Puccini’s Smiling Teeth Pizza & Pasta

Very nice menu. I’ve got a 12 year old who is gluten free so most of our stops revolve around it. Needless to say we’ve been to many many different restaurants with a gluten free «menu». This place rates in top 5 of all time in my 12 year olds eyes! Nicely done Puccini’s…kudos!

We have only eaten here through delivery. The pizzas we have tried were good! The appetizers also good! Calzones are fair.
Their salads are great and plentiful. I especially love the Dijon vinaigrette dressing. That right there keeps me going back.
Delivery does take forever though.

These guys have low carb options! Both dishes are great.

Meh.
Had it for the first time today and probably will not be having it again.
Nothing special really, we ordered delivery and it took an hour and a half to get to us, only 3 miles away from the restaurant.
Not super impressed.

I used to love going to Puccini’s. The quality and service has been lagging in recent years. But they are a good value for the money.

My hubby and I like this place. It’s definitely not the greatest food in the world but it’s always been good. I’d liken it to a local Olive Garden. I like to get the cheese ravioli and usually I get meat sauce. The last time we went it had a lot more vegetable chunks in it, which isn’t quite my style. Eventually I’ll try out a calzone. I see a lot of families in here and it definitely reminds me of a place that I would have loved as a kid. They always have a surprisingly good draft list at great prices, too.
We’ve always been served promptly and have had waiters with pleasant attitudes.

Good prize, decent pizza with LOTS of topping choice so you won’t get bored. I likely the garlic bread without cheese also. Service is usually very good, except this one waiter that has consistently been sucky at his job but somehow I still see him working there? I like the rest of the staff though.
Although, please don’t get calzone from this place. They’re not bad I mean, but get a pizza since they don’t make anything else half as good as they make pizza. Want calzone? Try Von’s.

I am from Chicago and this place is near my new home in west Lafayette. Of course I have high expectations for pizza (being from Chicago). I actually like this pizza. It’s different and not what I was expecting. I tried the humble pie but think I would choose another option the next time around. I also tried the sun dried tomato bread sticks-​heavy with sound dried tomatoes.
The prices are great. And the food is ready very quickly.

Never again. We were, LONG STANDING CUSTOMERS. Delivery service was deplorable. College drop out was clearly running the shift this evening and didn’t know a thing about customer service. 6 mo. max. and this place will be closed. Very sad.

I love coming here and so does my family! Large portions of food for a great price. Best of all there is something for all of us. My husband loves pasta with seafood, my son Pizza and and they both love the large dinner salad all while I enjoy all the Gluten Free options! I can get an appetizer. I recommend the Scamorza on gluten free toast. My family likes it and they don’t need to eat Gluten free. I can choose between gluten free Pasta, Pizza or sandwiches. Around here, that is a huge amount of options for one place! I also eat vegetarian and I still have all those options! I recommend the Spinach Artichoke sandwich, the Humble Pie Pizza or the Pasta Primavera. All great choices!
The place can be busy on weekend evenings depending on what is happening at Purdue. Which can also lead to limited parking but we have always found a place and gotten seated at a reasonable time. Benefits to the location are the movie theatre across the street and the ice cream shop for dessert!

Food was delicious… service was great. I had the angel hair with meatballs. yum! It came with a nice large salad. I asked for garlic bread without cheese and got with cheese so I didn’t eat it, who h was fine. I would have loved to have tried their 5 layer chocolate cake of goodness but am so glad I didn’t. I will just have to go back to get it some day :).

Wait longer than expected. Probably because of busy hour. I had a meat ball heaven calzone, not bad.

I hate to give them only two stars because when it’s good it’s very good HOWEVER, when it’s bad it is BAD. I’ve been here at least 6 times and only 3 of those experiences have been good. The other times my food has either been overcooked or undercooked (yuck). Some servers are good and try to make amends when something is wrong but several of them don’t care at all if your food is satisfactory or if you get your check in a timely manner. Like I said, their food can be very good but I don’t plan on going again because the food and service just isn’t reliable.

Terrible customer service on multiple occasions.
A few weeks ago, we stopped in after the Purdue football game. It was quiet, no business, so we decided to head in and get some food. We were waiting for twenty minutes until a server came and waited an additional thirty for the food.
Tonight, we ordered delivery. After two hours, our food was still not delivered.
Would pass ¹⁰⁄₁₀ times.
Bruno’s has better service and food. May be a longer wait in person, but it’s a much better alternative than waiting 2+ hours for delivery.

I’m surprised by all of the negative reviews!
Personally, I enjoyed the bruschetta, garlic bread, and «lil razorback» pizza immensely.
The pasta dish I tried, «diavolo» wasn’t bad, but like a few other Unilocalers have mentioned: tasted like the sauce came out of a can.
Based on the quality of the food, I sincerely wanted to give Puccinis 4 stars. Sadly, it’s overpriced by a couple of bucks.

Great take out! Eat there at your own risk… AT Puccini’s The crust is better than average the topping choices are more than any other place I’ve been to. There are many cheeses to try
fact If you can’t order a better custom pie from whats on the menu that’s not some one else’s fault. I usually go and pick it up as it is faster than delivery and I have German beer (real beer) at home. The music at the place can be obnoxious and the wait staff is so so. For my Pizza I like a shrimp, anchovy, light on the sun-​dried tomato and banana pepper OR a Green olive Red & yellow bell pepper and red onion. I ask for a well done bake (try that at conveyor belt hut).
The calzones are also good and 1 dinner salad will do for 2 healthy people to split. You would never see me at chain places. Although I am not into it if you want the best take and bake Noble Romans is back in town.

delivery took over an hour and a half. was not happy.

I’m not a big fan of this place. The food was mediocre and over priced for what you get. The service staff were friendly and attentive but the food was so mediocre that it ruined the experience. The only reason I ever came back to eat here again was because they partake in a lot of Purdue fundraising events. Student groups can sign up to hand out fliers and the restaurant then gives a percentage of the sales back to the group when people show them the flier. This is a really good attribute about them. However, it wasn’t good enough for me to recommend that anyone come here to eat. Until they redo their dishes, you are better of going next door to Bruno’s or one of the other restaurants around there.

We like going to Puccini’s for a change of pace, even though it is next door to the superior Bruno’s. I like the calzones. My wife likes the fettuccine alfredo. You might spot a Purdue athlete getting carry-​out. The place is clean, with sports on the TV, and the service is adequate. If you do try to carry-​out, call ahead. If you choose to order and wait, it will be a loooooong wait. I recently tried the baked ziti dish and it was OK. The sauce was very dry, and the pasta was little burnt around the edges. I wasn’t very impressed. My daughter had the margherita pizza and thought it was good, with a soft chewy crust. I think I’ll stick with the calzones.

Puccini’s is my go-​to place for gluten free pizza in West Lafayette. It’s the best i’ve ever had from a place that delivers! I don’t know how, but the gluten free pizza almost tastes healthy– it’s not too greasy, and they don’t overwhelm the very thin crust with too many toppings. Unfortunately, their gluten free pasta is a different story. There must be some sort of cross contamination because i’ve had it twice now, and I’ve gotten sick both times. The first time I was only slightly sick, but the second time was awful. If you’re going to claim that something is gluten free, you shouldn’t have customers getting allergic reactions! I’m definitely going to steer clear of their gluten free pasta in the future.
I’ve dined in once, taken out twice, and gotten delivery multiple times. Puccini’s service is always reliable and consistent. I only had a problem once when they stopped taking delivery orders earlier than stated on their take-​out menu. But nevertheless, i’ll continue to order from Puccini’s whenever i’m craving a gluten free pizza.