Piccola Cucina Enoteca
“I lived in Sicily for a short time and recognized pretty much everything on the menu as not just Italian but traditional Sicilian dishes.”
“We were walking around SoHo trying to find a place to eat and just stumbled upon this little gem.”
“The arancini were out of this world, crispy on the outside with a perfect meaty and cheesy center.”
Piccola Cucina Enoteca
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Not quite sure why this Piccola has worse reviews considering how it's almost the same as the Piccola on Spring Street. After working in the area for over a year, I've dined quite a few times at both the Spring Street location and the Prince Street location. Both has its charm and pros and cons.
The Spring Street location is closer and more on the main street (also across the street from Dominique Ansel) so it's always very busy during lunch. You have to come early or later to beat the lunch rush. The Prince Street location, since it is on a quieter street, has less people and is therefore easier to get a table during lunch. They also have different pastas – including gnocchi and lasagna, which the Spring Street location does not serve. the Prince Street location is also still only $10 for the lunch special while the Spring Street location raised its prices to $11.
I really enjoy coming here for a hearty lasgana or risotto during the colder winter months. It's a great spot to come in and get a quick lunch.
Liked this tiny Italian restaurant a lot. Grade probably might be higher except it's so cramped it's truly hard for non millennials. Most importantly the food was really delicious. Party of five started with four appetizers including a large salad. We ordered two bruschettas (second came out with toasted warm crusts and cherry tomatoes that exploded in luscious deliciousness). Eggplant dish was ok and other was non memorable. Arugula salad was good. Medley of different entrees but pastas are truly distinctive here. Two of us had spinach ravioli that was terrific. Pasta with tomato sauce was good. Dessert was ok but probably weakest link (2 orders of cannoli). Service was slow but pleasantly efficient. If it wasn't so crowded and packed like people were on top of you I'd have gone higher.
My friend and I stopped by for a late dinner last night, and it hit the spot! Small, cozy, and astonishingly authentic, Piccola Cucina is true to name.
From an extensive selection of wines, I selected a glass of the Primitivo di Manduria, and my friend selected a glass of the Nero D'Avola. We continued with shares of the olive oil cured artichokes and fennel and orange salad, and both were delicious! We then ordered shares of the Sicilian rice ball with a ragu center and the Swordfish Carpaccio with olives, cherry tomatoes and cured tuna fish roe, and both of these were delicious as well.
At the end of the meal, we were presented with two small cannoli, compliments of the chef. Seemingly freshly prepared, these tasted homemade! A great find it was.
One of the great things about walking around NYC: you get to try lots of places that you otherwise might not know existed. That was the case on Monday when my gf and I were walking around. We saw this place, the server greeted us as we were looking it over and next thing you know, we're having lunch!
I could go on and on and on about the service…we felt very well taken care of. Very attentive staff with great attitudes. But, I'd rather mention the food! We started off with arugula salads and they were amazing. We then had one of the bruschettas and it was heaven. Next up were the arancinis (rice balls): they were good….they were stuffed with meat and cheese….personal preference of mine would be just the rice balls…no middle stuffing needed…but for what they were, they were good.
I love discovering places like this: awesome attentive staff and amazing food. Next time I'll try something heavier (like the lasagna), but yesterday I wanted to keep it on the lighter side. Since I live in Atlanta, I don't know when 'next time' will be…but hopefully it will be soon. To the fine folks at Piccola Cucina: keep up the great work…you've got an amazing place.
This place is smaller than my first studio apartment in New York. And I'm not sure if there's a working kitchen on premises.
I thought I saw what must have been a camping skillet behind the bar with what looked like a bunch of prefab food in a dorm room fridge.
Once every now and then one of the wait staff would come in with a dish apparently made somewhere outside the restaurant – makes me wonder if there was a second kitchen in somebody's apartment nearby. WTF.
I ordered some pasta dish I can't remember and parts of the ingredients were cold – the "chef" behind the bar didn't heat it long enough on the camping skillet.
To top off the experience, you'll get people standing basically on top of you as you try to eat as the place is so tiny.
The wait staff are friendly and efficient enough, and that saved it from being a total disaster. Don't bother with this one.
Cute little Italian restaurant in soho. The foods here are yummy. We ordered the Cavatelli ai Porchini and the texture and flavor was perfect. Although it's a bit heavy on the sodium but nonetheless the overall dish was really delicious. We also got the complimentary bread with tomato sauce and the tomato sauce was spot on and excellent. The only downside I found is the wait. Came here at about 8pm with an empty table by us but we didn't get seated until about 10 minutes after in that same empty table. The waiter didn't took our order until about 45ish minutes after we got seated. Overall this place serves excellent Italian foods but the service is very slow.
I have only been here once for lunch but I'm not sure I'd revisit, especially with so many outstanding places close by. We shared a bruchetta app, the swordfish crudo, and each had a salad. My arugula salad was the best thing on the table, and it was ok, but served in an oddly shaped bowel. The swordfish crudo was fishy and I really could not eat it. The best thing we had here was the mozzarella cheese. Everything besides the swordfish was 3 star quality, but the service was meh and it was pricey, hence two 2 stars.
Great little Sicilian tapas joint that takes the authentic standards and Manhattanizes them (both in preparation and pricing). Apparently they've completely revamped the menu recently from 4-dollar-sign primi and secondi to more palatable meats/cheese/antipasti/dessert, all in the $7-20 range.
Let's take a look:
* Prosciutto–YES!
* Burrata (a gob of delicious creamy cheese that will fool you with its mozzarella di bufala shell)–YES!
* Artichokes in oil–YES!
* Raw swordfish, thinly sliced–YES
* Rice Ball, big, deep-fried and hearty–YES!
* Bottle of Langhe Nebbiolo–YES!
They also start with bread and tomato bruschetta dip, and the Chef sent over some fried cheese, which was nice. There are also some very Sicilian desserts on the menu that my brother and I didn't try. If you do, let me know how it went!
They're clearly still experimenting with the menu, but with the new prices in place, this cute little Italian wine bar should be a nice alternative to the overhyped trendier eateries nearby.