Excellent food and service. I had the spicy vodka tomato cream rigatoni with added grilled chicken. The portion was generous and the food was delicious. read more

The food is truly amazing. A work of art that's is af. Best Italian food I've had the pleasure and privilege to enjoy. You all must go. read more

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Cucciolo is one of the first restaurants that comes to mind when someone wants to have a nice dinner out. The ambience is effortlessly swanky, and the servers and bartenders are professional and timely! The food is delicious, but pricier than what you would pay at your local Italian joint. The portions are also a little smaller than you would expect given the prices, so for that reason, I'm taking off a star. Overall, this is a great place for a date night, birthday dinner, or any other occasion you might want to splurge on! read more

Very lovely experience. You do want to dress nicely here. The decor is modern, sexy, and industrial. The food is high class Italian. Meant to be shared and ordered in courses. We had the margherita pizza, the sausage pizza, and crispy rice balls. We also tried the Pollo Siciliana and the Italian sausage Campanella. Both courses were good, but the chicken was a tad bit salty. Overall, good flavors and everything was seasoned well. The service was quick, classy, and our server was friendly. Next time we are in town, we will definitely come back. read more

Absolutely the best Italian restaurant in Raleigh Norh Hills. The chef Alex is creative and innovates super modern Italian dishes. The service is always spot on and the bar is very well equipped. Check this place out. And become a regular. Your appreciation for great Italian food will will grow exponentially. Tell them Luke sent you!! read more

Best pasta I have had in this state. Very fresh and great sauce. Elegant ambiance and attentive service

I eat here at least a few times per week - the staff are incredibly friendly and the food is incredible. This restaurant is by far one of the best restaurants in Raleigh for cocktails as well. The atmosphere is sophisticated and modern, and the ambience is intimate. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Called at 8:28 to place a to go order when they close at 9 and was told "we're not doing to go orders right now". 30 min prior to close seems pretty reasonable for a to go order. Guess the business is doing well enough where they don't need the additional $$$ read more

On the more expensive side, good Italian food though. Inside area is cute but not too big so make reservations. Meatballs appetizer is one singular decently sized meatball, where I was it would've been more for the price. Rigatoni vodka pasta was super good! read more

Very good food! The employees were super friendly. Would definitely recommend this restaurant

I was excited to try this place but left disappointed. Sunday, 7PM, no reservations. As soon as we walked in it started going south. Maybe 4-5 tables were taken. Hostess looked at us with concern, as how could we possibly arrive without a reservation. She proceeded to grab help because apparently there weren't enough tables available. (When we left, there were maybe 10 tables sat at) They sat us at a high top near the bar. Guys ordered whiskey and a beer. The girls shared a bottle of wine. Plus 2 additional glasses by the end of it all. To start, they give you a food menu but you must scan for the drink menu, which is a pretty extensive wine list.. Secondly, when we asked for a wine recommendation, not even the bartender could help us. I appreciate the servers honesty in telling us she was not capable to recommend wine, so she grabbed the bartender, who you could tell also had little knowledge of the wine menu. After back and forth with the bartender, trying to decide which $70 bottle of wine we should order, he goes to the manager to get a recommendation. My friend and I gave up on their lack of wine knowledge and went with our own discretion. After about 25 mins we had received our first 2 plates to share and were waiting for our bottle of wine to be opened. We were under impressed with the small lukewarm dishes and lack of flavor, especially the wild boar, which we were excited to try.... All in all we tried the spicy vodka rigatoni -- flavor was there, but how can you mess up a vodka sauce. Wild boar agnolotti -- no flavor, pasta was way under cooked Lobster bucatini -- rich dish. large chunks of lobster made it Veal ossobuco -- not worth the $36 dollars Our bill came to about $385 without tip for 4 people, and we left hungry... If I had to come back I would stick to the pizza. Gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because of the ambience and our server was really nice. read more

Cucciolo Terrazza - Spicy vodka rigatoni(3.75/5) and the wild boar agnolotti(2/5) - Italian Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Pleasant ambiance, feels fancy and would be good for a date or girl's night. The service was excellent. Our server was attentive and gave multiple great recommendations, including suggesting switching the tequila in my cocktail to mezcal and adding chicken to my truffle tagliatelle. The cocktails here were fabulous, I would come back just for those. The chicken with my pasta was excellent, moist and flavorful (hello crunchy skin!). I took one star off since they didn't quite cover what I was expecting for Italian food and I'm not sure the pasta without the chicken would have hit the mark. Keep in mind that addition kicked it up to a $35 entree. Also, a couple people in my party ordered ravioli and there were literally five pieces. I'm not necessarily expecting huge portions but it was still a little sad to look at. read more

I do NOT recommend this restaurant. We ordered drinks, apps, and 5 entrees. All of the entrees came out cold. Sent them back and 4 came back, 5th one got lost. We asked for the manager who was kind of a toolbag and didn't care. He then sent out the owner, who was an even bigger toolbag. No comped drinks, no apologies, no nothing. Lots of excuses. All we wanted was hot food and maybe a free dessert or round of drinks. Do NOT come here. read more

I will work in this place for free if the chef is willing to teach me how to make that octopus. Everything was delicious! I was literally drooling while I was eating it. read more

Great ambiance and great location ! Love north hills ! Tried ink squid pasta and my bf had the vodka pasta . We don't like the ink squid pasta much but we love the spicy vodka read more

What an incredible addition to Raleigh... amazing food and service that builds on the original award winning Durham location.

This place has a great ambiance, the decor is very cool and modern. I came here with my mom for Mother's Day and the staff was amazing. The food was overall great, we had one small issue with one dish and the staff was quick to fix it and go above and beyond for us. We will definitely be back for more shrimp caprese ravioli!! read more

The food was very good and decor is very aesthetically pleasing. My only issue was the limitation of items to select from. The pasta was made fresh. Overall very good and the owner came to our table and greeted us. read more

Cucciolo Terrazza - Italian Sausage Tajarin - Italian Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Finally an authentic Italian restaurant with a wide selection of expertly prepared dishes. The interior sparkles as does the staff...EZ parking too. I do believe the pizza needs attention as does the music or lack thereof. Loud techno and annoying. I dine to relax and enjoy the conversations that ensue. No one wants to shout or strain to hear. My hope is their management will take these suggestions to heart. read more

Ordered the sausage Pizette & rigatoni alla vodka. Cannot recommend enough, everything was delicious! Excellent service and atmosphere as well, especially for a date night. We will be back! read more

Dead shellfish in the seafood stew, manager who is way out of his depth, "sommelier" who I'm not sure what he does...steer clear. I will not be back. read more

Cucciolo Terrazza - Dead clams and mussels in the seafood stew...unacceptable. - Italian Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Had an excellent meal here recently. Everything was delicious. Will absolutely go back next time im in town.

The best high-end Italian food in town. Food was excellent. I loved their quail egg ravioli as well as their Vieux Carree cocktail. Great interior design too. Will be back very soon read more

Overall food service was excellent although the Zucchini frites needs less salt, Spicy Vodka was a bit too spicy, and arugula on the Beef Carpaccio app needs less oil and some acidity. Our server, (Carolina?) was quite friendly and knowledgable. Ambience needs work but otherwise def a return trip! read more

"Two couples had dinner Friday night and our experience was not very good. My dinner did not come out with the rest of my group. When it finally did, the center of the raviolis were cold spinach as if not fully cooked from frozen. Another person's pasta was pre-al dente. Not fully cooked. Some things were okay but of note to be aware of is many items on the limited menu are MP. You must ask to find out veal is $61. I don't think it's reasonable asking what each item costs. Suggested wines were over priced at 16.00 dollars a glass and one of them not that good. Also someone ordered a Rye "neat". 17.00 dollars plus two dollar up charge for being "neat". (Came out of a bottle they bought at the ABC Store for less than 40 dollars)....... Yea.....we can spend our money at much better places than Cucciolo"! read more

Food and service were excellent. My dinner order was the beef carpaccio, which was excellent. It was served in a different manner than other restaurants with the same offer: no capers or Parmesan. The olive oil was superb. Had to ask for bread, and it was wonderful, including the olive oil dip that was provided. Other than the noise level - which bordered on being extremely loud - the evening was lovely. Because of the noise, I am unlikely to return for a dinner meal at the usual dinner hour. Would certainly go earlier or much later. read more

We did not enjoy the food; service was fine; very noisy. Not planning to go back. Better Italian available at other restaurants.

Wow. Really all I can say after such an incredible experience! Daniel was our waiter and we were taken care of to the highest degree possible. We ate a little bit of everything but was blown away by the wine recommendations by Andrew and excellent service from our waiter. The bone marrow tartare was INCREDIBLE!! Thanks for an amazing night! read more

Really great. In town from NYC for the weekend, decided to give CT a try. We were very impressed with the food and service. Starters: the braised octopus and the seafood caprese; both generous portions and both cooked to perfection and beautifully plated. Mains: the wild boar agnolotti (very good) and the shrimp Florentine (even better [appreciated the chervil garnish]); again, cooked to perfection, generous portions. Sancerre and amarone via Coravin both truly excellent. We will certainly be back. read more

I can't say enough wonderful things about Cucciolo Terrazza! We are regular customers at Cucciolo Osteria in Durham and were thrilled to try the North Hills location. It did not disappoint! The restaurant is absolutely gorgeous. The decor is stunning in its upscale, contemporary design. The food! Everything from the cocktails to dessert was delicious. Thinking about the quail egg ravioli makes my mouth water. We have already booked a holiday dinner in the magnificent wine room. We can't wait to go back! read more

A delightful date night at cucciolo. The braised lamb pasta was particularly savory. The wine list is wonderfully curated and the som recommend a Saint Joseph which paired excellently with the pastas. The server Michael was very attentive and knowledgeable about the menu. My egg aversion was professionally handled with lots of available egg free options. Definitly recommend for any occasion. read more

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Just had dinner here and WOW- it was amazing. One of the best Italian restaurants in the Raleigh area. Not only was the food good, the service was even better. Dominic was very attentive and we appreciated his recommendations. Would definitely recommend everyone to try this place! read more

I live in the area and had really high hopes since there was a new restaurant in North Hills I could walk to but I was very wrong! The plus was our server was very friendly and nice but that is really the only positive of the night. My dish I ordered was cold and the pasta was hard and undercooked. I never ever send food back but I did here and the manager basically told me I was wrong about it being cold lol. Not great customer service skills. Everyone else at the table were very underwhelmed with their food as well. Very overpriced for bland small portions! I would not recommend this restaurant as there are much better options in the area read more

This place is really pretty and the staff could not be nicer. With that said, I have been 3 times because it is so close to where I live and I want to like it. I don't however. Drinks are good. Table bread is cold and should be warmed. Portions are small. The sausage pizza was extremely greasy. The Caesar salad is too fishy. The butter chicken is just unseasoned chicken sitting in a pool of butter (go figure). The pasta was okay but the portion was small and it just needed seasoning. If I am ordering truffle pasta I really want to taste truffles. I want the food here to match the decor because right now it doesn't. read more

Overall we had a good experience and most of the food was decent. If you're looking for fresh, handmade pasta, this isn't it. They definitely use boxed pasta, not that they're advertising it's handmade, but it's what I expected for the prices. read more

Was last here on New Years Eve. We normally go during the week. Fantastic food and fantastic cocktails. Chris and Kat are amazing bartenders. Chemists really. On New Years Kat was also our server. Fantastic service. Food was amazing. As it always is. Love Cucciolo Terrazza. read more

Went here for date night and the service was amazing but that's not where it stops because the food was just as amazing! I had the Buttered Chicken and I almost ordered it twice! My date had the lobster linguine* and she loved it as well. Excellent venue and ambiance! We'll definitely be back for sure! read more

Service was so amazing. Very attentive and cleared table throughout dinner. However, my chicken was burned. I can't believe anyone would plate this and send it out. By the time my order was finally brought to table everyone was finished and cleared. The manager offered dessert. That was nice but $25 for only burnt chicken and about a cup of arugula I didn't think he made it right. My husband's wild boar dish was very good but extremely small. We probably wont be going back. We all left hungry read more

Wish I could give more than 5 stars! The ambiance is warm and welcoming. The delicious original dishes are plated beautifully. From the Seafood Caprese to the homemade sausage in the Radiatore the cuisine brings a fresh twist on old world Italian. It is truly unique. A special thanks to our server, Justin, who added thoughtful touches like bringing us a glass of prosecco to toast our anniversary and expertly deboning my snapper while easing my embarrassment at not knowing how to do it. He brought our whole experience into a spectacular night we shall always remember. We won't wait for another special occasion to return! read more

I love the ambience of this restaurant but not so much for the food. I went there when it was first opened and thought that the food definitely needs a lot of improvements. I came back again to give a second chance but boy not only that the food didn't improve but it was worst than before. There's something in the food that makes it taste funny.....definitely not authentic Italian at all. read more