Italian-American · Greenwich Village · New York, United States
How to book Carbone
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Tables open 30 days ahead at 10:00 New York time on Resy, for lunch and dinner.
Rule from its booking page, last read by us 30 September 2026.
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About Carbone
Carbone is an Italian-American restaurant on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village, opened in 2013 by chefs Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi with their Major Food Group partner Jeff Zalaznick1. It took over the old home of Rocco, a red-sauce restaurant, and the Carbone name now glows in neon over the original Rocco sign1. The restaurant describes its menu as drawing on the culinary history of Little Italy1.
The room is styled after a restaurant of the 1950s or 1960s, with burgundy leather banquettes, gold accents, polished wood, marble and soft art deco lighting, plus artworks by names such as Julian Schnabel1. Captains in tuxedos designed by Zac Posen run the tables and much of the show, including tableside dishes and dessert carts, while old crooner records and opera play in the background1,3.
The menu is à la carte, with lunch and dinner services1. In a 2013 review, Pete Wells of The New York Times gave it three stars, singling out the veal parmesan and a spicy, buttery rigatoni, and describing the captains as character actors with a "jokey, swaggering" style2. Carbone earned a Michelin star in 2013 and lost it in 20224.
What people like
- The spicy rigatoni in vodka sauce, which critics call forceful and substantial and which diners still come in to eat.2,3
- A huge, theatrical veal parmesan that The New York Times critic called the veal parm you always hoped for in his 2013 review.2
- Swaggering, tuxedoed captains who put on a show at the table, from the tableside Caesar salad to the dessert carts.2,3
- A big, showy night out in a retro room with candelabras, crooner and opera music, and a Godfather-style tile floor.2,3
- Lunch, which one reviewer says might be even better than the dinner service.3
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Sources
Last checked 30 September 2026.
- resy.com platform: release rule, deposit, cancellation, dress code, checked 2026-09-30
- theinfatuation.com secondary: named among the toughest NYC reservations; 30 days at 10am, checked 2026-09-30
- timeout.com secondary: named among the hardest NYC reservations; 30 days at 10am, checked 2026-09-30
- guide.michelin.com secondary: Michelin Guide listing: not starred, checked 2026-09-30
Sources for the description and pictures
- carbonenewyork.com official: Carbone New York
- nytimes.com press: Restaurant Review: Carbone in Manhattan - The New York Times
- theinfatuation.com press: Carbone - Review - Greenwich Village - New York - The Infatuation
- en.wikipedia.org reference: Carbone (restaurant) - Wikipedia
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