Bocci Trattoria & Pizzeria

Bocci is a tired old restaurant that lacks warmth, needs to be thoroughly cleaned as our wood table was sticky, , and provides very mediocre food. We sent our first order of meatballs back ad they were served marginally room temp. Second order came out of the kitchen again... room temp. Personally I prefer my hot dishes hot. Waiter was unfazed by our first request. Second order, well we just threw up our hands.

I had a gluten free pizza with chicken, tomato and goat cheese. All I saw was chicken and it too came .... room temp. Was this a waiter problem or a kitchen problem? Lets say it continues to be a management problem. Its near our home and is quite convenient, but neadless to say we won't be back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Tables were sticky upon arrival even though they had just cleaned the table so we could sit there. Waited 10 minutes just for waters and our server to greet us. Then saw a table who had been seated after we even ordered get their entrees before us. We also did not receive the complimentary bread until halfway through our salad. Soggy croutons. Paid $20 for a plate of pasta drenched in oil. Service is horrible and food is the same.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I haven’t eaten here in years but sadly I think the food has gone downhill. Most of the food is edible. The spaghetti and meatballs is actually pretty good and the safest thing on the menu besides the French fries which were great!! The lasagna is ok, the eggplant parm is decent. But DO NOT get the salmon! I repeat DO NOT get the SALMON!! it is seriously the most disgusting salmon I’ve ever had in my life and the smallest filet of salmon I’ve seen for $23! It was hard, tasteless, and cooked wrong. I could have cooked a frozen piece of salmon from the grocery store myself and it would have been better and cheaper. And the side that it comes with, the beans just taste like saltwater.

Food: 2

Service: 1

Why do I keep coming back? The food is inconsistent. Today, burnt garlic in the pasta. Yech!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

The staff are very rude. Orders take a very long time. I definitely do not recommend it.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The service was the best I’ve experienced in North Carolina. And the chef actually came out to talk about my pizza and how he could make it like I preferred. And well…best pizza in the world. Chef Belynda here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pizza

We just had a friend’s birthday party there. I think this place is going to be my new go-to spot.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

best part of this place is the location - right next to Lochmere golf course for a quick bite after a round

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Our bartender Toni was great!

If you have other options, try those before this!

The food is not good! Their tomato sauce was bitter and honestly tasted like it just came from a can. The Bocci Balls had a refrigerator after taste. They didn’t taste fresh. My mom asked for ziti and got spaghetti in her dish. But the worst part was that my husband got really sick after eating there!! And he has an iron stomach so I have to believe something wasn’t up to par from a sanitation standpoint! What a shame, it’s a cute place.

I just had a major surgery and my dear friend brought me dinner from Bocce. The lasagna was amazing and very healing indeed. I would highly recommend this delicious food when you’re craving something Italian. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Knew it was a risk with 91 sanitation score posted. Food was terrible, orders not right. Slack service. Never going back.

Over the years, Bocci’s has been one of our go to for good food, drinks and great bar conversation. However, sadly over the years there has been a steady decline in the food quality, exception is their pizza.

We went last night and three out of five of us ordered the Seafood Fantasia. Originally, this dish was a massive portion, so much you would have to get a to go box and had an even more flavorful lunch for the next day. However, now the portion is half the size with no decrease in price. And the flavor was awful. While the Bang Bang Shrimp is good, it seemed to just been dredged in sauce to cover up the quality of the shrimp.

Thursday’s bartender, Vickie, is great! She kept the drinks flowing and provided great conversation with everyone at the bar.

Since they’ve closed down their other locations, I hope they can improve the quality of their food. If not, the original location will probably shut down too.

Very few places cool salmon perfectly. They did. I'll be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5