Food was very good. Service was on point and the ambiance hmmmm could be better. We came for the first time because we were visiting. If we go back we will visit again. read more

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We always order pick up and it's always hot and delicious. It's ready quickly too! They can get busy at times and it's hard to call the order in but I know they are busy and there aren't many people to answer the phone so I just call back and order. read more

Small, quaint atmosphere followed with authentic Italian cuisine. The waitress was so helpful in helping me decide between several dishes. read more

Was visiting Artesia and decided to stop by. Food took a while to get out but the food was honestly fine. Service was not it though, drinks barely got filled, had to constantly flag down servers to get condiments or extra silverware. Members of the group I was with decided to leave tips reflecting service and food and upon leaving the restaurant were talked down upon and lectured by the servers. Unfortunately it made an average experience into a poor one, I wouldn't recommend returning even if the food was good just bc of the service we received. Hope the servers can be paid more in the future to avoid lecturing future customers as the server kept reiterating to the group they only get paid $4.50 hourly?? I hope they have better days in the future but shaming for tips that were reflective of service did not leave a good experience. read more

Understanding it's a small town, this restaurant is clean and food was good with fresh veggies. Warm bread with hot marinara served after seating yourself, that was yummy. Minestrone soup was okay, a little oily, which is a word I haven't used before in describing that particular recipe. Hatch chili Alfredo was satisfying but would try something different if we were to return. Chicken cacciatore was delightful, very generous portions all around. I would say 3.5 for rating overall but I have to choose & since we needed to ask for napkins, ask for utensils and ask for boxes, I went 3. Still recommend you consider trying it and always be your own judge. read more

the food was amazing our sever was checking on us the customer sever ice was really good

Let's see what they got. Placed an order to go. Staff is pleasant but busy. The variety of items is great. Starting off with mozzarella with sauce. Veal Parmigiana and a cannoli for dessert. Update in a bit. The bread is really good. The pasta just a bit done but not too bad. Veal was okay and if you've got a taste for Italian, it's good. I'll try some other dishes to compare in the future. Enjoyed everything. read more

Piccolino Restaurant - Order as prepared. - Italian Near Me - Artesia, New Mexico

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Low carb and yummy! Ordered a Really Meaty Pizza in a bowl and a large house salad. Not only is it so good, its easily two meals! read more

Piccolino Restaurant - Really Meaty Pizza in a bowl - Italian Near Me - Artesia, New Mexico

In town for business and stopped in for a quick bite to eat. Not the best wine options, but the service was great and food was amazing. You get warm bread and marinara when you sit. I ordered a side Caesar salad and the chicken green chile Alfreda (pasta bollocco I believe was the name). Portion was HUGE for the price point and so delicious!!! read more

Piccolino Restaurant - Pasta Bollocco - Italian Near Me - Artesia, New Mexico

Ordered the chicken cacciatore, and was not disappointed. Polite and attentive waitress. It's a nice little spot and I would eat here again.

Decently good Italian food. Plates are big, pasta comes out fresh and super hot, the bread and sauce dip starter is good and the service is awesome. Out here for work for a few days and thanks to yelp for the restaurant suggestion. Piccolino was super packed for dinner on a Monday night. They have tons of pasta dishes, chicken, seafood, pizza and appetizers. Also desserts. Had the broccoli pesto pasta (there was no meat), and my buddy got the shrimp Alfredo, both were good. If you're out here, it's a good place for almost homestyle Italian. Credit card okay. read more

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Have ordered catering and take out from here the food is awesome , love the pizza and the green chile alfredo !

Too expensive not impressed at all. Very rude people work there. I do not recommend this restaurant.

Got some of the best pizza around I love it and Highly recommend it the other pasta dishes are great my fave is the lasagna bolloco read more

You really can't go wrong here. It's amazing how a small town like Artesia can have such a great Italian restaurant. Best calamari I've had this far from the coast and the veal Parmesan is delicious every time. I've been here with a few friends over the past 10 months and everyone has always enjoyed every item they've eaten. Service is always great too. read more

Food is excellent but service really bad. Little over a month I call to order to go, after a while a person answered and put me on hold. After ten minutes I went there and nobody was there but the person that put me on hold she was sitting talking on a personal call (she had the speaker on) another person came! had a long face, I complained about it and she ignored me completely. I got so med that I insulted her. Should've not done that. When I went back to the truck, I was still on hold. I hope owner reads these read more

The food is so good but who wants to order when the workers are COMPLETELY rude? All of them need to be nicer and learn customer service. They need to literally be taught how to not be unprofessional in a work setting from the way they talk to customers down to how the waitresses even hand off their plates when the food comes out. Trust me, I always get my plate thrown on the table when I dine. They always give off bad energy and it's always takeout when I come here but even then. The service I get from the very little time I'm at the restaurant is trash. A girl could be on her phone for minutes on end and I would still get NO HELP or get rudely asked how many instead of welcoming me in at least???? They need to get off their damn phones! Be better for the owners who work their butts off to provide great food for us! read more

Piccolino Restaurant - a person holding a pan of pasta - Italian Near Me - Artesia, New Mexico

This was my 3rd time to this local restaurant, but this will absolutely be my last time. The other 2 times that I have visited the food was edible.... nothing great at all. But this time I decided to try something simple. Something I thought surely they could get right. I chose a spaghetti dish with the bolognese sauce minus the mushrooms. It was an enormous serving and I dug in with high hopes of a good dish. But, no the sauce was not that pleasant. When looking at the menu I noticed their desserts and I thought I would take one home and give it a try. After putting my leftover food into a to-go container, I sat there for over 10 min. waiting for my server to come see if I would like anything else. there were 4 servers on duty. The entire time that I sat there waiting they were sitting down and on their phones. I would look up and look at them hoping they would get the hint and come check on me but they were more interested on what was on their phones than attending to the customers. While waiting, more customers came in and sat down at two different tables. After they sat down the servers did get up and attend to them, even walking by my table 2 or 3 times. I was never acknowledge acknowledge and was never asked if I wanted or needed anything else..... I finally got up and went to the counter to pay because I was never brought a ticket. This was the worst customer service and because of it I will not be back.... I don't know how they stay in business with customer service like this. The owners need to open their eyes and read their reviews.... Your staff needs some serious customer service training!!!!! another note to the owners. I work for a local hotel and guests are always asking for recommendations on a place to eat. I will not be recommending your restaurant to my guests. read more

Food was okay. The service was terrible. Someone yelled from a table as we entered if we were a party of two. Told us to sit anywhere. Most restaurants greet you at the door and make you feel welcomed. The waitress only took our order and delivered our food. She never stopped back to check if we needed drinks or anything else. Had to ask for takeout boxes and how to pay. The restaurant was loud with kids running around screaming. read more

Food was cold, don't order the pizza, it looked like they just put cold topping on top. The service was even worst, might as well get Dominos read more

Food was awful manger tried to say he only spoke Spanish and when he finally spoke English said he wouldn't refund our order or offer new food read more

Recommendations: - shrimp fra diavolo From research this was the only Italian place in Artesia(local too). Popular by locals I came here to see what the hype was about. Walking into the restaurant I was not greeted by a waiter/waitress so I assumed it was order by the cashier type of place. Waiting in the line for 5 min, the cashier tells me to go ahead and sit where ever I want for dine in. Cool. They started me out with bread and marinara sauce but Bread was tasteless with no character to it. Anyways, I asked the waitress for recommendations and she told me to try shrimp fra diavolo and stracciatella soup, And I did. Stracciatella soup had eggs, spinach and cheese, Interesting and flavorful mix. Not a soup I'd go back over and over again for but one that I'll try once in my life time. The diavolo, sauce was amazing with parsley and the spicy that had me addicted to it. The only disappointment was the pasta, felt like one I could just buy off of a walmart shelf and it definitely dropped the quality of the whole package. That bread I mentioned earlier, went perfect with the left over sauce from diavolo. Just know that theres alot of sauce with most of the pasta here. read more

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The eggplant parmigiana was delicious. Nice little location! Surprisingly good selection, and the salads were fresh

I've been to Piccolino's a time or two over the past decade, and a recent trip through Artesia did not disappoint. The beer was cold, the wine was spot on, and the bread and marinara appetizer was a meal in itself. A neighboring table offered us some of their calamari: it looked like enough to feed a family! We regretfully declined, but it was readily apparent that it was golden manna from the sea. We took a pizza back to our B&B, and once again Piccolino's proved to be a master in the art of making a proper pie. The wait staff is very committed, and the close tables make it feel like an authentic NYC restaurant. This is truly a great place. read more

Good food and fairly good service . Wish the parking was better and they could expand as sitting was limited .

Embarrassed to say my visit here was two years ago, but believe restaurants who do a fantastic job should be promoted and recognized . Great take on classics: 4 at table: All 4 entrees a hit (2 lasagne, spaghetti and meatballs, eggplant parm: Still talk about the meals! Wish we lived closer! read more

This is one of my favorite restaurants in town, and we don't have much to choose from, but I have to say that they regularly close earlier than their posted hours. I have called so many times only to be told they closed early....Again. It's a big disappointment in this small town with only a couple good restaurants. read more

We love this place and have eaten here before , and since Covid, we have eaten on the patio. Today we called in an order, went in to pick it up..... most people we saw had masks on, EXCEPT the young lady rolling up the silverware!!! I guess we will wait until COVID is over before we give em another try! I would probably give a 5 star but with the area being so crazy with the amount of cases skyrocketing , 1 Star is all I can afford....... read more

The service was extremely slow. Especially considering we were one of only two couples being served. Our server didn't seem interested in doing her job. She sat at a table visiting with her friend and looking at her phone. When she finally gave us her attention, it was as if we were a bother. She also used the same rag she cleaned the tables to clean up spots on the floor. The pizza was okay. Nothing special. We asked for extra sauce but our server didn't write it down and ordered extra cheese instead. read more

My favorite place to dine in Artesia. Service is fast and great. Loved the bread and marinara starters. The pizza is great. And don't get me started on the desserts so good. read more

Best Italian food in a long time also best and only Rest I'll eat at in Artesia. Love love it.

Hate to give such a neat place a 2-star, but my visit was less-than-impressive. Wait staff, service, and cleanliness were great! No complaints there. The bread and marinara were pretty good. I liked the fact it came gratis pre-meal. And honestly, it was the best food I had. Ordered the chicken alfredo. While it was served hot as hell; it was also a grainy, bland alfredo with gristly, dry chunks of chicken. While disappointed in the meal, I'll be back to try a marinara or meat sauce dish in an attempt to offer an opportunity at redemption. read more

Piccolino Restaurant - Chicken alfredo. - Italian Near Me - Artesia, New Mexico

Their food is top notch. Best in town actually. BUT THEIR SERVICE IS HORRIBLE. Two examples: 1. Tonight, Friday, March 26th, 2021, called 40 minutes before closing. Asked to put in a takeout. Employee said sure, can you hold? I said yes and held for about 10 minutes, then lost the connection. Called back, same employee answered, I told her I was on hold and lost my connection. She told me "Sorry, we are closed". I said I was on hold to order, but the line dropped, and I just called back. She then LIED to me and said sorry, we slowed down around 7 and we are closed now. I said "Really?" she said Sorry, and hung up. 2. Ordered takeout several months ago, went to pick it up, left an $10 tip on a $48 order, got home and discovered they left part of my order out. Called them and the employee apologized saying she forgot to add it. She told me I could come back and get it, so I did. Drove back, and she still charged me for it. I said I just drove 7 miles for something you forgot to include on my order. She said "Sorry" and charged me anyway. I should have told her to take it out of the tip. read more

The food is decent. My waitress was working hard and was most pleasant. The place seems to go out of it's way to make customers unwelcomed. For example, it was 103F today. I asked the young lady who gave me my menu if i could have a giant glass of water. She said she would tell my waitress. Then she went to the servers station, where water is poured, and got me bread and marinara. After which she sat down 5 feet behind me and rolled silverware in napkins. The manager was literally 4' away sorting tickets. I didn't know who my waitress was but there seemed to be only two which turned out to be the case and both had passed by in a rush several times.. After a few more minutes I got up and asked the manager if I could have a giant glass of water as I had been working on a roof all day. She seemed surprised and said yes, I'll let your waitress know. My waitress said she'd be right with me while holding an armful of dirty plates. I told her 'you need a busser'. She didn't understand or didn't hear me so I repeated 'you need a busser' The manager overheard me as the waitress smiled and shrugged and said again surprised and at the same time curtly 'she has one'. Oops. I watched as this poor woman, my waitress literally raced from table to table to kitchen and back while the manager and the busser counted tickets, rolled silverware and chatted with friends who stopped in to hang out. I asked my waitress for a glass for my beer. It startled her. A few minutes later she came back wit a big red plastic coke glass (water glass about liter sized) and said we don't have chilled glasses. The beer could not have filled half of it. This is rural NM. I get that but I wasn't asking for linens. I had been here twice before. Similar but not quite as much the felling that they really didn't need my business. In fact, it was crowed and I wasn't singled out. They treat everyone similarly. It's too bad. A few pleasantries...jumping on a basic request...a bit more welcoming of the patron would go a long way. There aren't many places to eat but then again Incan always pack a ham sandwich. read more

Great Italian restaurant great find food is delicious and staff is friendly ordered a Greek salad and shrimp Alfredo best ever had will be coming back to the restaurant when working in Artesia read more

This is a heckova find in Artesia, New Mexico of all places! I have been here several times and never been disappointed. I eat here every time I am in town. The restroom door is hidden behind some hippie beads... easier to find it sober... lol read more

Love the food here. Worth the wait and you will wait. Make sure you have time to enjoy this place. When you get bread and marinara make you ask for the oil dip for the bread. I always eat too much of the bread and end up taking home half my dinner. They have good spaghetti and pizzas and I don't like pizza. But I eat theirs. read more

The Marsala wasn't quite Marsala but a beef gravy. The calamari was goo and the green chili chicken Alfredo was good. If I can give it a 2.5 for the lack of flavor in the marinara and the vegetables I would . read more

The hotel we stayed at recommended this place and I'm so glad they did. The food is amazing and the service was great. They had large portions you could easily share. The building was small but very clean. read more

Piccolino Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Artesia, New Mexico

Piccolino in a minute, but first let me share a sad tale. So we drive to Texas and we'll be there a week, so I figure it won't be hard to shove some BBQ down my gullet at some point. But on the way there it's X-mas eve so Rix Pit in Fort Stockton and Mesquite Wood BBQ in Iraan aren't open. Well nuts. And as it happens we don't have any in Kerrville either, but we're passing back through Fort Stockton on our way out so we swing by Rix. It's January 2nd, but they're closed for New Year's. Errr, but fuggit. We're planning to go to Danny's Place in Carlsbad, NM the next night so I'll catch some BBQ on the tail end. We get to Danny's Place Tuesday night at 6pm. Closed. Apparently. There's no sign giving their bidness hours or anything, but the door is locked. Goddamn it! Week and a half in Texas (and environs) and no BBQ. If that's not proof that the world has "moved on" then I don't know what is. So, goddamn pissed, I drive back to Artesia where the gal at the hotel suggests Piccolino and a BBQ place in town. Well, Mama and The Pookster want Italian so Piccolino it'was. Pulling up it didn't look too promising. We've been watching a lot of "Restaurant Impossible" lately and Robert Irvine would tear this place a new asshole. But when we got inside and got menus in hand I was tremendously impressed with the range of choices. I went softball and got linguine with meatballs. The sauce was a little more runny than I care for but MAN was that some tasty shit! And the meatballs too, yummo! This is also the only place I've been to where I could get just a cup of stracciatella soup with my meal. Most places insist you get a big bowl which ruins your dinner but leaves you hungry a few hours later. That's a star right there. The only thing I didn't see was saltimbocca, but if I'd had my head probably would've exploded like in "Scanners", so it's probably for the better. Buncha desserts too, but we just had spumoni. read more