Ate in Eately yesterday
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (48030)
Staten Island, New York
October 20, 2025 3:03pm CST
Yesterday, my mom and I went to an Italian restaurant for dinner. It is located inside Eately in downtown Manhattan, where the twin towers used to be. The food there is really good, but it’s not cheap. Our bill with 20% tip was around $175.
I ordered a New York strip steak with fried potatoes and balsamic onions. My mom ordered fresh pasta with beef ragu. We also shared burrata with heirloom tomatoes for appetizer. For dessert each of us had a sundae: strawberry sorbet topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberry slices with vanilla gelato and frozen strawberries underneath.
When the waiter brought the burrata and heirloom tomato appetizer my mom asked for some bread. We thought it was going to be free but it turned out the four slices of bread cost $5.50. It’s not really a big deal that we had to pay for the bread, however, if I had known the bread wasn’t free, I would’ve taken the leftover bread home.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
13h
$5.50 for 4 slices of bread? WOW! That was an expensive meal. I'm glad it was good.
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@snowy22315 (197672)
• United States
3h
@lovebuglena I was reading an article about a lady who went to Mahomes and Kelce's restaurant 1587 in KC...it was 800 dollars for the for of them. I am sure it was fabulous, but that would be the day!!
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
10h
The bread was really good though. It wasn’t dense as it sometimes can be. The sundae alone was $16 each.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
2h
@snowy22315 Well, she can probably afford it without any problems. Or the bill was split.
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@celticeagle (180797)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct
My daughter wanted Italian for her birthday last week. We ordered from an Italian restaurant that has been here in Boise for decades. It was very good, and we paid about the say as you did for three meals including appetizers and desserts. Also tipped the Uber driver.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
23h
Seems like you got way more food for the same money.
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@celticeagle (180797)
• Boise, Idaho
21h
@lovebuglena ........We got ALOT of food. Great portions. If we had known we wouldn't have ordered so much. Eataly sounds interesting.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
21h
@celticeagle I went to an Armenian restaurant with my mom recently and we ordered a few apps and two entrees. We had no idea their portions were big so we ended up taking a lot home.
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@LadyDuck (485406)
• Italy
9h
@lovebuglena Eately is Italian, but it's not so impressive compared to an average good Italian restaurant.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
10h
I’ve never been to Eately in Italy. We have a few locations in NYC. The food is delicious in their restaurants and the food stuff they sell is too. It’s just expensive so I don’t shop there really. Can’t afford to do that unfortunately.
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@RasmaSandra (90026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct
Glad you enjoyed the meal but that is expensive and because of rising prices I think that bread should still be given free,
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Oct
We didn’t think they’d charge us for it.
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@JESSY3236 (21185)
• United States
10h
I agree the bread should have been free. That is way too expensive.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
I don’t mind paying for bread if it’s a specialty bread or something. I don’t think this was but it was really good and wasn’t dense like it can be sometimes. But yes, $5.50 for four slices of bread is a bit much.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Oct
They have a few locations in the city.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Oct
The food is delicious. Been there four times already. Once with hubby and three times with my mom.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16036)
• Torrington, Connecticut
9h
That sounds great, I love Italian food from the village!
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
9h
So far the food there hasn’t disappointed.
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
23h
I loved it, but I hate whipped cream so I have to take that off. Each sundae was $16.
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@Traceyjayne (5933)
• United Kingdom
9h
Pleased you enjoyed your meal. It does sound very expensive though.
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@Dammy4life (132)
•
20 Oct
Wait $5.50 for BREAD?? Yeah no way I'm leaving that behind lol
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@lovebuglena (48030)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Oct
I think it was four slices. We thought it was free.
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