Sauce Restaurant

The neighborhood knows us for our heritage chicken parm, grass-fed beef meatballs, homemade pasta, and extra thin crust pizza, but what people really come back for is the thing that anchors it all: the sauce...

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  • Phone

    (212) 420-7700

  • Website

    saucerestaurant.com

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  • Type

    Italian Restaurant

Address

78 Rivington St (at Allen St) New York , NY 10002 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Brunch, Dinner
Drinks Beer, Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 185


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good for dates polenta kale salad good for groups casual zucchini outdoor seating brunch food French toast desserts bar great value cute meats trendy cheese spare ribs pate dinner potatoes
James Kiernan

Place is awesome. Killer vibe, fun location, fantastic food. Favs include garlic bread , chicken parm and French toast (brunch ). Mangia!! ????

Mari Abe

Best seats at Sauce are at the bar where you can see the kitchen. So grab a stool and order the filetto di pomodoro with fresh ricotta . To DIE for. Steak was basically my side dish.

Brianna Tuinen

This place is amazing. The pana cotta , pizzas , and salads are amazing. You need to try the watermelon salad - it’s out of this world. The avocado salad is also very very good

Jason Brew

Great spot for a Sunday Italian meal on the lower east side. Try the zucchini matchsticks as an app and get the braciole for dinner

Oksana Ultraviolet

One of the restaurants where I would love to come back. Good zucchini soup , pan seared salmon and chocolate cake . Wait-ers/resses are polite and refill your water all the time.

Lee Hoffman

The best fried zucchini I've ever had - make sure to ask for it w Marinara sauce . Chicken parm is good, lasagna is awesome.

Andrew Yung

One of my favorite restaurants in the city . Order the grilled octopus salad as a starter and split the polenta for your main. If they have the burrata , order that too.

Karl With A "K"

The lasagna is delicious and a manageable portion, though the bar selection is a bit limited. Try the garlic bread for an appetizer as well !

Skyler Dobin

Killer playlist and solid wine selection . Food is on point as well . You could get the polenta plank for presentation alone but it also happens to be damn tasty.

Risa

Grub Street off-menu dish: Amatriciana. "Extra-thick bucatini tossed w mint & pecorino then topped w a dry-cured, 24-hr braised spare rib belly chop. Call ahead—it takes a full day just to cook it."

Bastian Beyer

Great place! The seating area outside is great, there's always sun! Also it's nice to check out the hassle in the kitchen when sitting at the bar . Porcini Tortellini are really awesome

samantha hankins

Delicious, casual , inexpensive Italian spot . Outdoor seating . Vegetarian friendly . Loved the cavatelli . For added richness go for the add'l dollop of ricotta . Whoa.

ZAC, Digital Agency

The heart and soul of Italian cuisine is the ragu , repurposed under Chef Prisinzano's 4th Manhattan restaurant as SAUCE. Farm to table , nose to tail, seasonal, in-house butcher . Delicious + reasonable Read more

Jeffrey Glueck

The Plank. And kale salad . Cool private room in back too.

Emily Schildt

the burrata comes in on thursdays and sells out quickly. probably related to the fact that you can usually find me at the bar pushing it. don't miss out.

Boon Yap

Incredible food, good drinks, great service. Buratta is sublime, and all the pasta is spectacular. Highly recommended!

Diego Baldin

Awesome Place and Great Food. Spaghetti with Meatballs and a Glass of Wine is a perfect call. Best Italian food I had in NY, reminded me my Nona's food.

Jen Berg

Get "The Plank" if you dare. Super filling but super yummy way to experience the ragu . Also burrata if they have as special - cheese ball as big as my head. For realz.

DoubleDeuce

Great wine , great vibe. Grass fed beef . Absolutely solid meal.

Danyel Smith

beyond delicious. kale salad . the potato spaghetti with the crispy fried egg on top. the sausages . the polenta with blue cheese . the braised beef . the wine . the red wines .

Cascina Garitina

Really nice and romantic italian restaurant in downtown Manatthan, with a great wine selection ! #barbera

Andrew C

$18 for a small plate of rigatoni and meatballs ??? CRAZY.... it is so delicious, but not for the cost!!! also, garlic bread is like heaven in your mouth

Thrillist

Sause houses an open carvery that breaks down "whole hogs and steers" delivered every Thursday for the kitchen to turn out Italianate classics like homemade sausages , meatballs , and pastas . Read more

Stephanie M

You can order from the full dinner menu at the bar and sometimes get seated there a lot faster than for a table. Really delicious!

Monika McMahon

There's only a few gluten free options but the zucchini noodles are delicious!

Steven Lambiase

The spaghetti and meatballs here are amazing! Don't get the burrata & rigatoni special though...$27 for a bowl of noodles and cheese with olive oil is not worth it.

Shawn Thornton

Love the pasta and wine at this place. Place can get very crowded so I suggest you always make reservations .

Karima

Great for dates, good delivery , cozy vibes and more importantly, a most excellent peccorino kale salad + meatballs .

Serious Eats

Italian-American comfort food with a nose to tail ethos good for group dining.

Rich Kennedy

Homemade pasta , great wines and frozen mugs for the beer . What more could you ask for? Oh, don't forget the homemade desserts .

Garett Press

They do a really great carbonara . Egg on pasta is a strange and wonderful thing my friends.

Annie Alfstad

Good food great romantic but busy ambiance. Solid if u just want some old school Italian turned contemporary . Good service .

Geoff Reinhardt

I had some incredible kale gnocchi , but you can't go wrong with classic spaghetti and meatballs either!

Jeremy Bassinder

Just amazing food. The Stars were the polenta and bolognese appetiser and the pana cotta dessert . Fab place.

Jennifer K

Can't go wrong w/ pappardelle pasta with bolognese sauce ! Also the simple and fresh argula salad is a nice start as well as the pate & fennel !

Mark Forscher

The sizes of the dishes are radically different. Went with a group and seemed like anything less than $12 is a small side, anything more than $20 is served on a huge platter & is enough for 2 people.

Kevin Ennis

Tapas style Italian. Great sauce (of course). Pasta was great, just wish they had bigger portions. It's Pasta ... it's cheap to make.

New York PR

On Monday's loyalty card members receive 50% off. Try the Zucchini Limone pasta , potato and kale gnocchi and kale salad .

Josephine Son

Everything is amazing but the bolognese sauce is killer! Sit at the bar and u get to watch all the food come out! Already planning my next trip!

sam kahn

Steak pizzaiola was super good. Burrata was off the hook but abbot huge for two people

Brianna Tuinen

Love the avocado salad and the watermelon salad

Christine Chen

Great food and wine , outdoor seating is nice in the summer. Their taste in music is a bit questionable tho.

Steve Androulakis

High quality pasta with 'proper' smaller portion sizes a la Europe. Get the ragu meatballs !!

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The mashed potatoes with basil oil is definitely one of my favorite sides.

Francis Udler

So good. Perfect portion size and reasonably prized. Will definitely be back. Gnocchi are great.

Cara Araneta

Great neighborhood place . Everything tasty, affordable and seating outside is a perk. They take cards now too!

Jackie S.

Fried zucchini match sticks are crack. Scoop them with your hands and stuff your mouth with them. Forget the utensils.

Valentina Monte

Burrata burrata burrata and raw beef w arugula ????

James Marshall

Everything is so good. Pastas all terrific. Sauces all tasty Chicken parm is great.

Ryan Campbell

Great music selection for dinner . Fun spot to go with a small group of friends.

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