OTTO By POLPO

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   Holly

   Philadelphia

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Love the beauty of the dining room -- white linen tablecloths and napkins, lovely lamps at every table. No cliched decor gimmicks. Just elegance without being prissy. The food was excellent and our waiter great. My new favorite restaurant!
   

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   David

   New York City

   12 reviews

   2.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Lovely restaurant, and service was prompt and professional. Nice ambience, nice crowd, although as the place filled up it became a bit too loud. Food was ok but nothing great, and frankly expensive for small portion sizes and mediocre quality such as my plain, tiny spaghetti marinara main course for $21. Decent but nothing special and poor value for price.
   

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   Patrice

   Philadelphia

   35 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   35 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Another outstanding meal! Had the cherry tomatoes olive peppers salad with grilled chicken and it was to die for! Took my friend and she is going back thei weekend now!
   

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   Harry

   Philadelphia

   56 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   56 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Loved the fettuccine bolognese and ravioli Kaplan and Mistral are great servers Can’t wait to return
   

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   Frank

   Philadelphia

   170 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   170 reviews

   Dined on 16 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our waiter, Franklin, was excellent. He described the daily specials, opened our wine, promptly brought bread, and the olive oil we requested. He was never far away, yet never intrusive. He was there when we wanted him, and very responsive. The food was excellent! Served hot and attractive to the eye. Our party of 4 had the Polpo (octopus), Grilled shrimp, Bresaola Carpaccio and Salsiccia for appetizers, and the Branzino, daily Pasta Special, Fettuccine Bolignese, and Osso Buco as entrees. We finished with the Lemoncello flutes, Dream Bomba, coffee, and cappuccino for desert. We told Franklin we were celebrating our guest's birthday, so her desert came with a candle and singing. Everything was delicious and reasonably priced. We have added Otto to our list of restaurants for return visits. Fancy enough to bring guests yet reasonable enough for a couples' dinner.
   

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   LizG

   Washington DC

   12 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on 16 November 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   First time here and surprised at how nice the atmosphere is there. Though it was crowded, you can hear each other well. I had the delicious veal francaise
   

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   Michael

   Atlantic City

   1 review

   vip
   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 November 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   Although the main dining room was only about 75% full when we came and 50% full when we left, we were seated (our request for another location was denied) in a remote, covered outdoor area with some space heaters which were inadequate. Rather than assign one server to this area, it appeared to us that several different servers picked up one table each, so that visits from our server were infrequent. The food was fair to good although the bread was a bit stale. Our dinner in Siberia was not what we expected and left us chilled and put off.
   

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   Tod

   Philadelphia

   74 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   74 reviews

   Dined on 15 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   We have been back here many times. It’s one of my wife’s favorites in the area. Did not disappoint. Everything was excellent.
   

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   Janis

   Philadelphia

   55 reviews

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   4.0

   55 reviews

   Dined on 13 November 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent service and good food at reasonable prices. The pomodorini salad is a real winner! The menu is limited but enough choices for most of our party. I would think a restaurant like this should have higher end, gourmet gluten free pasta and more fish options that are just as good gluten free as not. Sometimes the noise level is way too high but last night it was more reasonable; we could actually talk without shouting.
   

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    robert

    Philadelphia

    86 reviews

    4.0

    86 reviews

    Dined on 12 November 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4

    Third visit to Otto by Polpo. Good Italian food and generous portions. Somewhat pricey but it’s a BYO so that helps. Went with friends but server unable to do separate checks. Ordering is done by the server on a handheld so couldn’t be too difficult to break out between two separate checks. We are going there in December with 4 couples so separate checks would be helpful. Service was very good but seemed somewhat impersonal. Overall I would recommend Otto by Pulpo.
    

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