You are given a review about a place. You need to provide a rating from "1 star" to "5 stars" for this place.
Example: Although I did enjoy the food here, I was completely unimpressed (and slightly annoyed) by the overpriced margaritas. I ordered a platinum which contained "fresh" juice. It tasted like it had sprite in it, so I thought surely she gave me the wrong one. It turns out that "fresh juice" is really margarita mix on tap from the same gun as the sprite. I asked for something fresh to replace the horrible margarita and received a rocks glass with just muddled lime and a salted rim. I'm not sure it contained any tequila. Horrible! It's not that hard to make a fresh margarita!
Example solution: 2 stars
Example explanation: The writer has been annoyed in this place and has enjoyed the food. So, "2 stars" sounds reasonable for it.

Problem: I think it's not bad but it's a Batali place so I expected more. The menu seemed similar to Babbo in NYC (which requires very advanced reservation) so I was excited to try B&B and was able to make the reservation the day of.

The amuse with chickpeas was nice but nothing special.

We started with the special of the day app, which were the fried squash blossoms stuffed with ricotta cheese. I usually don't see this on most restaurant menus so I was excited that this item was on the special menu. They light and I loved the sauce they were on. I think it was around $18 or so for 4 blossoms. Ouch.

We went with the seafood theme so we both ordered the lobster pasta. I was not impressed. The sauce was just ok, it didn't taste very fresh to me. There are several Italian places in NYC that I think would make a better version.

For the main, we shared the grilled branzino. It's simply grilled fish, nothing special. What really shined and was memorable was the herb salad that accompanied the fish. Unfortunately, there was only about a tablespoon of it.

Perhaps they're better with meat items but considering that we paid about $200 (without wine, and 1 dessert) for 2, I expected more. If the price was lower then I would have given 3 starts but the price doesn't justify the quality.

Perhaps they're catering to tourists and not local repeat customers which explains the quality but I guess I'll have to make that reservation at Babbo to find out.

Overall, the experience was utterly mediocre for the price.
Solution: 2 stars