Ciao! It's pizza and pasta Sicilian style.
(919) 518-9513
423 Woodburn Rd
Raleigh,
NC
27605
35.7904
-78.6594
Neighborhood: University
Hours:
Mon--Fri 11am--2:30pm, 5pm--9:30pm
Sat 12pm--9:30pm
Price:
$
Piccola Italia
Last updated 4.30.09
What People Are Saying About Piccola Italia
The Owner
Piccola Italia
Owner
We look forward to serving you at Piccola Italia Pizza & Restaurant. Family owned and operated since 1982, we have been offering traditional Italian dishes and New York style pizzas. All of our sauces, soups and pizza dough are made from scratch and are the personal recipes of owner Frank Amato, who is here every day to ensure the highest quality of our food. We invite you to come in and enjoy our cozy dining area, whether it is for business, friends and family, or a romantic dining experience. All of the items on our menu are available for take-out. Our family takes great pleasure and…
The Editor
Contributor
Citysearch
In Short – This is one of those comfortable Italian neighborhood joints where the owner will greet you with a cheerful "Ciao!" whether he knows you or not. The dining room is a red-hued, softly lit, casual space where diners enjoy heaping bowls of spaghetti. Portions are generous and prices hover around $7 for a pasta dish and $10 for a specialty like musselsover pasta.
Worlds Best Pizza and Pasta
by WellDone
I discovered Piccola Italia in 1982 after searching high and low for REAL Pizza. A friend suggested I visit Piccola Italia and I've been hooked ever since. At least twice a week I can be found stuffing my face at my favorite booth.
Don't pay any attention to the negative posts.
They are being posted by a few former employees who were canned for failing to show up for work .
Try Piccola yourself. You won't regret it.
- Pros: Great Service, Friendly Staff, Awesome Food
- Cons: Closed Sunday
Aggressively bad service
by karatebride
When my husband and I arrived at Piccola Italia, the hostess asked the waitress out front, "Will you take this one?" The waitress replied, "I guess if I have to." Looking back, we should have left then - or at least when we got to our table, where food and dirty silverware littered the floor. Our waitress came to our table three times - the last time, she asked us if we wanted dessert while we were only about halfway through dinner. Then she dropped the check on the table. Maybe she was in a hurry to get off work - I don't know. We tried to speak to a man who seemed to be a manager about the service - growing up, my dad used to say his worst customers were the ones who never came back and never said why - but he just shouted "Thank you!" at us and ran. No apology, no interest in what went wrong. This place was quite a bit different fifteen years ago - maybe it's the new generation. We won't be back.
- Pros: serviceable food
- Cons: hostile service, dirty dining room
last review is proposterous
by ncstatejunkie
First of all, I would like to point out the fact that the last review could not have been written by a so-called "teacher" because teachers would not use such incorrect grammar and incomplete sentences. It's crazy the things that some people will say or fabricate to try and seek revenge for a personal bad experience. Listen people, Piccola Italia is a great restaurant to eat at. I've eaten there for several years and the food is amazing. I've never had a problem with the servers or night time management. I have also worked in the food industry and witnessed many cases of people writing negative reviews on citysearch in an attempt to retaliate for not being given whatever it was that they wanted. (I.E. free food, a discount, a free dessert, etc.) Piccola is not a corporate restaurant; it is family owned and operated. Therefore, since most expenses are from out of pocket, they are not going to be so quick to give away free food such as a corporate restaurant would. No private or family owned restaurant would give away free food because they simply can't afford to do it for everyone who cried wolf. Don't read these crappy reviews for any restaurant. Most of them are written by people that just wanted their a$$ kissed way too much or wanted something for free. If you really want to find out what the food and service is like at any restaurant, especially this one, go and check it out for yourself. Don't let other people decide for you.
The Details on Piccola Italia
What To Drink:
Carafes of wine are hard to come by in the Triangle, but here you can order a half carafe of the house red or white for $8.50. The cappucino is $2.50 a pop, so you may consider a cup of the regular brew at 75 cents.
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Family-Friendly Dining, Group Dining
Cuisine:
Message from Piccola Italia
- Since 1982
- Family Owned & Operated
- Homemade Sauces & Pastas
We look forward to serving you at Piccola Italia Pizza & Restaurant. Family owned and operated since 1982, we have been offering traditional Italian dishes and New York style pizzas. All of our sauces, soups and pizza dough are made from scratch and are the personal recipes of owner Frank Amato, who is here every day to ensure the highest quality of our food. We invite you to come in and enjoy our cozy dining area, whether it is for business, friends and family, or a romantic dining experience. All of the items on our menu are available for take-out. Our family takes great pleasure and satisfaction to see customers enjoy what we have worked so hard to create.





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