Emilio’s Ristorante

A true gem. old school all the way.
Emilio’s kitchen offers an unmatched antipasto, homemade pastas and a beautiful selection of dishes in a lovely warm and inviting setting. Our dining experience was truly divine. The beautiful fresh ingredients, and subtle flavors and textures were prepared with refined skill and experience. The beauty in the preparation is showcased by the simplicity and quality of ingredients. The tomato bruschetta and caramelized onions and fennel in the antipasto are best in show. The homemade pastas and sauces and slow cooked osso bucco are the best we’ve ever had and we have the reputed best frequently in NYC and elsewhere. The staff is attentive and very well trained. We have a new local favorite!

Exquisitely delicious. Homey. Loving environment. Edwin is the man! love this place

I had a great meal of veal with peas and prosciutto at Emilio’s last Friday. The pasta primo with mushrooms was also excellent! The service is friendly and pasta is made fresh every day.

Fine northern Italian fare served gracefully. Emilio’s is truly a mom and pop restaurant run by a caring family. The main dining room in this fine American colonial house could use a facelift. The entrance is not suited to those who are handicapped nor is its restroom facility. It would be nice if the house joined Open Table … But absent these critiques… bring an appetite. the food is delicious. Andy M.

A classic real Italia place. Out of the way and always busy. Staff are real professionals. A place to eat, see and be seen.

food was awful. My dog however loved the left overs. Service was good but that’s about it.

True Italian food, true homemade Italian taste… went for a recent restaurant week visit and am just upset I couldn’t find the time to go back…
we tried the:
«Panzerotti Salsa Noci» basically homemade ravioli filled with ricotta & swisschard in a walnut cream sauce,
«Pappardelle Cingiale» pasta with a wild boar ragu,
the mushroom & ricotta puffed pastry pie infused with truffle oil, and the baked polenta with porcini’s & parmigiano.
All were perfectly prepared, the staff is old school and attentive. One of the biggest likes I had with Emilio’s specifically during restaurant week was the appetizer choice of having a smaller portion of a dinner pasta dish as an App.

We ate there August 15, 2014. It was awesome! Sergio is the owner/​chef and he is wonderful. We went to this restaurant 30 years ago a few times when his Dad was chef and then we just never went back. In the past six months we have been there several times and have never been disappointed with anything. His short ribs are to die for. The salads are so flavorful. I had the ribs and my husband had the salmon. The staff is very attentive. Great selection of wines reasonably priced too. Give this place a try, you will not be sorry.

Emilio’s deserves a resounding round of applause for… well, everything. I will remember my dinner as one of the finest dining experiences in my young adult life.
Grandpa was celebrating his 90^th birthday (see picture) and so we arranged a dinner for our entire family in the large dining room. The owner was responsive to our needs and easy to get a hold of as we prepared for the dinner.
Like royal family, we were all greeted with wine within 3 minutes of arriving. Like college, our wine glasses were always full. The wait staff attentively filled our glasses without ever having to request another glass. Like magic, they were at your side with your wine in hand. Thank you for keeping priorities straight, Emilio’s!
The night progressed at just the right speed, no rush. Warm and cold antipasti at arms reach were just too convenient. I could have filled up on the assortment of clams oregonata and veal meatballs and cheeses, lest I was not concerned with finishing my main course. We all had a delicious spring salad with blue cheese and fresh vegetables and a healthy portion of Emilio’s finest meats for our main course. The mashed potatoes should be memorialized by the Harrison local government. My halibut might have been caught that morning. So light and fresh. Just perfect. I also recommend the veal and filet mignon.
I am awed at the service and food from Emilio’s. Perfect for family dinners, celebrations, and appreciation for delicious food.

We went there on a quiet Sunday evening. The place has seen better days with tired decoration (plastic flowers instead of fresh), reduced flair (see antipasta table that is now a cart) and reduced charm (the «mom» owner at the bar who used to count the money!). The service has gotten a bit more brisk and pushy too. That said, the pasta is well prepared and the wine list is well varied and complements the dishes well. So? Eat pasta, lower expectations, and get used to eating with the older crowd.

Emilio’s is a keeper in my book. This is an authentic Italian restaurant that is family run. Every time I’ve been to Emilio’s, everything is so enjoyable. Sergio knows anything and everything about wine and goes to Italy each year to choose the bottles he serves. The pasta is made fresh and always tastes incredible. The pappardelle with boar meat is one of those classic Tuscan dishes that is amazing every time.
Sergio and the staff are always fun and friendly and really make you feel like part of the family as you eat there more and more.

called them to ask about hosting a bridal shower there, the woman said i had to talk to Sergio and to call back in an hour. Was at work and didnt have time until later and when I called back she said he was out again and to try again in a few minutes. in that i was at work and dont have time to call back every five minutes I asked if I could leave my phone number and he could call me back when he was available. she said no just call back in a few minutes, I said can I just leave my number because I dont have time to keep calling back because im at work? and she said no I wont be here then. I said no i just want to leave my number, and she HUNG UP! HOW EXTREMELY RUDE CAN YOU BE!!! why would i give you my business when you can’t be bothered to WRITE DOWN A NUMBER?! do not bother with this place, I’m not sure who they think they are.

The food had no flavor — So shocking that in a long-​time, family-​run Italian restaurant that the red sauce has NO flavor whatsoever — Some of the staff were gracious, but the older gentleman with grey hair, was horrible — No personality & is in the wrong business — No one ever asked us if we wanted more vino –The veal special was NOT special at all — Emilio’s needs to shut-​down; renovate the interior & completely re-​vamp & modernize the menu — So much for old-​fashioned home cooking — I could have done a better job & I don’t cook! — What a waste of $ 65/​pp! — I did like that the parking lot was HUGE, though…

My husband and I went to this restaurant on a Saturday night around 8 over a year ago without a reservation and were told that there was no way without a reservation they could seat us at all that night. We asked if we could eat at the bar and were told ‘no, you cannot eat at the bar, we do not allow that’ and the guy walked away and left us standing there like idiots.
Last night I checked online to make sure they were open on Sundays and the site said the kitchen closed at 9. At 8:43 we pull up and this sloppy man in a chef outfit standing outside watched us park right in front and walk to the door (never stopping us) he goes inside ahead of us and when we get inside he says «can i help you» as if we had a flat and needed a telephone. When we asked for a table for 2 this rude man said «the kitchen is closed». when i told him i checked his website before leaving and the kitchen closes at 9, he says «Ten minutes. you’d have have rush to order, eat and be out of here by then so there is no time».
We eat out 5 – 6 nights a week and when a restaurant says the kitchen closes at 9, you are welcome to SIT and order up until that time… Apparently this moron should update his website to say we CLOSE at 9 — you must sit, order, eat and be the eff out by then… maybe he knows how to cook but he has little business sense and even less personality. He must be doing very well to turn business away so rudely…

I came here for a Christening dinner so I didn’t dine in the main area (although it looked lovely!) but the food was SO good. WIne selection was great, everything we had for the appetizer was great and my main dish, chicken stuffed with asparagus, was drool worthy. I devoured it. Seriously, you’re missing out if you haven’t tried the food here!

Went to a wedding rehearsal dinner there in the back.
Great service, nice place.
The appetizer plates were stacked but mixing all those things (clams, prosciutto, olives, artichokes, peppers, etc etc) took its toll. The main entre was where they shone. I got the pumpkin angolotti di zucca! Wow. esquisite. Too small a portion though. I know it’s fine dining, but, I could have used a few more.

We took my mom here for her birthday the other night… and so glad we chose Emilio’s.
Service was fantastic, we got sound wine advice and the staff was more than ready to serve. The food was excellent — we all got pasta dishes and eating fresh, housemade pasta makes all the difference! They had very nice seasonal appetiizers; I got some delicious fresh figs with prosciutto. Overall, dishes were simple, balanced and well made with good ingredients. Nothing too heavy or complicated. Fresh and delicious at a great price.
Try Emilio’s for classic, high quality Italian.

Just had lunch at Emilio’s. About six weeks ago I was in Italy where the food was, of course, outstanding. Emilio’s is up there with the very best restaurants we went to in Italy. On reflection, I’d say it was better than any of those where we ate and all were very good to exceptional. The owner is a wonderful and charming woman and her staff is superb. Good bar, too. They even had Cutty Sark, which few places carry these days. It was my first visit, but I” be back.

Went to Emilio’s on the 3^rd for an anniversary dinner and had an amazing time! We will definitely be back!
Everything was great– the food, the service, and the feel of the restaurant. I had the salmon special and my boyfriend had the butterflied pork special– we both devoured our entire plates which was impressive since we had been a bit gluttonous with the antipasto cart (amazing!)
I would recommend this place to everyone!

My family and I had dinner here last month– my dad had been a few times and insisted we try it. We really, really enjoyed it! The place is a bit quirky and old fashioned in terms of atmosphere (kind of formal in a weird way, but not fancy, and there were drop ceilings, which I thought diminished the «nice» feeling a bit), and was a little too quiet for us at the beginning of the night, but by the end of the night it was full of diners enjoying themselves.
They have a nice selection of wines by the glass and quartino– I had the sauvignon blanc, which was very good. We started off with a selection of antipasti, which you choose from a cart that they bring to the table. I sampled the veal meatballs, eggplant caponata, artichokes, roasted peppers, and bruschetta, and everything was very well prepared. They also serve crusty bread and breadsticks with olive oil, olives, and a hard cheese.
They had a number of specials for the entrees in addition to the regular menu, and there were so many things I wanted to try that I decided to get a half order of two different pastas. (They will do half orders of all pastas. Pastas are housemade.) One was a special… linguine with shrimp and clams sauteed with garlic and oil, which was fantastic, and the other was tiny ravioli stuffed with ricotta and swiss chard in a walnut cream sauce. Getting a half order of each was one of the best food decisions of my life, because each was exquisite in its own way. Other entrees at the table were the monkfish wrapped in prosciutto (good, but I’m not a fan of monkfish), pasta with plum tomato sauce, and the risotto of the day, which was with sweet sausage and mushrooms. Everything was great. I should note that they are a little heavy handed with the salt, but this is not a complaint.
For dessert, we got the tartufo, which was served with a mountain of thick, sweet whipped cream, the cheesecake– a very light version, so good, a warm chocolate cake (boring), and some sort of pastry with blueberries. They had excellent coffee and cappuccino.
Service was a little frenetic but very hospitable. The server who initially took our order was very knowledgeable about their offerings. It’s a cavernous restaurant with numerous dining rooms as well as several different sized party rooms, and there appeared to be a huge party going on the back, so perhaps they were short staffed.
I would say the prices are fair considering the portions and quality of the food. I was pleasantly surprised and I would definitely return.