Risotteria Melotti NYC

It was a lovely Sunday summer evening to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather! The service here was excellent, enjoyable conversation, history of the owners and menu highlights. We ordered a starter salad and risotto and we’re so excited it was fully gluten free! What a treat! The salad came and had pink edges on the lettuce and 3 found pieces of Parmesan with mold I picked out. Not wanting to be rude and completely send it back I mentioned it to the waiter when he can by and told me he’d let the kitchen know. I wish he would have brought a new one or comped it. It shouldnt have been served. Not to get too distracted on a small pesky salad, the main was a lemon and shrimp risotto and it was fabulous! Wonderful flavor and texture. To top it off with a gluten free espresso cheesecake was delightful. I would come back here again because of the nice service and great main and dessert, I would just not order the salad.

Me and my wife, well, mainly my wife, love risotto, and this restaurant offers risotto’s in a variety, plus it was my birthday weekend. So I wanted to try some thing we both like. I was searching for risotto, and I found this restaurant in downtown New York with very good reviews., very good well-deserved reviews. We were just the two of us but I wanted to try as many of them as possible so we ordered three entrées instead. Since I was there only for risotto, we skipped the appetizer and salad, and went for three risottos. I am so happy with my choice. It was delicious all three of them specially the lemon mushroom risotto. for the first time I had a lemon risotto. I did order the mushroom one as well, which I have had multiple times on multiple continents, and it was as expected, which is good, but the lemon mushroom risotto was a surprise, and it was delicious & scrumptious. We didn’t have a reservation, but we arrived around 8 PM and got lucky that they had a table available for the two of us . They were sitting outside as well, but it didn’t come down to that we got a table in the main restaurant. The lady was nice to us. It’s a small little bistro type restaurant, which is very typical in downtown New York. I would love to go back.

Delightful atmosphere, incredible warm and thoughtful service, and the menu and the food is absolutely divine. Amazing vegetarian and vegan options. And if you have a gluten free friend or family member, this is the spot. Also you can make reservations on open table for convenience. We had a lovely experience here this last Sunday at 2pm. Can’t recommend it highly enough and thank you to our wonderful server. Also great outdoor seating too.