8 italian rooms in San Francisco we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Francisco | Italian across every city.
Italian cooking in San Francisco runs from North Beach old-guard to Mission pasta rooms. Sotto Mare and Molinari Delicatessen carry the North Beach tradition on Green and Columbus, while Delfina and Flour + Water in the Mission helped define the city's modern pasta scene. Cotogna near the Embarcadero and Piccino in Dogpatch fill out the contemporary trattoria range.
Sotto Mare ★ 4.5
north-beach · 552 Green Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
Sotto Mare in San Francisco is the North Beach Italian seafood room that does the city's best cioppino, a 12-table room that takes a few reservations.
Che Fico ★ 4.4
lower-pac-heights · 838 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Che Fico in San Francisco is David Nayfeld's Roman-leaning Italian on Divisadero, with Roman-Jewish artichokes, real Vesuvian pizza and a long Italian wine.
Scoma's ★ 4.3
north-beach · 1965 Al Scoma Way, Pier 47, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA 94133
Scoma's in San Francisco is the 1965 Pier 47 seafood room at Fisherman's Wharf, with the Lazy Man's cioppino served from a 60-year-old family recipe.
Cotogna ★ 4.5
embarcadero · 490 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
Cotogna in San Francisco is Michael Tusk's casual Italian next to three-star Quince, with a wood oven turning out pizza and a Piedmontese pasta board.
Delfina ★ 4.4
the-mission · 3621 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Delfina in San Francisco is Craig and Annie Stoll's Mission trattoria, open since 1998, with a Tuscan-leaning pasta board and a roast chicken benchmark.
Flour + Water ★ 4.3
the-mission · 2401 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Flour + Water in San Francisco is Thomas McNaughton's Mission pasta-and-pizza house, with a daily handmade pasta board and a Neapolitan oven up front.
Piccino ★ 4.3
dogpatch · 1001 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Piccino in San Francisco is the Dogpatch Italian on a yellow corner, with wood-oven pizza. Priced at $$$. At 1001 Minnesota Street. Booking recommended.
Molinari Delicatessen ★ 4.7
373 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
Molinari Delicatessen in San Francisco is the 1896 North Beach Italian counter, with house-cut salumi, focaccia sandwiches and a line every weekday at noon.