Bellanico Restaurant and Wine Bar

Appetizers, sides and the tagliolini pepati were highlights. Some pastas were too salty or buttery. Friendly service but forgot to follow through on numerous details, like refilling water; also kept taking bread plates and silverware away before we finished using them.

If you want fresh, thoughtfully prepared Italian dishes, this local neighborhood restaurant with the same chef/owners consistently provides flavorful, inventive ingredients for appetizers, pastas, other entrees and desserts. We moved to Southern CA a few years ago but made a point to stop here while visiting and it hadn't changed. We enjoyed a very delicious meal once again. The wait staff are also friendly and knowledgeable. Great Oakland mainstay.

Wide variety and selection selection of wines by the glass, more than your typical Chardonnay Cabernet or rosé. Evolving menu highlight seasonal dishes. Happy hour a big plus, with appetizers and wines at a good value, as is the tasting menu with four courses.. Service is professional and personable. Excellent suggestions from the servers for wine pairing for the menu.

The food is always good there. Now, they have a $45 prefix that is an incredible value. Only problem was that it was too loud. A lot of it had to do with the two guys that were sitting next to us that were hard of hearing.

Was delighted to get a few appetizers and drinks during happy hour in addition to a dinner appetizer and one entree. Sat outside on a lovely Thursday early evening . Excellent service and as usual, the chard malfatti was extraordinary.

Brunch was excellent -so many awesome things to choose from! Hard to decide but went for the marscapone French toast and it was a good decision! Efficient wait staff, comfortable seating. Highly recommend!

Bellanico is an outstanding restaurant - each and every dish has been beautifully prepared and presented, with excellent service. The food is delicious and unique, the wine list of superb quality and one should save room for the desserts too! Especially good value to be found with their occasional prix fixe offerings.

The new Prix Fix Menu was delicious and a very good bargain. We had two of the wine tasting pairings as well and both worked with the entree. I would recommend this restaurant for anyone who enjoys Italian food and wine.

Very good food, nice menu choices, great service. It can get very noisy. It's been in the neighborhood for many years, and I'm pleased with the wonderful consistency of food and service.

Check out Bellanico! Delish food and super great service. Try out the happy hour appies (5:00-6:00). The duck liver pate was our favorite. The clams and spaghetti was super delicious as was the pork chop. We will return. It's definitely a “neighborhood gem”.

If there were more stars I would give Bellanico more starts. Leave room for their fabulous desserts!!!

Surprisingly quiet and cozy neighborhood gem! Our server, Jordan, was warm and helpful. The salad and patatas bravas were excellent. The swordfish had a somewhat overly smoky flavor, improved when I asked for a lemon wedge to squeeze on it. My husband enjoyed his bolognese.The focaccia bread pudding was overly dense, but the chocolate sauce and homemade whipped cream that it came with were delicious .

Our first time here , read many reviews prior to booking table . Food was exceptional!!!! Will go back another time and will be squeezing it into our cycle of restaurants

I had risotto with asparagus and fava beans, and it was delicious, and a little expensive. I also had a wonderful cocktail with cardamom and lemon, which I highly recommend. For dessert, the lemon panna cotta was divine. I want to acknowledge the waiter, who was attentive and helpful with menu suggestions, and with adjusting the heater as we were sitting outside. Bellanico has done a great job making the outdoor seating comfortable with not only heaters but heavy curtains to block out the sun when it starts beaming into one's eyes in the evening.

As always, our favorite restaurant for special occasions. We love Bellanico, our neighborhood gem.