Culaccino Italian Restaurant & Bar

“My girlfriend and I came here to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. Best choice ever!! We were greeted by our wonderful server, Meg. She was so bubbly and funny, gave us the best recommendations and promptly came to check on us. We loved literally everything we ordered down to all 4 apps we got, 4 drinks and an entree (we were hungryyy) and they did not disappoint in any dish. The manager, Bradley, was so friendly and accommodating and even gave us a complimentary desert for our night! We WILL be back just for the experience alone, you guys made us have the best night together!! We look forward to seeing you soon for more of those delicious asparagus fritters🖤🖤🖤🖤”

“My best friend and I had lunch here today. It was excellent from start to finish . We had the meatballs and asparagus fritters for appetizers, the risotto and chicken thighs for entrees . Every single morsel of food was delicious. Our server was magnificent. The wine manager helped me with my selection and my wine was fabulous . We had an overall great experience .”

“The food was absolutely incredible! Hot and delicious. Get the thing with the peas in it- you won’t be sorry. The dessert was spot on as well. The waiter was a little chatty and made the evening awkward at times, but overall great atmosphere and great experience.”

“This was a somewhat disappointing experience unfortunately. The food was very hit or miss. As an appetizer I got the meatballs which were pretty dry, the sauce and ricotta was great with it but the meatballs were not great. One of the salad the roasted pear salad was fantastic very good combination of freshness and flavor. With the entrees I split the gnocchi and the lamb loin. I’ll start with the gnochhi, it was very good tasted very homemade and fresh, I thoroughly enjoyed that dish. However the lamb loin was not very good. Very little to no seasoning, some pieces were very chewy and was not very tender. For the price I am paying I expect better quality cut and better preparation. And then finally the dessert was especially bad, tasting like water downed coffee tiramisu. It was way too liquidy and didnt have a good texture or flavor. With this place I see the potential and if you get the right things, you would walk away very satisfied, however it was just way too inconsistent for me at such a high end place for me to give this a good review. 2.8/5”

“We went here for a birthday dinner. Had to wait 45 mins for a bar seating. The tables were so close together that actually knocked glasses off a table when I took off my coat. I found the food to be bland. The sweet potato salad had -0- flavor. I had to salt it to bring taste to it. My husband’s mussel appetizer was amazing but the steak was like the salad, no flavor. The birthday was mentioned to the bartender/waiter as a celebration of the event, he brought out the tiramisu and still charged for the birthday dessert after we spent $300 on the dinner. I won’t be back. This was the only bad experience we had on our visit to Franklin.”