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Bocelli Restaurant

8630 Germantown Ave.
215-248-1980

Italian, Chestnut Hill/Mt. Airy

Bocelli features Italian-American favorites mothers and school-aged children alike can agree on, though there is little as yet to recommend this BYO as a dining destination. The cooking is just not careful. Though the filling in the crabmeat ravioli is pulverized beyond recognition, its tomato cream sauce is subtle in all the right ways. Tagliatelle with shrimp and creamy pesto sauce is actually something closer to dried fettuccini, with a handful of bean-size crustaceans that usually adorn fried rice. Chicken cacciatore, sautéed with mushrooms, peppers and onions, swims in tomato sauce so watery it barely makes a stain on the accompanying spaghetti. The chicken Marsala, however, is one of the better ones we’ve met; the mushroom-studded sauce is rich. A decent cannoli, with a flaky shell and a cinnamon-spiked ricotta filling, is not the best for dessert, but it’ll do. Open Tue.-Thu., 5-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-10:30 p.m.; Sun., 5-9:30 p.m.

  • Average entree $10 - $20
  • Vegetarian options
  • BYO


Comments

Had lunch at Bocelli. Found the food to very good. We were a party of four and each had different items. Everyone had a good meal. I brought a bottle of Porsecco and the server without a question changed the wine glasses to flutted glasses to make our beaverage a special toast. Service was good. I am glad we brought our friends to Bocelli for this special luncheon.
by Robert F. Roman on September 26th 2009 3:54 PM

 
 
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