Securing a lunch res at Rezdôra is much easier than dinner; maybe that’s because the restaurant has lost its luster!

I met a friend there for lunch, starting with an app that sounded so delicious when our server described it. That was their Gnocco Fritto, fried dough topped with Prosciutto di parma, mortadella & guanciale ($18). A simple dough topped with the various types of meat that were so nothing special (a waste of calories), we left one, consuming the meat that topped it.

With pasta Rezdôra’s speciality, we ordered two dishes. The first was their Anolini Di Parma, one of the best dishes I sampled in 2021. The server drizzled the parmigiana sauce-covered pasta with a 25-year sweet, rich balsamico at that pasta-tasting birthday dinner.  I asked our server about that, who said the $26 dish would then cost us $60. We passed.

We also shared the slow-braised sausage ragu “Gramigna Giallo E Verde” in bianco, looking at the ridiculously small portion and almost laughing ($27).

The roasted cauliflower, pine nuts & thyme ($12) was fine, but also a tiny portion.

We did have the “Torta D’ Oliva” in quattro modi  their cake and ice cream redolent of so much olive oil we couldn’t finish it.

We left hungry!  I won’t be back.

Rezdôra
Gramercy-Flatiron
27 E 20th St
New York, NY 10003
(646) 692-9090
rezdora.nyc/