Da Gennaro

Great food. My wife and I had the carbonara (gluten free for me) and it was great!….penne pasta option for gluten free, but still. All items are marked for gluten free or not. Minestrone soup was good as well.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

My daughter ordered gluten free Alfredo and got VERY sick after eating here. We ate out all week in New York and never had an issue anywhere else. I don’t know if she got full-on glutened or if it was heavily cross-contaminated, but I would definitely avoid eating here for celiacs. It ruined our last day of vacation.(side note, the gluten free penne was terrible as well. Very disappointing for $27)

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much/None

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Below Average

We decided to go to this place after reading some reviews we found in Google, but unfortunately our experience was a total disappointment.

Let me start with the good part of our visit, which is the very friendly staff and a nice decoration they have in the restaurant.

Now let me share with you the bad part and the really bad part of our visit.

Let's begin with the tables which are very small in an extremely crowded space. Literally my head was touching the head of the person behind me all the time (COVID SAFE).

There's also not enough space to place all the food that you order in such a small table for a party of five.

The bread was cold and hard and the food was definitely the poorest rated among all the Italian restaurants we have visited in the many years we've been traveling to New York (overated prices) but it's New York.

Now let get into the really bad part of our visit...

My daughter has celiac disease which means she can not have any gluten at all, or otherwise she can get really sick as soon as her digestion starts.

This is something that we explained to our waiter, who very confidently said there was nothing to worry about. He even said that they always made sure no cross contamination happened with the gluten food options they cooked (Pasta. meat and Pizza).

Considering past experiences that we've had in other restaurants I insisted that my daughter had a condition and, it was extremely important to have no cross contamination or other wise she would get really sick. The waiter (Elvis) insisted again there was nothing to worry about.

When the Pizza came my wife asked to my daughter if the pizza was ok (since the look of it was not of a gluten free kind pizza) and my daughter only said that it was really good, but she also mentioned that it tasted different.

We called the waiter one more time and asked if he was 100% sure that the pizza was gluten free and he once again insisted that there was nothing to worry about.

Short story, two hours later my daughter got really sick and she couldn't sleep all night because of the lack of interest that the staff of the restaurant gave to our daughters condition. Fortunately for persons who have the disease, after the gluten gets out of their body, they usually feel better right away.

Today we called the place to let them know what happened and the only thing they said was that they where very sorry, but the unfortunately they where very busy that night.

After that answer we got, honestly there's nothing else to say and it's pretty clear they don't give a sh#%t.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

Good quality food, pricier but not too far off the rest of NY. About $25-30 a plate for gluten free items. Not a designated kitchen or menu but they use gf penne for all their pasta dishes. Have gf appetizers and entree dishes other than pasta that are labeled on their menu. Wait staff was polite, no problems when I asked them questions. Would definitely go back for more!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Although George, our waiter was wonderful and attentive, as was the bus boy(whose name I do not know) I walked out feeling very ill. They serve GF pasta put I found a small piece of spaghetti in it and it I was supposed to have penne. I would not feel comfortable eating here if I had celiac. I’m only GF but still not feeling well at all.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Staff was helpful and pizza was average.

This is not a Celiac friendly restaurant.

Celiac friendly?

No

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Worst customer service experience I have ever had in my life. Let me preface this by saying I have dined here since before I went g-free, since 2008, and I loved it. On Saturday, while dining there with my boyfriend, our waitress refused to wait on us after we didn't order drinks (we were going out for margaritas after and didn't want wine). She literally did not return to our table for the entire meal. When she finally returned with our check...she asked me when "I was due." I am clearly not pregnant, I wear a size 4 and I had a tight dress on; she was just being rude. When I replied that I was not, she laughed and said "Oh it's been a long weekend." Not only was the service terrible, but I was outright fat-shamed by a waitress who was 100% unapologetic about it. I will never be back.

Fabulous gf pepperoni pizza. Thin crust, but thicker than your typical gf thin crust pizza.... Not floppy! Would definitely recommend. Cooked on a separate pan and clean utensils used.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

We were wandering through Little Italy having been on the bus at lunch time to get to NYC. Da Gennaro looked good to our discriminating son (age 21 and quite a good cook in his own right), so we were seated at a table. They had 2 risotto dishes, gluten free penne to substitute for other pasta, and meat and fish dishes that were naturally gluten free. I had the g-f penne with spinach and walnuts in what was supposed to be a gorgonzola cream sauce. If it had gorgonzola, I didn't taste it! The cream sauce was quite good, but would have been better with the gorgonzola.