Elvira

4996 W Point Loma Blvd, San Diego
(619) 224-2884

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Lynn Congemi

The restaurant is loud

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stacey Moran

We had the best team dinner at Elvira and such a wonderful experience from start to finish! The atmosphere is beautiful, the food was incredible, and everything felt so thoughtfully curated.

Andreea, our server, truly made the night. She was so fun, warm, and attentive, and brought the best energy to our table. You can tell she genuinely loves what she does and wants everyone to have a great time. She made the whole evening feel extra special and memorable for our team.

Highly recommend Elvira for a group dinner, celebration, or just a fun night out. We’ll absolutely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jackie Artura

The eggplant pizza was delicious ... I really like the charcoal pizza oven. I would get again.

My friend got the mushroom white sauce pasta that was also very good

Very cute and rustic. Will be back

The meatballs were ok... would have liked more seasoning. I added them to my pizza and that was a good call

The utility guy was very kind to help bring us the parm as it took our server some time to check on us.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Ashley Pagmanua

Had our company dinner at Elvira and Andreea was the absolute best! She checked in on us throughout the night, was super attentive, and honestly brought the best vibes. The food was amazing, and would definitely recommend Elvira to my friends and family!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amy

Delicious, homestyle Italian food. Sooo good from appetizers to dessert. The atmosphere has the vintage charm of an Italian kitchen. And all of the employees were wonderful, we had great service from the host,the waiter and the bussers. Highly recommend.

Gabriela

We had such a wonderful experience at this restaurant. The food was delicious and felt worth the price. The staff was incredibly kind and ready to help in any way they could. The aesthetic was immersive as well! They had such cute decor. The atmosphere was perfect. My girlfriend and I came to celebrate an early Valentines and they made us feel super safe and welcomed. I'd say our experience was overall incredibly positive, and we'd be happy to come back again in the future. They were very LGBTQ+ friendly :)

Ed

Enjoyed our dinner at Elvira. Love the carbonara and the suppli appetizer. Look forward to going back soon.

laura

We dined with an early evening reservation on a Friday. We were seated after a 10 minute wait, where we were happy to explore the cute ambiance of the space. The theming was charming and warm. Great service, cozy and comfortable atmosphere, wonderful food, good pacing. Nick, our server, was kind, friendly, gave great recommendations, and when we let him know we were on a time crunch due to babysitter availability, he pushed the timing, though the pace was still very comfortable and we never felt rushed. We had a bit of a tight experience in the parking lot, but there was plenty of elbow room at our table. We were offered a complimentary toast of sparkling wine or nonalcoholic apéritif to celebrate our anniversary. We loved the meatball starter and both enjoyed pasta dishes. We look forward to returning for a date night and are excited to try their sister restaurant once we can get a reservation to correspond to a babysitter.

Emma

Food was great. Service kinda fell off towards the end and we had a birthday on our reservation that was never acknowledged.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Leon Schneiderman

A very cute place, which is themed like an Italian home kitchen from the 50s-60s, decorated with old radios and TVs. Perhaps we were unlucky, but our service was very slow, we didn't even get one of the drinks that we ordered or extra bread. The food was good, but frankly pretty pricey for what you get. I was really looking forward to my first Cacio e Peppe a year and a half since I had it in Rome, but it was not even close to the original - while the pasta was perfect al dented, it came in luke warm, was excessively salty and the sauce was a bit gritty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 2

Natalia Cuba

This places is soo good. I loved the Roman Specialty dishes. La Carbonara was a 10/10. Everything that we ordered was delicious. Totally recommend if you like authentic delicious Italian Food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lyds R.

Wow, Elvira was such a breath of fresh air! I’m not a fan of Italian food but we visited Elvira for a family birthday and were so impressed. It’s a closed-quarters and well-decorated restaurant with lots of ties to Italian culture all around. The staff were so eager to share their knowledge about the menu, and were able to answer our niche questions. They give complimentary bread which was delicious, and they replenish it as well! For the main course, we ordered the chicken, pork, and the carbonara pasta. All came at a reasonable time and were big portions, so consider splitting with someone else if you’re not too hungry. The chicken was well-seasoned and comes with great sides, including the broccoli and potato wedges. This was a hearty meal and each bite got better! It was my sister’s birthday, which I indicated on the reservation, so they had someone come and take a complimentary Polaroid photo for us! Overall, a wonderful family experience complete with great food and service, almost as if we were in Italy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Thomas Durick

Absolutely amazing! Food was incredible and the service cannot be topped. What a great place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alexia Smith

Best Italian food we've ever had

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jim Adamson

Great location and exceptional service. Went for wedding anniversary and as others have noted, really nice touch with complimentary proseco. The mussel appetizer was quite good and the lamb chop entre was great. The octopus special was fair and the server must have told the manager my wife didn't eat much because they took it off the bill. Unexpected, but welcome, and a refreshing example of attention to customer satisfaction. Will go back again when in town to try more (and will also try their related place Cesarina).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

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