Naples 45

OK but not great. Convenient location at Met Life entrance to Grand Central on 45^th. Skimpy Caesar salad and skimpy 4-​cheese pizza. No drink refills. Waiter checked on me only once. Had to ask for literally everything. And the restaurant is very LOUD. Nice table, however, and I didn’t feel rushed. And they do have their own restroom, which is helpful.

We had an office lunch here last week.
I had an aranciatta, the orange Italian soda to start.
my appetizer was the Barese pizza – sausage and onion.
I had the chicken entrée– roast chicken with escarole and garlic mashed potato.
I had the chinotta, the bitter orange Italian soda.
I had the Tartufo, vanilla and chocolate ice cream in a chocolate shell.
I then had their excellent coffee,
It was a nice 2 hours lunch.

Fun fact: Naples/​Napoli is the birthplace of pizza and pretty much the only city in Italy that you can get street food on-​the-​spot and stroll while you Ital-​nosh on thin crust.
Reality check: Naples45, the restaurant, is no «Naples» from the standpoint of on-​the-​spot timing or pricing. In addition, if you eat inside, it’s probably louder than Gladiator events at the Colosseum (back in the pre-​pizza day). We ordered an appetizer to start and then a caesar salad and pizza (I also got a soda). The soda didn’t show up, the calamari didn’t show up, my pizza arrived after 15min and the salad arrived after another 10−15min. When asked about the appetizer, the waitress forgot to order it. So, for a salad, small pizza and a soda, the bill came to $ 42, without tip.
However, if you have time to kill and it’s a beautiful day, sitting outside is pretty nice (if you don’t mind the construction noise and heavy traffic flowing by a few feet away). If the service and timing of the food were better from the start or even after 10min, my review might be a little more favorable, but when you’re there during lunch with other people… it’s annoying and the high pricetag doesn’t help.
So if you have $ 700-​$ 800 burning a hole in your pocket, fly to Napoli and grab a few slices to go.

Awful customer service.
We arrived at 9.30pm and they wanted us out asap.
The food was bland. The pizza was flavourless. You’ve got to try hard to make pizza flavourless!
They started clearing the condiments from our table before we had finished eating.
I’m from the UK and used to poor service but this was a new low.

Big, bold and LOUD! Forget about the food (it’s just OK and way over-​priced), this place is so loud you can’t even think.
Service is lackluster and inaccurate. Salads were disappointing, scallops (2 for $ 22) perfect, Caesar Salad just sad. But the Tira Misu was excellent.

This is a great spot because it is right bear Grand Central and it is huge so there is always a table available. Large bar area as well. Came on a Friday post work hours and ample space available at bar and tables for dinner. They also have large booths that seat six. I had pasta with shrimp and husband had sausage pizza, both delicious. Keep this place in your back pocket when you need to meet someone near Grand Central and everything is packed.

Very difficult to find because the restaurant is nestled in grand central but well worth it! The food was great! The service was very nice and attentive and the food came out very quickly. We ordered 3 appetizers, the parmigiana, fried calamari and the rice ball. Definitely some of the best fried calamari I’ve ever had! Then we ordered a great red wine and perfectly cooked pasta!

Located within Grand Central Station’s confines as you exit on the north side, located on 45^th Street.
All appetizers were good, as was the pizza and salad we had (salad with tuna). Service was fine.
The interior here is cavernous with poor acoustics which causes the entire interior to be extremely loud. Hard to carry on a conversation unless you speak loudly.
To go pizza is available and is good.

This place is great! Spacious, staff is always very friendly and accommodating. I come here all the time with my coworkers and friends for a few drinks after work as it is located right above grand central station. There is always free delicious pizza served at the bar which is a plus! The only downfall about this place is that there isn’t any happy hour or drink specials, I guess because of the location and the free pizza, but overall I would definitely recommend.
Very classy but still casual enough to relax and have dinner.
Would def recommend! And the food is always delicious!

With its prime location in Grand Central, it’s clear that Naples caters to the business lunch crowd with its overpriced and mediocre food. A lunch entrée range from $ 20 – 30 and a coke was $ 4.50. I wasn’t too hungry so I just ordered some small plates. The mushroom polenta came out white with a few sad slices of mushrooms on top. I’ve never seen white polenta so I was pretty confused. It tasted more like grits, since it wasn’t creamy or rich at all. My other dish was the Parmigiana which was supposed to be baked eggplant with tomato sauce. There was barely any eggplant, just the breading. The tomato sauce tasted like it came out of a can and the cheese wasn’t even all the way melted. My lunch consisting of 2 small plates came out to be $ 20 with tax and tip. I regret wasting my glorious lunch break at such a mediocre Italian restaurant.

A b-​school development staffer invited me here for a breakfast so this will focus on this restaurant’s first meal of the day. The place is quite large and the staff are super attentive. Our meeting was at 8am and few people were there, but it started to get quite busy by 8:30. Do book before you go and see if you can get a booth, they look more comfy than the other chairs in the restaurant.
They have a breakfast menu that are favorably priced, so I just ordered the first breakfast meal on the top left corner. The food was good and it came with coffee and juice. Perhaps they could spice things up with something that screams Italian in their breakfasts, but maybe I need to look closer through the menu. Overall a decent spot.

There’s no denying the food is better than average here. Meanwhile, there’s little to no value. Unfortunately, the prices aren’t worth the quality and experience. Sure, it’s obvious why the prices are inflated: you’re feet from Grand Central, it’s a large, open restaurant — in Midtown — and with so many office buildings nearby and businesses picking up the tab it’s no surprise why everything is drastically overpriced.
If that’s the case, why did I give it 4-​stars? Because it should be. The food is better than average. But, when it costs me $ 34 (with tip) for a small plate of average pasta and tap water, that’s a bit too much. And, $ 15 or more for a small starter salad? Yikes.
On the other hand, if you aren’t on a budget, you’ll likely enjoy the atmosphere and the food. Naples is a fun, hip, crowded place to eat lunch or dinner that’s popular with local business folks, who aren’t concerned about price. If that’s you, you’ll enjoy every bite.

I came here for a party, wowza! I didn’t think the food would be super duper because of the past Elite Unilocaler reviews. Guess what? I don’t care what they said in the past reviews. This place was pretty kickin’ and is being reviewed by me! Naples 45 is a very large and open space with wood burning ovens churning out freshly made pizzas. Close to Grand Central and all the large office buildings in midtown. It would be a great place for a lunch/​pizza.
I wasn’t here for pizza. I was here for dinner and oh what a dinner
I started with Risotto Del Giorno, the risotto of the day. Mmm mm, creamy and dreamy. Kudos to the chef, it was cooked perfectly.
Next was the Capesante —
Seared jumbo scallops with white corn polenta, a touch of eggplant caponata and tomatoes. Scallops so fresh, it’s like they were pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea.
We also had a cracked peppered duck special, prepared very well and not overcooked.
I can see this place getting packed out for lunch and happy hour, the bar was pretty jumpin’.
To have a nice dinner after work, Naples 45 can’t be beat. The prices for midtown aren’t outrageous and the food was really good.
Total fan!

I was excited to try Naples 45 again having not been here for over ten years. I had a 12:00 reservation, and I’m glad I made one. The restaurant was packed with your typical Midtown crowd and the unusually warm November weather meant they were utilizing their outdoor seating as well.
It took a while for our waitress to come over to get our drink order, so we immediately ordered the Mista salad and a large pepperoni pizza to share between two people. I was disappointed with both items. The mista salad was not worth anywhere near the $ 18 is cost-​it was truly just greens with two tiny grape tomatoes thrown on top. As for the pizza, it was all bread. There were very few slices of pepperoni and they used sauce and cheese sparingly.
I would definitely not recommend this place-​it was incredibly overpriced and the food was very average. For this price, you can find much better options within walking distance!

Almost like you’re dining in the halls below in the subways with low ceilings, but with a long bar in the back and pizza station in the right as you enter. This place served us some really great pizza — and the steak wasn’t bad, either.
Tried the mushroom (excellent), the pepperoni (ok), white (ok) and plain cheese (good). The salad was so-​so, and the steak was not bad. I will have to pop by to try the pasta!
And they can rent the whole place out for big group events. Can be challenging to see given all the pillars and large vases everywhere, though.

This place has the best chicken salad I have ever tried! I crave it every single time, and it’s nice to get a slice of tiramisu and green tea right after for dessert.
Never tried their pizzas or other food — I just keeping back for that chicken salad. Service and price is great as well!

Great NY pizza! I may get some backlash from locals, but it’s a soft foldable crust with classic ingredients.
The location is perfect to my companies NY office and they delivered.

Great location around the corner from Grand Central, my boyfriend likes to take his Westchester friends out here for dinner. Prices a little high, but food is very good. Had the calamari, which honestly was the best calamari I’ve ever eaten, fried very crispy and light, and tender on the inside.
We shared a pizza with artichokes and prosciutto on it, I loved the thin crust and flavor from the wood-​burning oven. The Merguez pasta was incredibly good, al dente spirals covered in a spicy ground lamb «bolognese», if you will. We sat outside on a warm summer evening, and with a bottle of red wine it was an an excellent dinner, not to mention my birthday :))

As an out of towner who often frequents NYC, I haven’t been able to find too many good spots to eat in midtown, so when I stumbled upon Naples 45, I was elated!
I went here for a quick lunch with coworkers. I loved the outdoor seating, and I was grateful that we were able to snag a table, in the shade, outside. Because we were discussing business, I didn’t realize it took almost 7 – 10 minutes for our waiter to notice that we were waiting at our table (sans water). :-/​However, once he realized he had neglected us, he more than made up for it.
Our waiter recommended that I order the chicken Milanese. YES YES and YES. Seriously. You must order this if you come here for lunch! While I was waiting on my meal, I stuffed myself with bread and olive oil.
I’m sure I’ll be back. Next time, I’ll try their calamari or any one of their pizzas!
Note: I read that at 2pm, all the pizza at their to-​go counter is $ 1.50 a slice. Is this true?

Definitely come for their pizzas, the pizzas alone are worth 4 stars in my opinion but the others are really only meh I thought. I came here in a late 3pm lunch and the restaurant was mostly empty. Its quite nice to see the restaurant is quite big in a such busy location right inside the GCT building.
Service was decent for the fact that it was during slow time of the day. We had a salad to share plus a pasta dish and of course the sausage pizza. Salad and pasta I really didn’t think much of them for the prices we paid. The pizza though was quite delicious especially the sausage. People might find the sauce and cheese lacking in taste but I personally kind of like this kind of pizza where it wasn’t overwhelmingly covered in tomato sauce.
Overall I think its a decent restaurant for some place so close to Grand Central. If you’re stopping by the train station I think this could be an option if you fan of authentic pizzas. Prices were reflective of their large floor area though as I would imagine quite an upkeep to have such a large restaurant right in such a high traffic area.