Pulcinella

the best in london

seat upstairs the food is good the service even better

The waiter is very friendly
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perka - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Thursday, May 29, 2008

My partner and I received a gift experience for christmas and the show we wanted to see only came with the choice of Pulcinella as the restaurant to eat at. After reading some reveiws on this site we weren't too keen on going but decided to take the risk and if it was that bad then we'd eat elsewhere. Well in a nutshell we had a great night, we were seated upstairs and our waiter was very attentive. Yes the menu was a bit limited but there was something on there that we both liked. I had Garlic bread with tomatoes and onion to start and my partner had soup. I then had the proscuttio pizza and my partner had lasagne. We both enjoyed what we had and I really recommend the pizza it was massive and gorgeous!! Anyway I would definately recommend it and would eat there again! The only downside to it was the couple sat next to us who seemed to have had a bit too much wine and were having a blazing row about money!!
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Shelley - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Went to Pulcinella on Friday night on a pre theatre dinner ticket. Food and service were excellent.
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Eric Adam
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

My husband and I went as part of gift experience, what a waste of time, have been to many restaurants in my time but have to say this is probably the worst.

How can they continue to serve rubbish and charge for it, plus why are they being promoted by the gift experience people? I know our experience was purchased by my children from boots, have to say Blood Brothers was wonderful such a shame about the food. Would definately give this one a miss.
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Deny
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Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 1
Sunday, May 25, 2008

I went there as part of a gift experience as well. It was okay, definatly better to sit upstairs. The gift experience menu was a bit limited, but i found a few things i liked. I had garlic bread which wasn't so good, like it had been covered in olive oli or something and ham pizza which was tasty and a good size, all in all an okay place.
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Lisa Lovegrove
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Food 6 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Thursday, March 13, 2008

me and my partner visted this restaurant as part of "live the dream gift experience" we turned up only to be greeted by what i may only describe as the rudest manager possible, he made us feel uncomfatable, he just grunted at us and pointed to a little table by the door, we was given a very limited menu, and when we recieved are food i was really un happy my garlic bread was burnt and covered in oil, and tasted foul, my partners soup was canned, the main didnt get much better, i ordered what i thought was chicken and chips only to be given chicken with mushroom sauce and mushrooms, this wasnt stated on the menu, it was disgusting, the waittress was friendly enough,but that was about the only good thing. the plates was taken away pretty much straight away we was given the bill within minutes not even asking if we would like another drink let alone dessert,i thought the service of this place was appauling and i would reccommed any one considering going here to re consider, i got the impression that because we wasnt paying as it was a gift (although relatives did) that they couldnt be bothered. we left and went else were for desserts.please dont ruin your evening by vistin this awful so called restaurant!!!! truly terrible...
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, March 06, 2008

After a friend said this place was alright, we booked for a Saturday night and found we really didn't need to as the place was empty.

The calamari starter reeked of frozen Birdseye, and the minestrone soup tasted out of a can, but the worst was the cannelloni, which was obviously nuked in the microwave, burning, nearly scolding hot on the top and cold in the middle. The middle of which was something akin to mashed cardboard. Not only that the layer of cheese on top was like covering it in tarpaulin.

The rigatoni was bland and pasta overcooked, the only saving grace was the wine, but heck, the restaurant didn't make that.

The service was good however. And after being offered the dessert menu and thinking the 'homemade Tiramisu' was quite possibly another frozen and thawed delight, we skipped it.

Don't go. Amalfi a few doors up is way better, and if Pulcinella thinks they can just go on serving up microwaved food that much of it's ingredients are derived from a can, then they could only hope to capture nieve tourists to keep their business afloat.

Atrocious.
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Jason
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Food 0 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Sunday, December 23, 2007

We also went to this restaurant as part of a dinner and show gift and I must agree with the last comment that was made.

The set menu has a limited choice but what the menu didn't state was that if you ordered the soup, which was suppose to be tomato and spinach on the night we went, you can't find much spinach but can come across onion, leek and carrot!

The waiter had to come back after 20 minute to take our order again because he had forgotten it the first time and our starters didn't arrive until 50 minutes after we sat down.

Main course was suppose to be Breast of Chicken with French Fries as stated on the menu but what I got was chicken covered in some sort of sauce with mushrooms on top and when I asked the waiter to have a plain chicken as stated we were told that if we had turned up on time (which we did) none of this would of happened. In the end had to settle for quick pizza so we didn’t miss the show.

Ordered a lemonade\7up got an unopened can of 7up which cost £1.85.
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Lee
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Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Went to this restaurant as part of an 'experience' weekend and what an experience it was! I had read the reviews for this restaurant before going so I went with an open mind.

The special menu for 'experience theatre' goers was appauling and unnecessarily limited.

I had a starter which I presume was supposed to be bruchetta but what arrived was burnt french stick with garlic butter, tasteless tomatoes and far too much raw garlic that you could taste little else other than the burt bread!

Main course of Penne Arabiatta was microwaved and put in a bowl with a bit of parsley sprinkled on top. I detected overtones of chicken gravy granuels in the sauce (which repeated on me for the rest of the evening). I would certainly not choose to eat here again, quite possibly the worst restaurant i've ever been to.

My fellow 'experience' guests looked equally disappointed at their dinners. I thank god we had a nice lunch as this ended up simply being a thoroughly disappointing gap filler which took the shine of a birthday present for me, thank god the show was superb!
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Food 0 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I had a meal here last week

I was served a meal in a plate so hot I now have a 3" burn on my arm

I wasn't even offered a free glass of wine.
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rose
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Friday, July 27, 2007