La Sorrentina Ristorante

I don’t normally leave mediocre reviews which this place is very. The pizza has NO taste. The pasta is sometimes good and sometimes, well… Nevermind. The owner is VERY nice and we had a party here several years ago. Great memories and great time. Went off without a hitch. Food was good at that party and we tried going back about three times. Every time is just mediocre at best. It’s a place I really want to like. Very nice people and hard workers. But taste is just not there.

Excellent service. Excellent Balsamic chicken. It was definitely related to the Marsala, but separate. They even used different mushrooms! Very generous espresso. Bland chicken caesar salad. If you roder vegetables with your dinner, they’ll be better than the usual generic steamed veggies.

Service was good, place was clean, wine was decent. But the food was not really the best. Seems like everything is from a jar, can, or frozen. Appetizers were actually pretty good. The main course will leave you with much to be desired… and using the toilet.

If you’re hungry and with a group, the family style package has the best variety and value for an excellent and delicious meal.
For $ 50 pp (plus tax and tip) you get several anti pastas and entrees. The sangria, wine, coffee and dessert are also included.
I’ve been eating a La Sorrentina for years, but seem to be going much more frequently now that they have this all inclusive family style dinner. You’ll be able to relax and catch up with family and friends without being rushed through the meal.
The wait staff is friendly and attentive and the owners themselves walk the floor to make sure you’re satisfied.

What an experience! Great food, excellent service! Try the family style pre-​filter menu. Will definitely come again.

Very impressed with my visit today. The old school charm was back and many new improvements were added. The old photos on the wall were great and I especially loved my salmon main course with the special gravy boat of sauce, everyone’s curiosity was peaked! Will be looking forward to going back again soon!

I want to go and try thier pizza one day, as for the rest let me see the base board radiators looked Dirty and disgusting, the food was like airplane portioned, a trattoria is supposed to serve you nice plentiful portions not a plate of pasta with 10 zitis on it, bring out some garlic bread or pieces of pizza while people are waiting WTF I’ve been to trattorias in sicily the owners sit and interact with the customers this place the Owners don’t even eat there… like I said I want to try thier brick oven, until then owner should bring a chef from italy or the PROFET OR just retire and let someone who knows what they are doing run the place. MA CHE MINCHIA FAI PAISANO???

Went for date night last Friday. This place was more than I expected.
We ordered stuffed artichoke (special of the night) mixed green salad and shrimp scampi to share.
The stuffed artichoke was great, light and flavorful. I don’t normally order this in restaurants bc it can never live up to mine or my mothers recipe, I must say this was pretty good.
The mixed greens weren’t anything to rave about but was good, needed a bit more dressing and salt to taste in my opinion but we enjoyed it.
The shrimp scampi was amazing. Again, light and flavorful. The shrimp were HUGE. Perfectly cooked and cleaned well. It was served with a slice of lemon, which I loved and of course just added to the flavor of the dish.
We were also greeted by the owner/​manager, adding to our experience. Very nice staff.
I can’t wait to go back to try more.

I was there yesterday for a party to celebrate my passed Uncle’s life. The food was excellent and the service outstanding. A special nod to Jesus (two syllable pronunciation). I’ve eaten there many times in the restaurant and always had a pleasurable experience.

Warning!
This restaurant employs an irresponsible, reckless, delivery driver. The delivery boy drives a black honda with stickers on the rear window. The car has tinted windows and ny plates GTD 5815. This reckless, despicable little douche was speeding, tailgating my car at a high speed. So much so that I had to pull over my car for safety. I had my elderly parents in my car. Then this speed demon continued to race through the RED LIGHT on 14^th avenue and 79^th street to deliver a pizza pie on the next block! How do I know this shithead was from la sorrentina? When he drove away and sarcastically greeted me, I asked the lady he delivered the pizza to. I would not patronize a business who employs little scumbags like that! There are plenty of other nice Italian eateries in this town! La Sorrentina can go scratch their ass with a broken bottle cap!

A cute italian restaurant with polite staff. The food takes awhile to wait, but its worth it, especially the main course. In terms of appetizers we took: crabcake (not bad), the filet mignon skewers was superb, (asparagus — not so much, mushy and not much flavor). The main dishes we had: filet mignon done med. rare — again very good, salmon in mustard sauce — delicious and broiled seabass– superb. Main dishes were done to perfection, only negative thing was that mashed potatoes served with filet mignon tasted like it was out of box. However, quality of the filet mignon itself eclipses that, so still a highly recommended dish. Pasta that accomanied fish entries was yummy. I had the seabass, and that was done to perfection, such juicy and yummy fish.:)
Sweets: tiramisu: amazing, icecream concoctions (do not remember names) very nice. Cappuccino — done properly.

I have been eating at La Sorrentina for about 9 years. I have never ordered a dish I didn’t enjoy thoroughly, or was made to feel unwelcomed. I have also been to two private parties here and the food and service was wonderful. Well dinner tonight was as delicious as always but the service was beyond poor. The waitress could have cared less about us. We had to ask for just about everything multiple times. We asked for Parmesan cheese three times, but her priority was to serve cake to the next table. She never checked in on us to see how things were going. Dinner was long and painful. And a gratuity was included. Didn’t like that! My husband says, we are never going back.

Went there for Valentine’s Day with the wife.
We always eat at the pizzeria and decided to splurge. This has to be the only true classical Italian restaurant left in Brooklyn.
The service was great and Joey the host made us feel like we were eating with family.
I had the linguini with clams and a steak and my wife had the carpaccio and grilled swordfish.
The steak was cooked perfectly and the linguini were al dente and delicious.
We will definitely go back– our new favorite

I’ve been coming here for years, both for dinner and for parties/​events.
The food is good — but there are some misses for sure. Last night, my boyfriend and I went to La Sorrentina to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. We had a $ 100 gift certificate (or we likely would have gone to Mama Rao’s — my favorite, and right down the street) and decided to try to spend as much of it as possible.
Appetizers:
Crab cake with Creamed Corn — Good in theory. The outside of the crab cake was crisp, but not greasy, which I liked. The inside had a lot of shredded crab inside, which was nice, but I didn’t get that creamy texture or any bite from it at all. The corn was ok — it was nice along with the crab cake, but on its own, was just creamed corn.
Mozzarella in carrozza: Usually, this is one of my favorite things to order. Two thumbs down though, dry, bland… my boyfriend said it best «it tastes like nothing.» They seemed surprised that we left 4 pieces on the plate.
Entrée:
Chicken Sophia: My boyfriend ordered Chicken Sofia, which he said was just ok. It was missing some flavor and was definitely under seasoned. Also, I expected the chicken to be rolled, since it was stuffed, but instead was two pieces of chicken placed on top of each other with the stuffing (prosciutto and mozzarella) in between the two slices. It was messy and hard to eat. It was in a marsala sauce though, which was delicious.
Veal Marsala: I am a sucker for Marsala and I don’t cook veal at home so I like to get it when I am out to dinner. The veal cutlets were VERY tiny, almost like medallions. They were a little tougher than I was expecting them to be and I was disappointed in the texture and chewiness. Again, the marsala sauce was a home run and the only redeeming thing about this plate.
They also served both entrees with a side of unseasoned (likely frozen) vegetables.
Dessert:
This was the highlight.
Tartuffo: My boyfriend will order tartuffo no matter where we are or how full we are. It’s his favorite. La Sorrentina did not disappoint us here — the serving was HUGE and it was delicious. The chocolate on the outside was soft enough to spoon into but cold enough to stay hard on the plate — perfect.
Tiramisu: I ordered the tiramisu, which is one of my favorite desserts. It was delicious… not too soggy… just creamy enough.
I also ordered a cappuccino which was fine.
My advice to anyone going here: Go with the Penne Vodka (which is my usual go to dish here… delicious and a HUGE serving) or the Chicken Francese (their sauce is very, very good). Skip an appetizer unless you’re getting a cold antipasto (like a caprese salad… yum) and have a piece of bread… it’s warm and fresh. Don’t skip dessert. OR skip this place completely and stroll the extra block to Mama Rao’s.

La Sorrentina restaurant has very delicious food. I went there yesterday with a party of 11, it was empty so we were seated and had our orders taken quickly. The bread is very tasty, and their caesar salad is to die for, along with their baked clams. Shortly after our food was served, I had ordered chicken parmigiana with a side of penne with vodka. I thought it was wonderful and the service was great.

over priced number one! also when ever i order food i go back for same plate next week its a different price! they make up there prices as they go! never going back here.

I am surprised this place has such a low rating. The service was decent and the food was very good. They were all very nice to me. The staff was all Italian, real Italian, like just off the boat. I think that adds to the experience. The bread was very good, and the steak was tender. If I could change 1 thing it would be the $ 10 for a glass of house chianti. On the up side it was a very full glass. Nice little Italian place.

The best Italian restorant in town. The staff is very friendly and fast. The food is excellent. They have a full bar. The prices are ok

Visited La Sorrentina Ristorante for a party. It was a large party 50+ people so I was prepared to not have the best food experience. Generally in larger parties with a set menu everything is massed produced. Quite frankly the food was average. We started with mozz and tomato salad. The mozz was the supermarket variety. I’m sure you know what I mean. For pasta I had the penne vodka but the penne was over cooked. So far the meal was as expected: average. For a main course I had the veal with mushrooms which by this point I was stuffing myself on their delicious bread. So needless to say I was only able to have 2 bites and wrapped up the rest. For dessert they brought out this small almond ice cream cup which turned out to be quite delicious and the best part of the meal (other than the bread). I probably won’t be back in the area to try this place again so I leave it with 3 Stars which is being generous.
The service was good. They were attentive and available for drink orders often.

We have a bit of misrepresentation to deal with here.
This Unilocal profile is for the restaurant, not the pizza place up the block! The Pizza place has it’s own Unilocal profile and the restaurant does not offer pizza!
So let’s talk about La Sorrentina Ristorante and maybe help fellow Unilocalers get what they want at an Italian restaurant…
First off, an authentic Italian restaurant (or anything close to authentic) takes no prisoners when it comes to your order. The menus are mostly untouched for years because the food they offer never changes (Specials come on a separate menu or are told verbally). If you look closely, you will see EVERY item offered in the dish in parentheses, so what you see is what you get!
These types of Italian restaurants love to offer bacon or pancetta in their dishes, and if you take a quick overview of La Sorrentina’s menu you will see these items in a majority of the dishes, if you do not see it written in print, you are not getting it!
Another nugget for you to chew on (literally) is how you should order your pasta. The majority of Italians like their pasta soft and that’s the standard when ordering at a restaurant. If you do not like «mushy» pasta then you must as for your dish al dente.
Again, You will NOT get your dish al dente unless you ask!
La Sorrentina Ristorante takes up a nice chunk of real estate on 66^th street and 11^th avenue, with a party room attached to two store’s worth of restaurant.
The inside is typical old world Italian with wine bottles lining the walls along with Italian scenic art, making for a semi authentic feel a a slightly romantic atmosphere. The place is loud when just half full because of the Italian music playing through the speakers and the loud conversations held at each table (you always get a couple of large groups a night). There’s a full bar at the back too where you can converse. Waiters are all Italian and very nice to you upon entering/​ordering.
On my latest visit we had 7 people celebrating a birthday and were ready to eat like champs. We decided on family style appetizers and were given baked clams, mozzarella en carozza (battered and fried mozzarella), fried calamari, fresh mozzarella with tomato, roasted peppers and olives along with cold shrimp cocktail. Tons of bread with butter and olive oil is served before the apps complimentary.
Everything was good except the clams, which did not have the waste removed and one clam had a small piece of shell inside. Everything else served for appetizers was very good to excellent. I also had a Caesar salad which was cheesy and delicious.
For main courses, i went with the cavatelli broccoli rabe which was fantastic! I added a little graded cheese and a touch of crushed red pepper to give it just a little kick and i enjoyed it. My wife went with the penne alla vodka which i sampled and thought it was very good also.
Other items ordered were ossobuco (which i think is gross) but my father in law ripped into it like it was his last meal, chicken catchatore and so much more which everyone said they enjoyed.
For dessert there were double espresso’s on the table along with spumoni and tartufo (vanilla and chocolate ice cream inside a chocolate shell)
Overall our meal was very enjoyable and we were satisfied walking out the door but one thing to keep in mind is La Sorrentia’s prices are on the high side. We spent $ 380 bucks on 7 people which is high. You could probably get similar food for about $ 50 cheaper at a few other restaurants in the immediate area, but it’s all a matter of preference.
You should try La Sorrentia if you are in the area and like Italian food because you will enjoy it, just keep my tips in mind when ordering and expect a decent sized bill.