Pulcinella (Toronto) Ristorante & Wine Bar (established 2010)

Truly pleasant dining experience. Properly set tables, warm ambience.(No loud music playing) Good food, actual real experienced waiters …not the eye rolling “Hi! I’m -/-/ and I’ll be your server” chain Resturant experience! Food was tasty not excellent but good overall. Would definitely return.

November 30, 2024 on Google

Food was really good! Great menu with solid options. Service was great, sat on the patio it was very quiet.

August 7, 2024 on Google

One of the best Italian places I have been too in a while. We started with the calamari and it did not disappoint. It was so flavourful and the lemon sauce was quite good. For the meals, we got two seafood pastas which were great, but the mushroom risotto was the best food I’ve eaten. Couldn’t be any better. Definitely try this place for authentic Italian.

July 31, 2024 on Google

The restaurant is involved with summerlicous and always wanted to try their menu out. It was for 4 adults on a weekday, early evening. Made reservations online at their restaurant or can call in. The place is bigger than what you expect with two rooms. It was charming decor. The place was empty when we came in, being the first customers since the place opened at 5 pm. We ordered off from the 2024 summerlicious menu, pictured included. Appetizers were the Mario Salad, arancini balls and carpaccio, mains were the rainbow trout fillet, penne a la Vodka, and Alla gamberi pasta with shrimp. Can sub Gluten free pasta for extra cost. Desserts were the key Lime tart, tiramisu, and angeli brownie. Drinks were also ordered on the side like wine and cocktails. I will review what I ate - the carpaccio salad was absolutely delicious, fresh, and flavourful; pasta was creamy, right amount of saltiness and yummy, huge portion, I had to take it home for leftovers, and the brownie was quite chocolatey and rich, but the fruits helped cut the sweetness and richness. The whole menu for myself was mouthwatering. My other friends also enjoyed the menu well and finished off their plates! The server we had came by often to check on us, and he was fun and pleasant. The bathrooms are downstairs and are individual rooms for everyone to use and I found it to be clean. I would definitely recommend the restaurant especially for their summerlicous menus, worth the $45 price for what you get. I'd come back and try other items as well.

July 17, 2024 on Google

It's a nice restaurant. Lots of seats, a couple bars. They even have a patio. The portions were good and the food tasted alright. My pasta tasted good but was a little soupy for my liking...hey maybe some people may like it like that.

June 22, 2024 on Google

I Loved this place. It’s in my neighborhood but I haven’t had a chance to try it before. It’s cozy and clean. Pizza and pasta are tasty. Service is fast and everyone is so welcoming. I will definitely will be coming again.

June 8, 2024 on Google

Went here for summerlicious lunch right at 12pm when they opened and there were 4 other tables inside being serviced along with 5-7 tables out on their patio. The service was great! The starters were fantastic as the calamari was seasoned very well and the carpaccio was great too although quite a lot of oil. The main courses we had were not as great as the starters, as I felt there was no real taste to mine and I added a lot of salt to it to give it some taste. My partner's one was okay as well but neither were something we would order again. The desserts were great but as both were very sweet coffee was needed with them which cost an extra $3.95 each. We were seated under the air conditioner inside and the table we had was wobbly which I did not like and feel they should have fixed. Overall: I would recommend this place as their calamari was really great and carpaccio was very good as well. Service was excellent considering they were kind of busy and I really appreciated the sever refilling our water without us asking. We would return to try a different main course and dessert. Update: we revisited this place and tried some different items on the menu. The service stayed consistent with our waiter (Antonio-i think) always refilling our tiny water glass which we really appreciated. We ordered the calamari again and it was good. For our main courses we had the Pescatore and the Gnocchi a la vodka. I enjoyed the Pescatore as the amount of seafood they gave matched the pasta and the seasoning and flavor was great (no additional salt required). My husband's gnocchi were cooked very well and were not overly chewy. There was a lot of bacon in it and it was his personal preference that maybe less was needed but I appreciated the amount of bacon they put in. The only small issue was that some of the calamari in the appetizer and in my pasta felt a bit over cooked and chewy. Overall great service and food as we received our appetizer within 10ish minutes of ordering and our main course within 20 minutes.

August 17, 2022 on Google

Great experience for Summerlicious! Forgot to take pictures of the mains, but the salad and dessert were amazing. Tiramisu and key lime tart. The fusilli with shrimp in pesto cream was perfectly cooked and delicious, which is why it did not last long enough to take a pic. 😁

February 1, 2020 on Google