Piccola Cucina Osteria Siciliana

196 Spring St, New York
(646) 478-7488

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IanG

Food was very good, but the service was mixed. I think the problem was that people were waiting for a table, and the staff were too eager to move customers on... We had staff hovering to remove plates and move us on to our next course, and we even had plates taken away before we were finished. The bill came, and before we had even had chance to look at it, a card payment machine was thrust in my face. Real shame, as the food was tasty and the restaurant had a nice feel overall. We had wine, starter, main courses and sides, and were whisked in and out in just over an hour.

Karl

We had the unfortunate experience visiting your Spring st restaurant last night for what I presumed, would be a pleasant, romantic meal. We could not have been more disappointed! From the start, it was so very dark and made reading the menu, almost impossible, with other guests around us, using their mobile phone to read. The waitress, who was serving us, gave us a very quick run down of the specials but we had to ask her to slow down as we were unsure of what courses each one was from. The atmosphere was hectic and a bit manic with the staff giving out a not so positive energy. The wine list was vague, apologies for not being a connoisseur but descriptions would be helpful. The wine came, very pleasant but the glasses were refilled by at least three different waiting staff, in a super quick, not relaxing untimely fashion. The saying goes “One eats with one's eyes” if you could see the food that is!! The starter was average with the expectation of the zucchini flower in a light tempura batter not its straight out the freezer/ deep fat fryer state, yuck! The mains were inedible with my wife's aubergine pasta lacking, well, aubergine (it may of been present but my wife didn't have an head torch). My green (I think it was green) pasta was unpleasant with cheap mince in the strange tasting ragu. (Still got a weird aftertaste this morning) Overall possibly the worst meal we have had anywhere across the world and the walk back to our hotel was made easier with the laughter. Seriously though, it's our holiday and had the meal booked for a while, with both of us looking forward to our FIRST Italian together. How I wished I'd just wandered into little Italy and found a traditional restaurant with proper Italians

Sydney

Always the best experience at Piccola Cucina! The staff is so nice and the food is incredible. One of our favorite restaurants!

John

HANDS DOWN THE WORST TABLE SERVICE IN NYC. I usually do not leave reviews, but really don't want anyone else to have a similar experience. The servers here will take your plates even if you tell them you're still working on them. They won't stop there, but will give you dirty looks and decide FOR YOU when you are done. Unbelievable how this place has this rating with such a bad mannered servers. Their food was nothing great, but really not worth the visit to withstand all the attitude. Truly a Soho tourist trap.

Ozgur

The smaller place was better in terms of concept. The food has declined compared to a month ago. There's a girl who works there and she's really good—she takes her job seriously and is very friendly. The other staff are good too, but she stands out. It's a bit unnecessarily expensive, by the way. Overall, it's a good restaurant.

Newton

The green pasta with the wild boar / truffles was excellent . Same with the hand made Gnocchi with short rib ragu. I would highly recommend those 2 pasta . We just ordered a little too much !! Chicken Milanese was very good but we were too full from the pasta to enjoy it. So we doggie bagged it.

Lanie

Food and waitstaff were fantastic!!! Manager was the hostess that night was a little rude when checking us in. Tried to call the restaurant to let them know we're were running a few minutes behind even though we were in the grace period still but could not get through on the phone even though their website says to call if your running late. The manager then proceeds to say “I was just about to give your table away” with an attitude in his voice as I was giving his name for the reservation.

Aditi

This is honestly one of my favourite spots from the city. Everyone right from the staff to the waiters are extremely hospitable. They were very flexible in making a vegetarian pasta of my choice and it tasted impeccable. Of course, the main reason we went, there was for their decadent tiramisu ! Definitely going back there soon.

Leonora

Era uno de nuestros restaurantes favoritos y en esta ocasión a ninguno nos gustó nuestro platillo.

Joseph

As an Italian, i think i can effectively rate Italian food. carpacio was excellent. Had lasagna which was ok, seemed to be lacking something. Would skip this dish. Gnocchi was solid. Others in our group had cacio d pepi which is prepared table side. Good dish. Fusilli with longastines was a bit fishy. Overall large portion, great service, food solid, wouldnt say exceptional. Small spot, very noisy and energetic. Worth a try. Nice wine list, very limited beer selection.

Victoria

We love this restaurant but my husband decided to order a chicken entree instead of what they known for which is their pastas and the chicken was very bland and little sauce. He didn't want to send it back and ended up eating half of my meal but my advice is either make the chicken entrées more appealing or just don't order them there. 

marc

Our first timein the new space and it's much rommier than the prior room, which enhancese the experience.

Rachel

Not entirely sure how this restaurant is so high up on TripAdvisor? We arrived for our reservation and were kept waiting for 15 mins. We had booked for outside, but they didn't have us down for outside. They then moved us but then told us that you cannot order alcohol outside so we asked to go back in.. by which time, they had given our table to someone else. Eventually got sat down, waitress for us was very good. Food however is mediocre. I have eaten in Italy and Sicily many times and this was no better quality that a chain Italian restaurant. The sauce on my Egpplant Parmigiana tasted like it came from a can of pizza topping. My main had tons of pasta that was nothing special and a very small amount of shrimp. Everything was rushed and we left feeling underwhelmed. Again, don't understand the fuss?

alison

Food took forever and then was marginal at best. Waitress forgot our wine order. Unfortunately this place has gone down hill

Cilenia

Overall solid but my waiter never offered me the specials and recommended different things to people on either side of me. Not pleased that I was treated differently. Wasn't sure if it was because I was dining by myself. He rarely came back after taking my order. The runners were more sincere about their interaction than waiter. Overall the food was great. Boar green tagliatelle dish was amazing. Wish I got the almond granita but lemon dessert delicious.

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Piccola Cucina Osteria Siciliana

196 Spring St, New York, NY 10012
(646) 478-7488