Narciso's work has been positively received. The New York Times has called Narciso's performances "moving" and "charming." David Rooney, discussing a production of the play Thinner than Water, writes, "There are moving performances, particularly from Mr. Narciso, who is both defensive and contrite about Gary’s shortcomings." Charles Isherwood, reviewing Narciso's work in Measure for Measure, wrote, "The character who most wholly embodies the slipperiness Shakespeare explores in the play is probably Lucio (a subtly oily Alfredo Narciso), who delights in stirring almost every one of the plots with a soiled finger." Of Narciso's work in The Misanthrope, Ben Brantley wrote "Alfredo Narciso presents what may be the play’s one genuinely contemporary portrait as the poet Oronte." Neil Genzlinger (reviewing Safe) wrote that "[Fellow cast members] are pretty good; Mr. Narciso is better. His character, despite the dimwittedness, is the one you’re still pondering on the way home."