

Upscale, intimate restaurant offering seasonal, New American cuisine in a sophisticated dining room.
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Address: 106 W Gay St, West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: (484) 887-0919
Website: https://andiario.com/
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As another reviewer stated, the atmosphere is sublime: it is quaint but spacious and you cant hear the other tables which provides a superior and intimate experience.
The food is top notch and the service is equally attentive but not overbearing. The fixed menu is a joy and honestly a welcome option in a world full of too many choices.
Dropping in some pictures from our meal last night. The pasta was so simple yet the flavor profiles super complex how they caressed my palette.
There is a reason Andiario is a top restaurant in Philly.
We had an amuse bouche arancini that was made with farro and a lovely melty cheese that was a perfect bite.
The first course was Florida shrimp with kumquat and peppers. The shrimp were fresh and delicious and the fruit and peppers were a great accompaniment. Unfortunately, the shrimp had not been cleaned—at all. The vein was still intact, despite the fact that it appeared as though someone had sliced down the back of the shrimp. This is a huge oversight that I hope the restaurant will correct. Also, for a more upscale restaurant, the shrimp should have been prepared so that it was such a messy struggle to get it out of the shell–I literally had to unbutton and roll up the sleeves of my dress to be able to peel it.
The second course was a dragon’s teeth pasta with oxtail ragu. The pasta was toothy (in more ways than one :)) and the ragu was rich and delicious. A server came with cheese and grated it over my dish without a)asking if I wanted cheese and b)asking me to indicate how much cheese was desired. We were also served a very delicious country loaf–tangy on the inside and crusty on the outside.
The main course was an enormous pork shank with borlotti beans and green garlic, and it was wood roasted. I’m not a garlic fan, but the meat was beautifully cooked and very tender. The area nearest the skin was a little dry, but not terribly so. To me, the pork was very rich and too similar to the oxtail–and it desperately needed a different vegetable accompaniment. The beans were too similar in texture and the dish was missing something on the vinegary side to cut the richness of all that meat.
Dessert was a lovely sponge cake with persimmon jam and whipped cream—delicious and light.
I had one of the two cocktails on the menu—the aperol spritz, which was perfect. My partner had a glass of wine suggested by one of the staff.
I know that in a restaurant like this where you are getting what the chef prepares, without the choices normally afforded by a menu, there is a chance you will not like things that are served. Generally, I enjoyed everything and I will definitely return in a different season to dine again. However, failure to serve clean shrimp is a huge issue for me, and there are certainly places where the diner can be given a choice about whether they want something like cheese.
I would have liked to given 5 stars, but when my partner and I discussed the experience the next morning, we both independently assigned 4 out of 5.
We were given a chef’s compliment to start – chicken liver mousse on a rosemary cracker (it was two bites of richness)
The appetizer was a toasted piece of sourdough with provolone topped with sun dried pepper (While a tasty dish, it was not thought through how someone would eat this. It was difficult to cut and too complicated for something so simple)
First course was pasta and fennel sausage (by far the best dish of the night. Great flavor, but also too simple for a place like this.)
Second course was soft shell crab over an asparagus salad (the salad was over dressed. Also, why would your main course of New American cuisine be soft shell crab… unclear)
Dessert was a rhubarb tart with ricotta ice cream (unfortunately for those who couldn’t eat the ricotta, there was no alternative to make this dessert not dry)
While critical, our meal was nice. Great staff and experience, just the menu and quality of food…that’s where we expected more.
Ranking the dishes in order:
1. Trofle (homemade pasta)
2. Swordfish
3. Dessert (my boyfriends least favorite course of the night- it was nice and light but nothing to write home about) honestly expected more for the price
4. Duck (I’m not a duck person but with the parsnip purée it was very good!!)