I visited Cullacino Italian in Nashville while traveling for work for a team dinner. We started with the meatballs, bruschetta, and Brussels sprouts... each one flavorful and a great way to kick off the meal. While all were delicious, my personal favs were Brussels and meatballs. For cocktails, I tried both the Amalfi Dusk and the Cula Water. While the Cula Water was light and refreshing, the Amalfi Dusk was the standout for me. I drink all types of liquor and as a Kentucky girl, I love my bourbon. Since I prefer liquor-forward cocktails with balanced flavors, the Amalfi Dusk delivered perfectly. For my entrée, the Seppia Corzetti was exceptional. Packed with octopus, squid, shrimp, mussels, and clams, it was wonderfully seafood-forward with the perfect balance of spice and acidity. Every bite felt thoughtfully composed and full of flavor. If you are looking for a bit of pasta and mostly seafood, this is the choice. To top it all off, the service was excellent, especially for a large party- attentive, welcoming, and seamless throughout the evening. A fantastic dining experience, and one I'd gladly repeat on my next trip to Nashville. read more

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Our first time last night before a show at the Pinnacle. Love the open kitchen. Hostess was accommodating as they were going to sit us at a high top - not a fan for dinner. If I wanted a high top I would sit at the bar. So she found us a standard table. Ordered a martini and old fashioned. Waited about 15mins. Waitress took our order. Still no drinks. About 10mins later our apps came out. Still NO drinks. Terrible bar service. The timing needs to improve. Bread service with ricotta is a nice touch. Meatballs - they were good. 5 golf ball sized. Topped with sauce and ricotta. Needed a touch of finishing salt. Fried Ricotta app - loved simple red sauce. They were good but we were ricotta'd out by then. Shared the bologna pizza. Great crust. Liked the olive oil drizzle on plate. Needed more of a punch. Garlic chips were ok but would've received better had the olive oil been garlic infused instead. No comment on parking...we took a ride share. read more

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Dined here before going to a concert downtown around 4:30 PM on a Saturday. At this time, it wasn't busy at all and they had just transitioned to offering the dinner menu. I was very happy to find that validated parking for two hours is offered and that they provide complimentary bread. My favorite was the Seppia Corzetti: it was so rich and flavorful and the pasta was very unique as it was thin, black, and circular! All of the drinks were amazing: we ordered the Strawberry Fields Forever, the Cula Weather, Bomba Allá Cilegia, and their take on the espresso martini! All of the other food we ordered was good, but the ricotta, the steak, and the rotelle all needed salt in order to reach their full levels of deliciousness. Additionally, the servers here are all very attentive and seem incredibly knowledgeable about the menu. Some of them are even sommeliers and can refer wine and drink pairings! Overall, it has a great vibe, amazing drinks, wonderful service, and pretty good food (esp after adding salt). It is pricey, but the "in between menu" has food options at a much cheaper price! read more

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Still love this place! I'm surprised it's still so easy to get a table, I guess the neighborhood has not yet realized what a gem this is. Noah took care of us the last time we visited and he was great! My favourite thing to get is the pizza with lamb sausage... it is just so deliciousy savory! If the weather allows i prefer sitting on the patio but there is not really a bad spot here. read more

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10/10 - one of the best spots we've eaten at in Nashville - the espresso martini was perfect, and then the half roast chicken was one of the best I've had. Not to mention the free bread with cheese to start ! read more

This is a higher end Italian spot in downtown Nashville that makes some incredible Italian food. Bread with ricotta & olive oil to start. Appetizers: -Octopus ($25) -Mussels ($19) -Fennel Sausage ($17) All the appetizers were great. There's lots of various pickled / non-pickled veggies sprinkled in them. Entree: -IL FRUTTETO E LA VITE ($17) - the pizza is nice and light and wood-fred. -Raviolo Al Uovo ($25) - omg, this was expensive for being one giant ravioli, but it's a show stopper. It's insanely rich. -WOOD GRILLED LAMB LOIN ($48) -BEEF SPIEDINI ($42) The proteins were so good. Perfectly cooked. The presentation was gorgeous and busy. The staff are very welcoming. read more

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Such a cute spot right off Broadway, perfect for a fun, casual night downtown. I'd definitely recommend making a reservation because it gets busy fast. The service was so friendly and attentive, which always makes a difference. The stars of the meal were easily the pizzas and pastas. We absolutely loved the truffle prosciutto pasta: it was rich, flavorful, and one of those dishes you keep going back for. The pizza was just as good, with really great dough and a delicious, well-balanced sauce. Overall, it's a great, easy spot for a laid-back dinner with really solid Italian food. The only letdown for us was the tiramisu, it just didn't have much flavor and was a bit dry, which was surprising compared to how much we enjoyed everything else. read more

Culaccino - Tiramisu - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

I tried out Culaccino for some delicious Italian food and it was a hit! We started out with their Brussel sprouts which were easily my favorite & will go back just for these! For my entree I went with the gnocchi, I don't think it was cooked all the way, it was slightly hard in the middle for some of the pieces while others were cooked perfectly. We got some of the seafood pasta as well which had a really nice flavor & spice with a really unique noodle. We did sit in the covered patio which was a bit hot out but had some fans outside so that was appreciated. The staff is super nice and attentive & really great when it comes to recommendations, I'll definitely be back to try some more dishes! read more

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We were seated with a group of 9. The service was slow, soooo slow. Drinks were ordered that never came. Finally a reorder was placed. We were there 90 minutes before we got any food. And a then second drink at the same time. The meatball app was on a slice of soggy bread, and another slice in top. The mozzarella pizza was soggy in the middle and hardly any toppings. I would not return. read more

Culaccino - Empty drinks and no food. - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Food was 4.5 Service was a 2 at best. Upon sitting and ordering drinks it took 30 min for our drinks to come. Not sure what the issue was. The server said the bar was backed up. It didn't look that crowded. The drinks were missing ingredients per the menu. The meatball app was amazing as was the gnocchi. The ravioli did not taste per the menu. Maybe they made some substitutions but we were not made aware of them. For the price I would go somewhere else. Maybe we caught them on a bad night and a bad server. read more

Great presentation. I don't think the server really liked split checks, but we were on per diems. Food and drinks were great. I'd go here again! read more

This place is new and still learning but has work to do. Our server couldn't really give recommendations outside of the pizza and didn't know some menu items. I got a dirty martini and it wasnt good. The starter bread and ricotta was a nice touch. My pasta was very bland for how flavorful it should have been. Lacked basil and flavor and the potatoes inside it didn't make sense. I would try again but overall not impressed with menu and service. read more

Culaccino - Basil and Pesto Pasta - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Great service and nice ambiance, but the air conditioning in the room we were in wasn't working so it was pretty hot. But other than that, it was a delicious meal! read more

Culaccino - Pappardelle - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

My husband and I went to Culaccino on a whim at 9:30 PM on a Friday night, 3 days after opening. We were seated right away, and service was pleasant. We received complementary bread and ricotta, and ordered Pappardelle and Il Re di Bologna to share. The bad: still and sparkling water will run you $9 each. We were asked if we wanted still, sparkling, or flat water. I answered still, assuming it was tap water and would be free. Nothing about the water price was mentioned. Surprisingly, 20% of our final bill ended up being water, which knocked a whole star off of this review. The good: parking was validated in the Nashville Yards East garage for 2 hours. Plus, the Pappardelle with lamb bolognese was delicious. I would come back just for that dish, but it was pricey at $26. The pizza was earthy and tasted good, but it was a bit dry without red sauce and the dough was a little underbaked on the sides. My husband enjoyed it though, and it was only $15 compared to the $26 pasta. The ambiance was pleasant. This would make a nice date night. We will be back! However, I will definitely be asking for the FREE water next time and not the $9 water. read more

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We had a great dinner here! Parking is validated for two hours in the restaurant if you park in the Nashville yards east garage. The burrata salad and the ravioli with butternut squash was soooo good. Dessert was delicious including tiramisu. Very family friendly. read more

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Food Was very yummy I got chicken parm Server was from Chicago & liked Red Sox You could watch them make your food which was so cool love the open kitchen concept Bathrooms were so clean I could lick the floor & the paper towels were luxury read more

Culaccino - Chicken parmesan - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Initially we made a reservation for 7 at 8:30, but somehow the host wrote 6 for 8p. So we were squeezing into the table they provided until the party next to us was completed and we were able to add another table to give us space. I had all appetizers- the mussels, the meatballs, the caesar salad and a mocktail. The mocktail was extremely tart, needed some more simple syrup, but the rest of the meal was delicious. And the bread was fantastic and fresh. Good spot for a nice intimate dinner and they validate parking. read more

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Was excited to try this place because it was on a list of great Italian places in Nashville. 30 years in NJ- I've had plenty of great Italian and this was not it. The ambiance was nice - its a lovely building. The staff was courteous & pleasant. Started with the calimari. It was tender inside, crunchy out. Requested some marinara instead of the chili aioli it come with and it was pretty good. Then our meal came. 72 hour pizza appealed because I like a yeasty dough. But I picked up a slice and it flopped right over and everything slid off. Soggy mess. The middle of the pizza was as wet and mushy. I put it down and my fingers had black spots all over them. Not a little residual burnt flour- my fingers got blacker as I handled the pizza and the pizza tasted like soot. I tried a second slice after just one bite of the first , and it was the same thing. The bottom of the pizza was all burned and sooty, the top soupy and mushy in the middle. Terrible. We also ordered the chicken parm sandwich. The bread looked nice and crusty on the top. But it was impossible to pick up the sandwich because the inside was so wet and mushy that it fell apart. The top of the bread was hard like a sourdough and the inside of the sandwich, was wet and mushy. The fried chicken cutlet was nicely thin but the breading was mushy wet. Very unappealing. One bite (with a fork) and hub was done. We made the waitress aware that we were not going to eat our meal and I showed her my fingers were all smeared black after trying to remove the soot. The manager who had taken our order came over and we repeated our complaints and I showed him my black fingers. He returned with a bill and said he hoped we'd come back and they would comp. us some items. He had removed the pizza and sandwich but billed us for the calimari and the sparkling water. (They asked upfront if we preferred sparkling still or tap) Be forewarned-they do not clean their pizza oven often enough or at all. If squishy food is your thing and you like eating pizza and sandwiches with a fork- you'll enjoy it. I hope I ruined their cloth napkin wiping all the soot on it. Grateful I didn't get it on my white shirt. read more

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Maddy was a great server! Food was delicious. The limoncello was the best I've ever had!

I was excited to try this spot but left disappointed. The restaurant is very crowded there is not enough room for the tables. My husband was bumped every time the waiter tried to pass to table or guests tried to navigate through the space. The service was very slow, my drink came after our entrees arrived. The food was mediocre, pictured is the ravioli - a single large ravioli in a bowl of oil. read more

Culaccino - Ravioli - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Live on Church St and finally ventured over to Nashville Yards. I rate Culaccino 7/10. Super friendly staff and delicious, quick food and service. I didn't try a pizza but definitely will come back for one! Ambiance is great - dark & cozy but tables for 2 are a bit too close together for my liking. Surprisingly crowded for just opening! I want to come back again with more people to try more menu items! Glad this TN local spot is here! read more

Culaccino - Rotelle, campanelle, broccolini - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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The vibes were immaculate. Our server was so sweet and service was excellent. Food was awesome too! My husband and I went we shared the mussels and the gnocchi and both were phenomenal. We also had a bottle of Vermentino. I appreciated how the bottle was served in a stand up wine bottle holder just like in Italy. read more

Culaccino - Mussels- super rustic - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Service was good. Portions were ridiculously small for the price. For example, 2 raviolis as an entree was 25.00. Also salad was extremely small with a big price tag. Chairs were uncomfortable. You definitely didn't get your money's worth or got filled up. The bill was twice as much as the night before's restaurant and they gave bigger portions and the food was just as good. I would not go again to this restaurant. read more

Came here for my birthday trip and the service was amaaaaazing. We had Hoke K as our server and he was so nice and made amazing conversation with us, even gave us some recommendations for Broadway. Food was even better. Pasta tastes homemade and drinks were amazing!!!! read more

Best espresso martini in town! Had the best experience with Brian, Lee and Aris. Thank you can't wait to come back! read more

Culaccino - Espresso martini - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Our server was attentive and super helpful with what to order! He even gave us recommendations on what sights to see and bars to go in different districts! 10/10 recommend! Great vibes! The pear on pizza and cacio Pepe delicious read more

Very loud. Very cramped. Some of our food was lukewarm upon arrival. My pappardelle was good, asparagus fritters were delicious. But others in our party did not enjoy their food as much. Service was a bit slow, but our server was sweet. Bill had to be adjusted --had two bar drinks on our tab that were not ours. Not the best experience. read more

Service is exceptional and Chris (our Waiter) was truly perfect! Dishes are creative and unlike any other Italian restaurant we have experienced. Good, not great. I ordered the "French Truffle" which I typically enjoy, however, this truffle was bland and lacked flavor. Spacing between tables makes for a very tight space where nobody can walk behind you without disturbing the back of your chair. Maury the location in Franklin but will pass in this location. read more

This is a nice italian place doing some really great pizzas and other Italian dishes. I was walking by the other day and saw that this place had opened up, so I decided to check it out. It's actually a pretty big location, lots of seating, and I decided to sit at the bar. The menu has freshly made pasta, appetizers, salads, pizzas made with fermented dough, other typical Italian dishes, sandwiches, and breakfast as well. I was in the mood for pizza so I asked the bartender what they recommended. He said that his favorite was the L'Angello something, and that it was a lamb sausage and eggplant pizza. I tried it and it was phenomenal. Savory, meaty, spicy, but without being too heavy. I'd definitely recommend this place read more

Just had a 5:00 pm dinner here with my girlfriend and we had a fantastic time. We had the Tortelli and the Raviolo Al Uovo and both were phenomenal with a great wine pairing from our waiter and sommelier Hoke. To be honest, the theme of the restaurant was I had expected for this type of Italian restaurant but Hoke really made the experience a grand slam. I look forward to coming back again and hope to find more dessert wines on the menu. read more

Culaccino - Tortelli - Bars Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Outstanding service. TJ was phenomenal and some of the best service we have ever had. Would definitely come back because the food was amazing, but also to be served by TJ. read more

The service and atmosphere was great. Menu options were vast. The noodles for one of two entrees were undercooked and doughy. The red wine tequila cocktail didn't work well for me. The remaining entree...I tried to like it. Who doesn't love gnocchi? Well it doesn't belong with beef. It's a texture thing. read more

I've been wanting to try Culaccino in Franklin for the longest time so when they opened their Nashville location I was so excited! It was a little difficult to find but it's right next to the Pinnacle, Uber's directions just dropped us off at a weird place. Once we arrived we were greeted by our amazing server Chris! He made the meal amazing and each dish was great! Such unique flavor profiles while still staying true to the classic Italian dishes! Our favorites were the meatballs and ricotta carrozza! We will definitely be back!! read more

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Fast and friendly service. We were well taken care of by the wait staff. The food was absolutely delicious and well presented. The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated. The atmosphere was wonderful. Highly recommended. read more

We came here on a whim. To start, the bread with housemate ricotta was delicious. I ordered the gnocchi, and my friend ordered the rotelli. Both were absolutely amazing. We ended with tiramisu - one of my favorite - which was good, but it was too chilled. I don't know a better way to describe it, a little dry maybe? Still yummy, would get again. read more

The food is amazing! I had the butternut squash ravioli with brown butter and sage. The flavors mixed so well without one overpowering the others. Portions are good size and prices are reasonable. Aris was our server and he took such good care of us. He set up the plates and food so it was easy for our group of three to share the amazing dishes. read more