Festive groups share huge family-style portions of Southern Italian cooking in snug & simple digs.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 41 Jackson Ave, Syosset, NY 11791
Phone: (516) 364-8383
Website: http://www.stevespiccolabussola.com/
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Reviews
Went with 5 couples and we all left sorely disappointed. After ordering drinks and listening to the daily specials, we placed our orders and from there things went downhill. Our first course (2 salads for 10 people) was not served for an hour and 10 minutes and, when it arrived, it was not nearly enough for 10 people.
We each ordered our own entrees and added three different pasta dishes to be shared among us. The entree portions were skimpy. My chicken Sorrentino consisted of 2 small chicken breasts and my wife’s chicken Marsala was both sparse and nowhere near as flavorful as it has been in the past.
Again, the pasta servings were barely enough for the table and one of the dishes didn’t arrive until about 20 minutes before we left for the evening. Some in our party expressed dissatisfaction, but no attempt was made to alleviate our concerns. Surely the owner could have removed the charge from the long delayed pasta dish or offered a cup of coffee for the long wait to be served but nothing was offered. Mind you one of the couples are frequent customers with a long history of dining there. No matter.
Will have to think long and hard before going back.
Portions are huge (family style) and could feed four people with an appetizer and two entries.
Decor if that’s important to you is more casualish and gives off old school neighborhood Italian restaurant vibes.
Walking in, the lighting is dim but not enough to compromise vision, there are paintings hung up to fancy up the place, but it doesn’t feel quite as exquisite as it wants to.
The bread was crunchy, if you’re into that, I prefer it to have rough crust but be soft on the inside. We noticed, partway through our visit, that a roach was crawling on the table. Later on, water rained down from a lighting fixture.
Then, the wait staff was short with us, which made us hesitant to even ask them to clarify themselves due to the language barrier.
The best part of the meal was the main course, chicken marsala, but even that wasn’t particularly inspired. The tiramisu was good, except for the large parts of it that were drowned in liquor. The wait staff was constantly in a rush to take our plates away, in an almost aggressive manner.
If the idea of the tiramisu was to get me drunk enough to forget what was wrong here, they should’ve given me a double serving.
Overall, this place needs to audit itself, but it’s redeemable. Maybe make better hiring choices.
Overall a relatively busy space. Cramped into a table for 6. The service was mediocre at best. My main complaint was the quality of the food. While the portion size is adequate, the quality of the pastas and sauce is subpar. All the pasta is overcooked and mushy. The sauce tastes like they were out of a can. The chicken entree was decent. The problem with the dish was we requested ( as the menu enabled at an additional fee) to have the meat off the bone, however there was still a bone in some pieces. With so many positive reviews, I was hoping for a better experience. May give them another chance when the restaurant is not as busy .