Local Kitchen and Wine Merchant

They have weird hours and aren't even open when the hours say they should be. Bummer to go all the way there and it's closed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

The best place in the neighborhood. Glad it reopened.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had an event here and all the staff were so warm and inviting! Our favs were the samosas and veggie eggrolls.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love this place but they are closed

Meat dish was tough and meh, good green beans and green salad. Limeaide is carbonated, they don't tell you that. No salt shakers.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Closed for a week without notice. Didn’t find out until I got to the restaurant. Don’t waste your customers time and update your hours on Google maps.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Closed when we went tonight. post your hours! Unreliable the past couple times I've been there. So I guess you have to call.

Took our reservation but were closed when we arrived at the reserved date and time

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Atmosphere and service was good. However food wasn’t very nice. I know italian foods are pretty salty but they were too much compared to other italian dishes.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The pragmatic and simple name of this SOMA restaurant belies the the rich grandeur of it's offerings. Local Kitchen and Wine Merchant's sleek, minimal design fools you into at first dismissing it. You've seen this blend of brushed metal, smooth marble, and flat lighting before, right? Yawn. But after a few minutes, you'll notice the distinctive touches like the black and white photographs that (salt and) pepper the minimal backdrop. Similarly, the Californian cuisine menu reveals itself to have some distinctive twists as well. The menu changes regularly but upon my visit there in December, I enjoyed the Mac n Cheese, made with some unique blends of exotic cheeses and my dinner companion had a equally savory and delicious pasta dish (sorry, can't recall the details other than it was made of "delicious").

And while we didn't try the wood-fired pizza's but if they tasted nearly as good as they smelled, I don't think you'd be disappointed. And the wine selection was impressively varied, spanning regions such as California, France, Spain and France, as well as unexpected places such as India and Japan.

Service was fine, not great but not poor. All in all, well worth checking out.

Feb 28, 2010

Made a reservation, but when we showed up the whole restaurant was closed for a private event. Fix your logistics.

2 big problems....

1) The funghi pizza was so bad that both my husband and I took one bite, gagged, and threw the rest of it away (after continuing to gag on the smell lingering in the car until we could get to a trash can).

2) Really unprofessional to take an order over the phone (Cacio e Pepe) and not tell the customer until they arrive to pick up their order that you can't make it because you already "did the last firing" (what does that even mean?!)...especially weird to say all that when you don't close for another hour.

High praise! Walk in on a Wednesday and was treated like a local. Familial and welcoming. Recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Local, Local Pizza

The food was absolutely amazing! I couldn’t stop eating!!! Cooked to perfection and the drinks were delicious

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great customer service with a warm atmosphere.The food was delicious and light and left me feeling energized. The Owner was first class and and hands on with customers service.I’ve never seen an owner inner acted with his customers as much as Jeff, he definitely made everyone feel at home and I would recommend his restaurant to everyone.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5