. In terms of alcohol, you can choose from wine by the glass, as well as a variety of cocktails, mocktails, and beers.
To continue with our #DeuxMoiMadeMeDoIt series…we are featuring Ci Siamo this week because of a Sunday Spotted post. A submission was sent in of “Gordon Ramsey having dinner at Ci Siamo in NYC. Super friendly, was taking photos with some fans!” If one of the best and well-known chefs is dining here, you know it is good!
Be aware that it may seem tricky to find on your first visit. Per the Ci Siamo website, it is best to enter at 33rd Street. Once you pass the Pendry Hotel (438 W 33rd) , continue towards Daily Provisions (440 W 33rd #90). Once at Daily Provisions, look to your left for the entrance (Suite #100 for Ci Siamo). Reservations can be made via Google or this link here.
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