Family Style Italian Restaurants NYC, Compared by Cost

Family-style Italian in NYC costs from 7.16 to 10.74 dollars a head for the $42.95 tray combo at Emilio’s of Morris Park, which feeds 4 to 6, and from 49.99 dollars to $100 a head at Patrizia’s, by location. Ferdi charges $26 a guest for lunch and San Marzano $58 for dinner. Five of the seven restaurants compared here publish a price; Rubirosa and John’s of 12th Street publish only group rules. Hours, prices and policies below come from each restaurant’s own website, checked in October 2026.

How much does family-style Italian cost per person in NYC?

By lowest published price per head, the order runs Emilio’s, Ferdi, Tony’s Di Napoli, Patrizia’s and San Marzano, though the prices are not like for like: Ferdi’s is a lunch price and Tony’s charges for drinks separately. Dollar signs mark printed prices; amounts in words, such as 7.16 dollars, are this page’s arithmetic.

What got a restaurant onto this list?

Each needed an official page stating a family-style price, a serving size or a group rule. Tony’s menu PDFs had no readable text, so no Tony’s dish prices appear. Tax and gratuity are extra on San Marzano’s, Tony’s and several Patrizia’s pages; Ferdi’s, Emilio’s and other Patrizia’s pages are silent, so confirm the total.

What does family style mean at an Italian restaurant?

Dishes arrive on shared platters, priced per head or per tray. Coverage varies: San Marzano serves only its appetizers “family style”, while Ferdi serves four lunch dishes “family style for $26 per guest”.

Is family style cheaper than ordering a la carte?

Sometimes, and only where a menu prints both prices. Emilio’s tray combo beats separate entrees; Ferdi’s set menu costs more than one entree each and pays off when the table would order the extras.

• Trays: four Chicken Parmigiana entrees at Emilio’s, at $20.95 each, come to 83.80 dollars. Combo #5 costs $42.95 for two half trays, a salad and a soda: 40.85 dollars less.
• Set menu with wine: six Pollo Parmigiana on Ferdi’s Dinner tab, at $28.00 each, come to 168 dollars. The Sunday dinner for six is $204, 36 dollars more for the rest of the menu and a bottle of wine.
• Prix fixe with drinks: San Marzano’s $58 is 69.60 dollars a head with the 20 percent gratuity, before tax.

The rule: price your own a la carte order, with a starter, dessert and drink each, and compare it with the set price after gratuity. Six Italian-American kitchens sorted by main-plate price show the a la carte side.

Best for small groups: Ferdi and San Marzano

Ferdi’s lunch option serves salmon oreganata, chicken parmigiana, penne with meatballs and eggplant rollatini. The page does not say which days lunch runs, and the home page lists noon openings only on Saturday and Sunday, so confirm the day. The Sunday dinner menu, available “upon request and reservation”, is $68 for two, $136 for four and $204 for six, or 34 dollars a guest at every size, “complemented with a bottle of wine”. The tab is titled “Italian Sunday Dinner” and lists no hours.

San Marzano says reservations are “not required, but are accepted for parties of four or more guests”, and that every reservation takes a prix fixe. The $58 dinner prix fixe covers appetizers served family style, a main course, and house wine, draft beer and sangria. The page does not say whether a walk-in party of four can order a la carte. The dinner menu PDF prints bare numbers with no dollar sign (Chicken Parmigiana 22, most pasta sauces 15), so confirm those prices.

Best for the lowest price per head: Emilio’s of Morris Park

Emilio’s prices family trays rather than seats, and its Main Menu says “Family Combo Meals” (under “Feeds 4-6 people”), not “family style”. Combos #1 to #4 are pizza meals from $28.95. Combo #5 is the first with pasta trays: half trays of chicken parmigiana and ziti or spaghetti, a large salad and a 2L soda for $42.95, or 7.16 dollars a head for six and 10.74 for four (42.95 divided by 6 and by 4). The Main Menu does not say whether combos are served in the dining room, and the About page pitches them for sharing at home while also listing dine-in, take-out and delivery. The catering menu rates a half tray at “Serves 5 - 7”; this page uses the Main Menu’s 4 to 6.

Best for a drinks-included set menu: Patrizia’s, location by location

Patrizia’s says each location “is individually owned and operated”, and the family-style prices differ. Eight NYC location pages publish one:

• Bronx, 3883 East Tremont Ave.: $60 per person plus tax and gratuity, with unlimited house wine, sangria and beer. A $500.00 non-refundable deposit is required with a reservation, and the page does not say it counts toward the bill. Children are half price; the page prints both “10 & Under” and “Under 10”, so confirm the cutoff.
• Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay, 1901 Emmons Avenue: tiers of $59.99 and $69.99 with unlimited wine, domestic beer and sangria; the page labels only its add-ons “Per Person”, so confirm the unit. Closed Monday.
• Manhattan, 462-466 2nd Ave: $64.99 vegetarian, $69.99 and $79.99, excluding tax and gratuity. The line “applies only for parties of 6pp or more” sits above these prices and also follows the cancellation policy, so confirm the party minimum.
• Staten Island, Great Kills, 4255 Amboy Road: $69.99 per person with unlimited imported beer, wine, sangria and soda. Closed Monday.
• Staten Island, Tottenville, 4916 Arthur Kill Rd.: 49.99 dollars per person (printed without a dollar sign) on a menu labeled Monday to Thursday, though the location page lists Tuesday as closed; beer, wine and sangria are included. A $100 package is listed plus tax and gratuity.
• Staten Island, New Dorp “Taverna”: the menu page prints “Starting at $85 pp” for its family-style menus.
• Queens, Maspeth, 69-35 Grand Ave: $80 per person with unlimited wine, domestic beer, sangria and soda, excluding tax and gratuity.
• Brooklyn, Williamsburg, 35 Broadway: the menu page prints $80 per person at the top and $70 per person in a later “Family Style” section; confirm which applies. Closed Monday.

Other outer-borough party prices are in the guide to Staten Island party menus and room sizes and, for Gino’s family-style menus, Bay Ridge hours, menus and prices.

Which Italian restaurants in NYC serve family style for large groups?

Three publish a large-group headcount rule. Rubirosa takes 8 to 22 guests for a family-style lunch or dinner, and the party picks its own antipasti, pastas and pizzas from a menu that is “fully customizable”. John’s of 12th Street, whose page does not use the words “family style”, requires a “Minimum 20 people”, hosts 70 in its back room, and offers its regular menu or one of 3 group menus, booked by phone after 3PM.

Tony’s Di Napoli states that “all parties of 15 or more require a party package.” As of October 2026, its party planner (a PDF named April 2026, linked from the parties page) lists three packages at $49, $59 and $64 per person, all subject to a 20% discretionary gratuity and 8.875% sales tax. Package 1 gets one salad, two pastas and one entree, with veal and seafood excluded, and is unavailable Friday and Saturday after 3 PM. Drinks cost extra per person: $29.00 covers sangria, house wines and beer on draft or in bottles, and $44.00 a premium open bar. Package 1 plus gratuity is 58.80 dollars a head before tax; with the $29.00 drinks, the pre-gratuity subtotal is 78 dollars. The PDF’s text layer reads the prices as “$4900”, “$5900” and “$6400” (dollars set large, cents small), so confirm them when booking. For rooms and minimums, see the Private Room’s guide to groups of 15 or more.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest family-style Italian restaurant in NYC?

Among the seven compared in October 2026, Emilio’s of Morris Park has the lowest published cost per head for a pasta meal: its $42.95 Family Combo Meal #5 feeds 4 to 6 people, or 7.16 to 10.74 dollars each, though the Main Menu does not say whether combos are served in the dining room. Ferdi’s $26 per guest lunch is the lowest-priced set menu.

Does family-style Italian include drinks?

San Marzano’s $58 dinner covers house wine, draft beer and sangria, Patrizia’s lists wine, beer and sangria at six of the eight locations compared, and Ferdi’s Sunday dinner comes with a bottle of wine. Tony’s Di Napoli prices drinks separately at $29.00 or $44.00 a head.

How many people does one tray or platter feed?

Tony’s Di Napoli’s Times Square menu page rates a full platter at 2 to 3 people. Emilio’s of Morris Park says its Family Combo Meals feed 4 to 6, and its catering menu rates a half tray at 5 to 7.

Which family-style restaurant fits a group of 8, 15 or 20?

Rubirosa takes 8 to 22 guests, Tony’s Di Napoli makes a package mandatory from 15 guests and John’s of 12th Street requires a minimum of 20. For smaller tables, Ferdi fits 2 to 6, San Marzano 4 or more and Emilio’s of Morris Park 4 to 6 at the lowest cost. Patrizia’s suits a table that wants drinks in the price.