Nice authentic Italian spot in Stamford. Ambiance: Very relaxed vibe, feels like it's been there for a while. The order: Family style food: salad, penne ala vodka, chicken, steak, roasted potatoes, broccoli, and some cannolis for desert. Taste: It all tasted pretty good. The chicken was a bit spicy but it was a pleasant surprise. The food didn't blow me away in any capacity, but it was hearty and good. Service: The service was quick when we first arrived but as more people came to dine, the service slowed down significantly. Overall: Pretty good Italian spot, sounds like a lot of people come here with their families and it becomes more of a tradition then the actual food. I'd come back if someone wanted to but it wouldn't be my first choice. read more

Pellicci's - Italian Near Me - Stamford, Connecticut

Delicious food great menu free valet parking Our waiter was distracted and uncaring A bit of a let down Decor needs update kinda 80's ish read more

The service could not have been any better, the food was amazing,, the setting let's old friends and new enjoy a great experience. .. haven't been there in awhile and now I know what I have been missing in my dining experience. It's my new spot! ​ read more

Had not been to Pellets c I'd in many years, but decided to meet up with ten others for New Year's Eve. Reservation's at 7:00. When we got seated after moving from one table to another, we could see they were absolutely packed. To sum it up the service was so absolutely bad, it became comical. After 35 minutes we were able to get four drinks for ten people. The drinks were served in any type of glass ware they seemed to have available. I politely went up front to explain out situation and immediately I was told this delay was totally unacceptable and it would be remedied with a new waiter. Ten to fifteen minutes went by and finally the same waiter appeared with two more drinks. The service went downhill from there. I finally asked please can we order and he obliged but he could only take appetizers not entrees. It was now approaching 9:00 and a few appetizers appeared. Tables around us that were seated at the same time as us were prepared to exit and we still had not ordered our entrees. Without further details, the remaining dinner was total confusion. In actuality the food was reasonably good but the service was so disjointed that the meal became a comical farce. Everyone was in a happy mood and we made the best of it. The moral here was we should have made a reservation an hour earlier or two hours later, but we will think twice about Pellicci's in the future. We could have made a big issue at the front desk but it was a festive evening and our waiter was totally overwhelmed, the management appeared to be oblivious , so chalk it up to a good story for laughs. read more

Great Italian restaurant with family feel. Excellent food and very reasonably priced. Chicken Scarpiello is one of my favorites.

We were staying in Stamford for one night and wanted to find an Italian place. We went here and the service was really good and they always filled our waters. Both our plates were around $17 which after doing some research was a little cheaper than some Italian places around there. The portions were really good and super filling. I got the lasagna and my wife got the tortellini Alfredo. Overall we had a good experience but it was so amazing that I am rushing to go back, hence the 4 stars. Also, they only have valet parking which for me is annoying because it's one extra thing you have to pay for but it's in a city so they always try and get you for parking. read more

Pellicci's - Italian Near Me - Stamford, Connecticut

Went to Pellicci's for a team outing with coworkers and we had a great time! The food was delicious. We had salad, bread and olive oil, pasta, steak, chicken, potatoes, broccoli, cannolis, and lots of beer and wine! The food is delicious! I like how they have areas for large groups to sit. At the same time, there is more intimate seating for smaller parties. The one thing that was a little odd was that they seated a group for an engagement party right next to us, which was a bit uncomfortable. The service was good, especially considering the size of our group. They were on top of things service-wise from the moment we arrived. My favorite dishes were the steak and the penne alla vodka! I would definitely come back and recommend to friends. Also, as a heads up, they have valet parking here! Follow @eatnow.thinklater on instagram for more pics! read more

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Awesome place. I had a 30 person Sunday dinner party last week. Food was excellent. Service excellent. Room was lovely. My family comments were "closest thing to having Sunday dinner at the house only more space and no work for the hostess." Highly recommend. Our menu was calamari appetizer, chicken scarp and steak topped with mushroom and onions - all delicious. We chose to have serving family style. There was generous amount of food. The vegetables were broccoli and spinach, simply wonderful, cooked and flavored perfectly!!! Thank you Annie! read more

Celebrated my bday at Pellicci's and was not disappointed. Authentic Italian cuisine with a broad menu of delicious bites. Loved the homemade minestrone and especially the cannoli for dessert! Great service and nice restaurant to dine either casually or dressed to impress. read more

Pellicci's - Italian Near Me - Stamford, Connecticut

If you are looking for authentic Italian food come here!!!! The food is amazing! I haven't tried many things yet so I'm giving 4 stars based upon my first visit. The lasagna was wonderful, homemade for sure, vodka sauce was good! My favorite was the fried mozzarella! I love a good old school joint!!! Portions are great, comfortable seating! The waitress Mary was fantastic! I highly recommend this restaurant, we can't wait to return to try more dishes! read more

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I think I had the best meatball wedge of my life here. Great family owned restaurant & atmosphere. Old school and so cool. I Love Pellicci's! read more

Being from Brooklyn and going to great neighborhood Italian restaurants in Bensonhurst and other places in the '70s and '80s, my feelings about places I stumble on, like Pellicci's are really more emotional than just based on the food quality. The food quality needs to meet a certain standard in order to like the place but once you get past that it's the aura, the people, the atmosphere, the layout, that make a place special, and Pellicci's checked all the boxes today. The layout is great with an active bar and a bar-room dining area semi-attached and then a separate dining room and finally a room which is probably used primarily for private parties (not just a box, it was a nice room). There were a lot of 'regulars' there - real characters - which adds soul to a place like this. The service at the bar was excellent (thanks to J.C.). The food was very very good but I could see it being one of those places where there are really great items and not perfect items. We really loved the place as first-timers and will DEFINITELY return! read more

Really wanted to love it here. Valet parking only, but plenty of seating inside. Service was great, salad was decent, but I was dissatisfied with my chicken parmesan. It came out at room temperature or colder and there was very little cheese or sauce on top. I would have definitely told my waitress but she didn't come back for a considerable amount of time until I was nearly finished. For $21 an entree, I would hope they would be a little bit more liberal with the cheese, sauce and heat. That said, I did not give them a lower rating because the atmosphere was cool in addition to the history. Wish I got the pizza instead. read more

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Foods good, service is good, Valet is rude. Twice valet gave me an attitude for no reason, just seemed to be there demeanor.

Great food, if some place can feel homey and a little fancy this place does!! Mary was our waitress she was informative and accommodating, really nice lady. We had a perfect time on our 2 d trip here for our anniversary read more

Believe it or not I had my first pizza at Pellicci's Restaurant in Stamford CT in 1958 when i wqs twelve. in fact I had several. It was just a plain pizza with mozzarella cheese, thin crust, etc, but it made me a pizza connoisseur for life and became the standard on which all other pizza was judged. Fast forward sixty four years. I was driving from NYC to Boston bringing home a car I bought online and descided to stop in Stamford CT to get something to eat. I always remembered Pellicci's and did a search on my iPhone. Lo and behold there they were just off the highway. I explained my mission to the lady at the desk who told me that her husband was the owner back in 1958 and their daughter would make the pizza for me. I ordered a medium with just cheese and asked them to cut it in sixteen pieces so it would be easy to eat while I continued my journey. it was delicious, crust nice and crisp with plenty of cheese just as i remembered. What a wonderful memory. Was it the best pizza ever? No, but it was great. nowadays I make my own pizzas in a maple wood-burning Ooni oven with plenty of cheese, linguiça, mushrooms, black olives and of course, anchovies. These are to me the best pizzas ever. Thank you ladies for another memory! read more

Wonderful Italian in the old neighborhood. Go here if you want the relaxed, old-school type of service. "Red sauce" stuff abounds, but I prefer the red sauce on pasta. So veal piccata is where it's at. It's all traditional. The ingredients are what makes this place. Sauce is at times bitter. But their provisions (and the Salumi on the antipasto) are first-rate. Get any version of chicken they make (on the bone) it's an old-school style that reminds me of Rao's in Manhattan. Don't bother with the refrigerator-cold desserts. Cannolis, if they're fresh, are okay but too heavy after a Neapolitan-style meal like this. Just have a good cup of coffee - they'll have fed you well enough. Thirty-five years ago, I made my first visit here. There was an old woman nearly in the foyer, peeling garlic. The guy who took me there (RIP Al Albonizio) spoke quietly "that's Anna - two of her sons ended up in Long Ridge with bullet holes" - that's history! read more

The Service was terrible, Ask what the specials were he had to go back out and look and then come back and tell us. After we received our dinner we never saw anybody again. Looking to get more drinks and bread and no one was to be found. When asked the hostess where did our waiter go, She said they needed him to do deliveries. Wow that's how you treat your seated guess. The chicken scarpariello and the Lobster raviolis were delicious. They should stick with grub hub in Uber eats, Surely did not care about their guest. read more

Great food, and our wait staff were very nice, but between the awful parking situation and the rude, nasty front of house, it was awful. We had a reservation for a private room. We were coming from my cousin's wake (they knew what the occasion was ahead of time). First the parking attendants turned us away, instead of letting us get in line. Then, when we finally got in, the hostess was nasty, she tried to say we didn't have the room reserved (my little cousin called that morning to reconfirm) and then they shoved us in a back corner without enough seats. It was just awful. I'd never book another event there. read more

Dined here on a Thursday evening for a stop along a roadtrip. We've stopped in Stamford before and honestly had low expectations, but this place was wonderful. We sat down for drinks and Fernando was an amazing server. He was attentive and accommodating, and knew the menu well. We were tired after hours on the road so we took our dinner back to our hotel and he wrapped it up perfectly for us. I had the lobster ravioli and my husband had the NY strip. The food was so flavorful and high quality. This has got to be the best Italian place in Stamford for the price we paid. Cannot recommend enough read more

Attended a family event at Pellicci which was held in their buffet room (decent size- their regular dining area though is "tight" no so friendly if someone is disabled.) We were severed "THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY STYLE DINNER". The food was pretty good but not as good as it was years ago. In the early 90s the food here was out of this world now it is just average. The servers were WONDERFUL and VERY ATTENTIVE. read more

I started getting Pellicci's takeout before the pandemic and the food quality has always been top notch and well priced. My personal go to is the chicken Parmesan but you can't go wrong with any of the options. Lots of great sides and tasty treats for a dessert. read more

First time ordering out from here and the last. - my girlfriends $35 steak was undercooked with tiny portions- my meatball and pasta tasted awful. The chicken was underwhelming as well. I never ever leave reviews because I'm a firm believer of having your own experience at a restaurant but this was absolutely awful, and way overpriced. Super disappointed, crazy how this place got good reviews. read more

Excellent Italian. Good service. Valet parking which is necessary. Pasta dishes are big enough for two

My wife and I have eaten inside the restaurant and had food delivered. We find it to be very good family style Italian food with generous portions, good quality, friendly service and reasonable pricing. Has all the good trappings of a family run business and long-standing neighborhood institution. Unfortunately, the local neighborhood is a little rundown, but the answer is their valet parking with polite service. The dining areas offer ample space, and are warm, comfy, and homey. We are repeat customers and have not been disappointed. read more

Service excellent and friendly. Dishes were delicious in true Neapolitan tradition. Main Dining room cozy

It's hard to judge a place with very few windows to look in. But we took a chance based on favorable Yelp reviews and went inside. We were greeted by a friendly waitress and shortly after having our orders were taken, our food arrived. I felt like we were at a fast food restaurant (for the speed of the service not the quality). I had the chicken parm with linguine and my gf had the tortellini al fredo. Both were delicious and highly recommended. Overall: friendly and fast service. Decent prices. If we ever find ourselves in the area for another taping of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire we will be back. read more

Pellicci's - Dinner. Yum - Italian Near Me - Stamford, Connecticut

Ok Stamford and environs!! This is the place to be in Stamford. This is Italian-American food at its finest. A Stamford legend that I was just let in on the secret. This place is the typical food of 2 generation Italian Americans. Brooklyn, Jersey, da Bronx, whatever. You will love it here. Get the chicken. You will see why. read more

This restaurant is good for friends and family gathering. I happen to visited the area and found this along the way. Great pasta dishes and appetizers ... staff is friendly and yes, quite busy on a Saturday evenings.. will come again .. read more

We always love going to Pellicci's. Their family dinner is the best -- the chicken, with roasted potatoes, a large portion of ziti with ricotta, a tasty salad with their delicious dressing and of course, you can't forget the hot pepper salad and their delicious bread to dip all the goody goodness. The family are long time Stamford residents and it's great to shop local. read more

The best authentic Italian food in Stamford, CT. I had my daughter's bridal shower food made for 20 people and everything was perfect and delicious. read more

Great old school Italian. Unpretentious and great food. Baked chicken is very good dish. read more

Excellent food and service! Sat on the patio in very nice weather.Veal Parm was excellent and huge serving!

This place is a Stamford landmark! Amazing food and awesome atmosphere. Every dish I tried was great read more

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Food is disguisting, they serve tiny portions, and do not serve bread with takeout pasta!!

I ordered delivery from Pellicci's while visiting the area. The woman who took my order was very kind and polite. Delivery was very quick and my order was at the front desk of the hotel waiting for me. The chicken parm was absolutely amazing and the portion is HUGE. It could easily feed 2 adults or more if they are small eaters. It came with a generous side of pasta. The sauce was absolutely perfect. The breading was nice and thin and did not overwhelm the chicken. It was absolutely delicious and easily the best chicken parmigiana that I have ever had. I 100% recommend Pellicci's and if I ever return to the area, I will bring my family for dinner. read more

Pellicci's - Chicken Parmigiana - Italian Near Me - Stamford, Connecticut

This review DOES NOT reflect Pellicci's itself BUT the Valet service that they employ. I have NEVER been so angry in my life as the way I was just treated in their parking lot. Since buying a new car, I do not have to carry an actual key instead the car works off an app from my phone. Upon pulling in, I asked if I can just park myself since I was not giving my phone to the valet guys-at that point they started yelling at me and shouting out profanities. I went in and told the resturant and it did not phase them at all!!! This upset me even more, since this is a resturant that I enjoy eating at. I will NEVER AGAIN step foot in that establishment!! read more

If you go here, you won't regret it!! Such friendly, personal service. Food was incredible, and it came out quickly. Also love how it's a family restaurant. Would recommend to everyone and will be back! read more

Poor service. Bad food. Lousy steak. Cold pasta. Big banquet crowd but restaurant is being neglected. Too bad as it used to be good. read more

Excellent restaurant! Service and food was delicious!! I had veal Milanese and was so good. Wish we lived closer because it would be my go to place.. read more