text: Had dinner there last week ...... went there with great anticipation because of its legendary status in New York ....... mildly disappointing but easily correctable .... the place itself is fun ... its old-timey Italian restaurant decor with all the celeb photos hung on wall ... very professional and most attentive service...... good food but not great ...... seems like the kitchen is trying to '' play it safe'' and the result is a very ample portion of just slightly above average entrees ...... my veal dish was good but not as good as I had hoped based on the Rao's reputation ( hype ? ) .... so they have a nice,fun setting,great servers and decent offerings but if they really got into that kitchen and tweaked their prep a bit ...... they'd improve on a product that is just a tad on the bland side. I hope they address this as it is a fun restaurant with good personnel .