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Trattoria Pulcinella

4.6 (45 reviews)
PriceyItalian, Pizza
Closed 2:00 pm - 4:00 PM, 9:00 PM - 12:00 am (Next day)

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What's the vibe?
Casual
Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids

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linguine al pesto
Natalie G.

This restaurant is amazing! We ordered the linguine al pesto, the vegetarian lasagna, the gnocchi alla sorrentina, and the four cheese pizza. The pesto could have used a little bit more salt but was delicious nonetheless. The lasagna could have had more sauce but was still good. My favorite was the four cheese pizza. Simple but delicious! Also, our food came incredibly fast and our waitress was very nice and friendly.

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Tori M.

What a beautiful dining experience. I feel taken care of. Oh I need 85 characters apparently. Will be coming back

Pasta with clams -I forgot to take the pic before I removed the clams from the shells

The food is really fantastic. Very special. Our server wasn't great, but the food was so good that it made up for it.

Proscuitto e Funghi Pizza. This was great.
Martyn L.

Trattoria Pulcinella is near the centre of Madrid but provides one of the best italian experiences we have had outside Italy. The location is heavily decorated (maybe too much?) with Italian themed art decor and other items. The interior of the restaurant has lots of tables but they are separated into smaller segments for better privacy and less noise. Service was top notch - prompt, friendly and flexible as we fitted in our toddler into the table too. Food was fresh and came rapidly. The menu is broad. There is a wide range of dishes, including many kinds of pasta and a broad range of Neopolitan style pizzas with a delicious thin crust. The actual food quality was uniformly great. All our dishes were delicious. My pizza was great. One of my wife's all-time favourite Italian dishes (Provola alla Pizzaiola - aka Cheese Soup) was available here. It is the first time we have found it outside Italy, and it was just as good as she remembered. I would strongly recommend this restaurant. We ended up here because I'd done advance planning and this was the Italian place I thought would be best, and neither of us were disappointed.

And Italian food lovers dream.
Christina H.

We traveled to get to this restaurant and it was well worth the effort. We tried the lasagna as well as the bolognese and both were absolutely delicious. We also had their traditional Cafe con leche,, a perfect cup of coffee indeed.

Ben B.

When researching Madrid restaurants, I found something that suggested Trattoria Pulcinella had the best pizza and focaccia in all of Madrid. I believe that is correct. We arrived shortly after they opened, which was lucky because within minutes, the place was *packed* with people waiting. No, they don't have an English menu, so you'll be ordering Italian food described in Spanish. Buckle up. (The Google translate app isn't much help since it's so dark inside. One waiter spoke English, while the others seemed to be Spanish only.) We began with focaccia, which was not what you'd normally think of as focaccia. It's basically a pizza without melted ingredients. We got the Caprese (€ 13.90) - it had arugula, cold buffalo mozzarella and Sicilian tomatoes (also cold). The crust was nice and chewy, but it was essentially a flatbread situation. I'd skip this. We moved on to the diavola (spicy salami) pizza (€ 12.50) which was AMAZING. Chewy crust, slighly sweet sauce, tasty diavola. We opted out of the black olives because those are disgusting. We followed that up with the Tris Sorrento (choose three pastas to try, € 13.50 per person, minimum of two people). My fiancee loved her tagliatelle alla bolognese, while I think the strozzapreti al pesto was best. We both thought the gnocchi alla sorrentina was a misfire, since the already heavy gnocchi seemed a bad fit with the melted cheese. Because we are giant Americans careening toward morbid obesity, we also ordered dessert. I got the peccato al cioccolato (€ 6.25) - a small chocolate souffle with a side of outstanding vanilla gelato. It was fantastic. Because we basically ordered half the menu, they served up some complimentary lemoncello. Add four glasses of wine and two bottles of water and our total tab was € 81.90. Not a cheap night out, but it was definitely a highlight of our trip.

Fabian R.

Just stopped to drink a few beers with friends but ended up having a pizza. We picked the diavola pizza which was great and beer never fails. The host and manager were wonderful and beautiful ladies which treated us to some limoncello shots; they hit good after the pizza.

Tagliatelle bolognese ... Perfecto!

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Excellent food in a charming and cozy restaurant. I appreciated how attentive Claudia was to my food allergy.

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As good, if not better, than the restaurants I've eaten at while in Italy. Highly recommended, reservations are a must.

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Grazie Mille - los espacios

Grazie Mille

4.2(81 reviews)
1.3 kmSol
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Everything was honestly exactly what I hoped. The appetizer was fantastic. The wine smooth. The…read moremeal... perfect. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Quick note before the review: This is not the same restaurant it used to be some years ago. Old…read more5-star reviews were well deserved by that time. The food's quality was terrible: - The pizza ingredients were very low quality and not well distributed. - We ordered a simple margherita and it didnt even contain basil leaves. - We ordered a different pizza with egg and bacon: it was also really bad. - Even the balsamic vinegar was bad. (They only had once of these thick vinegar bottles, and the cap was all dirty) - the focaccia was the worst: It has a thick section that was half baked, and the rest of it looked like a thin crispy bread/cookie For the staff: - The staff tried to avoid adding the discount from the reservation. After complaining, they fixed it, but you shouldn't need to complain to prevent being charged extra. - The staff was a bit lost on what was their menu. - They were polite at least The restaurant: - This used to be a different restaurant, one of the best pizza places in Madrid. About aprox. 2 years ago, the owner sold the restaurant and a different one was put in place of it. However, they decided to keep the name of the restaurants as well as all the excellent reviews it had in apps like yelp and trip advisor. While it could be a bit unfair to compare, as it is a completely different restaurant, in which only the name of it remained, the restaurant now has cheaper prices than the original one from years ago, but the ingredients are even cheaper, so in reality, the quality to prize ratio got a massive negative impact.

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Grazie Mille - Vinos italianos y algun infiltrado espanol, de lo bueno!

Vinos italianos y algun infiltrado espanol, de lo bueno!

Grazie Mille - La barra

La barra

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Nina Pasta Bar - Gnocchi Bravos

Nina Pasta Bar

4.8(4 reviews)
2.0 kmLavapiés y Embajadores

If you are looking for a cute and cozy pasta bar, I definitely recommend Nina Pasta. All their…read morepastas are handmade and everything on their menu sound delicious it's hard to choose what to order :). I had their gnocchi bravos as an appetizer and it was delicious. Perfectly cooked being crunchy yet soft inside. And the salsas that came with the dish were great. For the pasta dish, I had the Pappardelle Boletus and it did not disappoint. Pasta was Al Dente and perfectly seasoned. I just wish the quantities were a little more but I will definitely go back to try their other dishes

I don't think I've ever been more excited to write a review for a restaurant. But if I could, I…read morewould give Nina Pasta bar all the stars! The restaurant is on a nice small street, so while wandering the area we just happened to stumble upon it on our first day in Madrid. When I saw that it was authentic pasta, I figured it would be great to give it a try, and I'm so glad that we did. We went on a Sunday, the same day as El Rastro, huge weekly flea market in the La Latina neighborhood. The streets were packed and so was Nina. However, we snagged a large community table in the back. One important tip about going on Sunday- they have a limited menu due to the amount of people coming because of El Rastro. The menu offers 2-3 tapas, and only 2 lunch options. But don't worry because both options are AMAZING. Their carbonara and Gnocci are to die for! We also had tinto de Verano to drink (sangria) that was also really yummy. We loved this place so much that on our last full day we had to return for one more meal! We went on a Tuesday afternoon for lunch, perfect time because it wasn't crowded and they also had their full menu available. We were happy to be greeted by the same lovely servers who remembered us from Sunday. My fiancé went with the carbonara again and I tried one of their daily specials, and OMG I am so glad so did. They offered a pappardelle black truffle and parmesan pasta and it was life changing to say the least. I spent time thinking about how I can bring some back to the US. I also tried to savor each bite by eating very slowly lol. During that meal we also had the gnocchi bravas, their take on the classic patatas bravas. That also was amazing, and a nice change since we'd been eating the traditional bravos all week. Please, please, please if you're in Madrid stop by Ninas Pasta Bar for lunch. You will not regret it and you probably will think about the pasta for the rest of your trip, like I did!!

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Nina Pasta Bar - Carbonara and their gnocchi with parmesan cheese from our first visit.

Carbonara and their gnocchi with parmesan cheese from our first visit.

Nina Pasta Bar - Dinner menu for Oct. 30th, 2019.

Dinner menu for Oct. 30th, 2019.

Nina Pasta Bar - Carbonara and the amazing black truffle pappardelle

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Carbonara and the amazing black truffle pappardelle

Trattoria Pulcinella - italian - Updated May 2026

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