The Waterboy

2000 Capitol Ave, Sacramento
(916) 498-9891

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Keith Gagomiros

Great food and people! Tipping encouraged.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Renee' Mowatt

Really good experience here. Service was excellent and so was the food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Camille Garcia

This place is wonderful. I came here for date night with my husband tonight. All the servers/hostess were extremely friendly and polite. We had the herb fries, foccacia bread, duck and pasta special. Everything tasted fresh and flavorful. Even my espresso martini was delicious. It's a great date night or special occasion spot to come to. I'll be back for my birthday. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deanna Johnson

Friday night relaxation with a nice cocktail and a lovely meal

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Christopher Gordon

Nice place, food was okay.

Mike

The food is so good here that if you learned there was better food out there you wouldn't care.

This place has made me lose respect for the michelin star rating system because it's ridiculous that this restaurant with this level of consistency and quality has not gotten a nod.

You're never guaranteed a good dish at any restaurant, but if you get a good one here, you'll probably remember it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katie Thornton

The food was fantastic, from appetizer to dessert, to wine, to cocktail. Love this place and will continue to return. The service was fantastic. Get the affogato for dessert!

Update: went for lunch, never been for lunch. HIGHLY recommend the lunch.

Recommended dishes: Affogato

S Brunette

Delicious food, sophisticated atmosphere. My partner had the scallops, and I had the ravioli; with a cinnamon cake for desert. Our waiter was great, very attentive and patient! Only wish the servings for the ravioli were larger!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Toi Gray

Perfect place to celebrate a special birthday. Service was excellent. Good was well presented.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Wklstoywife

From the moment we stepped in the door the restaurant was wonderful. I had asked for an outside table when making the reservation as we do not have weather like this where we live. We were greeted right away and wished a happy anniversary. Taken outside and seated. It was really nice outside. Our waiter Cody came over. I loved him! Friendly and professional. Answered my questions. Given a small glass of champagne to celebrate. 44 years is a long time nowadays. We each ordered a drink. Husband had a martini with Bombay gin. I had a drink called Papa San. I asked to have it made sweet. It was good. Husband wanted bread and butter….they do charge for this. It was homemade focaccia bread. It was good but not hot and the butter was a bit too hard for the bread but eventually it warmed up and was good. Ordered the steak tartare. We have had steak tartare all over the world and this was very good. I certainly could have eaten more. They are served more like “sliders”. I would not serve them this way because all the filling can drop out when you bite into them. We opened them up and put half the beef on each side. The little courgettes they were served in should be a bread and the tartare on top…served open faced…so much easier to eat. However, those little balls of cheese bread were delicious! I would love to learn to make those as a bread. Man that would be good. My husband ordered the duck. I ordered the porchetta. He really liked the duck. I did not find the porchetta crispy enough. I found it to be a bit chewy. Good flavor. It was served with a sauce with vegetables and beans and that was delicious. I could have just eaten a plate of that by itself although it was nice to have the pork. I really loved the accompaniment to the pork. Husband had a glass of wine with the meal. For dessert we shared the cake of the day which was like a rolled sponge cake with a cream inside with berries. It was good. Waiter filling our water glasses was always on time, never had to ask for water. I appreciate that. Loved our waiter. Food was very good and very filling. Had a nice time sitting outside in beautiful weather with my husband…what could be better? Highly recommend.

Ricardo Sarinana

I go there often and haven’t had any problems I love their food I would highly recommend this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Betsy Carlson

Steak tartare and oyster was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

H BISLA

food service great. seating always uncomfortable, been on both ends of 2 tops and always bumped into , have to squeeze into seat. Tables very close ,not much privacy with inside seating.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Peg Sherwood

Had fried zucchini for an appetizer along with deviled eggs. Ravioli for dinner and butterscotch budino for dessert. The entire meal was perfect

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Graham Eastmond

We were visiting for graduation ceremony and The Waterboy was highly recommended by local friends. It lived up to it's high billing. Rosa was fantastic and guided our large group through the great selection of starters, first courses and entrees on offer. All recommendations were spot on. The food was delicious and we enjoyed sitting outside on a lovely Summer's evening. Don't hesitate. Book a table.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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