Puccini's Pizza Pasta-Carmel in Carmel

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  Sarah Kattau

  :: 30 January 2023 21:17:30

  Nice food if you can get it... but that's not so easy. I put in a pickup order with UberEats and arrived right on time. They weren't very busy. First, the guy couldn't find my order and asked to see my phone. Then he found the ticket but they hadn't started making my food. Luckily, it was quick to throw together. But I had to start intervening almost immediately. Meat sauce, he told the cook. "Meatballs," I prompted. Then I waited while they made the food. I watched him bag it and there just weren't enough containers in there, but he gave it to me. "Spaghetti and meatballs and a chocolate torte?" I prompted. Yes. "And a salad?" No. He made the salad while I watched, stuck it in the bag, and tried to give it to me again. "And the Dijon vinaigrette?" He dished that out and put it in there, too. I get the distinct feeling that if I'd ordered delivery, I'd have been short half my food. It was really tasty! But I shouldn't have to micromanage to get the food I ordered. I *might* order pickup again in the future - if I'm in the mood to watch like a hawk - but I don't think I'd eat in and I'd never get it delivered.

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  Michael Dorsey

  :: 06 January 2023 12:38:34

  Tried the camp fire, margarita, and Giacomo pizzas. All three were not my favorite. Crust was dough-ey and chewy. Two pizzas didn’t have red sauce which would have been better but it comes down to preference. Edit: star added for nice reply from owner.

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  Bridge The Gap

  :: 23 October 2022 15:53:48

  It was my 1st time. We wanted Italian following a wine tasting but didnt want the hour wait for other spots. My oh my did we stumble upon a hidden gem. Everything was delicious and we are so full. My favs were the meatball appetizer and the Rosemary Chicken Pasta. The Antipasto Salad was so fresh with a great house dressing. The razorback pizza, lasagna and artichoke dip were so good it felt sinful. Customer Service was stellar and service was quick. Pricepoint was very reasonable. Run, dont walk to eat!

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  Laird Gaylor

  :: 06 October 2022 18:19:01

  At Puccini's in Carmel last Saturday was my second time at this restaurant. The very first time I was not pleased with my dinner at all but the customer service part was perfection! One server on the floor, and she handled it like a pro! The second time which was last Saturday my mother and I went to Puccini's to give it another try, I ordered the lasagna and had a side salad with blue cheese, the salad was enormous in size, the dressing outstanding! The garlic bread that comes with the dinner again outstanding bread! That Saturday the restaurant was very busy, our waitress was kind of a tall girl with a bun on top of her hair, you could tell she was somewhat flustered because of her Rush Hour, the salad came and the bread came, and then the lasagna. She put everything down on the table my mother's mail first, and then mine and did not at all state that the dish that the lasagna was in was hot, I went to pick up the dish because there was a cocktail napkin underneath the dish and I wanted to move it, I burned my middle finger severely, and then I went to go take a bite obviously not thinking about the food being so hot because I just burned my finger, I wasn't thinking I want to take a bite and it burned my tongue severely! I told the waitress about the problem, and she stated I just would have thought that everybody would have known that the lasagna was hot I was literally floored at that response, of course the lasagna is hot but she failed to tell me how hot the dish was, I could not enjoy my dinner because of my burned finger and my severely burned tongue. I would love to give Puccini's a third try, every great restaurant deserves a second chance and sometimes it's third. I just hope that this message gets to the right people so that customers can be forewarned about something so serious as a hot dish. I gave the rating of three stars, I want to give it a one star so this gets noticed, but I do have to state that the food is outstanding so unfortunately because of my finger and tongue that got burned I had to give it a three-star rating. Sincerely, a concerned customer :-(

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  Kadek Ayurina

  :: 04 July 2018 09:21:32

  We ordered spicy diavolo pasta (come with generous size salad), napoli (Italian ham and cheese inside thin bread), and finger food for my baby. The pasta was really good. My hubby enjoyed it and finished it really quickly. The napoli was good too and have that melted cheese deliciousness. The thin bread is crunchy. Taste so yummy when you dip it in the sauce. We will definitively come back again.