Pinocchio’s Ristorante

The food is always great. Excellent chicken and seafood dishes. Great staff and the owners are warm and friendly

This place is an absolute gem! Old school Brooklyn, through and through. We sat down at around 9pm on a Thursday night, and were STARVING. Soon thereafter, the waiter brought out fresh bread and quiche to nosh on while we waited. Instead of butter, we got to dip the bread in ricotta. WIN.
I ordered the Medaglioni Dello Chef, which was perfectly cooked veal with artichoke hearts and roasted red pepper with delicious roasted potatoes and green beans on the side. Everything was flavorful, and you could taste that this was food cooked with passion. My friends all enjoyed their meals as well, and all plates were pretty much licked clean.
Then it was time for dessert! And out came the dessert cart. Yup! Did I mention this place is old school?
On the way out, we were all greeted with friendly handshakes, asking us all to come again. And we sure will. Heading back there this weekend, actually! Yum and a half.

Very kind servers who are prompt and attentive. Food is delicious, fresh, made to order home cooked Italian. I tried Fusilli Mamma Mia and was quite pleased with its rich flavor. If you’re in the mood for a homey Italian meal, this is the place and you won’t be disappointed.

The ambiance is quiet and romantic and the food is fabulous. Went on a Friday night and they had music. The crowd was lively. It is a mature crowd not a youngsters hangout. Try it u like it. Forgetaboutit !! It’s Brooklyn!

Wanted to find a simple Italian restaurant for dinner. What I got was a performance from the restaurant’s in-​house singers performing oldies classics. Food was good but not AWESOME! Have to give it another try in the future to determine the review is constant or a FLUKE! Very nice decorated Italian restaurant. Service descent. Restroom cleaned. Wait for my future more detailed review in the near future!

What an incredible find. At a suggestion of a friend we took new friends from the Philadelphia area to this restaurant. We were greeted at the door by the owner who welcomed us like old friends. The food was authentic Italian cuisine and delicious. The atmosphere made us feel like we were at a family gathering with a «wedding singer» as entertainment. The price for all this was extremely reasonable.
We will be making many return trips to this place.

I wanted to give this place 5 stars based only on the owner who is your typical Italian grandma and I just love her, unfortunately I couldn’t. If it wasn’t for the owner I probably would have done 3 stars but I can’t bear to hurt my new grandmothers feelings.
The loss of star basically comes from 2 things:
1) The music. Great singer who has am amazing voice but the volume was WAY too loud for such a small place. We had to scream just to hear each other speaking right next to each other.
2) My sisters dinner was terrible. She ordered a chicken dish that normally would have a white lemon wine sauce and it came out slathered in a red sauce and in chicken pieces instead of chicken breast. She must have bitten into 4 sharp bones.
Other than that one dish the rest of the food was great. I ordered the chicken with mozzarella and tomato, my husband ordered the veal Marsala and our friend ordered the fish special which was branzino.
Another plus that we didn’t know was that they have a BEAUTIFUL party room in the back that the owner took us back to look at. I would definitely do a baby or bridal shower or even surprise party in this room. It comfortably holds 70 people and is intimate without being crowded. I will definitely be back (even of it’s just to get another hug from my new Italian grandma!).

Love it! Great food great staff and cozy atmosphere great room in back for small party

What a great night! My family and I went here for a birthday dinner, it was a recco from one of my mothers co-​workers. From the moment we walked in we were catered to, we had the baked clams and stuffed artichoke for appetizers, deeeelish, entrees were amazing, the meatballs were the best I have ever had (they were one of the specials). The entertainment for the night was also a nice surprise, great ambiance to the place, we had an amazing time. Great family run place.

Been there often over the years and all but one experience was exceptional. If you’ve had a less then excellent experience give them another look. The food has always been great and our servers have all been excellent.

I think this place is five star across food, service, and atmosphere. The food is really good, I especially thought the appetizers and desserts were outstanding. We had the stuffed artichoke, hot antipasto, salads, fried calamari, stuff mushrooms, and fried celery. All really good. For main course I had a special stuffed veal chop, that was topped with fried onions. Really special dish. Penne with vodka sauce and a pasta with filet mignon special was so rich and good! And the desserts— well it was the best cannoli I have ever had. Also a key lime cheesecake and chocolate chiffon cake — the best.
Aside from the food being really good the service was wonderful. The waiters were very nice and attentive. The food come out in perfect time. Joking, laughing, taking pictures with us. A free round of drinks and hugs and kisses when we left.
I thought that for what we ate and drank it was a very good deal too.
I grew up in NYC and have been to plenty of good Italian restaurants. But there was something very special about this place. I will definitely be back!

I went here as part of an office bridal shower for my bestie and we had a BLAST!
On the specials menu, they actually had stuffed artichoke and it was delish.
The flavor was great, i even shared with co-​workers who had never tried it. I had veal rollatini with pollenta and it was tender and had a really good flavor, well worth getting.
The waiter was friendy. When taking our order, he didn’t say anything about the side vegetable, it just came with the dish. Everyone got broccili.
There was also a live singer and she was singing some well none hits like Smokey Robinson and Neil Diamond. It was nice that the audience was singing too. Mr. & Mrs. owner were walking around and engaging with everyone at the tables.
If you want good italian food, try Pinocchio’s You’ll like the food, i idid.

Food was excellent but dump the singer. After he was asked by the hostess to tone down the volume he had the nerve to ask the patrons if he was too loud. Just wanted to embarass the patron who complained that his singing did not add to the dining experience.
Too bad, I don’t think I can go back to compete with a third rate entertainer while trying to have a cordial conversation over dinner.

Food here is excellent. The hostess and owner is awesome. The service was terrible and we were starving but the singer and atmosphere was so nice, we didn’t mind much. They should look into getting better help though. I would suggest but I would also say to go there somewhat full as you are looking at a three plus hour dinner on the weekend…

The Penne a la vodka was absolutely delicious. My Chicken Scarpierello (sp?) was bland.
The service was existent, but not spectacular. I find that any non-​Italian who comes to these family owned Italian restaurants don’t get much treatment.
Clean place, bar at the front. they share space with a rental hall? I heard a DJ on the other side of the wall. Wasn’t too distracting though.
Maybe I’ll be back if I’m in the area.

As a fellow Mill Basiner id say my family and i can been seen at Pinocchios at least once a week. Connie and Frank (owners) are amazing people and treat everyone in the restaurant as family. I’ve taken some out of towners (actually out of United Staters, London) here and they raved about the food for weeks.
As regulars
We always like to check out the specials. There are always several options and they change daily. We’ve tried everything from stuffed artichokes, to goat cheese stuffed chicken, to the tubertini porcini (which is one of our favorites and we normally get it as an appetizer)
For the main dish we order Chicken a la frank, which is a breaded chicken culet. The chicken is always cooked to perfection. You can count on consistency
We also order a side of the sliced potatoes, which are addicting. I could eat a plate of those as a meal, but i know Connie wont let me!
My parents always end the night with espressos, sambuca, tartufo, and a full belly.
Overall great service, the wait staff is always pleasant and the company is always inviting
Shout out to Connie and Frank for always providing great service and company

This has been a family favorite for years!
The owners sit at every table and talk to you. Really makes you feel like your part of the family. Most of the waitstaff knows your name by the 2^nd time you come in. Have had alot of Sunday dinners, and family birthday dinners here and have never been let down. The food is GOOD. And when i say GOOD i mean, family recipes, nice flavor, great pricing, and nice portions. i am a little upset that they took the château brion off the menu, but there are so many other delicious and great choices its ok.
the baked clams are yummy, so is the fried zucchini, all of the salads are nice. i really enjoyed their take on minestrone soup. it has more than enough vegetables like beans, carrots, broccoli, tomato, potato…
check this place out, ive never been let down. Im 24 now and have been going since im like 17 …

Owners are on site all the time, they treat you like family the food is amazing and cozy warm feeling enviorment, waiter service is relaxed they are alittle slow but food is worth the wait

I can’t find anything else to say besides:
This is the best penne vodka I’ve ever had. I literally can’t eat it at any other place without being disappointed that it’s not from Pinocchio’s. It’s not some trendy, make you wait two hours to eat five pieces of pasta, Zagat-​rated place (I’m talking to you, every single Italian place in Park Slope.) Pinocchio’s is beyond words authentic, delicious Italian.

After 5 years of coming here religiously for Christmas Eve dinner, my family and I were actually forced to walk out of here due to the unacceptable seating arrangements that were provided to my family of 5. We were ushered into the party room to the far left of the main dining area where we would be sitting on folding chairs next to a barbaric family of screaming, running children. We sadly «assumed» we would be sitting in the main dining area, but were told that we «didn’t specify over the phone as to where we wanted to sit» and that we «can not be further accommodated.»
Even after speaking to the owners, whom of which could honestly care less about our 5 year patronage, were trying to coax us to stay because why fuss over folding chairs? Umm… I’m sorry $ 200 does NOT equal folding chairs.
Curt, rude, obnoxious, and unsympathetic.