"a nice authentic italian restaurant on the upper east side that serves delicious old school italian dishes from chicken parm, pasta dishes, fish, veal, gnocchi, tortelkini soup, clams, mussels, etc. nice small cozy interior with enough tables to serve a decent amount of folks . our server was great as he was multi tasking dealing with customers and the chef who made my pasta and baked clams dish was excellent. dont let the name fool you there is no lying here. from service, decor, food, pinocchio is the real deal and save some room in your tummy , the Italian cheesecake is yummy."