Russo’s Steak & Pasta

We stopped here for dinner on the way to see Wicked last Friday… we didn’t look up restaurants ahead of time… and we had heard of this place before. It looks like a nice place to sit down on a cold day… so in we went.
The dining area is comfortable and lit for a romantic dinner. They sat us next to the water station… at first I was a bit worried, but we were had beat the crowds so it wasn’t much of an issue.
The drinks came fast… and they were rather decent. I ordered a New England clam chowder to start… my wife ordered the French Onion.
Hers was pretty good… nice presentation. My clam chowder was far below par. Had they called it clam soup, I wouldn’t been ok with it… but chowder it was not.
I was a bit worried that our main dishes would not be so good…
My wife ordered the chicken fettucini alfredo. It wasn’t bad… but it wasn’t anything to write home about.
I ordered the vodka sauce fettucini with chicken. The pasta was perfect and the vodka sauce was awesome… the chicken, oddly, was deep fried… Southern style.
Hmm…
So, this restaurant equals out to be about par… which is kind of sad. The view is great… the dining area is nice… the food was either great or bad… all in one meal. The inconsistency really threw me off.
Regardless of it all, we were on our way to a nice evening so I think our excitement made the meal better. If we lived in NYC, this would not be a place we’d frequent… but as a random stop to the theater, we were happy.

I hated this place.
I came as a tourist staying at the adjacent Sheraton and we stopped in here because we felt like pasta and steaks and they had both.
Our party member that ordered the steak was happy with his meal, but the two pasta dishes and one a sea bass dish-​er were all dissapointed. The pasta didnt really taste too fresh.
The stuffed mushroom apetizer was pretty good though. so was the bread.
Okay, the reason I hate this place is the service. We waited about 30 – 35 minutes for our entrees. I actually stopped a different waitress to ask when our food would arrive. After the order was taken, our waitress totally ignored us. No additional drinks arrived even though we were super thirsty.
We were pretty mad by the end of the meal, and when the check came they didnt punch the code in properly for my friends credit card and wouldnt run it again. It was sort of embarassing to have the card declined. when we found out later it was the waitresses fault we got really upset. This all involved sitting on the phone with the credit card company for 10 minutes or so. Anyway, not the best experience.

Delicious! A little on the expensive side, for food and drinks, but a nice place to eat, staff is very very friendly and helpful. The chef even came out to see how we enjoyed our meal… and I hear he never does that for anyone!!!
And be sure to look up our favorite bartender Ben, aka Carvin ;) !