Great ambience. Very cozy seating area. The place is bustling with people. Ambience is quaint. As soon as you sit down, you get fresh bread and olive oil, a zucchini and calamari appetizer. The place is packed to the rim granted it's a very small restaurant. I got the rigatoni which was good but my friend had the special Ravioli with burrata eggplant and zucchini with cherry tomatoes on top which was divine! I don't event like ravioli, the pasta would melt in your mouth! Fun atmosphere. FYI, the place is pricey, two people hit 300$ easily with two entrees, two appetizers

One of the all time favorites of uptown manhattan plenty of great Thursday night dinners top notch service

This place is a hidden gem. The food was outstanding and the staff were great. The restaurant is small in a basement but very quaint.

There are a ton of Italian restaurants in NYC, but there's nothing else like Scalinatella. The space feels like a glamorous, family own Italian place and their delicious Italian food is always perfectly executed.

Amazing authentic NYC eatery! Just the best! Great food and service with ambience galore!

This is a Wonderful restaurant! Yesterday! I came to dinner here with a friend my first time here. The location of the restaurant is quite interesting. It's all the way downstairs which at one point would have been the basement of a business. It looks like a cave quite cool looking. I think they need to change the ceiling because it has a very old ambience to it but yet the ceiling is very modern . I had the Prosecco, which was good, but I thought the champagne glass was too big . My friend had a couple glasses of wine then I had the Appetizer of Italian zucchini flowers with mozzarella. As my main course, I had fresh mozzarella with peppers and tomato, and my friend had fish . It was crowded. Lots of staff to take care of you. The bathrooms were upstairs and we're fairly clean. The prices are high, but I think the foods pretty good and They also give decent size portions, which I liked . We were the last to leave. No one complained. I wouldn't mind trying this place again.

This place was a 10/10! We showed up at about 5:45 with no reservation but were quickly seated. The staff was AMAZING! We were initially impressed by one of our servers ability to remember and explain all the specials that night (one included the white pasta pictured in the photo) and we also were treated well with every server we encountered. Let's just say the service was impeccable. Now on to the food...we are still dreaming about the white truffle pasta so if they have it when you go its a must try! Everything was delicious and we hope to make our way back soon.

Scalinatella was recommended to us for a nice dinner, and we took our family of kids ages 8-19 plus 2 adults. We had the eggplant, seafood and bread that was preset and adults absolutely loved the eggplant. We loved the ambiance and service, and with 3 teenagers and just one younger (who actually ended up sleeping through the whole meal) it was such a lovely evening for all of us. However, my caution is to either not care about the cost AT ALL or ask details. Because we got no understandable bill at the end and were either way overcharged for a few things or would never have ordered (ex: $69 per person including the sleeping child who didn't eat an appetizer, $15ish gelato pp) See receipt photo. We ordered an appetizer of prosciutto and parm, one glass of wine, one jack and coke, a soda for each kid, and the following entrees: -Shrimp and scallop pasta with olive oil and fresh tomatoes (delicious, would have loved sear on scallops) - this was a special - Ravioli with broccoli Raab and sausage (good but small portion) - kids portion of spaghetti with butter and parm - eggplant parm (not on menu, great flavor but soupy) - fettuccine Alfredo with chicken (not on menu, mixed reviews from the two who got it) The gelato (5) and ricotta cheesecake (1) were delicious. Overall, I'd absolutely return and would just be more cautious and would also ask for explanation of prices because this didn't add up.