Osso Buco

New York, New York, United States

Osso Buco near Union Square

Osso Buco is a family style Italian restaurant. Their menu offers individual-sized servings, and family-style servings. Each family-style serving feeds 1.5 people, so it's a pretty good deal if you're with a group of people. We ordered 3 entrees and a salad between 5 people. The food was ok - it either tasted too bland or too salty. Our selection wasn't the best. It's possible other items would be better.

Dress

Casual. Some people were dressed up a little bit, but jeans and a t-shirt would be fine. The restaurant had a bit of a formal interior decor.

Cost

Our meal came out to about $20 per person.

Service

The service was a bit above average. Our water glasses were always kept full, and all our food came out together.

Reservations

I'm not sure if they take reservations, but when we arrived on a Sunday evening, there was no wait.

Items Ordered

Bread

Free Bread

Some white bread and butter was served before the food arrived. It was a pretty plain white bread, and had a pretty thick crust.

Mixed Green Salad

Mixed Green Salad

The salad was average. It was mostly lettuce, with a pretty good dressing. The family size was enough to share between 5 people.

Cappellini Primavera

Cappellini Primavera

This pasta was missing a tomato sauce. It was quite bland. The only flavor was a salty taste. There were a reasonable number of vegetables though, so that was good.

Roasted Chicken

Roasted Chicken

The chicken was a bit dry, and not very flavorful (except for the outside). The steak fries were decent, but there weren't very many to share between 5 people. We each got about 2 fries. They were thick cut potatoes.

Rigatoni With Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Rigatoni With Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

I'm not sure what broccoli rabe is, but it seemed more like spinach than broccoli, so it's probably the leaves of broccoli. I didn't really like the sausage in this dish - it didn't blend well with the giant pasta. This dish also could have used more broccoli.