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Contribute Feedback What Donald Wheaton likes about Avena Downtown:
My girlfriend and I had dinner here after a romantic stroll through Central Park. The host and waiter went above and beyond to maintain the romantic atmosphere, making sure we had an exceptional experience. The decor is stunning and perfectly suited to the setting. However, the true highlight of the evening was the incredibly delicious food! We enjoyed veal shanks, cannelloni filled with veal osso buco, an astonishin... View all feedback.
What Ines Mateo doesn't like about Avena Downtown:
I would give this place zero stars. The service was incredibly inhospitable and unfriendly. The staff came across as pretentious, especially considering the number of great restaurants in the city. I experienced extremely rude service here, which explains why they haven't garnered any attention from reputable publications. View all feedback.
The food was fantastic as well as the service. Will definitely return.
I really wanted to like this restaurant but left feeling very disappointed. It is a beautiful space and everyone was very nice but the service was disjointed and my friends and I found the constant attempts to sell us “white truffles that were just flown in” very pushy and silly. Seriously, almost every dish we asked about was described as being able to have white truffles added. Just stop if we wanted some, we would have asked. Also, one waiter described a variety of specials but the man who took our order didn’t seem to know that any of them existed when we asked. Lastly, the servers didn’t know who ordered what dish. Not a huge deal but still unprofessional. The food itself was fine but nothing stood out. I’m sad because the reviews were uniformly positive and I feel like I ate in a completely different restaurant than the one I read about. With so many good places in the neighborhood, I doubt I’ll be returning.
Fabulous food. Fabulous service. Love it. A new soho gem. Been there 4 times in a few months. Our new go to place
Avena Downtown and the food and the staff are amazing! The best Italian Food period ... DROP THE MIKE!
Sa at 8:15, order was finally taken at 8:40, appetizers came after 9, was told by our waiter that he "fired" our net at 9:20 (even if he repeatedly told us that everything takes a while to cook as it was made by scratches), food was delivered near 10. Insane for a casual Italian restaurant. Eating was good, we won't be back.
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