The cream of mushroom soup was DELICIOUS!! I had the spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs had great flavours, the marinara sauce was just marinara sauce, good but not over the top. My wife had the chicken parmesan. The chicken had great flavour, even the breading on it was very good.For dessert we split a peanut butter cream cheese cake. That was OVER THE TOP DELICIOUS!!We will be back here again. Good place for a date night with you significant other. Well priced food. Worth the 30 minute drive from Moncton.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken or Veal Parmigiana, Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Julie Martinet
Soooo good the fresh pastas are too die for ! The chef even came to check on us and the waitresses are really nice ! It was my second time going and it was has awesome has the first time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Magee
Great Italian food experience and atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Robert Kingsbury
Wonderful very local Italian restaurant with some very unique dishes on the menu as well as the hearty Staples you'd expect. Must go.
Matt Luscious
Waited a long time to get served.Server was nice. Nice cozy restaurant. Veal parmigiana was pretty good nothing to write home about. Portion was very very small. Ferraro rochet cheese cake was amazing as so was the carrot cake.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Kenzie Robichaud
Felt like i was back in the boot!? ??BEST BET for Authentic Italian cuisine loved everything about the service and the food! Definitely recommend the coffee + arancini ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paula Gallant
Best little restaurant ? I highly suggest to try it! Food is excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
jessica c
Pizza is phenomenal, I would definitely order on my way to fundy or Hopewell rocks. The desserts are homemade and pretty spectacular aswell the ladies working today made me feel more than welcome. I can't recommend enough !!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Canadese Pizza
Hugh MAC Intyre
What's to say...Best meal I've had....in I can't remember when ...waitress was Awesome & Food was Absolutely Incredible, Perfect holy cow & then Rocco comes out & visits the patrons ...met him at Moncton market ...Unbelievable food & atmosphere ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
natalieboudreau17
Amazing ! Spent almost 3 weeks in Europe, Italy being one of the countries we visited and we must say, food was amazing there but WOW this restaurant was truly a HIT and stood out! From the time we walked in, owner greeted us with a smile and wished us a great meal. Server was very friendly, personable and provided amazing service. Now on to the food.. WOW,WOW, so delicious!!! Can’t wait to go back:)
This place is a gem. Everything we ate was delicious. Great service. Family run business. Worth the short drive from moncton or if you're ever in the hillsborough area get take out or make a reservation! Will not
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seán O'Mathúna
I ate at Rocco’s on Saturday 25th November.The food was delicious. I loved the spicy arancini balls and the pizza. The owner took the time to check on our table multiple times during our dining experience.I would definitely recommend booking in advance and taking the time to enjoy the ambiance.Do NOT Skip desert! Our table shared six different options and they were all delicious. The tiramisu was my favourite!Side note as soccer fan I loved all of the memorabilia that was on the walls near our booth.
I had recently moved to the Moncton area from Toronto and was previously a chef in many Italian and modern Italian spots in the city. To say I was excited to hear about a genuine Italian spot nearby with homemade pasta would be a huge understatement as I am very passionate about Italian cuisine. Myself and my partner went for Lunch on a slow Saturday afternoon. Walked in, place is cute, lots of care in the history displayed and decorations for the holidays, I really appreciated that. We were sat right away and there were only a couple other tables sitting at the time. This is where the rumblings began. A cacophony of "It will be ready soon" and "So sorry for the wait." I've been in the industry long enough to understand things happen, so I'm not overly worried and reassured my partner as such as well. We did have our order taken promptly by a clearly very nervous server (not her fault, she was new and basically left alone) and didn't have it properly explained to us that, for some reason, this is the one and only Italian restaurant on the planet that is only preparing their self proclaimed hand made pasta until after 2 pm. Not how it was actually explained to us at all. So naturally, we ordered a couple apps (Arancini, Minestrone) and both ordered pasta for mains (Foresteira, Primavera). Not only did we wait for over an Hour and 45 minutes for all the food to arrive, we were also greeted and reassured by 4 different people claiming the food was coming and almost ready etc while we still waited. Here I will take the time to explain the quality of the food before I get into the rest of the issues that followed. First off, the Arancini, are you guys even making Italian? This oversized carb ball wasn't even made with Aborio or another form of starchy rice and came out dry and loveless. The Minestrone, which was ordered the same time as the Arancini, came out a whole 25 minutes later flat, unseasoned and lacking so, so many ingredients. For a whole 8$ you can get a whole 6 oz of something literally worse than Tim Hortons soup from a box. We finally received our mains an hour and 40 minutes into our meal time. The Foresteira; boxed pasta, mushrooms as wet, dirty and bland as the Petitcodiac river and quite literally 3 measly slices of dry (was 100% cooked 30 minutes ago and left sitting) chicken breast for 20$. This is abysmal pricing, even if the pasta was made in house. My partner's Primavera suffered the same fate. Even if we had known the fresh pasta wasn't available until after 2 pm, it is now 2:45 and its still coming out like this? Shameful We took 2 bites and then asked for the bill, clearly unimpressed and left wanting. And for me this is where it gets unforgivable. Any restaurant worth their salt that I have ever worked in would never let us leave that building without some sort of reason to reconsider, "Can we offer you a complimentary dessert?" "We are so sorry for the time spent waiting, can we offer you compensation on your meal?" Absolutely nothing of the sort was provided. The management of this restaurant is shocking, including the idea that for an Italian restaurant you have 1 person that can make in house pasta? why are you not training your staff properly to service and create a wonderful dining experience that I was told about and looked so forward to? The greater Moncton area is in desperate need of real dining experiences of which there is very few. It absolutely will not start here. Stop spending your money at this place until improvements are made and they can once again put the love and respect into their food that they claim they do.
Julieta Silvestri
Hidden gem. Excellent food, good variety. All pasta is fresh and the portions are big and generous. Loved it! I will advice to make a reservation since its a small place and gets full really fast.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Greg Gaskin
The food was great, but it took a while. We were not in a rush, so it was no big deal. The staff were friendly and made you feel at home.
The cream of mushroom soup was DELICIOUS!! I had the spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs had great flavours, the marinara sauce was just marinara sauce, good but not over the top. My wife had the chicken parmesan. The chicken had great flavour, even the breading on it was very good.For dessert we split a peanut butter cream cheese cake. That was OVER THE TOP DELICIOUS!!We will be back here again. Good place for a date night with you significant other. Well priced food. Worth the 30 minute drive from Moncton.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken or Veal Parmigiana, Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Soooo good the fresh pastas are too die for ! The chef even came to check on us and the waitresses are really nice ! It was my second time going and it was has awesome has the first time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Italian food experience and atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful very local Italian restaurant with some very unique dishes on the menu as well as the hearty Staples you'd expect. Must go.
Waited a long time to get served.Server was nice. Nice cozy restaurant. Veal parmigiana was pretty good nothing to write home about. Portion was very very small. Ferraro rochet cheese cake was amazing as so was the carrot cake.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Felt like i was back in the boot!? ??BEST BET for Authentic Italian cuisine loved everything about the service and the food! Definitely recommend the coffee + arancini ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best little restaurant ? I highly suggest to try it! Food is excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pizza is phenomenal, I would definitely order on my way to fundy or Hopewell rocks. The desserts are homemade and pretty spectacular aswell the ladies working today made me feel more than welcome. I can't recommend enough !!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Canadese Pizza
What's to say...Best meal I've had....in I can't remember when ...waitress was Awesome & Food was Absolutely Incredible, Perfect holy cow & then Rocco comes out & visits the patrons ...met him at Moncton market ...Unbelievable food & atmosphere ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing ! Spent almost 3 weeks in Europe, Italy being one of the countries we visited and we must say, food was amazing there but WOW this restaurant was truly a HIT and stood out! From the time we walked in, owner greeted us with a smile and wished us a great meal. Server was very friendly, personable and provided amazing service. Now on to the food.. WOW,WOW, so delicious!!! Can’t wait to go back:)
Restaurantji Recommends
This place is a gem. Everything we ate was delicious. Great service. Family run business. Worth the short drive from moncton or if you're ever in the hillsborough area get take out or make a reservation! Will not
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ate at Rocco’s on Saturday 25th November.The food was delicious. I loved the spicy arancini balls and the pizza. The owner took the time to check on our table multiple times during our dining experience.I would definitely recommend booking in advance and taking the time to enjoy the ambiance.Do NOT Skip desert! Our table shared six different options and they were all delicious. The tiramisu was my favourite!Side note as soccer fan I loved all of the memorabilia that was on the walls near our booth.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Arancini, Pepperoni Pizza
I had recently moved to the Moncton area from Toronto and was previously a chef in many Italian and modern Italian spots in the city. To say I was excited to hear about a genuine Italian spot nearby with homemade pasta would be a huge understatement as I am very passionate about Italian cuisine. Myself and my partner went for Lunch on a slow Saturday afternoon. Walked in, place is cute, lots of care in the history displayed and decorations for the holidays, I really appreciated that. We were sat right away and there were only a couple other tables sitting at the time. This is where the rumblings began. A cacophony of "It will be ready soon" and "So sorry for the wait." I've been in the industry long enough to understand things happen, so I'm not overly worried and reassured my partner as such as well. We did have our order taken promptly by a clearly very nervous server (not her fault, she was new and basically left alone) and didn't have it properly explained to us that, for some reason, this is the one and only Italian restaurant on the planet that is only preparing their self proclaimed hand made pasta until after 2 pm. Not how it was actually explained to us at all. So naturally, we ordered a couple apps (Arancini, Minestrone) and both ordered pasta for mains (Foresteira, Primavera). Not only did we wait for over an Hour and 45 minutes for all the food to arrive, we were also greeted and reassured by 4 different people claiming the food was coming and almost ready etc while we still waited. Here I will take the time to explain the quality of the food before I get into the rest of the issues that followed. First off, the Arancini, are you guys even making Italian? This oversized carb ball wasn't even made with Aborio or another form of starchy rice and came out dry and loveless. The Minestrone, which was ordered the same time as the Arancini, came out a whole 25 minutes later flat, unseasoned and lacking so, so many ingredients. For a whole 8$ you can get a whole 6 oz of something literally worse than Tim Hortons soup from a box. We finally received our mains an hour and 40 minutes into our meal time. The Foresteira; boxed pasta, mushrooms as wet, dirty and bland as the Petitcodiac river and quite literally 3 measly slices of dry (was 100% cooked 30 minutes ago and left sitting) chicken breast for 20$. This is abysmal pricing, even if the pasta was made in house. My partner's Primavera suffered the same fate. Even if we had known the fresh pasta wasn't available until after 2 pm, it is now 2:45 and its still coming out like this? Shameful We took 2 bites and then asked for the bill, clearly unimpressed and left wanting. And for me this is where it gets unforgivable. Any restaurant worth their salt that I have ever worked in would never let us leave that building without some sort of reason to reconsider, "Can we offer you a complimentary dessert?" "We are so sorry for the time spent waiting, can we offer you compensation on your meal?" Absolutely nothing of the sort was provided. The management of this restaurant is shocking, including the idea that for an Italian restaurant you have 1 person that can make in house pasta? why are you not training your staff properly to service and create a wonderful dining experience that I was told about and looked so forward to? The greater Moncton area is in desperate need of real dining experiences of which there is very few. It absolutely will not start here. Stop spending your money at this place until improvements are made and they can once again put the love and respect into their food that they claim they do.
Hidden gem. Excellent food, good variety. All pasta is fresh and the portions are big and generous. Loved it! I will advice to make a reservation since its a small place and gets full really fast.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was great, but it took a while. We were not in a rush, so it was no big deal. The staff were friendly and made you feel at home.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4