Reviews for Cortese Restaurant in Binghamton, NY
At first glance the parking lot was full and we weren?t sure if we could get a table. But it was only a 15 minute wait. We got... the toscana bread (could have had 3 more of those), the sausage soup (bold flavors but not enough meat for my liking), steak ina king cut with the special house sauce (steak was cooked to perfection but had way too much fat and was drowning in the juices.Still tasted absolutely delicious), my wife got the veal (She loved it but it didn?t have much flavor. Cooked very well.) Had afew bites of French fries but they weren?t that good. My wife also got a strawberry daiquiri that she said was amazing. Servicewas very good. Polite and timely. He was excellent. Looking forward to going back again to try other things they had. Read more
Normally very good, but tonight take out took forever. Called ahead told 25 minutes. Show up and had to wait for them to cook... food 20 minutes waiting inside. Get home and in the salad there is a receipt from a dining room table order - so gross. Thiswill be the last time we ever eat here after getting a dirty receipt in the salad. Also while standing in take out and watchingthem make pizzas one guy dropped two pizzas tickets on floor picked them up with his gloves on and then continued to make pizzaafter just touching the dirty floor with his gloves. Gross mistake number two. All done with them and we used to love this placenot sure what has happened here. Even the mushrooms we ordered today were not cooked all the way through. But after seeing thattonight - done Read more
The last time I went to Cortese was in the 90's. Coming home from the Finger Lakes, we had to see if it was still the same. ... Just walking in the door was heaven! All 4 of us loved the food. Shells Vincenzo for 2 of us. Going back again soon. I can'twait! Read more
Nothing really wowed but nothing was truly terrible either. But i do feel their specialty pasta was really poor considering that... it's highlighted as the specialty. I was personally really disappointed in the chef's pasta (spaghetti?) The noodles fell apartand completely lacked the slightly chewy feel that I look for in perfect fresh pasta. The potato soup was lovely. Everythingelse was okay but a little overcooked and not close to feeling memorable. Our waiter, however, was polite and well spoken, andattentive and nice, so definitely bonus points to them. Read more
Long time resident of the area who joined the military and has been back and forth here in the Southern Tier but first time to... Corteses for a reunion of sorts....Nice surprised.... Place was.packed on a Monday? I need to come back.... Great food greatservice.... Read more
The food, service and atmosphere was great. I had chicken parm and salad,I started to eat before I remembered to take a pic. I... would definitely recommend if in the area and there building an outside patio which will be great to enjoy outdoor dining nextspring. Read more
One of our family favorites in Binghamton. They do great pizza. The pasta is cooked right. Their sauce is good. You could taste... the wine the beef tips were cooked in. I have to bring some pizza back to Colorado for family members because they like it somuch. We have them half bake it and the we freeze it before the flight. It works but doesn?t compare to eating it fresh. Read more
Food was good service was terrible. Had multiple times the waiter forgot to bring our drinks, had to ask 2-3 times to get them.... One person In Our party ordered Surf and Turf, when food came out she got the surf and no turf. It was forgotten so she had towait for the other half while everybody else ate. Ordered desert, while one person ate their desert others waited for theirsonly to find out 15 minutes later they ran out of Canoli filling. At that point everybody was ready to go home. Read more