Vulcano 081 — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

Vulcano 081 is an excellent Italian Neapolitan pizzeria in Rockville Centre. The house made pastas are excellent and all the staff were observing proper Covid precautions. I felt very safe dining inside. Also, have you ever had Portuguese octopus?

The restaurant is spacious, the diners were spaced more than 6 feet apart, and the restaurant was not full of people.

We enjoyed the octopus, crab cakes, black garganelli, cavatelli with broccoli rabe and sausage and the Vulcano pizza.

The crab cakes were crispy and large.

The pasta and pizza were the stars of the show. The black garganelli was perfect shape to absorb all the sweet tomato briny sauce. This dish was overflowing with the generous amounts of octopus and shrimps. I could not get enough of this dish.

The cavatelli was so fresh and springy. It absorbed all the savory butteriness of the sausage and slightly bitterness of the rabe juices.

The octopus was oven roasted with wood. It was so tender and had a great sear on the outside. It was served with house made humus, crispy salami and cherry tomatoes. This was my favorite way to eat octopus. From now on, I only want my octopus Portuguese style.

The Vulcano Pizza was also perfect. I am a fan of the soft pillowy wood-fire seared pizza. The tomatoes were sweet, the spicy salami contrasted mildly spicy pickled jalapeno and the honey made the whole dish sing. This was as good as the pizza from Pizza loves Emily.

I will def return for the pastas, pizza and...

I ordered from here rice and samon and a Alfredo pasta not only was the portion so small the food was extremely bland and the “pasta” was more of a soup and came with no pasta at all it had Alfredo and vegetables and 5 mini shrimp DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE UNLESS YOUR RICH AND YOU DONT LIKE GOOD PORTIONS I hear the only thing good from here is the pizza besides that don’t waste your time the staff lies and doesn’t give you what you ordered don’t waste your time here with this place go order from a decent Italian restaurant like la bottega that actually has good food amazing portions for good prices I paid 52 dollars at this vulcano restaurant and the food wasn’t good at all and the portions were disastrous it will barely full you at la bottega I usually get a pasta in a huge round dish for 23.00 and it comes with bread DONT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE I’m warning you the the other reviews here are probably fake because I didn’t hace a good experience with this place at all get decent food the REVIEWS AT THE TOP ARE FAKE FROM THE RESTAURANT OWNERS TO COVER UP BAD REVIEWS IF YOU SCROLL DOWN YOULL SEE THE BAD REVIEWS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME...

One word to best describe Vulcano....ridiculous! and i mean ridiculous is best sense of the word. The food was ridiculous, the service was ridiculous! Love the atmosphere of the place and the music was just the right volume whereas everyone doesn't have to raise their voices in order to have a conversation. Adrian the bartender was quite possibly the best server out there....a better soul you will not find. Hes the reason for the fifth star in this review....the fourth was the food. I had the Valentina Pizza and OMG....Delicious. Prosciutto, mushrooms, caramelized onions and just the perfect amount of char on the bottom. I wanted to take a before and after shot to show my empty plate but it was taken before I could snap one.....take my word for it....I ate the entire thing!! My GF ordered the Goat cheese salad and I quote "this is the best salad I have ever had"...her words not mine. I usually wait for a second or third trip before I post a written review but I know a gem when I see one and needless to say we will be returning very very soon. Can't wait to...