Pulcinella's Italian Restaurant
Phone: (919) 490-1172
Cuisines
- Casual Dining
- Italian
- Pizza
Hours
Monday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
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Google Rating
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Standard Italian fare in strip mall building.V very good service from the waitress. Plenty of nice meals, all served with side of pasta. Most potions were very big and plenty of to go boxes filled with leftovers. I tried the meatballs as an appetizer. The marina says was a little tangy and needed longer cooking to tame it. Had a dinner salad with skipjack tuna that was just ok. Will come again to try a pasta dish. Until then, just 3 stars.
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Let me start by saying I'm a foodie and very picky about my food, AND I love Italian food. So, when I say my whole meal was delicious, trust that it's worth your time to stop in and give it a try!
While the restaurant itself is ok with reasonable decor, the restrooms need some TLC. That being said, the food made me forget all about the ambiance. First, there was some deliciously soft bread served with one of the most flavorful tomato dipping sauces I've ever tasted. When I first saw it, the bread didn't look very appetizing and the sauce looked questionable, but one taste and I was sold! In fact, they should bottle and sell the stuff - I would buy it by the jar!!!
The calamari was cooked perfectly! It was super tender and not overly breaded. The rings were nice and thick and tasty. The marinara that came with it was pretty good, but I dipped it in the tomato bread sauce and thought I would pass out-- delicious!!! Hint, hint to management, try serving the calamari with this sauce. It's an incredible combination.
I ordered the fettuccine carbonara with shrimp for my entree and it was fabulous. The freshly made pasta made all the difference. Well done!
My only complaint is that the tiramisu was really small, about half the size I would expect. Despite this, prices were pretty reasonable.
Overall, the food was great and I will definitely put Pulcinella's on my go-to list! -
A great little place! The only thing we didn't realize was that we were limited to the lunch menu. Our fault for assuming! Wonderful food in a quiet atmosphere!
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This is a nice italian restaurant, but some dish may need improvement. I ordered their Carbonara couple times, and the sauce is too oily and lacks flavour (There would be a layer of oil at bottom of the pan). I noticed someone else also mentioned this in other comments. Hopefully they could improve on this. Everything else is ok and service is very good, and I'm willing to change ratings in my future visits, if they do improve.
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I feel like im being generous with a two star. The booth was comfortable at first. We tried to order foods we know we like as basic as possible....my friend orders angelhair pasta with alfredo, i ordered eggplant parm. The next people were sat directly behind us even though it wasnt crowded the gentleman were very loud and constantly pushing against our seats. My friend comes to sit on my side with me because my side isnt shaking. Theres an old woman, clearly a regular and clearly disgusted by us glaring the entire time. The server brings the food.....its bowtie pasta for my friend and i had a huge portion of eggplant. I was excited about that. I slowly took some bites and it tasted so good flavor wise I was shocked, my friend requested the right meal, they remade hers. I get towards the middle of my eggplant and the bite i take is SOUR. I push it away and spit the bite into a napkin as i try to stop my gag reflex. I know mentally i will never try another bite of this meal. I try working on my side of spaghetti alfredo.....im white but NOT that white......it was the blandest alfredo i have ever experienced, the eggplant before the sour bite had so much flavor....the Alfredo has no salt, no pepper, no garlic....its practically milk sauce, we both dumped the majority of the table parmesan cheese onto our alfredo to attempt to make it edible. The old woman is still shamelessly side eyeing us for laughing. I felt sick, and threw up several times in the next few hours and had to sleep before i could drive home.
My friend and I have been in some crazy situations road tripping. Im gonna add this experience to that list. Funny how i survived 10 days in Thailand with NO food illness, but this little place messed me UP.
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