Have you ever been to a restaurant and have this feeling that things are not going to go well from the get go? This is what happened when we went for dinner at Terra in TriBeCa, after going to the New York Academy of Art for an exhibit where Jodi had a painting. It started with the host who barely said hello and apparently did not like the fact that I asked for a table that was not next to the sidewalk. Then, a first waiter came and took our order for drinks (I had a Mint Julep), before a second one came for the same thing. When we told her we already ordered my drink, she told us that we had to order with her as she was our waitress, in a sassy tone.

After my drink came, we got our appetizer, the Melanzane e Caprino that is grilled eggplant with goat cheese and basil. This was good, although the eggplant was too thin, so we could barely taste it.

After waiting for a bit, we got our pasta: fettuccine ai funghi for Jodi, made with wild mushrooms and nowhere to be found truffle oil, and linguine vongole for me. Both pasta dishes were overcooked and bland. They would have brought some parmesan cheese, it would have given some saltiness to it (we just needed to find our waitress), but the fact that it was overcooked ruined a bit the dish. The vongole was also very disappointing and one of the worst I had: the sauce was simply not good, tasteless and there were not that many clams in it.

Considering the quality of the food and the wait time, we decided to skip dessert that is exceptional for me as I always like to finish my meal with something sweet. Terra was disappointing and I definitely do not recommend that place.

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Terra - 222 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013

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