I had a delicious salad and salmon. It is a little crowded. Maybe a bit loud to have a nice conversation.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Priyanka Singh
Good wine collection, excellent vibes, pasta and chocolate cake was really good too. Just wouldn't order appetizers next time since we got 2 and both were not great.
Julie S
Maybe I ordered wrong but my advice is don’t order the full fish bass unless you enjoy eating bones. And the tomato burrata salad unless you like hard tomato. Don’t order the Chardonnay unless you like to pucker. I was looking forward to a yummy meal and was very disappointed
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Justin Llata
Service was questionable at the start but eventually came around. Food was delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Alex Wilkins
I love an authentic Sicilian restaurant that’s cozy and full of life. I had a great experience dining here alone at the bar. My server Nami and my bartender Julia were excellent. I recommend the ragú, and be sure to grab a cocktail.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Robert Waters
The food was variable...some dishes were very good, others were pretty mediocre. The service was some of the worst I have experienced at a restaurant of this level for quite a long time. Things started out fine. We ordered a second bottle of wine that took 15 minutes to arrive, by which time some of us were nearly finished with our main course. I could see our bottle was sitting on the server's table where our server stood, joking with the other staff, for a good 5-10 minutes before I stood up, walked over, and requested that she bring the bottle to our table. At dessert, we were handed two dessert menus for a table of six. When we asked for a menu per person, we got quite the strange/annoyed look from the busboy. A good 15 minutes had passed after we finished the desserts and no server came by to deliver the bill. Not wanting to hang around longer, I went to the bar to request the bill. It took them another 10 minutes to furnish the bill (the restaurant was not busy by then), upon which they added a mandatory 20% tip on the POST-TAX total, which I disputed but they refused to change. We will not be returning, and given the long list of better and more professional options out there, I would caution anyone else from going.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Diane Amrhein
Nice place good food business was very busy with valentines tried to seat us seniors outdoors on cold night with an anniversary reservation no problem otherwise .
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Ivan Rivera
Best Italian food in east bay. Amazing food and service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brendan Doherty
Shoehorned in on Valentine's day
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Dave Aguirre
This Resturant is one if not the best Italian/ Sicilian food in the Bay Area. The owner Angelo is the nicest guys I’ve met as an on site manager.. He treats you like your family. Try the meatballs to die for. I’d advise making reservations.
I had a terrible experience so much so, I am writing a formal complaint to the restaurant.
Judy
Food wasn't as good as I remember it. Too much dressing on Cesar salad. Branzino should have had bones removed. Food was mostly too greasy.
Karen
We were a party of seven and everybody had something different and every dish was delicious. The staff were very attentive and friendly. The manager gave us an excellent table away in the front roomfrom the hubbub. I can't wait to go back and try other things on the menu. I would recommend it strongly to anybody for a celebration, or a date night or any excuse to go out for dinner. Very walkable from downtown Berkeley BART if you didn't want to drive.
Anita
They do an overall very good job here. Food is consistently good, service can be a little spotty but the owner/manager will always try to make it right if you catch his eye. He is very warm and personable. Being Sicilian-American, I have pretty high standards for authentic Sicilian fare, and this place rates high on my list. I do wish they'd close the front door, though! The place gets cold. The noise level makes it hard to hear your table mates on a busy night.
Skip
Wonderful food. Great service. A go to place for us. We chose to go on a Sunday evening this time when the ambience was lively but the noise level did not take away from our enjoyment.
I had a delicious salad and salmon. It is a little crowded. Maybe a bit loud to have a nice conversation.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Good wine collection, excellent vibes, pasta and chocolate cake was really good too. Just wouldn't order appetizers next time since we got 2 and both were not great.
Maybe I ordered wrong but my advice is don’t order the full fish bass unless you enjoy eating bones. And the tomato burrata salad unless you like hard tomato. Don’t order the Chardonnay unless you like to pucker. I was looking forward to a yummy meal and was very disappointed
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Service was questionable at the start but eventually came around. Food was delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
I love an authentic Sicilian restaurant that’s cozy and full of life. I had a great experience dining here alone at the bar. My server Nami and my bartender Julia were excellent. I recommend the ragú, and be sure to grab a cocktail.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was variable...some dishes were very good, others were pretty mediocre. The service was some of the worst I have experienced at a restaurant of this level for quite a long time. Things started out fine. We ordered a second bottle of wine that took 15 minutes to arrive, by which time some of us were nearly finished with our main course. I could see our bottle was sitting on the server's table where our server stood, joking with the other staff, for a good 5-10 minutes before I stood up, walked over, and requested that she bring the bottle to our table. At dessert, we were handed two dessert menus for a table of six. When we asked for a menu per person, we got quite the strange/annoyed look from the busboy. A good 15 minutes had passed after we finished the desserts and no server came by to deliver the bill. Not wanting to hang around longer, I went to the bar to request the bill. It took them another 10 minutes to furnish the bill (the restaurant was not busy by then), upon which they added a mandatory 20% tip on the POST-TAX total, which I disputed but they refused to change. We will not be returning, and given the long list of better and more professional options out there, I would caution anyone else from going.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Nice place good food business was very busy with valentines tried to seat us seniors outdoors on cold night with an anniversary reservation no problem otherwise .
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Best Italian food in east bay. Amazing food and service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shoehorned in on Valentine's day
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
This Resturant is one if not the best Italian/ Sicilian food in the Bay Area. The owner Angelo is the nicest guys I’ve met as an on site manager.. He treats you like your family. Try the meatballs to die for. I’d advise making reservations.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
I had a terrible experience so much so, I am writing a formal complaint to the restaurant.
Food wasn't as good as I remember it. Too much dressing on Cesar salad. Branzino should have had bones removed. Food was mostly too greasy.
We were a party of seven and everybody had something different and every dish was delicious. The staff were very attentive and friendly. The manager gave us an excellent table away in the front roomfrom the hubbub. I can't wait to go back and try other things on the menu. I would recommend it strongly to anybody for a celebration, or a date night or any excuse to go out for dinner. Very walkable from downtown Berkeley BART if you didn't want to drive.
They do an overall very good job here. Food is consistently good, service can be a little spotty but the owner/manager will always try to make it right if you catch his eye. He is very warm and personable. Being Sicilian-American, I have pretty high standards for authentic Sicilian fare, and this place rates high on my list. I do wish they'd close the front door, though! The place gets cold. The noise level makes it hard to hear your table mates on a busy night.
Wonderful food. Great service. A go to place for us. We chose to go on a Sunday evening this time when the ambience was lively but the noise level did not take away from our enjoyment.
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