John's of 12th Street

I don't understand how this place got 4 stars. The bruschetta was drenched in oil, totally uneatable. I ordered pasta with garlic and oil and I'm convinced they used the entire bottle of olive oil. Waste of money I couldn't finish any of it.

Written by Lauren C. on 5/12/2013 | Member since 2010
Lauren ordered from here within the last week

Ordered spaghetti/meatballs & carbonara, it was terrible. Bland, unexciting, looked terrible. And they were so pricey! White castle or tgif would prob made it better.. Then you might figure how bad this place was. I would give it minus points if possible and it hurts that I can't get my money back. Never ever again, I rather stay hungry.

Written by Chris W. on 4/28/2013 | Member since 2008
Chris ordered from here within the last month

Best classic-style Italian in the east village! Really great staff too

Written by Evan C. on 4/17/2012 | Member since 2011
Evan ordered from here within the last year

Ordering delivery from a restaurant that is really more of an eat-in establishment is generally risky, not least because the dishes tend to be more complicated and therefore travel less well. Such was the case with my order of sweetbreads and mushrooms and chicken parmigiana. The sweetbreads were just ok but came across as soupy due to being packaged separate from the potatoes and so forth. The spaghetti that accompanied the chicken was awful, dry strings of stiff pasta that I threw out. The veal was fair. NOT recommended for take out, might be worth a try eating in.

Written by William E. on 8/30/2011 | 23 other reviews | Member since 2011
William ordered from here over a year ago

Food here is pretty good, and the portions are huge. I think I'm at an advantage because I live in the building literally right next to it, so the food has never taken more than 15 mins to get here and is always fresh.

Written by Dean D. on 8/22/2011 | 3 other reviews | Member since 2010
Dean ordered from here within the last year

great meatballs & carbonara. one of the few non-homemade meatballs i'll eat.

Written by Sean E. on 4/5/2011 | 9 other reviews | Member since 2008
Sean ordered from here over a year ago

Great food well served. Always great!

Written by John S. on 2/3/2011 | 1 other review | Member since 2010
John ordered from here over a year ago

Delivery took twice as long as the smealess web estimate. When I called they continued to tell me the delivery person had "just left" and should be there in "15 minutes" - this went on for an hour. For $29 they delivered my two pounds of spaghetti with 1 tablespoon sauce. The sauce at Trader Joes for $1.99 is far superior to their sauce. The chicken was drowning in water (and was flavorless) and the minestrone soup was so gross I threw it away - oh, but thanks for giving me such an enormous portion of this awful soup and and absurd portion of inedible pasta. I'm giving the food one star because choosing zero stars is not an option. This place is such a rip off!

Written by leah c. on 1/19/2011 | Member since 2010
leah ordered from here over a year ago

I got the chicken parmesan and they sent me a crazy amount of bread with it. Overall, the food is pretty good. It's not on par with the best Italian I've ever eaten, but it's good.

Written by Andy J. on 1/10/2011 | 7 other reviews | Member since 2010
Andy ordered from here over a year ago

Great portions and easy delivery.

Written by carey s. on 10/12/2010 | Member since 2010
carey ordered from here over a year ago

Don't trust their quoted delivery times... they are perpetually late!

Written by Samantha G. on 4/15/2010 | 1 other review | Member since 2007
Samantha ordered from here over a year ago