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Arco Cafe brings the bold, sun-drenched flavors of Sardinia to the Upper West Side. Brother and sister Daniele and Francesca serve homemade pasta shaped by hand every morning, freshly baked focaccia, and recipes passed down through generations of Sardinian cooking. From signature malloreddus con salsiccia to crispy sebada drizzled with wildflower honey, every dish tells the story of our island. Open daily for lunch and dinner at 886 Amsterdam Avenue, steps from Central Park and the 1 train at 103rd. Full bar and Sardinian wine list. BYO wine welcome. Outdoor seating, wheelchair accessible. Walk-ins welcome or reserve online.
Casual, Italian-Sardinian cafe with outdoor seating, serving housemade pastas, breads & seafood.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 886 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
Phone: (646) 781-9080
Website: https://arcocafe.com/
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Homemade Sardinian pasta, freshly baked focaccia, and the flavors of our island on the Upper West Side. Open daily 12-9:30pm. 886 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC.
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Warm, welcoming, and authentically Italian, Arco feels like a family-run Sardinian café with exposed brick, friendly hosts, and soft music at quieter hours.
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Our food is rooted in the traditions of Sardinia, Italy. We make everything from scratch, including our pasta and focaccia. #EatLikeASardinian
Reviews
Jordan Ricci
They have a amazing Lunch Special. Good Happy if you like House(bottle shelf) liquor. But the food!!!! This is my second time visiting, first time for Lunch. Dinner is a better atmosphere, but the Lunch Special…. WOW! I haven’t seen a better one in the city or the boroughs. The pasta is Homemade, Foccia is very impressive and filling and the appetizers have large portions. Don’t skip this place!!!
… moreRuss Dunbar
I don’t generally rave about restaurants, but the meal that we had here at this ‘cafe’ was amazing. The prosciutto which was one ingredient of my date’s entree was to die for!! The two appetizers we had were so good that we felt like we were pushing the envelope by ordering entrees. I had fried calamari ( pronounced properly, please ) with zucchini which was so good I wanted to savor every bite. My date had an assortment of cheeses and meats which was beyond amazing. Mind you neither of us drank any alcohol because we both wanted to enjoy the taste of every bite!! My date chose the branzino for her entree and I chose the calves liver. My date who was not ecstatic about trying my entree still enjoyed the one or two bites she tried. I thoroughly enjoyed it as it was prepared almost perfectly.!! My date’s branzino was cooked perfectly with broccoli rabe. Overall the service was extremely good in terms of service, knowledge, and attentiveness. The location was the only hiccup as we had a bit of an issue with hangers on walking up the sidewalk to Arco. I know it’s not an issue with the restaurant, but we did feel a bit uncomfortable on the way up. .Ideally, with a slightly earlier reservation, I am certain you’ll enjoy yourself immensely ..
… moreBrad Taylor
The pasta dishes are SO GOOD. We got the November 50% off deal which runs Monday -Thursday before 6pm. Ordering was a breeze as was pickup. Such a great meal. Our pastas were both great in their own way. We got one with salmon and shrimp that was perfectly cooked and another with pistachios. Out of this world. Can’t believe we have this place in our neighborhood. Arco deserves all the support it can get.
… moreAatif Siddiqui
I went to Arco Café on a referral and I’m so glad I did — the meal was absolutely outstanding. From start to finish, the experience was flawless. The food was fresh, authentic, and full of flavor — you can tell real care goes into every dish. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, with that perfect balance of neighborhood charm and refined dining.
Service was attentive without being overbearing, and everything came out at just the right pace. It honestly felt like a hidden gem that more people need to know about.
If you’re looking for a place that delivers both quality and heart, Arco Café is it. I’ll definitely be coming back and recommending it to friends and family.
… moreService was attentive without being overbearing, and everything came out at just the right pace. It honestly felt like a hidden gem that more people need to know about.
If you’re looking for a place that delivers both quality and heart, Arco Café is it. I’ll definitely be coming back and recommending it to friends and family.
John Juices
This place is the GOAT of local neighborhood restaurants. Not only is the food absolutely fabulous, the prices are fair, and the service is unmatched. The lunch special goes down REAL nice and is NOT to be missed. The dining room itself is an amazing sensory experience – calm, cozy, warm, and beautiful. 100/10 had to sleep for 24 hrs after my meal.
… moreMeg Parsont
The focaccia alone is worth a visit to this cozy, neighborhood place! Add in delicately fried calamari and zucchini, homemade pasta, and a delicious tiramisu, and there are many reasons to go back again.
… moreYeeleng Vang
I live in the area and have walked by this place soooooo many times. It’s been on my growing list of places to try. It’s also highly rated so I was curious if it really lived up to the ratings. I find restaurant ratings on customer provided scores to be usually extra-high.
The service overall was good; I sat at the bar and the bartender provided new glasses for each of the bottled beers I got, even when I was about to re-use a glass for the second drink. The food took awhile to come out but I realized they actually waited to fire up my entree (pasta) after my appetizer (focaccia with cheese meat veggies i.e. almost or basically pizza, except no tomato sauce, but tomatoes instead).
It took awhile to cook up the entree even though it was just gnocchi with a cream sauce (pancetta and mushrooms). But this wait was definitely for a good reason. They must have low to medium-heat cooked the hell out of the pancetta. The cured taste was embedded in the cream sauce; a single complex flavor. The texture of the slippery soft but firm mushroom with its inherently light flavor was a great complement to the gnocchi which had a gummy inside and the pancetta which was rich and salty but not too salty. Perfect when you make a bite with all three and the cream sauce. The gnocchi was a bit gummy for me though, it kept getting plastered to my teeth after each bite.
The focaccia was cooked well, ending up crispy with a chew in a bite, and it was definitely handmade and fresh tasting light and feeling airy.
The place and its atmosphere was very quiet since I went about 45 minutes before close. It’s a small restaurant with decent decor of a tiled bar top with wooden stools. It reminded me of Mamma Mia the movie, Italy, and Greece.
I would definitely go back. You don’t find the care taken to cook food this well in so many places. If I had to give it a numeral rating out of 5 I would give it a 4.35, but being constrained by stars I have to give it 5 stars; it doesn’t deserve 4 stars only which I reserve for solidly good restaurants. Arco Cafe is more like very good, looking at the peak towards excellent.
… moreThe service overall was good; I sat at the bar and the bartender provided new glasses for each of the bottled beers I got, even when I was about to re-use a glass for the second drink. The food took awhile to come out but I realized they actually waited to fire up my entree (pasta) after my appetizer (focaccia with cheese meat veggies i.e. almost or basically pizza, except no tomato sauce, but tomatoes instead).
It took awhile to cook up the entree even though it was just gnocchi with a cream sauce (pancetta and mushrooms). But this wait was definitely for a good reason. They must have low to medium-heat cooked the hell out of the pancetta. The cured taste was embedded in the cream sauce; a single complex flavor. The texture of the slippery soft but firm mushroom with its inherently light flavor was a great complement to the gnocchi which had a gummy inside and the pancetta which was rich and salty but not too salty. Perfect when you make a bite with all three and the cream sauce. The gnocchi was a bit gummy for me though, it kept getting plastered to my teeth after each bite.
The focaccia was cooked well, ending up crispy with a chew in a bite, and it was definitely handmade and fresh tasting light and feeling airy.
The place and its atmosphere was very quiet since I went about 45 minutes before close. It’s a small restaurant with decent decor of a tiled bar top with wooden stools. It reminded me of Mamma Mia the movie, Italy, and Greece.
I would definitely go back. You don’t find the care taken to cook food this well in so many places. If I had to give it a numeral rating out of 5 I would give it a 4.35, but being constrained by stars I have to give it 5 stars; it doesn’t deserve 4 stars only which I reserve for solidly good restaurants. Arco Cafe is more like very good, looking at the peak towards excellent.
Ali Bakhsh
In an area crowded with competing Italian restaurants, Arco Cafe manages to stand out in quality of dishes, intimate aesthetic, and fantastic service. It’s clear that Arco spends less time focusing on the needless opulence often accompanied by Italian restaurants, and spends more time on the quality and authenticity of their dishes. I had the fettuccine ragu and tuna/caper focaccia. The focaccia was very creative and absolutely delicious!
… moreRachel Michelson
Really great service. Focaccia was great as well. Unfortunately, the vegetables didn’t taste super fresh, the mussels were overcooked, and there were hairs in our food. However, the food was pretty good, and the house-made pasta had a nice texture.
… moreSadie Monica
This food is hands down 20/10! The customer service was wonderful & they’re super welcoming and friendly. Their Insalata Di Gamberi was perfect! I don’t rave about salads but the shrimp was very flavorful and all the ingredients are FRESH! Their pastas are house made and you can purchase as well. I got the busa pasta with the assorted seafood 20/10! Dessert was tiramisu which is so rich and fresh! Everything is fresh and delicious a REAL GEM I highly recommend & will definitely be back. Franchesca & Juan are great with wonderful energy!
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