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    BoccaLupo

    4.4 (757 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, American
    Closed Closed
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Andrea M.

    This spot is more of a pasta place than an Italian restaurant. They make everything fresh and in-house. Fancy but doesn't have all the poshness. They had a tasting menu that was $165 or thereabouts. Though most of the items sounded pleasant when the menu was rattled to us, not everything sounded great enough to commit. So we opted to order from the regular menu. Ordering two appetizers and two entrees were enough to fill the both of us tbh. * Australian wagyu steak tartare: The "chips" that came with this was super thin and crispy and made tasting the steak much more delightful. The smoked salmon roe added nicely to the dish. * Smoked prosciutto: This was such a cluster of deliciousness. This pick was to die for. O.M.G. All the flavors and textures. The pineapple was inventive and added a sweet burst of flavor. Quite literally as well. The candied hazelnut a nice crunch. * Southern fried chicken parm: I've been eyeing this dish for awhile ever since seeing the menu. The chicken was tender, juicy, and flavorful. Chicken choices are either a hit or miss, and this pick hit all the notes with bonus points for the portion. The pasta had a nice portion size too. The creamy collards and radiatore actually felt pretty subtle mixed in and wasn't really that noticeable. Overall a great pick for its flavors, portion, and value. * 20 yolk tagliatelle: This pick was different and tasty, but it didn't give wow'ing vibes. If you're looking for something on the lighter side and has more of a vegetarian-feel, then this would be the dish for you. The mushrooms were tasty, and I enjoyed each bite. The Tuscan kale kimchi was definitely different with a slight sour undertone. But there wasn't a whole lot of popping flavors. Everything was a little subdued. The flavors a hint of this and that. If you arrive early, they have a large sofa off in the back space area that guests can wait and order pre-dinner drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Overall the vibe of this place was hipster with its own charm. And the waiters/waitresses were super friendly!

    Prosciutto with pineapple
    Steven D.

    Made this reservation almost three weeks in advance because one week was not enough. The steak tartare was great. It was not my very favorite beef tartare, that honor still goes to Staplehouse but it was quality meat. The chips that came with it were standard and the salmon roe didn't add that much to the dish. Prosciutto and pineapple excellent. You could tell the meat and pineapple was quality. I didn't expect the appetizers to be so well crafted so I was pleasantly surprised. 20 Yolk Tagliatelle was good. It's a elevated veggie pasta with mushrooms and kale kimchi. It had a sour note to it probably from the kimchi. I love kimchi though. The chicken parm was great. It was probably the best chicken parmesean I've had in a while. The meat was juicy and the crunch was perfect. Service was amazing with friendly and attentive waitress. Would I come here again? Probably. It's in a great location relatively close to Krog Street Market. It's one of the best pastas I've had in Atlanta right next to White Bull and No 246 in Decatur.

    Tasting Menu 1/24/26
    Chandrika R.

    It was a cold snowy Saturday so I thought I could get in last minute and I did! I even got there early enough to nab the tasting menu! This is my new favorite restaurant in Atlanta. The food was amazing, and unfortunately I did not take a pic of the menu. Every course was full of perfectly balanced fresh ingredients. The staff were super friendly. It was obvious everyone loved working here. I will be taking all guests here...if I can get a table.

    Sorpresine with lump crab
    Olivia T.

    It's hard to get a reservation here on a weekend night, but we got one a few weeks in advance! The restaurant is easy to get to (Beltline, Marta, etc). The ambiance inside is good - good music and vibey. The cocktails were SO good. I got the swan song, and it was incredible. My husband got a Negroni and thought it was great as well. 10/10 on drinks. Service was also a 10/10 - friendly, attentive, but not over the top. The food was good. We got the following: Smoked fromage bruschetta Tuna crudo Black spaghetti Sorpresine with lump crab Basque cheesecake I would say the food was SOLID. The reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because some of the dishes were less refined than I expected. For example, the flavors in the tuna crudo seemed too intense and overblown, which really took away from the taste of the tuna. Crudo is typically more delicate than that. Same with the sorpresine - the crab was overtaken by the flavors. I still think the food was super good, but for the price I would've expected more refined flavors. I would definitely come back and try other things though! There were tons of things on the menu that looked/sounded really good.

    beef tortelli & goat cheese ravioli
    Lydia N.

    BoccaLupo was a great experience! The food and drinks were amazing, and the service was excellent. The ambiance was interesting, we were sat near the front of the restaurant and unfortunately the tables are close together so if someone next to you is loud it is unavoidable. Also, they charge if you cancel or miss your reservation. Other than that, the dishes we had were delicious, I'd recommend the beef tortelli it was plated super cute!

    Helen G.

    First time here, and like others have said, you will need to have a reservation. However, the service and food were great, and I highly recommend anyone to try! We ended up ordering 3 pastas, the bolognese, baked pasta with lamb, and the black spaghetti. For the appetizer, we ordered the cannoli with prosciutto and cheese with smoked blueberry, and for dessert we got the skillet oatmeal cookie! To start with, they give you a drink menu (which doesn't make sense on purpose), and the waiter will come and explain each drink to you in detail. The first drink we got was a mild blended piña colada almost, it had a touch of milk, fruitiness, and was very creamy! We also ended up getting a cocktail which was alright by itself, but definitely ended up pairing well with the pasta and cutting through the flavor! The appetizer came first, and I really enjoyed the lightness of this appetizer! The cannoli was like a light, hollow baked bread, and the inside had a layer of cheese. It was wrapped in prosciutto that was almost like butter, and the smoked blueberries and sauce helped add some tartness to the dish. It was surprisingly light and very good! The first pasta we tried was the bolognese which was delicious! The noodles were wide and freshly made, tender but still with bite. It was very flavorful and very good! The same can be said about the baked pasta with lamb, which had a good amount of vegetables on it. Surprisingly, the vegetables may have been my favorite part, as they were sweet and crunchy to contrast with the pasta. The pasta itself also had the same great texture as the bolognese and the lamb was not gamey at all, making for a nice and cozy dish. Last was the black spaghetti, which came with ground sausage and shrimp. The seafood was fresh and light, and the green onions helped balance the garlic and stronger flavors. There was also a little bit of spiciness to it. While good, I think we enjoyed the first two pastas more. Lastly came the dessert, which was delicious! The oatmeal cookie had other mixed grains and nuts which gave a very nice texture to the cookie, and it came with ice cream! While a little bit sweet, there was some huckleberry and other berries to balance it out with a touch of tartness. Service is out of this world, our waitress had perfect timing and every dish came out also at the exact time, with enough spacing in between but not too long. Our waitress was also very knowledgeable about the menu and very friendly, I had a wonderful time eating here! Ambiance is nice, dimmer lighting for a more intimate setting in the back of the restaurant, with more space in the front and more people for a more casual feel. Surprisingly, we felt very light even after eating so much pasta. Highly recommend coming and trying at least once!

    20 Yolk tagliatelle
    Kevin W.

    Please book a reservation. The website will tell you to book a reservation. Reviews will tell you to book a reservation. I am telling you to book a reservation. I took their advice and booked a reservation. Once I arrived, they told me that they were no longer taking walk-ins. They were happy to know that I had a reservation and gave me a seat. I would not have been able to experience this venue if I did not book a reservation. This place my have a private parking lot around the back and there were plenty of free street parking. No issues parking. This venue makes sure not to over-burden their kitchen and staff. There will be open tables but they will only seat you at your reservation time. I like this. This is how a venue performs quality control. You have a much better experience when you have not been waiting on food for an hour or the kitchen has to rush. They do have outside tables for your wait. You can order a couple of drinks as you wait as well. First visit, I ordered the black spaghetti with rock shrimp, spicy sausage, and scallions. The black spaghetti does not change the taste of the spaghetti at all but it makes the dish looks cool. This dish has an amazing taste. The flavors explode in your mouth. Second visit, I ordered the 20 Yolk vegetarian pasta. The veggies really make this pasta stand out. Pasta tasted extremely fresh. I wanted to try their desserts. First visit, I ordered the Oatmeal and Cherry skillet cookie with cherry gelato and candied pistachios. This is easily the best sweet treat I have had all year. Second visit, I ordered the milk chocolate pinna cotta. The chocolate is very light and fluffy. Tastes like a cream. I cannot speak more highly of this place. You have to try this place.

    What Are You, the Police?
    Carolina C.

    I have always heard the best things about BoccaLupo so I was ecstatic to come try it for myself. The drink menu makes no sense but I promise they will explain it to you and go off of that! I got what are you the police and that is always on the menu so I was lucky. The drink was sweet and savory and well balanced -- for a strong drink it was so delicious and I would happily go back.

    Club soda with lime juice
    Maggie J.

    I come to Atlanta for work once and year so I keep a running list of restaurants that I want to try. BoccaLupo has been on my list for several years and I finally pulled the trigger and went. We had a reservation for 4 people on Wednesday evening at 6:45. Do note that they will not seat you until your entire party arrives, no exceptions. Our table was in the back on what seemed to be a heated enclosed patio area. Our waiter brought us the menus as walked us through the cocktail list. If there was one thing I didn't enjoy about our dining experience it was the cocktail menu. There are punny names with inside jokes and no description about what the cocktails basically at all. You have to ask your server for descriptions of each drink which does tend to get tedious if you order several rounds. That being said, our waiter was delightful and went through the descriptions as many times as needed as well as making good suggestions on both cocktails and food items. Favorite cocktails of the night were the "What Are You, the Police?" and "Doom Scrolling" For dinner we ordered entirely too much food to share. We had the ceviche, tuna crudo, tricolore salad, mushroom tagliatelle, pappardelle bolognese, goat cheese ravioli, black spaghetti, beef cheek ravioli and mafaldine cacio e Pepe. Did we over do it? Sure, but there were just so many items that we wanted to try! Everyone at the table had a different favorite dish but we really loved all of them. The food here is OUTSTANDING. My personal favorites were the salad, beef cheek ravioli and mushroom tagliatelle. For dessert we ordered the skillet cookie and the Basque cheese cake. They were both a hit but the skillet cookie was sensational. It's going to be really hard for me to choose a new restaurant next time that I come to town instead of coming back here every time. The menu changes frequently so I probably wouldn't be able to order something that we loved this time, but I know there would be new favorites. If this was in my city I would be coming here all of the time.

    Zoboni

    I'm going to give this place 3 star cause my friend enjoyed her food but me on the other hand disappointing, where do I start the drink was good I enjoyed that, the bread that came out also good minus whatever honey butter thing they had on the side of the plate wasn't for me...but let get to what I had the southern fried chicken parm with creamy collards & radiatore, the pasta with itself was great buttttttttt the chicken is what got me. Which I took a damn picture of the chicken they left the skin on the chicken and it looked like it came right out the pack from the store and they put the sauce and cheese on top I was so turned off.

    Braised Lamb Tortelli
    Shannon M.

    Second time coming within the past month and both times were phenomenal. Both times were a party of 4 and everything we ordered has been good. The black spaghetti, bolognese, and the tasting special was great and well portioned. The best thing on the menu surprisingly is the tuna and crispy rice appetizer. Meatballs are a must order also. From a drink perspective. The clarified punch was one that stood out to us. I ordered a dirty martini last time and it was amazing also. The vibes is like a hipster type of restaurant in the best way. Not too fancy but just right for the area. Make reservations early and go...A LOT!

    Mussels
    Braden G.

    I'll start off that I am very biased about this place as it's a neighborhood staple and rightfully so. Very easy to walk and park to. You will need a reservation and give yourself time to get one. The first thing you notice when you step in is the relaxing and dark vibes with the friendliest staff in any restaurant in Atlanta. They are more knowledgeable than any server you will come across for the menu that night. There is always a tasting menu, I did not participate last night, but always worth hearing about and when Inhave had it in the past it does not disappoint. We had multiple drinks and each one is better than the next. If you don't normally drink make an exception. For appetizers we had a light and refreshing mussel dish on top of cucumbers and potato's. As well as my favorite the Tuna and Rice appetizer. I could have that as a meal and be happy. The menu changes often, but I had the one staple, Black Spaghetti. Always delish and the perfect cumulative spice. There was also the crab surprasese. So sweet and delish. Dessert was a chocolate and cinnamon puff. So light and the perfect finisher to the dinner. This is a neighborhood spot, but it's worth coming from far away to try it.

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    BitLeigh V.

    After hearing all the rave about BoccaLupo, I grabbed a reservation far in advance for a Wednesday night dinner. There is free street parking around the restaurant but it can be tricky to find. We were seated right on time. Service afterwards was incredibly lackluster. When we were seated the host said the chef would come by to talk us through the tasting menu. About 5 mins later another server finally came to fill our waters and asked if we knew what we wanted to drink. We never got the run down of the tasting menu that we were interested in. We had never been here before and expected just more from service here. I have truly gotten better service from Chili's. We both ordered the what are you, the police? cocktail. Looking at the cocktail menu, descriptions are pretty minimal so I had to ask our server to give a walkthrough of the menu as he not once even thought it would be helpful? My friend did have a tree nut allergy and the server was attentive of that asked if cross-contamination was okay or not (it wasn't). This was helpful at least. The cocktail was so delicious and I would come back to get this cocktail and try other drinks. We ended up ordering 3 pastas to share: beef cheek tortelli, goat cheese ravioli, and black spaghetti with hot calabrese sausage. All the food came out hot and steamy. We did get all pastas to share. The beef cheek tortelli was INCREDIBLY salty. There is absolutely no way anyone tasted this food prior to plating. Absolutely could not recommend. The only good component was the beef cheek inside the tortelli but the saltiness of the remaining plate killed this. The goat cheese ravioli was good and enjoyed the peach on top with cabbage. Nothing super amazing and wowing. The black spaghetti with hot calabrese sausage was my favorite and I say favorite lightly. The spaghetti was cooked perfectly, but I found this dish to lack a touch of salt. It felt like this dish was just missing -something- but found it to be okay. All tables had a little candle at their table and as the sun started to set, the host came by and REACHED ACROSS the table to grab the candle and light it. This was incredibly rude and she did not say anything or even a "excuse me". She could have easily walked between my friend and the next table to grab it without reaching in front of both of us. I would have preferred she leave it unlit as this really left a bad taste in my mouth. We were still picking at our plates when the server came by to start clearing the plate I still had in front of me with food in it... I asked him to leave it. Overall, I do not see myself coming back to BoccaLupo anytime soon and do not understand the hype. There are so many better Italian restaurants in the area that are cheaper, tastier, and have better service. The cocktails are good here, but the food and service leave a lot to be desired.

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    Ask the Community - BoccaLupo

    What are your hours of operation, and when do you close?

    Open - 5:30pm Last Seating 9:30pm Open - Wednesday-Saturday

    Do you take reservations?

    Yes, BoccaLupo takes reservations through Resy. Walk-ins are welcome but reservations are encouraged. Bar seating is first come, first served with no reservation necessary.

    Is there a parking garage or easy street parking?

    Easy street parking

    Do you have gluten free options? (I see this was asked 3 years ago. Your menu doesn't state gluten free options)

    They don't have gluten free pasta, but several of their appetizers and other entrees are gluten free! They told us they are able to accommodate those with gluten allergies

    Can you eat at the bar? I like to go out and eat on my own at times but not at a table.

    Yes! Lots of people eat at the bar

    There are no reservations available for tomorrow, is there a very long wait on a Saturday evening without one?

    If you get there earlier and put your name in the wait is normally 45-1:15 from my experience, which goes by quickly if you grab a drink from the bar!

    Does boccalupo offer any nondairy alternatives for cheese?

    Unfortunately not. However, we can omit cheese from certain dishes.

    Do they have vegan options?

    Yes Robyn, we do offer a few menu items that can be prepared vegan.

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