Piccolo Restaurant

Always had good pizza here — last night I ordered a large pepperoni and bit into RAW dough! I couldn’t even eat the pizza. Sauce was different too. Way too sweet. It was terrible.
May be awhile before I go back and try it again.

Great Food, Great Service, Great Pizza

I really hate to give this restaurant 5 stars because it will make it even more popular than it is now. But I have comment on the best restaurant in the area. The happy hour is not to be believed. A huge plate of bow tie pasta with chicken for 6.00? Crazy! I think my Nona is in the kitchen. The best food ever at ridiculous prices. Plus Randy and Genise are the best bartenders in Northeast Ohio. Please don’t come here. I love the quiet, intimate atmosphere.

I still like this restaurant, and go often for dinner. The food is great, the restaurant is attractive and clean, it always smells good, and the staff is friendly and attentive.
However, I’ve had the occasion to go at lunch and it is often really slow. Even if you order right away, it seems like the food comes out slowly. If you want to go for lunch, or if you are in a rush, you need to let them know you have to go.

We made a reservation at 3 pm on Thursday for 6 pm on the same day. When we got in to the restaurant, we were told that the restaurant is full and that some of the guests that had made their reservations two weeks ago are still dining and may or may not leave within half an hour. We were also told that the earlier reservations take precedence over the later reservations — not sure what this means but looks like a double-​booking to me. No apologies, no invitation to wait at the bar — nothing at all. We left for another restaurant.

Good service, good food and a good value for what you get. I will return when back in Ohio.

Super staff. Fantastic food. Wonderful atmosphere. If you can’t tell we really loved this place. Don’t miss out. Be sure to visit!

We were passing through Cleveland area and found Piccolo on Unilocal!What a great surprise.
Margaret, wouldn’t steer us wrong! Prompt and attentive, she made our stay well worth it.
I had the Chicken Piccata, and my wife enjoyed the Pancetta, broccoli rabe served with cavatelli. Wow. Glad — again — Unilocal didn’t let us down… we will return to Piccolo.

What a great surprise!
While visiting my son in Mayfield Heights, OH, I found myself walking and looking for a place to have a steak. Though the outside look was not impressive to me, due to the lack of options I found myself accidentally at the Piccolo Restaurant. This place is not a joke, it’s the real deal!
Amazing Italian food and great house Cabernet.
Also had the opportunity to meet lovely Johana, one of the managers there. Ah, and how I could forget, the waitress that served me was so kind and friendly.
My dinner experience was great and if you are visiting the area you should try it too.

I don’t know if they changed chefs or what. We have eaten there several times and it’s been fine. The latest take out order was inedible. Veal Marsala was drenched and the veal wasn’t good quality. Lasagna was not even recognizable. Won’t be back.

Love the bread they serve in the beginning of the meal. Well-​made meals. The one thing I do NOT like is that their red sauce is too sweet so I steer clear of the pizzas and pasta.

Some ups and downs on our first visit. Here’s the list:
Two top tables too small.
Delicious oil needs more hearty bread choice.
Calamari app needs lots of rework. Maybe consult with Lockkeepers chef for example.
More focus on good service.
Caring staff, managers good.
Beautiful dining area.
Entrees were good.
Cannoli delish!

Food was great, but they charge for any changes.
I met a group of friends there. I had surgery a few weeks before and am restricted on what I can eat. I ordered Chicken Marsala and it was excellent. I didn’t have the salad with the meal and asked for vegetables instead of pasta. I was charge $ 4 dollars for the substitution. That seems to be a bit excessive.
Service was just ok. Once our orders were taken we were promised bread, but it didn’t arrive for 15 minutes. The server was busy and we were often taken care of by the busser.

Sauce on my side of pasta way to sweet
Ordered breaded shrimp appetizer breading overpowered shrimp My wife’s spaghetti & clam sauce not many clams Bread was good I’ve had better Italian food

Service and food were just okay. If I really just need some Italian food and don’t want to make the trip down to Little Italy, this is an okay spot, but probably not going to be the first that comes to mind.
We came in right at noon on a Saturday and there was one person sitting at the bar on his phone. The rest of the place was empty. We slowly milled around waiting for someone to appear, but no one did so we sat ourselves. The person at the bar looked up when we passed him, said hello, and went into the kitchen. So apparently he worked there, but didn’t bother to help us out. A minute later someone appeared from the kitchen and asked us how many people we had in our party, and then disappeared. A waitress then came out and took our drink orders, and service seemed to be okay after that. It just wasn’t a friendly start.
Some of the food was fine, others, just okay. But nothing phenomenal. The fried zucchini was pretty good — nice zucchini to batter ratio, and crispy, but the sauce was much too garlicky.
I tried the gnocci rossa, which was just okay. The sausage, mushrooms and peas in a tomato cream sauce just didn’t seem to be the right combination of flavors. My dish, the cavatelli peppe, was too salty to eat much. The pasta was cooked fine, but the sauce, broccoli rabe and pancetta added just too much salt to the overall dish.
The best part of the meal? The complimentary bread. Nothing phenomenal, but with the dipping sauce, it was a nice way to start off the meal.

This place left me feeling salty… Literally.
We started by ordering calamari which I have had many places many ways but here it was salted so heavily it left me feeling like I was in the Sahara desert.
Then we moved onto the risotto balls which while cooked good we’re not at all seasoned.
For our main dishes we ordered chicken Parmesan and a artichoke pizza.
I’m fairly certain that whoever breaded our chicken mixed up the bread crumbs and the salt because this thing was more salty then a girl who runs into her ex at the mall with his much hotter, younger girlfriend on his arm.
Our pizza was no better. Once more I think someone substituted the cheese for salt.
I must of drank 30 glasses of water. I’m convinced they salt everything to the heavens so that you keep buying overpriced wine. If your blood pressure is at all elevated stay the heck away from this place!

Awful experience, maybe the worst I’ve ever had. From the pile of trash under our table, to slow service, to awful food that only tasted of salt and sugar, we’ve never had a more miserable experience. To make matters worse, the service is atrocious and unfriendly. Rating this place 1-​star is too kind.

Had a lunch date withy wife. Service was terrible. My wife never got her hot tea she ordered. It took over 30 minutes for our meal to come. We were never offered bread that other tables got.
Food was good. My soup was barely warm but my wife enjoyed her chicken parmigiana sandwich and the risotto croquette were great.
I heard great things so I was expecting so much more.

Honestly, I have to say that I’m glad Mother Nature dumped her load of Cleveland snow and forced half of our group to stay home when we chose this restaurant as our pick this month for a club dinner.
Really my complaint is mostly with service but the one dish 4 out of 5 of us ordered, lasagna, was not good. I tasted my husband’s and was not at all impressed. He left more than half and for him, that tells the whole story. The red sauce on my pasta was sweet and terrible and I only had one bite. The chicken parm that I ordered was fine, easily forgettable.
My main beef, however, is the service. We were fine being downgraded to a smaller table, no problem, but at that point our previously attentive waitress found better things to do. It took her at least 15 minutes to acknowledge the last two arrivals then she disappeared while we survived on bread and wondered when in the hell we would be able to order our food. 15 minutes after that she asked about appetizers and we immediately said uh we’re ready to order, too. But then, besides a brief round of average salad, we waited AN HOUR for our meal. An hour! Other tables were getting their orders (and finishing) so I can’t imagine the kitchen was that backed up. After I tasted what everyone ordered but me, I was completely embarrassed that I’d picked the place.
Finally, we had to wait for our checks too. She did come back right away with the people that used credit cards but she told us she would be back with change, set ours on the empty table next to us and never returned.
I’m not sure what happened as I really thought this waitress was going to be great and was excited about the food. The breadsticks are good, thank you Jesus, but I can’t get over that lasagna and their red sauce. We dine at lots of Italian restaurants and this is neither authentic nor delicious.
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Came here with a group of coworkers for lunch (6 of us). We were seated at the «God-​father» table (round booth table) promptly. Although the restaurant didn’t look too busy, our food order took a while to arrive. Even the appetizers took close to 15 minutes. While waiting we were served bread with dipping oil. The bread itself had a nice crispy crust but it lacked flavor. The seasoned olive oil definitely helped.
I ordered the spaghetti with clam sauce. The portion was generous. The sauce was quite good. It was a white wine sauce with a hint of vinaigrette and olive oil. There was plenty of clam meat but overall it was a bit oily.
Despite the longer wait for the food, the server was attentive and the food is quite good for the money. Overall this place is off to a good start. They have quite a selection on their menu with things such as Italian soups, pizzas, pastas and even sandwiches.