Ristorante Umbria

04/29/10

No dishes from Umbria!

by alex511 at Citysearch

I spent several years in Umbria, I know everything about this beautiful region, one of the best in Italy, and when I ate at this restaurant I could not believe they did not have typical dishes on the menu, some of the dishes are barely real italian ones, more american-italian, which is not the same thing at all. The owner is rude and if you have any sort of complaint to make, he will just start to yell and curse at you. His name is Giulio Tempesta and why he is still in business I do not know. If you really want to taste traditional dishes of the wonderful umbrian cuisine, go to the real Umbria, in Italy, not to this medicre restaurant!!!

• Pros: it is in SF
• Cons: rude owner, not authentic dishes

04/22/10

A Great Trattoria - Great prices/food/service and quality

by personOFinterest at Citysearch

Umbria is one of my favorite SF downtown restaurants. I have been a fan for many years, but never bothered to write a review (as I am not a big review writer). After another great meal there the other day I decided to weigh in.....

I love the atmosphere. Its unpretentious, real, and has a good trattoria feel to it. The food is consistently good, the Pasta Umbria (giant prawns and pasta)is a GREAT dish. I also love the thin crust pizzas. TRY IT

• Pros: Ambience, guality, consistency, pasta
• Cons: sometime noisy, every once in a while service can be slow

04/01/10

Intimate Italian Restaurant

by bmwm5driver at Citysearch

I recommend that you try this restaurant - good food, great wait staff, full bar and the owner makes you feel like family.

• Pros: Excellent wait staff, Owner on site, good food
• Cons: its downtown - parking can be a hassell

06/08/08

Not the Umbria, I know

by JackKraus at Citysearch

The restaurant is pleasant looking; as well as, a nice looking menu. When it comes to the food, there was nothing distinctive. Having spent time in the Umbria region, this was a disappointment. While the french have a reputation of being arrogant, the people here run a close second.

12/13/07

The witnessing of a Grinches BAD BEHAVIOUR

by onepinkpony at Citysearch

I was at Umbria on Friday December 7th, 2007.The food at this place is absolutely fabulous. I have had other ample opportunities to visit this restaurant in the past and the Proprietor Guilio V Tempesta has been nothing short of a Custmer Service Ambassador and Gentleman.His staff, including himself have a superior knowledge of customer service! Unfortunately on this particular evening, during this festive holiday season Grinches feel that they can say and do anything to ruin other peoples experiences.On this particular evening I was mortified to witness a customer go off on Guilio for no apparent reason. This rude man was using the most vile language towards Guilio, who shows nothing but respect towards his patrons. I could not believe my ears or eyes. I wish that I had been brave enough to stand up to this rude man and tell him none of the other patrons want to hear or witness his BAD BEHAVIOR and naughty mouth! I was actually on my cell phone getting ready to call the police because this rude man was a raving lunatic, when people like that have anger issues that they can't control, you never know what will happen. I feel sorry for anyone else who witnessed this customer's raging because the majority of customers visiting this restaurant on a regular basis and some not so regular have more class than this man did. I would plead to you that if you witnessed this event, please do not let it ruin your Holiday Season or your opinions about this restaurant and its proprietor! I truly hope that he will never show his face at this establishment again and he should truly be ASHAMED of himself and his behavior. How does he justify his nasty self? Someone needs to tell him his behaviour is extremely inappropriate!! I hope the owner, wait staff, employees and their families of Umbria all have a Wonderful, Happy, Healthy Prosperous Holiday Season and New Year, and DON"T let the GRINCHES of the world get you down!! Here is to many more wonderful years of business!!

• Pros: The entire experince evry time, the most excellent!!
• Cons: NONE