The Cookery - Italian restaurant in Dobbs Ferry - 39 Chestnut St, USA

We were really excited to eat here as we’ve heard such great things about The Cookery, but we were underwhelmed. The service was slow and the food was a little too experimental for us (the meatballs were undercooked - maybe that’s just how they’re made). I ordered the Crispy Pork Belly and it was overpowering and had too many spices. On the positive front, the staff were nice, pleasant ambience, and the brunch prices are affordable.

My husband and I went here for new years tonight. It’s one of our first new favorite restaurant in westchester. Our waiter was phenomenal. The pork dish was outstanding, the pasta starter dish was probably our favorite of the night. the branzino en croute was the highlight of my meal. The redvelvet was very tasty. The Maritozzi was great as well. I highly recommend it.

We opted for a Mother's Day set menu, and the steak was quite tender. However, it was on the pricier side.

As advertised, fantastic food and excellent staff. If you like how the menu looks, you will likely love it here. And don't fear eating at the bar, they are wonderful there. I will need to update this more, but at this point, I highly recommend viewing the menu, making a reservation and getting the experience.

WAY over salted and raw, uncooked branzino entree. Clearly the chef takes no pride in his work and they don’t seem to care to make it right. See below. Octopus appetizer was the only good dish we had. The escarole Caesar salad had literally 1 anchovy. The dish was basically good but since my wife and I split the dish it was noted that once I served her a portion with an anchovy I then couldn’t find another for me. Whatever, we let that pass and are still excited for what’s coming next. Then the casarecce with funghi arrived and when they say to salt the pasta water like the sea they do not mean to salt the entire dish like the Dead Sea! We had waited quite a while for this so I was hesitating to send it back but it was just inedible. The waiter asked us to choose another pasta so we ordered the cauliflower ravioli and wouldn’t you know it, the salt shaker had fallen into this dish also! But we just didn’t have the heart to say anything so we swallowed it down and just assured ourselves they were going to turn it up on the entrees. This is where the chef really showed his true colors. Out comes the branzino for my pregnant wife and the pork sandwich special for me. She takes a bite from the outer edge and is pleased then flips the top half over and the inside of the fish is not undercooked, it’s TOTALLY RAW! I don’t see how a chef with any level of dignity can serve this dog food. We told the waiter to just take it off the bill, please don’t try to “refire it”. The food was obviously not tasted before served. The Cookery had come highly recommended to us by friends but it seems this place had its day, used to be good when the owner, chef, and front house staff cared but now they’re just riding the wave of past success. Now they’ll just turn out whatever. I would be embarrassed to work here. Our waiter was also bartender tonight and seemed to care but was also busy with other stuff. But nobody else seemed to be really paying attention. This was not marginal mistakes. This was grossly over salted food and absolutely no attention to the fish entree. My pork sandwich was ok but also over salted and light on the broccoli rabe. Our waiter told us he “took care of the fish entree”. Well thank you for not charging us for a raw entree that my wife took one bite of and then went without anything because we’ve lost our patience with you all. Then he asks us if we’ve left room for dessert. Really? You guys aren’t going to comp us at least a dessert after all this ridiculousness?? No, no thank you. We’ll just take the bill and run far from this place.

Good brunch option in Westchester. Tons of street parking in walking distance. We had a reservation for the opening but the restaurant was empty at 1130. By the end of our meal, it did get fairly busy. Brunch is only pre fixe - which includes a starter, entree, dessert, and a drink (mimosa, coffee, soda, etc.). We started with the mozzarella and hash brown. Both were fairly large portions. The hash brown was fried well and pretty tasty with their egg/veggie sauce. Mozzarella was homemade and coated with balsamic/olive oil. Entrees were the ricotta pancakes and the BEC. Their bacon was super crispy - my one small complaint would be they used a fried egg instead of a runny one. It was slightly hard boiled in the center but it would have been 10/10 with a runny yolk imo. Pancakes were delicious, great texture, and topped with strawberries. Finished off with the affogato and chocolate/Marshmello desserts. No complaints here. Overall a solid meal and we'd happily return with others for brunch/dinner.

Best brunch in Westchester! 3-course menu (starter, main and dessert), great deal and all items are delicious.

One of the best restaurants in the Hudson Valley. Chef driven Italian food with fun and inventive dishes. They also have an amazing whole roast baby pig for special events. Full of energy and great vibes.