Comments on: Sodini's Bertolucci's Ristorante: Reviews

By: george

george — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:47:31 +0000

Went there as a solo diner Tuesday at 7pm. Walked out at 715pm. Horrible service. Repeatedly told someone would be right with me, but they weren't. Wasn't even offered a drink while waiting.

By: janece

janece — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:59:48 +0000

Re recent re-broadcast of Pat Kuleto show — Maria Manso's restaurant in San Rafael has been closed for something like two years now; please add a note if you're going to play it yet again. Thanks.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:28:28 +0000

I work nearby and have seen the red sign off 101 many times, and wanted to visit due to having this restaurant on my list due to its strong recommendation from the Check Please trio. I found the experience mediocre – edible, but not deserving the high praise from the Check Please trio. It's been over 2 years since that show and from reading the reviews perhaps the ownership has changed. I enjoyed the atmosphere – old Italian family style, with tables not crammed together but very comfortably spaced apart. The bathroom had a lot of delightful rat pack photos including Frankie's mug shot right over the toilet – loved it! But the food was just OK and the service below par. My brother had a dinner salad and the linguini with mussels and clams. The salad looked fresh, though a bit sparse of items beyond the lettuce – could use a bit more of the garbanzo and other beans, etc. His seafood linguini looked good and he had a large portion – as mentioned as typical from the Check Please show. I had had asked the waitress for her recommendation between the spaghetti and meatballs or lasagne. She instantly said the lasagna, so I went with that. I also had a side of steamed vegetables. The lasagna was a medium or slightly small sized portion – not a generous one like I was expecting. Plus is was mostly cheese – hardly any pasta, hardly any beef. But it was decent tasting. The service was below par. Although she was very pleasant, she was in her own world: hard to get her attention (even when right at the next booth) and not attentive to either us or the duties of a waiter/waitress at an Italian restaurant. I had to wait and finally flag down another waitress for the balsamic vinegar and oil for the focaccia bread (which was good). She never took away the used salad plate from my brother. We had to wait a long while to finally ask her to bring the parmesan cheese for the linguini (not freshly grated at the table but a previously grated bowl, though reasonably fresh). She never asked us for dessert, so after waiting a long time with empty plates at our table we decided to instead just ask for the check. We benefitted from our absent-minded waitress in the end. Our pleasant and cheerful waitress seemed to undercharge us. Overall, a comfy decent place but not worth going out of one's way for. Go to Ristorante Parma in SF for lasagna that sets the bay area standard for me, so far.

By: Agustin Simon

Agustin Simon — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:38:38 +0000

I went Friday because of the good reviews I had seen on both TV and on the Internet. The foccaccia was flavorless. The Calamari was Ok. The Wine was good. The Minestrone need it salt. The Caprese was delicious. The grated cheese was nice and fresh. The water they serve initially sucked it was so awful. So you need to request bottled water or carbonated water. The Linguini al fruti di mare was the only other decent plate we had that was worth eating. The grilled chicken needed some kind of flavor or at least salt. The chicken parmiggiana was awful The worst thing was the angel hair, which was the special for the day. My three year old niece could have make it better. The Fettucini Alfredo was so so. The service was mediocre. I would reccomend anyone who goes there to go and try a taqueria named "El Farolito, which is not too far away from this restaurant at a much lower price. Taqueria "EL Farolito we found by walking by it is located at 394 Grand Ave. South San Francisco. and however goes there will spend less than one quarter of what this restaurant charges for the food and the quality is ten times better

By: D

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:00:26 +0000

My wife and myself have eaten at Bertolucci's numerous times under both ownerships. We never had a bad meal until last week. I ordered the Petrale Sole and was extremely disappointed with the sole; it was HORRIBLE. The Petrale Sole was either old and/or frozen. It was dipped in egg batter and then fried in oil and butter. It was floating in the grease.

By: WINSLOW FAMILY

WINSLOW FAMILY — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:02:06 +0000

WE HAVE BEEN TO SODINI'S RESTAURANT SEVERAL TIMES, FOOD ALWAYS VERY GOOD. A FEW SUGGESTIONS THOUGH, THE ICE TEA HAS NO FLAVOR, IT IS LIKE WATER, NEEDS TO BE LIKE ICE TEA. THE BREAD WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER IF IT WERE WARMED SOME, ICE COLD.
THE WINSLOW FAMILY

By: Local SSF Gal

Local SSF Gal — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:09:15 +0000

I've enjoyed meals here on a number of occasions. If offered, I would bathe in their luscious creamy cheesy polenta. This is the stuff dreams are made of. This is an old school restaurant, you'll want to plan for a couple hours at least. Cocktail, Appetizer, salad/soup, main course. Good times.

By: JEMK

JEMK — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:48:05 +0000

I was excited to go. Ventured to South SF. Had an all around mediocre experience. Will not return as there are so many great italian joints in San Francisco to revisit and explore.

By: MR AND MRS WINSLOW

MR AND MRS WINSLOW — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:49:59 +0000

THE FOOD IS VERY GOOD AND THE SERIVE GREAT. THE BREAD WOULD BE BETTER IF WARM, IT WAS COLD. THE SALAD WAS NOT GOOD, COULD NOT FIND THE CREAMY DRESSING AND THERE WERE FEW BEANS ON ONE SMALL SLICE OF TOMATOE. THE GLASS OF HOUSE WINE GOOD, BUT BOWL OF WINE GLASS VERY SMALL. BUT THE MAIN DISHES WERE VERY GOOD AND THE DESERTS WERE VERY GOOD. WE WILL GO BACK MANY TIMES, A VERY GOOD RESTAURANT. PARKING NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

By: Stef & Andy

Stef & Andy — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:31:21 +0000

My husband has lived in the Bay Area all his life and remembers eating at Bertolucci's as a young child, but had not been back in many many years. After seeing a review on Check Please, we decided to check it out. We sat at a large booth in the bar area, which provided a quiet cozy feeling for our meal. Our waitress was very friendly and reccomended some dishes to us. I ordered the Chicken Sodini which is a pounded & grilled chicken breast topped with ham, mozarella cheese, and alfredo sauce. My husband ordered the pepper steak which was a NY strip topped with a peppercorn cream sauce. Both dishes came with vegetables and polenta. Both meals came with soup or salad as a starter, we had the minestrone which we both really liked. We also enjoyed their foccacia bread which is made in-house: soft, buttery, with a nice crisp top. Everything was excellent. The charring on the steak was perfect. The chicken was moist and flavorful. BUT THE POLENTA…..my husband is a chef and NO ONE makes polenta as good as him….until now. It was cheesy, creamy, good form….a little taste of heaven. We paid our compliments to the owner who was very gracious. We highly reccomend this restaurant for Italian/American fare….reasonably priced….our total bill was about $50 (no drinks).