Every Valley neighborhood should be so lucky as to have an eatery like Aiello's Fine Italian Dining

i went here a couple of times since i live right down the street. and i was not as impressed. the pasta bolongese..which is a good barometer of how an italian restaurants operate. The service was friendly, no doubt. but the value for the price was less than what i expect. i would prefer spending a few more dollars and enjoy a dinner at marcellino's on 13th st and northern..or spend a few dollars less and enjoy a better meal at a neighborhood place like pino's on thomas and 1st avenue..especially when pino has halibut as his special of the day. aiello's was crowded so it may appear the standards of criticism among my neighbors are not as severe as mine. it's not the olive garden..thank goodness..but i walked out still hungary...and not being a huge guy..that's never a good sign. it replaced panino's which made the mistake of having even smaller portions at even bigger and ridiculous prices. so it's a step in the right direction. I can see why they did not make it in new york..with billions of italin competitors,this place would not attract any attention. average at best!

wow..some really bad typos and writing errors in my first comment. that's what happens with stream of consciousness essays. but i stand by my review. really nice people, average place to eat. along with the pasta bolongese, my date had spaghetti vongola..clams with red sauce. she thought it was ok at best..for 4 dollars more i would have experimented with linguini fradiavlo. hot antipastos were 34 bux..cold 28. that would make chris bianco blush. another good italian eatery with an excellent halibut with saffron sauce is thats italiano..on indian school around 40th st. the halibut at aiellos is around 26 dollars if i remember, nicely served with clams and mussels..but the piece of halibut was enough for lunch..not dinner.

I've eaten at Aiello's twice in the past two weeks and I'm look forward to a third time real soon. The food is delicious. The bolognese was my favorite until I had the cavatelli with Sunday gravy. It's very similar to what I make a home. It's true east coast Italian. Aiello's is kind of a far drive for me coming from the NW valley but not as far as going back to the east coast. I'm really happy with Aiello's and hope they're around for a long while.

http://foodhuntersguide.blogspot.com/2008/02/authentic-east-coast-italian-food.html