Via Dei Mille

So sad this place closed. I came here a couple years ago with some Martial Arts friends of mine. The surroundings was nice and the food was pretty authentic. I really enjoyed my tomato basil mozz salad and lasagna. The staff was also very friendly too.
In the back room there were a lot of celebrities hanging out and dancing around having a good time.

The overweight owner sucks. His attitude is like he’s doing something new, when quite a few Italian restaurants do the same party brunch on West Broadway.
Very rude. Napoleon complex type.

I decided to dedicate my 700^th review to this place SIMPLY because I have an very unique experience here.
Sunday 4pm brunch, walked in this place, it felt like Friday 12am in meatpacking. and there are few tables were sitting there ordering food and eating with super loud music playing in the background.
6pm, this place is packed beyond believe on a Sunday evening. the whole back area full of people’s birthday parties in a typical meatpacking celebration. People were dancing on the chair, on the table.etc. There were two cute dancers danced around each day. The whole environment was something I have never experienced in NYC before.
So here talks about why they only deserve 2 stars, Food sucks, drinks sucks, service sucks, bouncer sucks, coat check sucks.
I give my 2 stars pure for the fact I did had great time partying unexpectedly on Sunday.
But if you want to come here for food, be sure don’t run into the situation like me. You will hate it !
Simply as a restaurant review, Via De Mile is a big NO NO !

Who parties on a sunday during the day?
Came here with my girlfriend for a nice date and dinner, to find some sort of a party…
so much for this place being a restaurant? would not come back. was interested in trying their food but not anymore. sorry.

Short Story:
Over-​priced, did not enjoy the food at all, drinks were decent, service was slow, pretentious ambiance.
Details:
As a person who rarely gives less than 3 stars, its hard to even know where to start with this place.
So lets start from the beginning:
Went for a friend’s bday brunch at 1pm. We had reservations 1 week in advance. Right away, I sensed the pretentious vibe at this place with the snarky attitude the waitor had and the over dressed, over done people walking in there as if it was a red carpet event. Relax, it’s brunch people.
We ordered a round of Mimosas, and waited 20 minutes to order our food, great. Our waiter then decides to tell us after we have all made up our minds on what to eat– what is missing from the menu. I’m thinking, «hey probably a couple of things.»… NOT SO MUCH. Literally every single thing on the menu that we were going to order, was no longer available. That information might have been helpful when we were seated guy, thanks. So we had to take another few minutes to pick new choices.
I got steak and eggs — menu said it came with fries, it came with salad with little to no dressing. I ordered medium well steak — it was bloody and FATTY. Not sure where the meat was on this thing. I was so starving at that point that I ate what I could. Some other friends ordered a salad that looked like a child made it, the avocado in the salad was hard, they did not enjoy it.
We moved on the more drinking and birthday celebrating, by this time the music was pumpin’ and it was getting more crowded with snooty people. After a few rounds of drinks, we asked for the bill, and were told we needed to leave the table as soon as we paid… mkay, rude.
If I had a good time at all, it was because of the friends I was with. From the service, to the attitude, and lack of FOOD at this restaurant — I can safely conclude that I will not be back.
P.S — Pay with cash, unless you’re ok with them holding a large percentage of your money for a few days on your card.

We walked in here for a «brunch party.» It was a full blown house music filled party @ 6p.m. on a sunday. There were napkins flying in the air, bottles of champagne popping everywhere, and people dancing on tables, chairs, booths. It felt like you were in a small lounge @ 3 a.m. People were ragingggggg!!!
Of course, I wanted the BRUNCH part of the party, so I really wanted to eat. We went towards the front of the venue, where there was some light and waiters. First of all the paintings in this place are amazing, and I personally know this artist’s work b/​c my friend has a few pieces in his apartment. They’re reallllly cool to look at. OK, so we sit down, and we get service right away.
We end up ordering just a few things to share… We got the chicken advocado B.L.T. w/​fries and fritto misto (fried calamari + shrimp). I was starving so it tasted really good.
So we’re thinking ok, we have to leave after this party and grab a REAL MEAL! They end up kicking everyone out @ 8 p.m. and change it into a dinner spot. It was amazing watching the transformation while we waiting for some friends outside on the bench. Our friend knew the owner and he invited all of us to sit w/​him and have dinner.
Maybe we just got the VIP treatment but the food that came out for dinner was so good. I wanted to try the gnocci @ my «brunch» but thought it would be too heavy. It must’ve been the best gnocci i’ve ever had. Not soggy or doughy… just delicious.
The staff & atmosphere is fun & casual. I’d def. go back to this spot.

I love the fact that some of the staff in this restaurant speak Italian!
When I came here and had a meaty pasta with the $ 5 sangria special. It was very tasty and authentic. The pasta (i think) is made in house. I like that!

Words can’t even begin to describe how awesome this place is for a sunday brunch. I can promise you that you will never experience anything like it anywhere else in new york city. The crowd is young, sexy, and ready to define «sunday funday.» Dont expect to have your typical sunday sit down brunch, b/​c after 4pm the tables are removed and you are only allowed to stand on chairs as the DJ spins the hottest house music.
The food is great, the service is better, and although its pricey… its worth every penny. If you are 25 – 35 years old and love to party… this is an absolute MUST at least once in your life.

I went to Via Dei Mille for a birthday party in the middle of a NYC heat wave. It was literally 100 degrees outside and all I wanted to do was sit down for a nice meal among friends in the cool AC. Wishful thinking, apparently. The restaurant was by no means refreshing, and at best, no joke, 85 degrees. So as to not offend the birthday girl, no one spoke up about it (to my knowledge), although everyone was clearly sweating, asking the person to the left and right of them, «It’s really hot in here, right?» I don’t even know how to describe it in there — a sauna would be an insulting exaggeration, so I won’t go there. Perhaps, under air-​conditioned? Regardless, I fought through the sweat.
I will admit, I never saw a menu. It was one of those parties where food just keeps coming out and, trust me, I’m totally cool with that. We asked the waiter to be sure to let us know if anything contained shellfish as there was a food allergy at the table and we didn’t know what was ordered for everyone. The waiter smiled, nodded, verbally agreed, seemingly gave us his word. The next plate had fried rock shrimp on it. The dude put it on the table and didn’t say a word. Thankfully, it was clear as day this was shrimp and was able to be avoided, but also clear this guy was too pre-​occupied with the volume of his house music and the scantily clad wanna-​be models walking through the door every few minutes. That’s when I looked around and saw a bunch of older dudes with all these young women in skin-​tight cocktail dresses, offering up more leg than a KFC. Seriously, this place had more goomars than The Bada Bing.*
Taking off my hatin’ hat for a minute here, the veal meatballs and risotto cakes were fantastic. As was the beef carpaccio. Good enough, in fact, that I’m able to overlook my previous criticisms so as to give the chef the respect he or she deserves. The table was raving about the penne alla vodka, and I understand I’m a tough critic of Italian food, but the dish was nothing special, I’m telling you. That’s not to say you may think otherwise — I seemed to be the minority on this one. The chicken, however, was inexcusable, in my opinion — extremely dry and overcooked.
When all is said and done, it’ll be tough to get me back here. The food was very hit or miss, as was the service. In addition, Via Dei Mille seems unable to decide what type of place it wants to be, with its giant pop art amid classic yellow Neapolitan décor. What’s with the massive cut-​outs of Bob Dylan? Bob Marley? John Lennon? Last I checked, these dudes weren’t Italian and, just a wild guess here, but probably wouldn’t be too excited having their likenesses in a joint playin’ Eurotrash techno music over overpriced pasta.
*Not the most accurate Sopranos reference, I know, but, really, so what? Who cares?

My boyfriend took me here for my birthday dinner after purchasing the groupon. We were in time for happy hour so we had the $ 5 sangria which was very yummy (could have used a little more fruit, but whos counting).
We ordered 2 appetizers and both were extremely good. I had the chilean sea bass and my boyfriend ordered the steak. The portions were great, especially for a restaurant like this.
Our server, Dan, was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I used to be a waitress so I am very grateful when I get a good server. He was attentive but not overly, he was well informed about everything on the menu, made great suggestions and even gave us some complimentary champagne for my birthday.
Overall I had a really really nice time, and the food was worth it (with the groupon). I would def go back here to try something else and get dan as my server again.

Just got back from Via Dei Mille. VERY UNSATISFIED!
I consider myself a kinda sorta foodie, I try a new restaurants almost every week and this really was the worst experience I’ve had in NYC, EVER!
To start, the hostess tried seating us outside as it was raining, and when we said no thank you she went inside and a waiter asked if we had reservations and she rolled her eyes automatically assumed that we didn’t. Little did she know we have been anxious to come here for a while and had reservations for almost two weeks! I came with my best friend and mind you, we are both servers and have been in the service industry for the past 8 – 9 years.
The whole staff were giving each other looks as we walked in, my friend and I have tattoos, piercings, and gaged ears but we still dressed really nicely! some of the other people were in jeans and sweatshirts. so i think we looked nice comparatively.
We started off with one server who seemed like he couldn’t give a shit from the get go about our table, however the table next to us — an older couple, were treated far better. Our original server didn’t know anything about the menu and was reading notes off a cue card?! (Besides the specials!) He had his back turned to us the whole time and was flirting with another table while we were waiting 15 minutes to order.
The glassware and silverware were disgustingly dirty, and when asked to have replacements, it took well over ten minutes before I could ask for another one again!
I work at a bar, and i HATE when people are picky and a pain in the butt so I never complain, or send food back, or ask for extra crap to be a pain in the ass but this was flat out ridiculous.
The table next to ours got started off with bread without even asking, however we had to pull another waiter aside and ask for bread as we were almost done with our appetizers. MEANWHILE, we are sitting there with menus, and plates on our tiny table waiting to get rid of our menus so we can proceed to eat but still, no one comes back until we flag them down again. This is not the way fine dining is done! I’ve been trained in it for years! I’ve been to commercial restaurants and mom n pop diners that have given better service!!!
Finally, the entrees come out, the food was good but guess what? THERE WAS A HAIR IN MY FOOD! I was reluctant to make a fuss so my friend called the waiter over and asked him to take care of the dish and he made a face and rolled his eyes started to give me an ultimatum as if he were just going to tell me to push it to the side! By the way we were very polite, while the table of rowdy men behind us are screaming obscenities such as «my dad hasn’t had a good bowel movement in weeks!» but they’re getting amazing service? what?
The only person attentive to us and who we felt deserved credit was the bus boy who filled our drinks without having to ask and tended to us as if he was the server we never got! We tipped him before we left because was the only one who even gave us any eye contact for the duration of the meal!
When we got our dessert it was brought over to us and the server who wasn’t even ours dropped it off carelessly and was more interested in the large group behind us. When he dropped off their desserts, he was polite, actually looked at what he was doing, told them to enjoy and did what he was supposed to.
My friend and I had a groupon, which i was reluctant to present to the server when we were first seated because we were already getting bad service and we figured that if we immediately gave him the groupon, we’d get even worse service, and we were right. Tax isn’t included in the groupon but this wasn’t explained as the waiter dropped off the check and walked away quickly. Which is fine! I’m not nit picking about a couple bucks but if we only spent $ 70 of our groupon, why did we have a balance? Something like that should’ve been explained just out of courtesy.
DO NOT GO HERE! The staff were pretencious and careless, I’ve never felt so uncomfortable dining out at a restaurant!
do not not not not not waste your time, or money.
there are SOOO many other places to go to in the city if you want real service.
(I hate giving out poor reviews, if you see my other ones, you’ll see that I always rave about places! This was the worst experience and I was embarrassed to have brought my friend from out of town here.)

The atmosphere is prefect. The space isn’t huge so you don’t feel like you went to a commercial establishment. The food was perfect… great portions! Not too huge and enough to statisfy. The music was dead on to create a vibe that gives you energy but not too loud where you can’t have a conversation.
This is the perfect place for a date or for a group outting. Everyone was extremely nice… please check it out. Will go back soon!

I doth protest. I convinced my coworkers to come to lunch here, citing the prices on the menu and a
certificate…but when we arrived the menu prices were all higher! Even the restaurant website says the lunch pastas should be $ 10, however when we were there today the lunch pastas were $ 14!!! — quite a huge difference.
That said, the food was good, but it was $ 10 good and not $ 14 good.

Enough attitude for a mid summers night in the hamptons. And it’s only the 1^st day of spring. Wish I could say the food made up
for the tude… but it was not even close.
Save your money for a place that appreciates the business.

We came here last night for a friend’s birthday and a groupon coupon. We went a little overboard ordering food and our bill came out to about $ 294 w/​o the groupon. Gratuity ($ 30) was included even though there was only three of us. We ordered a pitcher of white sangria which was DELICIOUS but we were a little shocked to find out it was $ 65 for the pitcher and the menu on both the website and menupages say $ 45 (we didnt notice until we saw it on the site today). We got about 7 glasses out of the pitcher. we ordered the mussels which were delicious. There Gnocchi was also good but I felt it was not outstanding. The grilled salmon was out of this world and Veal in Bolognese Sauce was EH… tastes like chopped meat with sauce.
Our waiter was very attentive. He refilled our drinks, asked if everything was ok and even put a HUGE sparkler in a cake we bought for a friend. We did have to flag down another waiter for some milk and got it right away with no attitude (i know some waiters will not serve other tables).
I wouldnt go back without a groupon coupon, just because of the price but overall we had a great time there and the service was quick and friendly.

Don’t waste your time, money, and energy.
1 star for the music.
Completely pretentious and Eurotrash crowd. Subpar to Bagatelle. Food & drinks were uninspired. After we paid, the waiter turned around and started counting the cash right beside us. Classsssssy. Just avoid this place and head somewhere else, you won’t regret it.

The staff here rocks my world! Fun, funny, and overall delightful.
Sunday brunch is a little much for me, I’m not for having my benedict with a side of «dance club,» because this place really is hopping all Sunday long. I should know this, having spent 2pm — 10pm here for the longest brunch of my life. It was a good time, coupled with bottles and bottles of champagne, an amazing DJ, and some bar top dancing. It’s a scene to experience for sure, but don’t forget to bring some energy.
For dinner, the atmosphere is trendy (wear a nice dress), but can get a little loud toward the end of the evening. The DJ is usually spinning Thurs-​Sunday. The Brazilan techo is a pretty fun beat, but the music changes night to night.
Emmanuelle is a great chef, and his Tagliolini Neri (black ink pasta with rock shrimp) is out of this world good, and the Papparadelle alla Bolognese is also amazing.
Give Cipriani a pass one day, and check this place out, it’s definitely worth a try!

Via Dei Mille is the name of a street in Naples, Italy known for its fine shops, galleries, restaurants, and cafes.
Soho is known for its fine shops, galleries, restaurants, and cafes but not because of this restaurant.
The food is not bad but it is not great. Our party of six stopped in for brunch and were all unimpressed especially with the hefty bill afterwards. Picture standard brunch items such as eggs benedict (the highlight but eggs benedict is always good), paninis’, and french toast. The drinks were good but the $ 80 pitcher of mojitos was so small that it didn’t even fill our cups all the way. There is a DJ pumping loud electronic music but it didn’t make any sense because the restaurant was pretty empty.
If you want Rustic Italian in Soho, go to Cipriani. If you want to drink, go to Felix.

Yes… this is one of those Sex in the City places in SoHo. I came here for brunch with my buddies when I came back home. You walk in… and the most stunning hostess seats you. (I think her jeans were painted on.) And while you’re being seated to pulsing dance music, you can’t help but notice that the girls are gorgeous, the guys are all perfectly coifed, and … did I actually come back to NY or am I still in LA? Oh yeah… I guess they can make a pretty decent eggs benedict too. Don’t ask for coffee… they’ll give you a confused look and ask you if you want expresso instead. Don’t hold it against them. They’re Euro like that.
But do come here if you want to people watch over a bottle of wine on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Mmmm balls.
*laughs*
Hahaha… Just can’t get enough
of the Chef’s handmade meat balls (with risotto cake). WOW!
Okay look…
It’s been one of those food months where I keep eating at restaurants that just can’t quite make the five star mark. *zombie-​like gaze*
Well… taaa daaahh! Via Dei Mille finally did it! Well deserved. Excellent service, great décor, fun people, delicious food. What more could a girl ask for?
The Fresh Mozzarella with tomatoes melted in my mouth. Very original with the smaller tomatoes and perfectly prepared basil. The chef suggested that I try the pasta with braised rabbit which was spectacular.
Date Rating: 9
Pick up Scale: 5 (Depends on the night, on Sunday there’s a DJ and a party with pretty friendly people, think fun/​European)
Strong Suggestion: Dress to impress, wear your smile, and come with a fun attitude :-) and yes you might run into celebs here, Jeremy Piven was seated next to our group.