What to Order at Torrisi

Torrisi is Major Food Group's Michelin-starred Italian-American restaurant on Mulberry Street, the room The Infatuation calls their best restaurant to date, and the menu is theatrical enough that ordering well means knowing which set pieces earn their price.

What should you order at Torrisi?

Start with the hams and zeppole, add the chopped liver, then build mains around whatever the rotisserie is doing that night. The Infatuation's review reads like a highlight reel, so the list below is closer to a consensus itinerary than a shortlist.

1. Italian and American hams with zeppole. Prosciutto wrapped around warm fried dough. The Infatuation calls it "one of the most compelling bites of food in the city," and the review treats it as the required starter.

2. Chopped liver with Manischewitz. A luxe chicken liver mousse under salt flakes and sweet jelly on crispy rye. The high-low joke lands.

3. Rotisserie lamb with flag sauces. Rare, juicy, with the fat cap on and three sauces alongside. Critics point to the horseradish. Rotisserie items rotate and run out by design, so ask early.

4. Duck alla Mulberry. Two weeks dry-aged, served with mulberry mostarda and buttered chard, the main the review singles out for tables not chasing the rotisserie.

5. Spaghetti with lamb amatriciana or the raviolini with prawns. The two pastas the review singles out: thick chewy spaghetti with lamb guanciale, and delicate prawn raviolini it compares to wontons.

6. Fennel and grapefruit cocktail. Fennel coins laid like a mosaic over grapefruit, goat cheese, and Marcona almonds, the review's pick among the cold starters.

7. Affogato. Gelato, fudge, and coffee granita in a stemmed saucer, and per the review it's big enough to split.

What should you skip at Torrisi?

The Infatuation flags no dish as a miss here, so the real caveat is the check: expect several hundred dollars for two, and a room that can feel like "performance art for high-net-worth individuals." The practical version of skipping is portion math: the zeppole, liver, and one pasta cover the greatest hits before the expensive mains, so a lighter order still gets the experience.

How does ordering actually work at Torrisi?

The menu arrives looking like a wedding invitation, servers wear cream jackets, and the open kitchen is lit like a stage. Order in three moves: the cold openers (hams, liver, fennel), one pasta per two people, then a shared main, ideally rotisserie if it hasn't sold out. Specials rotate constantly, the review mentions bao buns and a Katz's-inspired pastrami short rib, and the limited nightly quantities are part of the show, so ask what's scarce when you sit down.

How much does dinner at Torrisi cost?

It's a $$$$ room and The Infatuation describes a several-hundred-dollar check for two as normal. Pastas and starters are the value end, the dry-aged duck and rotisserie items the splurge end. Lunch runs the same kitchen with an easier book and a gentler total, which is the known workaround.

Frequently asked questions

How hard is it to get a Torrisi reservation?

Among the hardest in the city. Tables open on Resy 30 days out at 10am and prime dinner slots go immediately. The 12-seat bar takes walk-ins, and the move critics recommend is arriving around 4:15pm for the 5pm bar seating. Lunch reservations are consistently easier.

Is Torrisi worth the price?

The Infatuation rates it 8.9 and calls it Major Food Group's best restaurant, so the consensus answer is yes, once, for an occasion. The menu is fun and daring by their account, and the theatrics are the product, not a surcharge on it.

Can I eat at the bar at Torrisi?

Yes, the 12-seat bar serves the full menu and is the only walk-in path. Singles and pairs have the best odds, and early evening is the realistic window.

Missed the 30-day drop? Cancellations surface constantly at rooms this booked. Watch DinnerElite's Torrisi page for the drop pattern we're tracking and get alerted the second a table opens, then decide between the duck and the rotisserie.