Pulcinella's Italian Restaurant

4711 Hope Valley Rd #1e, Durham
(919) 490-1172

Recent Reviews

p. “pbinx” Binx

not too much to say...was not good. the bread was cold, the veal was thin, chewy, and did not taste good at all. the sauce tasted spoiled. I get tired of having to spend $30 for a terrible meal

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Aliyah Watson

Great customer service here! They misunderstood my phone order but corrected it right away and gave me a free cake lol I only waited an extra 5 min and they were busy!

Food: 4

Service: 5

Sam Hull

My clams in white sauce needed more pasta, but it was delicious.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Sandy Cummings

This is an awesome group for food and catering. They always deliver their best and so easy to work with. Love this local place.Vegetarian options: They have vegan and vegetarian options but not a large selection. It's Italian!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Side Salad, Lasagna

Monica Surles

as soon as i walked in i was greeted with a smile ?. i love being welcomely greeted when i walk into a establishment

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Goni K.

The pizza is consistently good. Crust isn't too thin, sauce is tasty and cheese isn't too greasy. I also enjoyed the manicotti and ziti

Deborah Thatcher

Pasta was absolutely delicious. Like home cooked Italian food.Service on point.I will definitely be going back !!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mark Winter

When I travel, I like to visit local restaurants instead of the national chains. I saw Zuppa di Pesce on the menu and picture on their website and had to cruise by to get some. The bread is excellent. It reminded me of my days in Germany. I asked for a bag so that I could take my leftover bread back to the hotel. The server brought me a bag with some bread in it. Definitely would put Pulcinella's on the list of places to go the next time I'm in town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katie Finch

Kid-friendliness: The food came really fast! The kids said, “give this place 5 stars!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fettuccine Carbonara

Rich Walker

The italian sausage sandwich was great nice

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Colette Denieff

I love Pulcinella's. The food is always great.. I've been going there for years.. Wonderful pizza and their chicken parm is incredible. They also have a great Caprese salad sub sandwich that I love.. Great old-fashioned pizza place vibe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mama's Meatballs

Brandon R.

I've lived nearby forever, but never visited. My family loved this place. The pasta dishes were delicious and very fairly priced. Our waiter was great and fast. Loved the cute, quaint decor.

Phil Zampino

This was our first visit, and it was disappointing. The staff is very friendly and attentive, but the food just wasn’t very good. While the rolls were good, the plate of oil and sauce was quite bland, and added nothing to the bread. The dinner salads were pretty basic, but the house vinaigrette was pretty thick for a vinaigrette and also lacked flavor. We ordered the salmon scampi and linguini with clams and muscles. The clams/muscles dish was about what I had expected, but the salmon dish was extremely bland. The fish itself had an odd appearance (we’ve eaten salmon many times at many different restaurants, and have never seen a piece that looked like this.), and had no noticeable seasoning. The accompanying sauce had no flavor either. Disappointing all around given the good reviews from others. Maybe their tomato sauces are really good?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Genesis Lazo

While the atmosphere and service were great, the food was incredibly disappointing. The pasta seemed like it was just boxed pasta from the store. The calamari was chewy and under-seasoned. I ordered sausage for my pizza, expecting that usual chunks of sausage you get most anywhere else and instead it came with thinly sliced link sausage that was pale and bland.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pollo Parmigiana

Carol L.

The one star is for the kids waiting on the tables and the dessert. Great tiramisu and NY cheesecake. Dinner was inedible slop. My husband eats everything and then some of mine. Not tonight. I ordered Veal Pucinella. I asked if I could swap out the bell peppers for some sauteed spinach. I got a bowl of flavorless canned spinach. The pasta was buried in some kind of spicy "sauce." My husband ordered Baked Ziti with meat sauce. He said it was full of mushy cheese that had no flavor and he couldn't eat it. This restaurant has a nice Italian atmosphere and the people are nice. They can make a few inexpensive cosmetic improvements, but it's cute. They desperately need an experienced Italian cook. The food looks and tastes like something prepared by a cheap diner's line cook.

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