North Beach Restaurant

09/23/10

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by Roy Porter at Citysearch

As a Brit I thoughly agree with vg99. This place was recommended to me by a friend who went there many years ago. The service was clinical and it was clear that they wanted to serve me quickly to get the table back into service as soon as possible. As for the food, it was lack lustre and very much overpriced. I had the mussels in a dishwater sauce which worked out more than a dollar a mussel ! as for the lamb which I had to follow,they probably used a razor blade to slice it so thin, it was tastless and there was less than 2 ounces carefully arranged on the plate to make it look more together with two and half slices of a potato and a piece of greenery which I couldn't identify! that cost $32 ! Coming from London I am used to paying a fair price and I have paid many times more than I paid for this meal but never so much for so little ! This place is a blot on the landscape and as such should be removed !

06/01/10

WORST SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT EVER

by vg99 at Citysearch

The staff and management at this restaurant was the worst that I have ever experienced during a dining experience. When I asked questions about the menu I was given a smug response as if I was bothering the server. Then when there was a question about the bill the server went off on my husband and I in and took off with our money and hid out back. We go out to eat A LOT from really nice fine dinning place to sports bars and never has someone acted like that to us. Then to top it off the manager was just as rude and condescending to us when we told him about the behavior. I will NEVER go back there and make a point to tell everyone I know how AWFUL the service and management is. The food was not great either. Just average and overpriced for the quality. I think they thought we were tourists or something and were trying to rip us off. WORST restaurant in North Beach by FAR! Maybe even ALL of San Francisco.

• Pros: Outside seating
• Cons: Everything else

02/02/10

Great!

by allennorman46 at Citysearch

Great! I moved to San Francisco over 20 years ago, and this is the first restaurant that I ate at that's "Italian" better than in Italy itself...

The food is delicious, a really trip in deep Sicily…Very friendly service, clean and very stylish furnished. The holder, Paolo, always leads me to the best specialty of the day, and he's always ready to advice his guests all around San Francisco (that's why we called him "Mr. San Francisco). If you are ever in the area, you cannot miss it!!!!

12/02/09

Authentic Northern and Tuscan Italian Fare

by Tuffy McGuffy at Citysearch

When you go to an old established S,F. landmark restaurant, order the local fare. I would order sand dabs or petrale sole instead of Salmon flown in from Alasks. Come on! the local fisherman haven't been allowed to fish salmon in two years,All the veal dishes are excellent , the pasta is superb. The mixed house salad and the Ceasar's salad is great. Who would complain about stale bread. I no of no S.F. restaurant who would do that in a sourdough town. Really the bad reviews are from people that can't afford it or order a steak in a place like this when they should be at Alfreds.

• Pros: ambiance, wine list, veal and fish dishes
• Cons: make sure you have a reservation

08/08/08

Great Italian Fare

by trekers at Citysearch

This is a very good Italian restaurant & what fun it is. It's not for the casual uptight diner or for the "in-a-hurry" eater. Here you dine on good food with a group of good friends & enjoy both all evening! We surely did & plan on doing it again the next time we're in the city. The fare was an Italian food lovers best choices dream down to the sweetbreads & chicken livers entrees. Where else do you see these anymore? It's abit pricey, sad to say, but most things are now so we go out less huh?

• Pros: good food & service, great choice menu,
• Cons: noisy but fun, pricey