Review of Ristorante Ottaviani

I live 2 hours away from this place, and have made trips around dining here! Love love love love LOVE this place.

I'm celiac but not overly sensitive. I'm of Italian descent, from NY, and miss this cuisine like crazy.

They will give you GF bread with an upcharge. Not bad, but it's worth being able to finally share bread with the other non-GF people at the table!

The staff is extremely knowledgable and very polite. It's an old building so it is densely packed and loud, but I enjoy that atmosphere.

I love the cacciatore. It's outstanding. The mussels are also a delight.

My partner says their martinis are excellent. :)

One thing to note - if you have leftovers, ask if you can box it yourself. My partner had a non-GF meal and regular bread to box up. I had my GF meal to box up. They put his bread on my GF meal. We didn't know until we went to have leftovers the next day. I was able to pluck off the bread and crumbs with zero reaction. That's fine for me, but might cause others an issue. Be careful if you have leftovers!