This is my favorite Italian Restaurant. The pastas taste for fresh and delicious. Everything I have tried is so tasty. The ambiance is very cute and nice. The staff are friendly and provide great service. Highly recommend!

The best! Ambience Food this is it. This is life and at its finest. You can get fancy all you want but the ambience and the food are AAA+. This is the most romantic place. My heart almost crying thinking about it writing in this. It's such a wonderful place. If you're not a San Francisco local reading this which I'm assuming because you're on yelp, please obey some rules of ethics if you go here: smile, keep your phone off, be kind, patient, and tip 20%+

Excellent trattoria style Italian food, felt just like being back in Italy! Very comfortable and intimate dining setting with friendly attentive service! We had gnocchi with pesto which was really a stand out, the pesto sauce was so good!

Great tasty pasta, cute Italian decor, and fast and friendly service. Nothing that really blew me away, and it's definitely on the pricier side, but definitely a solid option for some good pasta!

I don't leave many reviews. This is THE place for classic, no frills, tasty Italian food. Small place run by an Italian couple. Comfort Italian at its best! Excellent pizza, fresh salad, tasty pasta and savory saltimbocca, all excellent. And they have dessert and espresso!! Great for a pre-show meal within 10 mins of the opera house.

I've walked by this place several times and finally tried it last night. It was deserted (my partner and I were the only patrons the entire time we were sitting there, which could be a pro or con I suppose depending on how you like your dining experience). The inside is cute and cozy! We got some focaccia for free (yay!) and ordered a bruschetta to start, which was really delicious - the tomatoes and garlic were super fresh and yummy. I got the pasta primavera and enjoyed it - I thought the noodles were cooked well and the sauce was tasty. My partner got the bolognese and felt slightly more bearishly - he felt that it was just okay. The staff was nice, and I think I'll be back if I'm looking for a quick and reliable dinner in the Hayes Valley area!

The restaurant felt very authentic with the ambiance, set up and service. The menu had a good variety of pastas, salads and pizzas at a very good price in SF. Portion sizes were quite large and the pasta was cooked to a good al dente. Really enjoyed the service as well!

No one told me the real Little Italy is in Hayes??? Kidding, but stepping into this restaurant really does feel like you're stepping into Europe (all they need to do is cover up the windows for true immersion because the SF outside does clash a bit with the quaint Italian street aesthetic within). My partner noticed that the Yelp reviews for this restaurant were really divided, but that the 5 stars ratings were raving about its authenticity, so we were really excited. The waitstaff was friendly and humorous. They weren't super educated on vegetarianism (no hard feelings, most places aren't) so we went with originally vegetarian dishes (eggplant pasta and the vegetarian lasagna) instead of choosing a meat dish with substitutions. We got complimentary bread, lots of it. The food itself was prepared really fast, was presented really well, had huge portion sizes (I was F U L L), and it was so so tasty too! Chef's kiss. And it ended up being surprisingly affordable for a "fancy" dinner date! Wold recommend the dishes we got if you like cheese/cream (lasagna) or a bit of a pleasant kick (eggplant pasta).