If you're looking for vera cucina italiana, Puccinella in Massapequa is a place you absolutely have to experience! This isn't just dinner -- it's a true Italian festa di sapori, a feast and a little bit of magic on every plate. Chef Ciro, straight from Napoli, together with his partner Carlo, creates food with real Italian soul, passion and amore. The new version of the lobster roll is simply spettacolare -- filled with lobster and lemon-infused buffalo mozzarella. Creamy, fresh, delicate... mamma mia, che bontà! And the pasta? Perfettamente al dente, just the way it should be in Italy, served with lobster and an incredible combination of flavors. Every bite is like poetry -- una poesia di sapori. Then comes dessert... absolutely heavenly. Un piccolo paradiso! If you want real, authentic Italian food -- not "Italian-style," but the real taste of Italy -- Puccinella is a must-visit. Come hungry and enjoy the experience. Buon appetito! read more

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Food was out of this world amazing. Ow er and staff were so friendly and warm welcoming. Want to try the cooking classes read more

Excited to get out for a quick Wednesday night dinner with my wife. Started off great. Menus, water & pretty quick drinks. Waiter was friendly enough. Down hill from there. He said he would be right back with some bread- we had to ask 3 times for that. We got the seafood croquet appetizer which was delicious. Waiter told us the specials and then disappeared. Just to note- the place was empty. We tracked him down and got our orders in. Then I had to chase him down to order drinks again. Dinner came. My wife got the seafood Sinatra which she enjoyed. I got the halibut entree which was just horrible. Halibut overcooked. Roasted potatoes were close to raw. Really killed the night. We never saw the waiter again. I told the busboy my dinner wasn't to my liking. Nobody else was there and I still had to ask the bartender for our check. He was great and ran out to print the check for me. I paid the bill. Still never saw the waiter. Lousy service. Bad dinners happen and I told them and nobody came to discuss. Won't be going back again. Shame as I heard good things. read more

Pulcinella is such a great spot for a nice Italian dinner, especially for a celebration. I went for a birthday with a big group, and it was the perfect place for it. The menu is a really good size with plenty of options, including gluten-free choices. Since I'm gluten-free right now, I kept it simple and ordered a salad, but it was honestly so good and fresh that I didn't feel like I was missing out. That said, the pasta dishes coming out to the table looked absolutely delicious, and everyone in the group loved their meals. You could tell the food quality was consistently solid across the board. The service really stood out, everyone was so attentive and on top of things, which made the whole experience even better. We went on a Wednesday night, so it was pretty quiet, but I can easily see this place getting packed on weekends. I'd definitely recommend making a reservation during peak times. For dessert, we shared a huge platter with ice cream, cannolis, and cake, and everything was delicious. It was the perfect way to end the night. Overall, such a great experience, I'd definitely go back! read more

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We were a party of 17 and our waiter did phenomenal with us! He was so attentive, got everything correct, catered to allergies, and gave us a wonderful experience! Ambiance is so light and bright with lovely decor. Plenty of seating, but it got crowded, so I would say make a reservation for a large party. Food was outstanding! Portions were huge, and we still managed to devour everything! The appetizer meat platter is a must, there is a good amount of meat and a variety of olives, cheeses, etc. The calamari was cooked perfectly. The pulcinella salad was loaded with flavor - avocado, clementine, roasted walnuts, and the orange dressing was exceptional. A lot of us got the specials - everything was so delicious. The veal chop bruschetta was so big! Definitely big enough to share. The lamb chops were juicy and nice and tender. A lot of fish dishes as well, and everything was tasty. The orata fish special was butterflied with a nice display and great taste. The dessert platter was a must even after eating all the food! The gelatos were so fresh, and there was a nice variety of cakes. You can't go wrong with anything here, we will definitely be back to explore the menu some more! read more

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Very attentive service and delicious food. The atmosphere is lovely. Worth every penny! read more

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Staff was super friendly, knowledgeable, and attentive. The food was delicious and came out quickly! I ordered the chicken sinatra, my husband had the spicy gnocchi, and we had a caesar salad to start. There wasn't a moment when my water was empty, the bus boys were on top of everything. The ambiance was beautiful and inviting. We will definitely return for another great meal! 10/10! read more

Pulcinella - Italian Near Me - Massapequa, New York

Took a party of 9 here tonight. The place is well designed and elegant. I found the service to be impeccable. We ordered so many appetizers and all were amazing. We order the tomahawk and ribeye steaks so large and so delicious. The other entrees were great too. No complaints at all. Will be going back. New to Massapequa read more

Pulcinella is nothing short of extraordinary. From the moment you walk in, you are transported straight to Italy -- warm, welcoming, and filled with the kind of authentic charm that is so hard to find. Both locations -- North Massapequa and Wading River -- deliver the same impeccable experience: incredible service, impeccable food, and a genuine Neapolitan soul. Every dish is prepared with care, tradition, and the highest-quality ingredients. You can taste the authenticity in every bite. Owner Ciro is the heart and soul of Pulcinella. His passion for true Italian cuisine and hospitality is evident in every detail, from the food to the atmosphere to the way guests are treated like family. Watching him prepare dishes tableside is a reminder that this is not just a restaurant -- it's an experience. Pulcinella offers a rare combination of authentic Neapolitan quality, exceptional service, and a warm, joyful atmosphere that makes you want to return again and again. If you're looking for a true taste of Italy without leaving Long Island, this is it. Highly recommend -- five stars are not enough. read more

Got delivery this afternoon and had to pop on here to rave about how good this garlic knot pizza was! My daughter loves garlic knots and obviously enjoys a slice of pizza so I thought it might be fun to order this pie and it exceeded my expectations! We got half sausage and mushroom for my daughter's preference and half plain for my son. The pizza arrived hot, wasn't soggy, had a great garlic flavor, and cooked perfectly. Cannot wait to try more from this place! read more

Pulcinella - Italian Near Me - Massapequa, New York

After driving by Pulcinella more times than I can count, my wife and I finally had the opportunity to try it! It was quite good! The minestrone and pasta fagoli were excellent, only to be outdone by the chicken francais. We also had some gnocci, which had a great flavor and texture... although served with marinara and a ton of mozerella... they were more than filling! A side of penne in sauce was good.... if nothing special. My wife raved about the bread twists. We'll be trying Pulcinella again soon. read more

When businesses start up again stay clear of this restaurant. Overpriced, noisy, rushed service, average food, horrible owner. Dozens of great Italian restraunts on Long Island. Why pay more for less. read more

This place is a real hidden gem! I had no knowledge of this place until we came here for a christening calibration and I was completely blown away by the quality and service. The staff were attentive and accommodating for our large group, the food came out in record time. Not to mention the quality of the dishes were top notch! I had the Chicken Sentra and was thoroughly impressed. Hands down great place for a date night or a celebration, we will certainly be back again! read more

I took a customer out to lunch, and they're regulars here. We sat at the bar in the back, as they always do when they come, and it was nice and relaxed. Today is Thursday, and it was around 12:30pm when we got there... there was only one or two other small groups of ppl there. The dirty martinis my customer had looked great. They had a mixed seafood salad that they said was good. I got this crazy egg roll dish with marinara sauce that was actually quite good. My main was Chicken Marsala, which came with a LOT of mushrooms, beautifully done, in this nice, thick gravy that I completely wiped up with the bread they served. It really was a nice meal, and I would go back, but the bill came to $350 plus tip for 3 of us and a 4th guy who showed up for a drink. It's pricey, but if you're in town and you want something good, this is the place. read more

Food and service were good but the prices are off the charts. $26 for penne al la vodka. $10 for a small side of mashed potatoes. We asked for Ceasar salad for the table and he brought one portion in a bowl. Won't be going back. There are other Italian restaurants that are just as good and more reasonably priced. read more

Dined here last night and honestly didn't have the best experience. Service was pretty slow, and our server talked super fast when listing the specials--when we asked him to repeat them, he seemed kind of annoyed. We also had to keep asking for water, and at one point it took almost 10 minutes to get a refill. We had two servers who seemed to forget about us. They did have live music which was nice. The calamari was decent, but it was the stringy kind that seemed frozen and then fried. The chicken giardiniera was okay--the chicken itself was cooked perfectly and crispy, but it felt like it was missing something flavor-wise. The shrimp fra diavolo was alright too--just not super flavorful in my opinion, though my parents liked it. The osso bucco special was fine, but there was a lot of sauce that was overpowering Dessert was definitely the best part--both the carrot cake and cheesecake were amazing and honestly my favorite things I had all night. Overall, the experience was a bit mixed. Some things were good, especially dessert, but the slow service and lack of flavor in a few of the dishes made it feel kind of underwhelming. I don't think I'd go out of my way to come back read more

This is tough for me to write - the delivery experience has earned them 3 stars. This was a delivery nightmare, they got my husbands dish wrong. We had ordered through one of the apps and paid extra for service and delivery fees. My husbands dish came with cheese, covered in it, after he asked for no cheese. I called the restaurant and they delivered the replacement dish for free, the young teenage boy who delivered the dish didn't properly secure the fish in the car, the oil leaked out of the bag and it was dripping everywhere. His hands were covered in oil and worst of all THE OIL GOT ALL OF MY STONE PAVERS. SO SLOPPY! WHY WAS THIS NOT IN A PLASTIC BAG? MY PAVERS ARE STAINED! I SPENT $75 AT HOME DEPOT TRYING TO CLEAN THE MESS THIS BOY MADE AND ITS STILL STAINED. THIS RESTAURANT NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS UP TO ME. AWFUL EXPERIENCE THAT COSTED ME SO MUCH $$$!!!!!! read more

My wife and I chose this place because my father and uncle both rave about it. My wife ordered a pasta dish with eggplant in it, she thought it was excellent. She really liked the worm like macaroni they used in the dish, lol. I had gotten squid ink linguini with all kinds of seafood in it. It was very good! For dessert we ordered fried canollis, which were very reminiscent to zeppoles. Extremely tasty! The price for the dessert was a touch high, but overall we thought the food and service was great. Giuseppe was a very nice guy, very accommodating. We would definitely go back, and I see why my family enjoys it here so much. read more

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Been to Pulcinella's many times and the food is always good but my experience the other night was no good. The waiters were pushing to make recommendations on appetizers, main course and the wine. We trusted them but when the bill came, they tried to charge over $600 for two people. Only to find out that this has been happening to other patrons. It is a new way to drive in revenue. My recommendation would be to not let them make recommendations, order off the menu. My mistake for trusting. I probably won't go back for a while. That left a bad taste in my mouth and it wasn't from the food. read more

Service was excellent when I dined there with my girlfriend which was early in the evening and the restaurant was not busy at that hour. Main meal was good but gets a little pricey when it comes with no side dishes. Ambience was very nice. Probably would not return because a basic chicken dish at almost $30 and then two sides at $10 or so per pop is a little low on my value scale. Good food just think you should get more with your main meal other than a bread basket. read more

We came here without a reservation on a Friday night in October and got sat almost right away. It was very crowded and very loud. The acoustics were not great haha and we were about two feet away from the DJ blaring Italian music lol The baked clams were too chunky for my taste. My Carbonara was way too heavy and greasy. But my husband's chicken Milanese was delicious ! read more

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This place kicks ass. From appetizers to dinner nothing will disappoint. My branzino was delicious and the calamari was one of the best we ever had. We also ordered the seafood salad and my wife had a chicken dish. All mouthwatering. You won't be disappointed going here. The service and the food was impeccable. read more

The food was just okay, and way too expensive for the quality, which was nothing special. You could have the same or better at almost any other Italian restaurant (and some good pizza/restaurant combos) for half the price. The wait staff was good and friendly, although they seemed rushed. While we were sipping the last of our coffee and eating the last of our deserts, the manager asked us to hurry up because others were waiting. There were 6 of us. We don't control seating schedule, and we're almost done. When you drop $1,000 (which is absurd) on a party of 6, you do not expect to get the bum's rush! We were probably there close to 2 hours, which for 6 people with drinks, apps, main courses, deserts & coffee, is not much. Anyway the guy was a bit rude, so I spoke with him on my way out, and he was even more condescending. Too bad, because we were having a nice time, shrugged off the ridiculous bill, but he ruined it and lost 6 customers. We won't be back - food just ok and way overpriced - but the rude departure was the tipping point. Go if you want, but there are way too many better options. The $$ rating is misleading. read more

Food 2 star Service 3 star Value 1 star That's the jist of it, this sentence is added to meet the minimum words read more

We went there for Easter. There was 3 of us. The food was mediocre at best. My girlfriend had the fish special which was Halibut I believe and my self and her son had the veal chop parm. her fish was $55 and overcooked ( which I told the waiter). The veal chops were a unheard of $65 each! Three cokes were 5$ each. This place is so over priced for Massapequa Park. They will never see me back again. The same veal chop at Cerillos in Melville is 51$ and much better. read more

Food and drinks are great. Please stop having singers at the restaurant. They're all horrible. It ruins the meal. One guy basically roasts the customers at their tables. Like, we're not here for you, guy. We're here to eat. STFU read more

Great service above & beyond , nice ambiance got to sit outside before the summer ends & the food was delicious! As a first time client I will def be dining there again. read more

Food & ambiance was great...service needs some significant work. It was our third time there bc we do enjoy the food but this time we had the tall waiter. Very unfriendly and stoic, sat us down without menus, never refreshed our waters, very inattentive like forgetting things like a steak knife and when we asked for one got a little bit of an attitude. Service was extremely slow too on a Wednesday night when we were only 1 of 4 tables there. All in all not really jumping at the opportunity to go back which stinks bc I want to like them. The shorter bartender was much nicer...yall should have him be the head waiter instead. read more

Pulcinella is out Italian go-to! We've had 4 parties there and tons of dinners with family, friends and business associates. Ciro and team go out of their way to provide excellent service and top notch food and drinks! Impeccable wine list that is reasonable! Last night's lamb and ribeye platter cooked to perfection photo attached! read more

Pulcinella - Italian Near Me - Massapequa, New York

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Overpriced 4 adults 1 cocktail 520.00. Waiter asked us to leave because he wanted the table immediately after having desert. How rude can you get??? Never again read more

We had take out tonight and I have to say it was delicious. Everything tasted great. We used to be restaurant customers for a very long time but after getting Covid we really haven't been back. We will go back for take out. Counter girls are really nice and helpful. read more

The service is good the food is ok but when they get busy, and it happens quikly, they can be inconsistent.

Food and service GREAT! Lovely music for dinner! Wait staff very accommodating! Only drawback was parking! read more

This place came highly recommended by friends. We decided to check it out and just had chicken parmigiana and a Caesar salad. Upon receiving the menu noticed the sharing fee of $8 I actually stay away from places that have a fee. My fiancée and I order plenty of apps,1 entree and drinks and share it all. He noticed that after I ordered the menu didn't mention any pasta with the chicken. I said "oh I'm sure there will be I mean who serves chicken parm without pasta on the side" silly me because this place does! This was an absolute first! It needed to be ordered as a side and at an additional fee. After I just paid $24 for the entree. I've had much better chicken parm that came with pasta from much higher end Italian places and may I add was cheaper. I was immediately turned off the parm was good but I've had a lot better. The Caesar was terrible - very warm and wilted. We paid the bill and off we went. The same week one our friends who recommended it wanted to go there on a dinner date. We decided to try it again as I wanted to try their homemade pasta tossed in the cheese wheel. This dish can only be ordered for two or more at $11.00 each. Not bad but as we ordered this we were told it could not be put in yet as appetizers and entrees must be placed at the same time. I couldn't believe it. We placed two app orders and couldn't get them until we gave our entree orders. So we all ordered. The pasta was great! Entree soft shell crab,shrimp and lemon risotto was okay. All of us were full from the apps and took all the food to go. I like playing it by ear as I order. It was mandatory to place an entree order before you could receive any apps. So many better Italian places while the food was okay their policies do not warrant it. read more

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I placed an order via DoorDash for a pickup and get there more than 10 mins after the end of the ETA for pickup. I ended up waiting 10 more mins for the order to be ready. Not that terrible but I left my car running (and we all know how that goes..) I got the Fusilli Pulcinella which has escarole, pancetta, olive oil and smoked mozz), garlic knots and a shrimp parm hero. Super disappointed with it all except the garlic knots. First - the fusilli was knee deep in oil. There was NO pancetta (I asked to sub it for mushrooms and if they couldn't do it, then to leave the pancetta). I got neither. There was maybe a sprinkle of mozz..rest of it was prob up in smoke)? With all that said, you'd think this was the worst of it. The kicker was there was no flavor to this entire thing. Just oil soaked escarole and bland fusilli. The shrimp parm was ok but again, BARELY any mozz. I'm just gonna assume there was a shortage that night and they were trying to conserve? Only saving grace was the garlic knots. Too bad I only had 6. Should have ordered more if I knew how dinner was gonna go down! I'm just gonna stick to their pizza next time. read more

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Nothing but positive reviews from me and my family. Everything was exquisite from the service to the food to the atmosphere. Highly attentive staff. High quality food. Professionals. I'd give it 6 stars if I could. read more

Since our first visit we've been back quite a few times and all I can say is it gets better and better. Top quality service, and entertainment and the food is delicious from start to finish ! This is someplace you don't want to miss ! We will be coming back again very soon. PSSST (Try the banana gelato it's incredible) read more

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Need to read your reviews on service and figure out what is wrong with your service Staff . We went to dinner the other night for a birthday dinner and when 8 people all say that service was lacking after we left. I would never go back. Embarrassed because I suggested this place. There are plenty of other places in the area ... that really serve 5 star service. It felt we were being rushed and there was only three tables with people. Not worth even saying anything else. read more

Went to this restaurant today. It is a true gem in the heart of Massapequa. It´s located in the same building that was the post office. The food was wonderful and the service was exemplary. They were very attentive to our requests. We had one diner who has some dietary needs and they fulfilled them exquisitely. I am not going to say this is the best Italian restaurant Íve been to.. so I wont. But it is really really really good! When you tell people it's the BEST...They always have high expectations, So just take my word. I used to be in the restaurant business and this place shined like a diamond in the rough. Fried Calamari= fresh & tender Mozzerella Carozzza= Lightly breaded and delicious Veal Chop with Stuffed with Mozzarella and prosciutto with mushroom sauce= sublime The Gelato sampler was devoured by all of us The clincher for me was the Italian homemade raspberry cheesecake. Our waiter Giuseppe is really from Sicily! Our busboy was great clearing plates and filling our water without asking. All I can say is GO There! Support Local Business. If you think the Olive Garden is Authentic Italian food... and like it, please stop reading this post. You don't deserve the joy of experiencing great Italian Food and a non- chain fast food restaurant. Oh... you will give up your unlimited breadsticks after having their delicious Fresh baked bread basket with garlic virgin olive oil for dipping. Did I mention the Ceesecake? -- at Pulcinella Pizzeria & Restaurant. read more

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My husband and I met friends at Pulcinella last night, it was our first time there , and we had such a great meal and night , I had to take the time to write something., All of our meals were delicious and the service was wonderful. All of the staff were very welcoming,, Great cocktails also .. I'm so happy we gave it a try, as it's so hard to find good restaurants these days..I highly recommend it.! read more