Review of Wild

This is a fine place to go if you have Celiac and you're in NYC. The service was good, despite it being busy. They lost our reservation. They seem to write out all the reservations they get even if it's online and use a reservation book for seating. It gives a nice quaint and authentic effect, but transferring reservations like that can result in them getting lost. Even with all that, they got us sat immediately.

The food had good flavor and nice plating, but the problem was the pasta itself. There was no question that it was gluten free pasta. It was stiff and gummy. This was fine for my garganelli, chewy, but ultimately fine. My wife got a ravioli, and stiff chewy pasta is terrible for ravioli. It makes the filling fall out, and the texture contrast of soft filling and rubbery pasta is hard to get through.

All that said, the food wasn't terrible, just not good. It is outweighed by the atmosphere. This place is adorable. The restaurant is a little hole in the wall, not much bigger than an apartment living room. It's packed with seating, but that is honestly endearing. Despite being so close to other guests, it was still very easy for the night to feel intimate with my wife and I.

Service was great. Our server was very attentive even though he was incredibly busy. It was clear that he wanted to be at our table to take care of us, but he had many other things to do. I'm a server myself, so this is exactly what I like to see out of other servers. The unfortunate fact of serving is that you can't always be at your tables. If you're like me and you want everyone to have the best service possible, you want to be able to check on your tables consistently and take care of them when they need something as soon as they need something. When you're busy and you have several guests, that just isn't realistic. What's important is that you care, you want to be there, and the table doesn't want for anything. It might have taken him a moment to get to us, but he knew when we needed something and he did get there. Service was great.

Dessert was good, but nothing to write home about.

The food is okay. The service is good. The atmosphere is incredible. Most importantly, we did not get glutened.

Is ALL the food in this establishment gluten-free?

— Yes, the establishment is dedicated gluten-free

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

— Good