Reviews and Awards

Reviews

(2017: Some of Dublin’s Best Pasta – Review by Luv In Dublin)

Hungry? Treat Yourself To Some Of Dublin’s Best Pasta Fresh For Dinner Tonight

The chances of you finding Piccolo cafe in Skerries by chance are incredibly slim. It’s about 30km out of the city centre and not even on the main street in Skerries. Add in the fact that it only sits about 20 people and it doesn’t open for dinner and it is understandable how it probably has never come across your radar.
The fact that you have probably never eaten there is a massive shame, because it is the very definitive example of a hidden gem.
I spotted Piccolo on Instagram. They’d tagged a photo using #lovindublin of a chef making hand made tortelloni and I instantly knew I was going to love the place from that picture alone.

The menu is tiny and you’d be a fool to look beyond the two pasta specials that change daily. We started with a Caprese salad with featured some of the creamiest and most delicious mozzarella I have ever tasted in my life. A wonderful prelude to the pasta mains.
Tortelloni are incredibly hard to make fresh and by hand to the point where most chefs wouldn’t even try. I was glad to see that they were on the as one of the two specials. Served stuffed with porcini mushrooms, crispy pancetta and a creamy sauce this was about as good a winter pasta dish as I’ve ever tasted. Wholesome, rich and delicious… (click below to read more)

Highly recommended by the Irish Times

Awards

March 2021 awarded Honorary Ambassador in Ireland by the Federation of Italian Chefs from Trieste. To represent the association in bringing the authentic flavours, products and cooking techniques of Italy to Ireland.

Piccolo Trattoria

9a Thomas Hand Street,
Skerries,
Co. Dublin,
K34 P934,
Ireland