Maialino (vicino) - Broad Channel

Maialino serves very high quality Italian food in a refined atmosphere. The staff were friendly and helpful. Having the Maialino wine bar just across the hall is an added bonus of visiting this great restaurant

Sashank, one of the servers, made our experience so wonderful. We (group of 4) did a walk in on a Saturday night around 7pm. We first sat at the bar and then was able to move to a table. Sashank was working the bar area and answered all of our questions and made fantastic recommendations. Something about how he took his time, genuinely recommended the dishes, never rushed us, and kept his eyes on our table and proactively brought out what we needed — it made a huge difference in our dining experience. After we moved to a table he later came back to check on us before leaving. Our friends and I decided that we can make it our neighborhood meet up spot on the nights he’s working so we can again have a great dining experience! Food: Great: Insata, veal tonnato, bolognese are my fav Eh: Didn’t love the lamb shoulder (it’s super tender and generous portion but didn’t have any special element to it), bucatini was so great.

The new Maialino is tiny, but mighty versus the previous location neat Gramercy Park. Excellent food and service. Just the wine selection by the glass could be better, mixing well known regions (that have better quality) and the less known regions (which are the only current offering). Green asparagus with egg, was excellent. Although I would have opted for white asparagus as this is the season.

This old favorite is back and although the staff is as wonderful as ever the food is not. Most notably the rigatoni dish did not have fully cooked pasta. The new place is smaller than the old location and reservations are a must if you want to avoid sitting at the bar. Not sure I’ll be back … there are other better Italian restaurant choices.

Maialino is such a great restaurant, so much delicious food, very friendly staff. The malfatti was absolutely wonderful, I had it many years ago, and never forgot it. Cozy spot, it looks great. The tiramisu was excellent as well. Great list of Italian wines, not to be missed.