AMAZING! After COVID caused us to postpone our wedding, Trish and her team worked tirelessly to make sure we had the perfect Plan B.They set up cocktail hour under their new outside patio area that had string lights and transformed the inside into a beautiful reception with family style plating. The DJ played one hit after another and we danced the entire night.It might not be your first thought for such a formal event, but it was absolutely perfect!
We have been looking for a new spot since Blue Martini closed down. A spot that had the same type of vibe that Blue did. So one day while searching around, we landed on their information. We decided to give it a try, calling up, and we were greeted by Trish. After a few seconds of talking on the phone, she convinced us to come in. To not drag out this review, I will say our first experience was pretty phenomenal. We did get there before the late-night crowd came in, so I can only comment on our time beforehand. The bartenders were attentive, enjoyed talking, food was hot, live DJ and they had a happy hour menu that consisted of food and drinks that started at 4.We have been back several times and we have enjoyed ourselves each time we have been there. We have sat at the bar, indoor, and outdoor/patio seating. Each time we have received the same level of service and the food being just as consistent.
This place is so good ordering Uber eats. I can’t imagine how delicious everything is fresh out of the kitchen in person. Maybe the best Italian food in pbc
Great bar scene. We got the happy hour wine specials and the hummus platter. very nice vibe and atmosphere.
Party of seven on a quite Wednesday night and it was excellent. Service was great, restaurant was relaxed, not too loud or dark. Food was given lots of praise. Meatballs were delicious. I had a skirt steak that was truly delicious and served and plated so well. Prices were on the high side but not outlandish. Easy parking. Would be a nice date spot.
Amazing food!! OMG Super impressed with their steak. Also the meatball pizza... the pasta... the salads - All good! The space turns into a packed lounge/club at around 11 pm but we were not rushed to finishing eating. Service is nice and attentive. Really great spot!But for the love of music, hire a better DJ
Amazing cuisine!!! Great staff. Will be back again
Hostess/Waitress was to busy socializing then taken care of the 5 tables. Waited 45 minutes only to know she forgot to put my order in! I have dined here for 14 years and never had the lack of respect or service. I was though offered a free meal and drinks but I really don’t need the charity. I have never written a review but!!!!!! I’ll leave it to ownership to address this issue.
What a disaster!!! Talk about trash- manager drinks by evening manager by day serves chipped plates and is not on top of cleanliness. Work on your stuff you guys. Your on palm beach island and your to cater to an upper scale clientele.
Nice location great Octopus very nice staff.
Good job on social distancing. Kale quinoa salad with grilled chicken was good. Balsamic dressing was delicious too.
Amazing service The food was great. I will definitely recommend to any one.
Rude establishment. We showed up on Sunday at 3:04pm with my 10 month old son. The hostess Informed us in a very unfriendly and unhelpful manner that “we stop seating at regular tables from 3-4pm to prep for dinners and you can eat at the bar.” We replied, we have a stroller, any way we could just sit (4 minutes past their cutoff)? Like a robot she responded the same as above and added, have a nice day. What???? I have never and I’m a New Yorker. I don’t patronize unfriendly restaurants. You could even put it under the category of discriminatory because a child cannot sit at a bar stool. We will never eat there again or recommend it. No one should go there.
Cucina has 5 Star potential but their service needs work and their food was way too salty (and I like salt).The good...At just about 10pm the restaurant switches into club mode. This is where Cucina shines. Tables are moved away, lighting gets dimmed, club lighting and DJ begin to change the vibe. The DJ played a great variety of Disco, Nu-Disco, House, some tasteful Hip-Hop and a bit of Retro. Mixing was very good and he kept the dance floor jumping. Lighting is nice and the sound system is decent even though the DJ pushed it a bit too far at times. For a restaurant that turns into a club, it was impressive.The bad....Our waitress (1 for party of 16) was overwhelmed. Seating was not set up for our party of 16,more like 13 and they expected us to crunch in. The runners would drop off food and we had to call them back each time to clear the dishes (same with waitress). It seems Cucina is trying to be a higher end restaurant but their staff is not trained properly. The calamari was good, meatballs although small were tasty. Fish and Chicken dishes were ok but their Bolognese was extremely salty. Our party hardly ate more than a forkful. 4 big bowls gone to waste.If youre looking for a nice club type atmosphere in Palm Beach, check it out but Id eat somewhere else prior.
This used to be one of our favorites when in Palm Beach - then they renovated and it changed and not in a good way. We arrived at 6:30pm, no tables available we were told so we sat at the bar. The two scantily clad bartenders were less than attentive toward us - more interested in talking with the three guys at the end of the bar. They got our order wrong and were less than accommodating when I asked for crackers or bread for my tuna tartare. All in all, it was not a pleasant dinner and we won’t be back.
The food was amazing, the service was good too. Good vibe all around great dining experience
Thank you for taking care of cancer survivors during the pandemic. The food is awesome!Definitely will be back!
Great atmosphereBar staff 10
Pretty good menu, food is better than average. Fox News on TV, so, that usually turns me away directly but I gave it a chance anyway. If Fox News is on all the time, I’ll not return, if not, if the management here is not trying to make a political statement, then I might come again.
Very nice lol
Great breakfast! Good vibes! Good place to go for Sunday brunch, will be back for sure
Fun night spot
Awesome place to grab lunch and dinner a menu that caters to vegans. Staff is friendly and place is very clean!! I reccomend .
As excellent as ever. Thank you Cucina
I wanted to love this place when the bartender helped me decide which champagne I would order by letting me taste a sip of two different kinds! After we got to our table, things went downhill. The place was freezing cold, crowded, and with music so loud we couldn’t have conversations. We were a large group, but our server was not interested in our comfort, and we definitely got attitude when we asked for anything “extra” like butter for the bread or cream for the coffee..The meatballs were the best I’ve ever tasted, with a Divine red sauce, the Cali Mari was overcooked, and the scallops with morel mushroom risotto was too salty to eat. The dessert menu disappoints by it’s brevity, and someone needs to clean out the coffee pot.I think the place has a split personality. It needs to decide if it’s a restaurant or a disco.
Have been here a few times for dinner. Both experiences were good with memorably strong service. Waitresses have always recommended coming back for late night drinks, so we tried that tonight. Absolute disaster. Not only was the crowd underwhelming, the bartender tried to deceive me into leaving a larger tip because I guess she was dissatisfied with 18%. She paid me back $12 in singles, which is an age old industry trick to encourage a larger gratuity. She said it had been a “busy night” and they did not have 5s or 10s. Literally saw the next couple over get a 5 a few moments later. Shady and dishonest
Okay let me start with, it is a great place and their pizza is amazing, but I had an incident where I always order a pepperoni pizza and I always ask them if it’s beef pepperoni and they tell me yes, today they told me nope it is pork, which was a shock to me and actually made me throw up, because the guy told me it’s always been pork. So I lost my appetite and told him that I don’t want any type of pizza, he told me wait we mix it, sometime we use beef pepperoni and sometime beef ones, anyway ... I don’t think I can eat here again even that I loved it ... specially that I don’t eat pork at all ....
Such a fun, young, place to go in Palm beach on Thursdays. Food also very very good.
Good drinks and oysters for Happy Hour. I like this place, nice and quiet for a relaxing late afternoon.
Got eat and we loved this place right down at corner from condo i we rented for a week
Dinner service was efficient, ambiance was well thought out and my food order was delivered with a positive service attitude. Cucina works as a harmonious team delivering Italian food in the competitive Palm Beach dining scene. I would have given the place 5 stars; yet I did not feel the soul of Italian food come at me. Again I would like to say that I enjoyed my meal, service and ambiance. The food quality was between premium and average in the sense that it was good food yet not outstanding.
Ive been here twice since the renovation as i dont think its fair to rate an establishment based on one experience, but both experiences were complete failures. I used to love this place. The bartender doesnt know how to make a Margarita. I asked him to remake it and it was still godawful. The pizza is well below average, pasta is basic with some hard pieces of chicken in it. The service is spoty. They use a food runner with yesterdays menu all over his apron to bring out the food, and if the first course is on front of you, you have to move it to the side for him to put the plates down. The manager came by later to remove our plates, by stacking them on our table in front of us. They really lack training in food service at this establishment. It took forever to get the check. Its a shame because at one time it had great food and great service.
Definitely better than Clematis by a long shot. The staff is always jovial and personable. I also enjoy how it strives for sophistication and professionalism. I’ve had nothing but good times and will likely be returning.
This place is AMAZING! I wish I could give it 12 stars!!! Every staff member was so friendly and our waiter, Jimmy, gave us impeccable service!We must have had a manager or owner come up to our table 3 or 4 times to check on us and make sure everything was perfect, and IT WAS!!! By the way... THE MEATBALLS ARE TO DIE FOR!!!!!!!! (Dont tell my grandma ;-) ). We went for Happy Hour on a Friday and it looks like this will have to become one of our new spots! If you havent tried this place you must!!
Great atmosphere and food, even though it did take a while, (35-40mins about) for our food to come out. Also the DJ that started playing music around 10pm had great selection and variety, my whole family loved dancing to it. Most of all, I think it was just baffling to see how rude our waitress Maria was, she truly prevented this review from being given 5 stars. Taking away food from my sister while she was in the restroom without asking any of us, coming to us to ask if we could refill our drinks while chewing food in her mouth, and snappy careless responses each time she stopped by our table. Coming from the food service industry, I never in my life, have been served by a waiter or waitress or worked with one that could care less about the customers being served, than Maria.
Awesome place to hang out lots of cool people theres a different mixture of Ages which is good. It can get pretty lit sometimes too. We had a great time.
Great spot
Been there like seven times since it reopened never a good experience. The pizzas well done too much for me meatball isnt done enough for me. Great people work there always make you feel welcome and good.
Cool club at night, just not my vibe.
We had our after party here and it was an unbelievable experience. Trisha was extremely responsive and organized making it such an easy planning process. We had a private section with bottle service and were able to order late night pizza. The energy and party vibes made it easy to keep the wedding festivities afloat! Guests had nothing but positive things to say about the experience. Overall the team listened to what I wanted, aligned on my vision and communicated thoroughly throughout the process. If I could give my experience 6 out 5 stars I would!!
Soooo good! Cant wait to come back and try another entree.
Classy place had apps and drinks top notch
A restaurant during the day, it turns into a disco at night. Service was fast enough and the music was not bad
Food was awesome - service as well - certainly will return....
The food is always on point and they have the best Rosé wine!!
Great food wonder service quiet location away from everyone
Great local spot, good vibes and cool people, drink prices are a little outrageous but I guess if you are gonna hang on Palm Beach Island you will have to pay up! Much better since the remodeling job, much more space to dance!
We came down for weeks vacation. Ate there 4 times. Just amazing pizza, salad and donuts. Fantastic.
I liked the decor before u re-did it. It is sleek and modern but sterile and boring and even ugly. I liked the darker funkier ambiance u had before much better! I left and never ordered dinner and will not come back.
Property and food was great and so was the band
Cucina has solid italian food and great atmosphere
I have eaten here 5 times and the food is always excellent. Once I was with a party of 12. Service is always good. It is a must if you are in Palm Beach and if not it is well worth the trip across the bridge from West Palm.
So nice and understanding Bartenders ! Fun Place !
Awesome place, great atmosphere, great DJ, great service.
Fantastic experience! Prompt and informative server. Amazing vibe. Awesome watching it transition from dinner service to late night dance floor on Saturday night. Overall, best place on the island!
Great wine selection. Decent service. Appetizer of the Meatballs I had was way too salty. Hard to eat it. Not sure you can control the salt that they use. French onion soup was great. Scallop appetizer was good but pretty skimpy. I just did appetizers and drinks.
GREAT RENOVATION. VERY AIRY BRIGHTKIND OF NAUTICAL LOOK.FOOD IS EXCELENT.MY FAVORITE SCALLOP WITH RISOTTO.PIZZAS ARE GREAT.WITH PALM BEACH SERVICE YOU CANT MISS BY STOPPING BY.
Extremely high rating! After a glitch in the service for our party of three they bent over backwards to take care of things..... Anyone can make a mistake but its exceptional when somebody just admits and fixes.... it means theyre serious about the reputation of their food and beverage but in addition to other things it shows class. Okay with that said the Caesar salad dressing is low octane with the garlic and Should have deep green lettuce pieces... we will be back for happy hour when prices are a little bit more reasonable
My wife and I were told this was the place to be late on a Saturday night. Showed up around 10 and was pretty quiet. By 11 the place was rocking. Great DJ... the bar staff was fabulous! Drink prices very reasonable. Wonderful crowd and very easy to mix and mingle. Next trip back to Palm Beach this will be on top of our list!
Great food and great atmosphere
Awesome family-owned restaurant in PB with great food and top notch service. We had the fried oysters, octopus, rigatoni, snapper, kale + avo salad, and blueberry ice cream dessert. Everything was fantastic . Come with your family, your friends, or your date — the vibe works for all occasions.
Food is pricey, flavor is good
Great
Very nice play to eat and dancing
Great music, friendly staff and international friendly clients
Great place. If you are a vegetarian go here for The Impossible Burger. It completely fools you. My husband has been a vegetarian for 15 years and he says it was the best burger he’s ever had. Kaelin, our server was attentive and knew EVERYTHING about the menu. I am a carnivore and loved the regular burger. Glad to have found this place.
Sat at the bar as the place was full. Enjoyed it, talking with the lovely staff and enjoyed it. Hopefully we will be back- gotta fill up the bank!!!
Great service. The Sunday Brunch is awesome. Get a patio table. Worth the wait.
Varied menu upscale casual, best bolognese with handmade pappardelle and ravioli. Spanish style Grilled Octopus better than what I had in Barcelona.
We were at the breakers walking distance happy hour on beer and wine . Good food good people
Reopened after redo. Very cute. Food pretty good. Felt very rushed, ate in under an hour! They ran out of the dessert special and the draft beer taps were all not working. Not a keeper.
The food was delicious. Great staff. Very quite and outdoorsy
Aways a fun time
Stopped in with my girlfriend the other night, for some drinks. Ended up getting the onion soup. We loved the atmosphere, the staff was very friendly and the soup was great! We know that well be returning very soon.
First night food was fantastic but not the second time around. Ordered a ceasar salad that was very bitter. I send it back but no desire from waitress to correct the problem. Still charged for it also. Pizza was burned and hard to eat. They do say they cook their pizza so it is crunchy, this was charred. Great atmosphere however. I gave a 4 because of our first visit. It was great, second visit a disaster.
Great friendly service with a great menu.
What an electric atmosphere!
You should consider firing your male servants, very unfriendly service requesting tips for bad service. Have never seen nothing like this.. embarrassing.. got kicked out because I refused to give tips after 30 minutes of waiting. Waste of money and mood. Worst place.
Always good times. Never a dull moment here.
Nice vibe and good service
This redtrestau and the service was amazing! A must of palm beach! The food was the best Ive had in years!
Super vegan friendly! Great atmosphere, great service! Would definitely recommend!
Great cocktails. Nice staff and ambiance.
The food and personal was outstanding.
One of the worst places I ever visited, got kicked out because I refused to give tips after waiting for 20 minutes to get a drink. The bartender was requesting for tips and I said: No, you don’t deserve it.Got kicked out because of it. Don’t go there, the service sucks.
Good food, great r service, Terrific ambience
We have been coming to Cucina for many years, but the new Cucina is above and beyond. Recently renovated, the new decor and sound system make for a bright, comfortable, and upscale ambiance. My husband loves the steak and my Siciliana pizza tonight was delicious. A must for dinner.