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Grizzly D
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-03-03
Very nice restaurant 2 minutes walk from the palace
Small meal for the second time at Pinocchio as a couple for my wife's birthday, nice and friendly welcome from Jean-Marie. The suggestions of dishes he offered us did not disappoint us and we regret nothing. Excellent Monegasque beer. The service is fast.
As for the prices, we do not find it excessive, they are correct, given the welcome and the quality dishes and their freshness. We'll be back.
christophe r
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-02-26
Scam
Overpriced .piege a tourist.
l0l02b
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-02-23
to avoid
Honestly, bof, what to say
Nice waiter, but a restaurant catches tourist,who surfs the reputation of monaco
A school canteen kitchen with really too expensive prices, a bottle of water that we pretend to open in front of the customer
drinks served by the glass and not in bottles , recipes too strange ,such as the suggestion gorgonzola and squash pastes (we are still looking for cheese
And pasta as served in a squash soup, practically not eating, and no remarks from the waiter on the plate full
Frankly to avoid 172 € to 5 for a dish and a drink per person
Pierre Olivier J
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-02-04
Quite correct for this very touristic place.
Quite correct for this very touristic place. Welcome despite fairly small room. Good quality food. Price at the height of the Rock of Monaco and this region😵💫
Thanks to Jean Marc and the team.
TripAdvisor User
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-01-11
Friendly welcome, food decent
We found this place in the old town and were slightly “cajoled” into taking a table by an enthusiastic waiter. We sat outside and the street was quite quiet. Drinks were lovely (especially the Monaco spritz), food was good, but nothing more. Staff friendly.
Trek16812245207
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-01-11
would definitely recommend!!
food was great!! our server recommended us a meal option and it did not disappoint! he was a great employee who kept checking in on us. being americans visiting on a trip we haven’t been into many places that from the start the staff was very friendly so it was a great experience! it was a very cozy and inviting restaurant overall! i would definitely come back as often as i could if possible! thanks to our lovely waiter again for being an amazing host to us! :)
cvnorm
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2026-01-10
Friendly welcome, food decent
We found this place in the old town and were slightly “cajoled” into taking a table by an enthusiastic waiter. We sat outside and the street was quite quiet. Drinks were lovely (especially the Monaco spritz), food was good, but nothing more. Staff friendly.
Passport36926803704
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
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on 2026-01-03
In the end, a nub!
The food and the service is ambitious, the bill the pure nap, you should pay attention to prices or ask - this I have learned!
L8599COchristophep
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-12-29
Very nice restaurant next to the palace
Very nice restaurant 2 minutes walk from the palace. We ate a very tasty pasta dish and the homemade tiramisu was excellent. Very nice staff.
Ugo_saporito
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-09-27
Cool 🙂
LOCAL in the old town on the hill, simple setting, well maintained with a dehors in the recess on the pedestrian street
Exquisite DINNER the double cheeseburger, meat quality, delicate and tasty sauce, spectacular bread
damiend325
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-09-23
Cool
Nothing special to say it was good. Italian Mood. Tight but warm. We have pasta prices. Nice Welcoming. It goes fast!
Go739946
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-09-17
Very disappointing close to Italy!
We stopped for lunch. We took two pinsas. The one called "Margherita" didn't even contain tomatoes!
The quality was really disappointing, especially for the price: 20 euros minimum for any pinsa, that is clearly not justified. Very touristy of course considering the situation.
Alexis BIARD
Google Reviews
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-09-16
Parfait restaurant avec un très bon qualité prix et un service de qualité avec Jean Marie
Estherv1299
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-09-14
Good.
Deliciously relaxed put
Opposite they have a nice seat with a nice mural
Staff was nice
Wine was good food was good
Relax after a busy day visiting Monaco
steven keylon
Google Reviews
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-09-13
We had the most delicious lunch here, with a very attentive and professional staff. Clement was exceptional! The patio setting is also very charming. Highly recommended!
Has65
TripAdvisor
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-08-30
Worth a visit!
Well worth a visit! Nice service, cool atmosphere, lovely chicken burger and a fantastic good Monaco Spritz! Here it is just to take the trip!
Mark Bennett
Google Reviews
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-08-06
Everything here was perfect. Very nice people, quick service, and fast, fresh food. We came here with 7 people and sat with Victoria. She is truly amazing. Not only did she provide excellent service, she helped us with a few non-food questions and even helped us out to unscrew some security screws from my son's toy car. I wish more people were like Victoria. The gnocchi with pesto was perfect.
OMAR CHAHIN
Google Reviews
Overall rating:
📅
on 2025-07-07
Great place, wonderful people and VERY tasty food. Loved everything about it. Mid meal the waiter noticed that our table was getting too much sun and they asked us if we wanted to move. We were so quickly whisked to another table to finish our meal. Highly recommend if you’re in the old town.
Loris
Google Reviews
Overall rating:
📅
on 2024-05-12
Well prepared food and very attentative waiter that made us feel right at home. The prices might be considered high but it is Monaco, so do not complain. Would definitely come back!
Henry Saputra
Google Reviews
Overall rating:
📅
on 2024-04-13
Over 50 years in business (the writing on the flag said since 1970’s), this is a hidden gem in Monaco’s palace ludicrously narrow street.
Food wise, I would personally give 6 stars. Not 5 but 6 stars. We ordered :
1. Shrimp pasta was out of this world. Imagine a sauce made with blendered shrimp stock, garlic, butter, onion, hint of tomatoes tossed with springy and perfectly cooked hand made (assumption) pasta. We had to fight over this pasta. It was soooooo goooooddddddd.
2. Carbonara was thick with rich and decadent egg yolk, crispy bacon (unfortunately not guanciale), perfectly balanced parmigiano cheese (not pecorino, again I assume), and the marvelously cooked pasta.
3. Ragu with very savoury and rich passata, complemented with minced veal and sprinkles of cheese. Oh and a God sent well cooked pasta.
4. Fish and chips (nothing much to comment), its just fish and chips cooked to perfection. Great batter.
5. Nice pizza diavola. Spicy, crispy, perfect thickness and generous toppings.
The best italian food we had throughout our 17 days trip in France.
The outdoor setting with a little garden was the bait that lured us to try. It was nice, green, and serene settings.
The waitress was OK. Not friendly, not snooty. Just OK. He quickly set up seatings and take our order in orderly fashion.
Pricewise : YES it is 5-7 euros more expensive than the restaurant just across it, BUT, food wise, it is a culinary journey. The outdoor seatings also helped the price difference.
Recommended for those we wanted to lick their plate clean. I’ll buy the shrimp recipe if they sell it.
Grizzly D TripAdvisor
Very nice restaurant 2 minutes walk from the palace
Small meal for the second time at Pinocchio as a couple for my wife's birthday, nice and friendly welcome from Jean-Marie. The suggestions of dishes he offered us did not disappoint us and we regret nothing. Excellent Monegasque beer. The service is fast.
As for the prices, we do not find it excessive, they are correct, given the welcome and the quality dishes and their freshness. We'll be back.
christophe r TripAdvisor
Scam
Overpriced .piege a tourist.
l0l02b TripAdvisor
to avoid
Honestly, bof, what to say
Nice waiter, but a restaurant catches tourist,who surfs the reputation of monaco
A school canteen kitchen with really too expensive prices, a bottle of water that we pretend to open in front of the customer
drinks served by the glass and not in bottles , recipes too strange ,such as the suggestion gorgonzola and squash pastes (we are still looking for cheese
And pasta as served in a squash soup, practically not eating, and no remarks from the waiter on the plate full
Frankly to avoid 172 € to 5 for a dish and a drink per person
Pierre Olivier J TripAdvisor
Quite correct for this very touristic place.
Quite correct for this very touristic place. Welcome despite fairly small room. Good quality food. Price at the height of the Rock of Monaco and this region😵💫
Thanks to Jean Marc and the team.
TripAdvisor User TripAdvisor
Friendly welcome, food decent
We found this place in the old town and were slightly “cajoled” into taking a table by an enthusiastic waiter. We sat outside and the street was quite quiet. Drinks were lovely (especially the Monaco spritz), food was good, but nothing more. Staff friendly.
Trek16812245207 TripAdvisor
would definitely recommend!!
food was great!! our server recommended us a meal option and it did not disappoint! he was a great employee who kept checking in on us. being americans visiting on a trip we haven’t been into many places that from the start the staff was very friendly so it was a great experience! it was a very cozy and inviting restaurant overall! i would definitely come back as often as i could if possible! thanks to our lovely waiter again for being an amazing host to us! :)
cvnorm TripAdvisor
Friendly welcome, food decent
We found this place in the old town and were slightly “cajoled” into taking a table by an enthusiastic waiter. We sat outside and the street was quite quiet. Drinks were lovely (especially the Monaco spritz), food was good, but nothing more. Staff friendly.
Passport36926803704 TripAdvisor
In the end, a nub!
The food and the service is ambitious, the bill the pure nap, you should pay attention to prices or ask - this I have learned!
L8599COchristophep TripAdvisor
Very nice restaurant next to the palace
Very nice restaurant 2 minutes walk from the palace. We ate a very tasty pasta dish and the homemade tiramisu was excellent. Very nice staff.
Ugo_saporito TripAdvisor
Cool 🙂
LOCAL in the old town on the hill, simple setting, well maintained with a dehors in the recess on the pedestrian street
Exquisite DINNER the double cheeseburger, meat quality, delicate and tasty sauce, spectacular bread
damiend325 TripAdvisor
Cool
Nothing special to say it was good. Italian Mood. Tight but warm. We have pasta prices. Nice Welcoming. It goes fast!
Go739946 TripAdvisor
Very disappointing close to Italy!
We stopped for lunch. We took two pinsas. The one called "Margherita" didn't even contain tomatoes!
The quality was really disappointing, especially for the price: 20 euros minimum for any pinsa, that is clearly not justified. Very touristy of course considering the situation.
Alexis BIARD Google Reviews
Parfait restaurant avec un très bon qualité prix et un service de qualité avec Jean Marie
Estherv1299 TripAdvisor
Good.
Deliciously relaxed put
Opposite they have a nice seat with a nice mural
Staff was nice
Wine was good food was good
Relax after a busy day visiting Monaco
steven keylon Google Reviews
We had the most delicious lunch here, with a very attentive and professional staff. Clement was exceptional! The patio setting is also very charming. Highly recommended!
Has65 TripAdvisor
Worth a visit!
Well worth a visit! Nice service, cool atmosphere, lovely chicken burger and a fantastic good Monaco Spritz! Here it is just to take the trip!
Mark Bennett Google Reviews
Everything here was perfect. Very nice people, quick service, and fast, fresh food. We came here with 7 people and sat with Victoria. She is truly amazing. Not only did she provide excellent service, she helped us with a few non-food questions and even helped us out to unscrew some security screws from my son's toy car. I wish more people were like Victoria. The gnocchi with pesto was perfect.
OMAR CHAHIN Google Reviews
Great place, wonderful people and VERY tasty food. Loved everything about it. Mid meal the waiter noticed that our table was getting too much sun and they asked us if we wanted to move. We were so quickly whisked to another table to finish our meal. Highly recommend if you’re in the old town.
Loris Google Reviews
Well prepared food and very attentative waiter that made us feel right at home. The prices might be considered high but it is Monaco, so do not complain. Would definitely come back!
Henry Saputra Google Reviews
Over 50 years in business (the writing on the flag said since 1970’s), this is a hidden gem in Monaco’s palace ludicrously narrow street.
Food wise, I would personally give 6 stars. Not 5 but 6 stars. We ordered :
1. Shrimp pasta was out of this world. Imagine a sauce made with blendered shrimp stock, garlic, butter, onion, hint of tomatoes tossed with springy and perfectly cooked hand made (assumption) pasta. We had to fight over this pasta. It was soooooo goooooddddddd.
2. Carbonara was thick with rich and decadent egg yolk, crispy bacon (unfortunately not guanciale), perfectly balanced parmigiano cheese (not pecorino, again I assume), and the marvelously cooked pasta.
3. Ragu with very savoury and rich passata, complemented with minced veal and sprinkles of cheese. Oh and a God sent well cooked pasta.
4. Fish and chips (nothing much to comment), its just fish and chips cooked to perfection. Great batter.
5. Nice pizza diavola. Spicy, crispy, perfect thickness and generous toppings.
The best italian food we had throughout our 17 days trip in France.
The outdoor setting with a little garden was the bait that lured us to try. It was nice, green, and serene settings.
The waitress was OK. Not friendly, not snooty. Just OK. He quickly set up seatings and take our order in orderly fashion.
Pricewise : YES it is 5-7 euros more expensive than the restaurant just across it, BUT, food wise, it is a culinary journey. The outdoor seatings also helped the price difference.
Recommended for those we wanted to lick their plate clean. I’ll buy the shrimp recipe if they sell it.