Pinocchio in Dübendorf

I find myself visiting Pinocchio quite frequently. The "Scaloppine al Limone" with spinach is simply divine—a real knockout dish. I often opt for takeout from here. However, one downside is that there are no discounted prices for takeout orders. Despite this, the quality of the food keeps me coming back for more.

Very nice, the food is very tasty, too loud for business conversations.

Very good service! Very good food! I will definitely come back.

Great restaurant. Very fine food

It's a shame that I found out about the treatment given to the staff. Workers are victims of abuse and beatings. Food that returns on plates is served again to new customers. Expired product... I hope they receive a good inspection for both work and food... Why shouldn't people like that... It's outrageous that they abuse their own compatriots just because they need work and since they don't know German, they stay there and put up with that abuse... What a shame... I have evidence for what I say... That's why he is on trial right now for mistreatment of a worker.

Simply that hammer is always very good. 😋👍

It's a shame that you have to pay extra for the side dishes given the prices. Otherwise everything was perfect.

The food and service was very good. It was a shame that the side dish came extra.

Short and sweet: The food is very good, but unfortunately the service is not!

Very attentive service! Food creative and very good.

A purely Italian restaurant with Spanish touches. very good service and good seasoning. If you have questions about the menu prices, it is best to ask before ordering.

I was there on New Year's Eve on December 31st, 2023, it was a disaster, the service wasn't good, the starter was exactly the same from 2022, no changes and we got a chair from the garden, not comfortable at all. There was a table next to us with a lot of children and we couldn't enjoy it. The food was a small portion, I asked the service if I could get some more vegetables and a side dish, after 20 minutes of waiting I simply ordered dessert. Next year look for something different

Very tasty food, more than enough. Friendly staff. I can recommend it. We were here for lunch.

It's a Spanish-run restaurant, so it's more like Don Quijote than Pinocchio. Very good Italian food with Spanish touches, pleasant service. I can recommend it.

The food wasn't great, veal schnitzel/piccata was swimming in oil, spaghetti was unworthy of an Italian restaurant/she couldn't eat it. Espresso as compensation was good.

This is a wonderful place for family celebrations or Christmas parties

Excellent food, very present and yet unobtrusive, friendly service. For me the best pasta and super fine fish. The wine list also offers a great selection. Simply a pleasure every time and all at an extremely fair price.

Re: Excellent experience at the Pinocchio Dübendorf restaurant Dear Pinocchio team, I would like to give you a review and high praise for my recent experience at your restaurant. It was a real treat! I was particularly impressed by the fish platter for two people. The selection of fresh seafood and fish was simply fantastic. Every bite was a culinary experience. The quality of the ingredients and the preparation were of the highest quality. It was clear that the kitchen team put a lot of love and care into every dish. But it wasn't just the starters that impressed me, but also the other dishes I tried. Every dish was prepared with great taste and sophistication. It was a real joy to discover the different flavors and textures. I have rarely eaten as well as I did in your restaurant. I would also like to share your philosophy that it is better to eat very well every three months than to eat badly three times. Quality and enjoyment are my top priority, and your restaurant completely met my expectations. Many thanks to the entire team for the excellent service and excellent cuisine. I will definitely come back and recommend your restaurant with a clear conscience. Best regards, Kerstin Stahlmann

Food very good. “80s style” furnishings. Wine cellar very good for occasions. Smoking area. Garden restaurant more pleasant than indoors. Cordon Bleu and homemade ravioli are great!

Very tasty cuisine and top service…. Several languages ​​are spoken 😊 Recommendation

Good, clear map. For starters we had the mixed fish platter, which we enjoyed sensationally. Highly Recommended. My partner had the Mistkratzerli and I had paella. We shared a vegetable side dish together. We had a plentiful and good meal. The chicken was juicy, the prawns were crispy and the fish was as fresh as it could possibly be in Dübendorf. As an undeniable occasional gourmand, I particularly appreciated that the waiter offered to bring us some leftover paella. We then shared this with pleasure. With 2 glasses of Prosecco at the beginning, a large bottle of mineral water in the middle and 2 espressos at the end, we rounded up to 175.-, which I think is reasonable for the offer and the service provided. Until next time Pinocchio!

Very warm service and great food. The tapas in particular were very good. Recommended.

It was nice) service is very fine.

It was my first time and certainly not the last time at the Pinocchio restaurant. The service was sensational and the food was excellent. Thank you

We celebrated our wedding reception here and were more than thrilled. Our table was very attractively and lovingly set and beautifully decorated with flowers. The menu was an absolute dream and the wine was perfectly matched. It was a wonderful evening where everything was just right. Thank you very much for that

Apart from the long waiting times and rather expensive prices (fish fillet without side dishes 47 francs), I thought it was really nice.

Absolutely top class! We will always come back.

There were 3 of us here and found it really good. The gnocchi with gorgonzola is excellent, I really liked it. Like the tapas, I would love to come back again.

Super fine dinner and very friendly, prompt service… the price is rather high but it's worth the price… we'll be back..

There were three of us and we can only take positive things with us 👍🏻 About the service and the fine food: thank you very much

The food (fish dishes) was great, but the price was at the upper limit for the location

Salad without sauce requires otherwise a swimming pool in the plate, a shame. Dishes and meat prepared very well. Bravo

My absolute favorite among the restaurants. Very nice location. The service is friendly and attentive. Great selection of lunch menus at fair prices. The beef fillet with cognac/garlic sauce is highly recommended. Always a treat for the palate. The wine list is also TOP!

Great food, great service, I've never had such a good fillet

Thank you.True. Very nice. Friday evening 6 p.m. is a good time to eat. Still quiet, time to choose the dishes. Friendly, family service. Delicious food... if the rest is full after 8 p.m. then it gets noisy because of the narrow tables. Beautiful white tablecloths and flowers.

Amazing food, I've never before had such a delicious piccata

Very well maintained kitchen and service, nice ambience Compliments

Great service, excellent cuisine. We ate tapas and an excellent Lou de mère.

The food was very tasty and we all enjoyed it very much. We also agreed on the service, which was catastrophic. Rude, order was forgotten, seemed very stressed, impatient. No side dish is included with the main courses, so the main courses are very expensive.

The food is good, the ambience is good, but the prices are exorbitant.

No wonder my boss always eats here...

Some of the best ravioli around!

Finely eaten. Staff was a bit hectic.

Very fine food and great service. Always very friendly and nice, even when stressed. I will go again.

The food, drink and service has been top notch for over 30 years...unfortunately the boss hasn't even managed to offer the guests a small brandy...

Very good food! The prices are way too expensive. Half a fillet for 44 francs. And the side dishes were not included. And my menu with these mussels, 56 francs without French fries. The service was catastrophic. We waited an hour and a half for our main course. We felt like we had been forgotten. In my opinion, I think it's a shame that the food is very, very tasty, but the service and the prices are terrible! We had dessert at another restaurant. There we recovered from that scary restaurant.

Thanks to Pepino and the entire team at Restaurante Pinocchio for making our wedding an unforgettable day. The attention, the food, the service and etc. They were great! Many thanks and a strong hug.

Absolutely fantastic. Great taste explosion during the meal. The service is highly professional and incredibly fast and courteous. A visit is worth every cent.

The food was good - but the price-performance ratio is a bit different from the price. Tapas as the main course requires a minimum consumption (6 tapas per person)...

Very attentiveand friendly wait staff. Unfortunately they don't have English menus.

My delicious dish! a grilled octopus.

Truly beautiful restaurant, very professional staff, the owner, a great master of catering, affectionate greetings, Giovanni. See you soon from the source

The food was very good, but we waited a long time until we were served and just as long until the drinks and food came, which was a shame...

We were very disappointed. We were there on a Friday evening and wanted to eat tapas. What is very special is that you have to order at least 6 tapas per person (!) if you want this as a main course. So they probably want to make sure that you spend enough money, since all tapas cost at least just under 8 francs. Nevertheless, the two of us ordered 12 tapas. Shortly afterwards the waiter came and told us that they didn't have any tapas as a main course on Friday, but we could have some as a starter. So you have to order at least 6 tapas, but 6 tapas are too many at the same time?!? There's nothing about it on the menu, and the waiter didn't point it out to us when we ordered or when he told us the daily specials. He then just said that it was only available from Monday to Thursday, when there were a lot of people on the weekend but it wasn't... Somehow it didn't really make sense. I would like to give the restaurant more stars because several people recommended it to us. Unfortunately we didn't get any food, so I can only give it one star. It was all very inflexible and complicated, we probably won't get there anymore.

Fine food, very courteous service, a piece of Italy in Switzerland!

Very good restaurant for eating and drinking. Friendly service. Spent a lovely evening with the owner Peppino. Only recommended.

We were invited to a baptism. The food was a 10/10. I have rarely eaten so finely from A to Z everything was perfect and the staff was extremely friendly and extremely personable.

We weren't served very friendly. The food was ok. Don't come a second time.

We're there on Mother's Day and it's really great food, good wine, good staff, good and friendly, we'll be back

Great service and chef who greets the guests personally 🔝. happy mother's day 🌹💗

Very nice waiter, food sensational

The food is great but the service is extremely disappointing! Very unfriendly and not customer friendly at all. It's a shame because the food was really good. The second time we didn't have a table despite having a reservation and we were told: You can go into the basement but there is smoking there. Extremely disappointing

Good service and very good EATING

Fine food and very nice, efficient service!

We went to this restaurant often. This evening we ordered a Plata Iberico as a starter. This is a selection that is on the restaurant's take away menu. We received a meat platter!!!! When I called they didn't even listen to me. They acted as if it were normal. For the price I couldn't expect anything else. But I didn't want to eat a huge platter of meat, which is what I ordered. Even if it would have been less or cost more. When I picked it up the order was repeated. You can't just make a meat platter out of an order when the customer orders a Plata Iberico for two. That doesn't work. You have to discuss this with the customer. Unfortunately I can't attach this photo. But I have it on my phone. Why can't you just say you're sorry? Nothing, not a word, on the contrary, such arrogance drives me mad. In the end the gentleman simply hung up the phone. This was the last time we were there!!!! A pity

Reserved for Valentine's day. Then they decided not to open and cancelled our reservation. Will go somewhere else next time...

Excellent and fresh Mediterranean cuisine, good value for money and courteous service. In the basement there is a great wine cellar which can be used for tastings or wine & dine. Hasta pronto.....

Cozy restaurant with very good cuisine. The restaurant has a smoking dining room. You could also smoke cigars in the basement. Lots of private parking spaces.

Warm welcome, balanced menu, excellent food and very courteous service. And the dog was kindly immediately given a bowl of water without asking. Gladly again!

A team with heart and passion offers Swiss, Spanish or Italian specialties. In addition to the restaurant, the Pinocchio offers a wonderful wine cellar.

Excellent & high quality cuisine. The fillet steak was simply terrific. The sauce was a bit spicy, which influenced the great taste of the meat too much.

I've never been to this restaurant, but I find it cheeky that you delete negative comments here just because you want to look good and hide your mistakes and cheekiness (service great:)

very good food exzellent service

Very unfriendly employees on the phone.

Very well eaten and friendly staff

Very nice atmosphere, very good service and what came out of the kitchen was simply sensational!!!

Super delicious food and courteous service 👍 keep it up!

Thank you for the nice service and the fine coup

Good atmosphere and warm host. Food and wine selection very good, but a bit too expensive. Beef fillet stroganoff is recommended.

We recommend! Good food at fair prices and very friendly service! Gladly again.

Amazing restaurant, very friendly service. The food is really delicious. The menu mainly contains dishes that everyone likes. It's easy to make a choice.

Flavor and presentation go hand in hand. Excellent!

The food was very good, but we waited a long time until we were served and just as long until the food came. We skipped dessert for the same reason. A pity...

Absolutely first-class ravioli, otherwise good food, friendly service. Highly recommended.

We had a very nice evening yesterday, we were first given a very friendly welcome with a little greeting from the kitchen, then we were allowed to try the delicacies Tapaaaas, just delicious and above all very fresh😍👍 then we polished off the veal cutlet with grilled vegetables🤓 thank you for that great evening. Will definitely come back.

I ate very well and was served very friendly. Nice card. Will definitely come back.

Very fine food, the staff was very friendly and accommodating, now a regular guest there 👍

Delicious food and good wine selection! Highly recommended

The food was always heavenly and the staff was great! Thank you for the lovely evening.

We loved it, despite the "take away" experience due to covid restrictions. We ordered paella for 2 and the portion is huge. Seafood and meat paella, delicious, like at home. Decent Galician-style octopus, and lamb in spectacular sauce. A very good experience, we will definitely repeat it, I hope next time at the restaurant.

The protective measures are very well adhered to, you feel safe and can fully enjoy the excellent quality of the cuisine and the wonderful service.

Ich würde gerne 5 Sterne geben. Das Essen ist wirklich sehr gut. Ich finde den Preis lediglich einen kleinen Tick zu hoch. Insbesondere weil die Tapas zwar sehr lecker sind, aber qualitativ nicht zur Spitzenklasse gehören. Allerdings ist dies Kritik auf sehr hohem Niveau, da wirklich grandiose Tapas-Qualität in der Schweiz schlichtweg unbezahlbar sein dürfte.

Die Bedienung war am Anfang gut aber nach dem Essen wurden wir vergessen.

Sehr gutes Essen und Ambiente, preislich eher im oberen Breich

Cliente abituale, piatto di pasta ho trovato un capello che mi ha fato pasare apetito , ho pagato !!!

Hervorragende Küche / Super Bedinung

Sehr feines Essen und sehr nette Bedienung

Sehr gutes Essen / Ambiente / Service Preis/Leistung Tagesmenü ausgezeichnet Kompliment

(Traducido por Google) Muy buena comida, personal agradable todo genial (Original) Cibo molto buono ,personale coinvolgente tutto benissimo

Sehr freundlicher und speditiver Service, obwohl das Restaurant an diesem Mittag gut besetzt war. Die Auswahl der Gerichte ist sehr gut, was dann auf dem Teller daher kommt umso besser. Die Weinbegleitung Alto 2017 hat allen voll gemundet. Der Service hat sich entschuldigt, dass sie keinen 2016 mehr hatten. Es ist eine Lokalität, die ich mit gutem Gewissen weiterempfehlen kann und sicher auch wieder selber besuchen werde.