Piccola Italia

Excellent service and food!

The food here is consistently delicious. Limited menu so everything comes out great.

Everything was excellent. Server was outstanding and helpful. Food was amazing

Awesome food

Great service and food with a varied menu. Extensive wine list with delicious cheeses.

One of the best in the area. Excellent service and even better food.

Wonderful as always!

We were really impressed with the service of the waitstaff (a very thorough description was given of the cheese plate we ordered), and then the owner also came out to thank us for our business. We really enjoyed the burrata ravioli and apple crumb cake dessert. Will definitely go back - we look forward to dining outdoors and also when the bar can open again as it’s a nice setup inside but not in use with Covid restrictions. We thought this place was a great find that we couldn’t believe we’d never been to despite living very close.

The quality of food at this outstanding restaurant is the best in our area. Although pricy, the portions are generous, the chef is inspired, and the service is designed to make you feel like a very special patron. Its a "go to" place when we have something to celebrate -- or if we just need to treat ourselves.

Fish dishes are especially noteworthy, but everything is wonderful.!

Awesome as always!

The food and staff are great! My wife and I love a quiet dinner together at Piccola. We have are reserved a private room for 12 people for my mother's 75 birthday everything was excellent!!!

Excellent food. Great wine list. Great service. We will be back

We love it there. The owner is the chef and she’s great as well!!

Amazing as always! Service, atmosphere and the staff are all great! My wife and I feel like family when we go there!

Best birthday dinner. Excellent service. Fantastic food and wine. Wonderful ambiance. Hidden gem in Ocean NJ

Food was outstanding. The wait service was exceptional. We very much enjoyed our meal and time that we spent there.

Food and drinks are always wonderful. The staff is always friendly and great service. Great wine list.

My family goes to Piccola Italia for all of our special occasions and my wife and I love a quiet nights out together there. Awesome food and drinks and you just can't beat the staff and service.

Great service all the time !! The staff is always amazing and the food is 5 stars

Food was delicious!! It was Valentine’s Day so there was a special menu and it was our first time there so now we will have to go back to try the regular menu.

Went for Valentine’s Day with my girlfriend. They offered a prix fixe menu and the options were awesome. Food and wine are always on point. Lighting and music made for a very romantic night. Thanks to the entire staff, we appreciate all you do. See you soon!!

We have been to this restaurant many times and it is usually very good! This Valentine's Day we were a bit disappointed. My scallops were way over cooked and the desert seemed like it was made a week ago! We were treated very well by the wait staff and they did take the price of the scallops off of the bill! I was just surprised. I will be back again though!

Excellent food and service. Very nice special touches for Valentines Day; two rich chocolate cookies and a rose for the ladies. One comment on the frequency of including nuts on several of the appetizers and main courses. We had to bypass a few of the offerings due to allergies including the very first one which was a pear in pastry and a few of the salads. It’s a fairly common allergy. This is a comment and not a complaint. Our overall experience was wonderful!!!!

Love this restaurant, it is our "go to" for any event. Miss the steak for 2.

Highly recommend this restaurant. The food was superb, the service was excellent and the ambiance was romantic. Carolina is the most cordial hostess and made sure we were enjoying every minute of our time here. We will be back for sure. Thank you Piccolo Italia for a beautiful evening.

Have heard many rave reviews about this restaurant and it did not disappoint! We went for Valentine’s Day and enjoyed the Prix Fixe 4 course meal - incredible wines, fantastic menu selection, amazing food and wonderful service! Also very clean and appreciated the conscientious effort to reduce high touch surfaces by putting the menu online and being able to pay for the meal online. Will definitely be going back! So grateful this place is close to home!

A great find. This was our first time there. The food was excellent. Large portions. Beautifully served. A little pricey but a great experience.

Best service and food. They have a great wine list as well! Overall, an amazing place with great owners and staff too.

Unbelievable as always! Service was excellent, food was amazing, overall experience was beautiful!

Unbelievable experience at Piccola tonight! Everything from service to atmosphere, music and of course food was excellent! Michael and Mark were very attentive and professional! The service by all was exceptional! Best dinner I've had in a long time! We started with a hearty Tuscan Ribolita soup, then gorgonzola fries that are just a treat for your tastebuds, next a refreshing and perfectly orchestrated Harvest salad and then for dinner the famous homemade Burrata ravioli with sage butter sauce, sweet potato puree, spiced apple white balsamic reduction sauce, topped with pepitas, ginger snap cookie crumble and crispy sweet potatoes.. you HAVE to try it!
We finished with a decadent valrhona chocolate tart and grandma's cream puffs that were better then perfect....
Chef Brian came out to say hello and thank you, which was the icing on the cake. I CANNOT wait to go back! Next time I'll take photos! Get here, you'll thank me later!

Hands down the best food. Great ambiance and the service amazing!

As always, wonderful from start to finish! Thank you!

The food, drinks and service, were exceptional. I would dine there again.

Service was excellent. Our waiter was very attentive. I had the chicken dish and it was delicious. Chicken was very moist. My husband enjoyed the scallops very much. We can’t wait to go back.

Great service fair prices great food

I arranged what I thought was to be a very special Birthday dinner for a significant birthday for my wife at this restaurant. We arrived about 10 minutes prior to our 5PM reservation and were brusquely told that the restaurant was not open yet and they were having a meeting. We were standing there in the cold tiny entranceway while hearing their ongoing meeting discussion until finally seated. Our mood was further dampened when during our dinner our waiter brought up his opinions on Covid-19 - essentially that everyone was going to get it with some living and some dying. We did not care to hear this during my wife's birthday celebration given the ongoing virus tragedy. To top things off, even though I specifically mentioned my wife's very special birthday in the reservation. No one at the restaurant acknowledged it in any way. My wife and I are long time Ocean residents (~40 years) and we will never go to this restaurant again.

The food was excellent! Second time dining here and I loved everything about it. The service was quick and easy. Drinks were delicious and the food was divine!

Service was great from start to finish. Dinner was presented well and was outstanding. Highly recommend

AMAZING! From the drinks to the food to the service, everything was just perfect. Compliments to the chef on a job well done. Definitely will be returning again soon. I can’t believe I waited so long to try this place!

I’ve been dying to go here after hearing great reviews and I was certainly underwhelmed. I was. Was excited to go and try the scallops entree but was disappointed when it was sold out by 7:30. I settled on something else and it was not gourmet. My partner was not satisfied either. The appetizers were good and service was great.