A Nearly 130 Year Southern Italian Feast in Manhattan
Settle in for homemade cooking at a famously hard to book Manhattan institution with a Sunday dinner feeling.
🍝 The Family Table
Rao's serves simple, homemade Southern Italian cooking, the kind of meal that makes a hard won table feel worth the chase. The family has run the business for almost 130 years, and it is celebrated as one of the oldest restaurants in the country. The kitchen sets out to make every night feel like Sunday dinner.
Getting in is famously tough. The dining room holds just 10 tables, and that small footprint keeps the room close and the focus squarely on a comforting Southern Italian feast. Expect upscale prices, and treat the reservation itself as the main event of the planning.
Dinner runs Monday through Friday from 7 PM to 11 PM, with the restaurant closed every Saturday and Sunday. At 455 East 114th Street in Manhattan, a confirmed weeknight table becomes the whole plan, and the evening deserves room to stretch out. Bring the people you would invite to a family Sunday supper and settle in for the long haul.
