Coco Osteria

This place has closed. The owner converted it to a Spanish tapas place. I want Coco Osteria. It was my favorite spot.

Good place, wish they had more veg. Options

It’s a tiny place, but very intimate and romantic. The service is great and very professional. I tried a new kind of red wine and it was the best red wine I’ve had.
The food was great as well; I ordered the tagliatelle it was absolutely wonderful. Their pastas are homemade and the sauces are just right. It is nothing like a chain Italian restaurant. If you want the real deal, I definitely suggest this place!

Looking for a small intimate italian restaurant? This is the place for you!
This place is an adorable little place with a great atmosphere! It is a little small, but having a big mirror on the wall made the place look a little bigger. It also has big glass windows, so it’s nice to look outside every now and then. The inside just gave me a comfy feeling.
The food was DELISH!!! I had ordered the tagliatelle and could not get enough of it! It was just the right amount of parmesan cream sauce with prosciutto. I had to stop eating so I could take some home. I felt like it was a very good portion.
The only downside of this place was that it’s small, so it was a little hard to find, and they did not have their own parking spot. But they don’t lose any stars from me since the staff was wonderful. Everyone was so nice and friendly. Also make sure to make a reservation since it’s a quaint little place with limited seating. I just loved this place and know that I will be going again soon in the near future.

Luce for fancy italian… Coco for country provincial… good and hardy… bolangese a bit greasy though.
I adore the large windows that allows for good people watching later in the week, though I find more bums are starting to hang around in front of Ri Ra, so that is a loss of a star at this time.
The menu isn’t extensive, but the selection is good.
Staff is professional…

I have been to Coco Osteria countless times for lunch and a few times for dinner. It’s a small, quaint urban ristorante that treats you and your stomach well.
At lunch they typically start you off with bread and delicious cannelini beans + tomato/​onion in olive oil. Yum. I always gravitate towards the daily special or seafood pasta. However, the pollo paillard salad and caprese is also great. Their soups are almost always fantastic. I tend not to get the pizza because it’s pretty thin/​small so doesn’t seem as great a value. Lunch entrees tend to be around $ 10 which makes it a great lunch spot, and service can get you in/​out within an hour.
In addition the outside tables make it a nice alfresco dining experience if the weather allows. I think it’s a much better value and reliable quality than their sister restaurant Luce (though I’m still bummed about Il Posto closing).
Bottom line: I think it’s the most solid, reliable Italian lunch spot.

Wow some mixed reviews!
I thought this was a lovely spot for lunch. My colleague and I sat outside and enjoyed a great lunch.
We ordered the bruschetta to share which was delicious! It just the right amount of tomatoes and olive oil. Though the bread was bigger so you really couldn’t eat it one bite. I had the farfalle with broccoli and sun dried tomatoes and parmesan cream sauce. I loved this, very simple and not too creamy. My colleague ordered the ravioli which she enjoyed.
Service was good. All in all a simple place to have lunch and if the weather is nice, sit outside!

Disappointed with built in 20% gratuity for 6 persons for a soup/​sandwich lunch.
Portofino sandwich was bland (chicken/​mozzarella) 3 layers of bread made it filling but w/​only one layer of c/​m.
Just average — not like Luce or Toscana quality levels.

Well… a pretty rocky start for my first experience here.
I phoned in to place a take-​out order; was told it would take 15 minutes.
So I planned it to arrive at 25 minutes.
When opening the door the first thing you’re greeted with is the serving station (dishes, cleaning station, beverage cart and so on). The other odd thing is there is 1 tv in the restaurant and its at this serving station; the last thing the staff needs to have in this restaurant.
Stood at the door for nearly 10 minutes before the first hello… a few minutes later a waitress asked if I needed help.
I was then told my food would be up in a minute.
After 10 minutes of waiting… a couple came in… they were not greeted and the gentleman said to the lady he was with, «this isn’t a good start, let’s go elsewhere.» Good move on their part.
The waitress even told the Manager about my frustrations (now 20 minutes in waiting for my food), but the Manager obviously didn’t care; he said not 1 word to me.
Its very small inside, which doesn’t bother me at all… what bothered me was the fact that seating is limited, the restaurant wasn’t even half full and the staff couldn’t keep up, let alone provide a good product.
Got home with the food and really wished I had the past hour or so of my life back.
With the Bruschetta that I was served, this location should not be classified as an Italian Restaurant.
Linguini was descent at best… sauce lacked any sort of flavor punch.
The «Fresh» bread, not so fresh.
Rigattoni…blah
This place is so close to my home and I was really excited to try it for the first time, hoping I would have a new neighborhood gem… but highly disappointed now.
Unfortunately, I will not be going back; no second chance here after a witnessing a Manager who doesn’t care.

Felt like it’s a three star place, but downgrade because everyone else is overrating it.
Came here for lunch on Friday, pithiest way I can describe the place: «run-​of-​the-​mill» The food was terribly bland and service was average. Prices were okay.
Special of the Day: Penne Pasta with Salmon — it was lukewarm by the time they brought it out. Panini — tasted fine but not enough flavor. Salad — I don’t need a lot of dressing for my salad, but this definitely needed more. Lunch takes a long time to serve too.
dmo out

I appreciate fast, friendly, efficient service. Especially when I’m running behind on my way to a show at the Blumenthal. I understand that when hubs and I saw down for dinner at Coco Osteria at 6:30, aiming to eat, pay and get next door to the theater by 7:20 was a huge request, but the folks here were pretty fantastic.
Although out server, John, mentioned that it would be tight with time, we ordered right away and enjoyed the patio outdoors next to the Hearst building. A glass of prosecco and a few slices of bread and white bean dip later, our split appetizer and entrée came out like a flash — hot and fresh! We split the caprese — standard, tasty tomato with a hunk of mozzarella and fresh basil, and the farfalle pasta — bow tie pasta with broccoli, sun dried tomatoes, caramelized onions and chicken. While the pasta dish was a little heavy for the hot summer evening, the flavors were great and the large split dish was the perfect amount to keep us full without weighing us down. I really appreciate that our server quite literally split both dishes and gave us our own portions — a really nice touch, especially when we weren’t charged a split fee. That only earns them an extra star.
I’ll definitely head back to Coco Osteria — if not for a quick lunch then for another experience on the patio with a big olé glass of prosecco!

Disgusting. I have lived in uptown for 4 years and this is without a doubt the worst restaurant I have been to. Even with the limited menu they offer they still managed to screw it up. The chicken I ordered was floating in grease and tasted disgusting. No seasoning just a soggy mess
Even the caesar salad was bad… The price is cheap and you get what you pay for! I would have paid twice the price for edible food. All in all it is a cool looking place but a horrible disappointment save your money.

I’ve been here for lunch a couple times now, and it grows on me a little bit more each time.
First, be forewarned… this place is tiny. Like… itty-​bitty. So make a reservation, or come early for lunch, because otherwise you don’t stand a chance of getting a table.
Once you’re inside and have secured one of the few tables, enjoy… because the food is pretty delicious. From the yummy complimentary bread and olive oil + cannellini bean spread to the large (a recent development, as their menu as has apparently grown of late) menu, this place hasn’t disappointed me yet.
My new favorite dish is the Polletto, which is lightly breaded chicken breast, prosciutto cotto and fontina cheese over oven-​roasted potatoes, which is seriously amazing… I think I’ve actually developed a craving for it. Yikes. Its kinda of like chicken parmigano… only better :)
I’ve also tried their Arrabiata penne pasta with garlic and spicy marinara sauce, which was also great, and coworkers have said that their salads are pretty good too… although I’ll probably never find out as long as the Polletto is on their menu. Oh well. Its a sacrifice I’m willing to make.
Try this place… it’s delish. But make reservation first.

Coco is an excellent choice for a reasonably priced lunch. I have never been there for dinner, as it feels more like a lunch kind of place. But, I would go if I had a taste for pizza or pasta and did not want to spend a fortune.
A sister restaurant of its more expensive neighbor, Luce, Coco has a wide variety of salads, sandwiches, pizzas, and pastas on their menu. I am NOT a sandwich fan, but I absolutely love theirs — especially the capri (mozzarella, prosciutto and basil) and piadina (turkey, bacon, avocados, asiago) paninis!
Service is fast and very efficient. They need to be to move people through quickly, since the restaurant itself is very small! I love their quick service because I’m almost guaranteed to be done within the hour (if I don’t have to wait).
All in all, Coco is a great place that I return to often for lunch. I highly recommend them!

Fantastical. Just ate lunch there with a co-​worker. In and out in 15 – 20 minutes AND the food was phenomenal. It was a little crowded due in part to the lunchtime rush hour at the Hearst Tower.
We both had theTortellini with Capicola across the top. Muwah. Phenomenal. I am excited and looking forward to going there again.

For my last night in Charlotte, we decided on Italian.
Coco Osteria was good — nothing special though.
The Thursday night special is half-​priced bottles of wine (one white and one red to choose from). The bread was delicious — served warm, very soft on the inside. We started off with the eggplant parmesan for appetizer, that was really good. The eggplant was cooked to the perfect texture. I ordered the penne — shrimp and penne in a white sauce for an entrée. That was ok… i could’ve made it myself i think…
The service was good but slow… we were done with our appetizer for about five minutes before the waiter came by again to take our order for the entrée.

My wife and I went here for a celebratory night out and we left feeling neither good or bad about the place. It was just OK.
The food was average. Better than you would pick up at the Olive Garden but nothing we ate was really fresh or made from scratch.
The service was good and the staff was nice.
The location and atmosphere was great, it felt very relaxed.

Well played, Coco Osteria. I tried this place for lunch yesterday and had a great experience.
I ordered the salmon entrée and substituted the spinach side instead of the rice. The piece of salmon that arrived was a very sizable portion (especially for lunch) and cooked perfectly. The sauteed spinach that came underneath it was also nicely done. One of my coworkers ordered the eggplant parmesan, and she was pleased by the fact that it was a rather delicate preparation and not covered in cheese and sauce. My other colleague ordered the ravioli, of which she ate every bite. We were too stuffed for desert, but perhaps next time. And there will be a next time!

I’ve only been here for lunch, and only on days when I don’t have a lot to do afterwards. Perhaps because of the way that I order, but I always end up leaving stuffed. I generally go for the pasta (like penne, but I can’t remember the name) with the tomato cream sauce, sausage, and peas. It’s soooooo good, but filling. The salads and bread have always hit the spot too. It’s just basic, fresh, satisfying Italian food at a reasonable price. I think the management of Coco Osteria also runs Luca, a pricier Italian option close by, but I’ve actually enjoyed my meals more at Coco. Also, this isn’t an Itialian place like Mama Ricotta’s — no family style; it’s much more like a bistro.
The restaurant itself is on the smaller side, but it’s open and has so many windows that it’s always bright during the day and you can people-​watch the lunch crowd outside. They also have a small outdoor seating area for when it’s nice out. If you’re craving Italian uptown, check out Coco Osterio, I bet it’ll hit the spot.

This romantic, intimate Italian eatery is in the heart of uptown. It’s a perfect spot for dinner before or after a theater performance or other event. I love the maccheroni alla butteria with its amazing tomato cream sauce. They have a variety of pasta and meat dishes. I’ve always had good, attentive service there.
Coco Osteria is one of my favorite places to go for dinner in uptown. Although it’s small, I’ve also never had to wait for a table. Still, you should probably make reservations ahead of time.