Piccolo's — Restaurant in Town of North Hempstead

The menu has different names for the same item cooked more or less the same way. This goes for fish, chicken and veal. No mention of any kind of read meat. Fish limited to shrimps and tilapia only. Btw they decided that on friday and saturday you can not order fried calamari. We did order baked clams ( did taste only of lemon and oregano), string bean salad with salami,onions and balsamic (only taste came from biting on the onions). My wife had some butterflied shrimps ( my cats eat bigger shrimps) with some kind of crab stuffing that came looking brown ( poop?) and tasted like it was mixed with jelly. I had a special......swordfish rollatini stuffed with crabmeat and shrimps and clams.....i passed on the linguini and i got escarole instead. My plate arrived and inside there were 3 shrimps, 4 clams and a piece of dry fish with something inside that did not taste like crabmeat. The escarole was a little more than two forkfull, lots of semiburned garlic but the flavor was just of plain oil (recycled garlic ?)......guess what?? The prize of my plate alone was $ 32. This was by far my worse experience in italian restaurants. This restaurant should not appear sponsored by...

This was my second time coming here, and it was just as good as I remembered. The first time, I had the gnocchi—it was a huge portion and absolutely delicious. Honestly, I’ve been thinking about it ever since and would come back just for that.

This time around, I started with the Caesar salad, which had a really nice peppery flavor. It added a little extra something without being too much. For mains, I had the shrimp scampi and the chicken zingarella. The scampi sauce was super flavorful—pretty sure there was a bit of cognac in it that gave it a nice richness. The shrimp were a tiny bit overcooked, but still tasty overall. The chicken zingarella was great too—really flavorful and comforting, though I couldn’t exactly tell what was in it. Whatever it was, it worked.

The vibe here is cozy and relaxed, and the service is always on point—friendly, attentive, and quick without feeling rushed. It’s just a really solid spot for a nice dinner out. Definitely planning to come...

A true hidden gem that has been serving authentic Italian food for over 30 plus years in Mineola. With Robert Sr. and another son taking care of FOH and service, while Robert Jr. is now the executive chef manning the kitchen and still making the recipes his father developed all those years ago while bringing his own flare to the menu.

MUST order, if nothing else, are their raviolis! Not just made in house, but made by hand and not hand cranked out through a machine. The ravioli dough is rolled out really thin so no chance of doughy raviolis here which makes the filling shine! Started with a half and half order of the Duck ravioli and their gorgonzola apple ravioli in a triple sec cream sauce and it was put of this world! Baked clams oreganato were super fresh tasting and their veal casalinga was a really nice change from the usual marsala and lemon sauce variety.

You can also pick up their raviolis to cook at home too by the pound and I highly...