Il Fornaio - Walnut Creek

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   Sally

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Wonderful restaurant for special event. Our girls birthday group had a great lunch. Fabulous food and service. Pear salad is top notch.
   

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   Annette

   San Francisco

   15 reviews

   vip
   1.0

   15 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   This was our second Thanksgiving there and if we had this experience the first time we would not have come back. We were seated 40 minutes after our reservation time, our table was too small for our party, we received the first course before we even received our drink order, and our Thanksgiving meal was served cold, stuffing soggy, and we had to ask for basic things like serving utensils and salt/pepper. Service was chaotic at best, and they could not handle the amounts of people/reservations that were there. Such an opposite experience than last year, we will not be back.
   

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   Flo

   San Francisco

   12 reviews

   4.0

   12 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   We celebrate Thanksgiving and Xmas at Il Fornaio in Walnut Creek every year for several years now.. Almost everything is very good except for the service. The wait in our cocktails and food was ridiculous. This issue is every year.
   

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   Sharon

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Service was good. Food was ok but Caesar salad is not the best. Dressing tasteless and wet romaine. Turkey dinner was good. Soup was outstanding!
   

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   Lori

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The restaurant was very festive and beautiful. It was very busy as it was Thanksgiving day. The service was good, however the food was not hot when served. It was barely warm. Hot food should be hot when served!
   

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   Michele

   Berlin

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Il Fornaio is consistently good. It was Thanksgiving and it was bustling. Alex our waiter was great
   

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   Diane

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   I always enjoy eating at Il Fornaio. They have a great selection of choices on their menu. For holidays, they have a set holiday meal as well as other options. The service is great and everyone is friendly and helpful. The decor is lovely and the layout is perfect. There are two “enclosed porch” areas as well as the main restaurant seating. I believe there is something for everyone.
   

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   Ed-Deb

   San Francisco

   14 reviews

   4.0

   14 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was a lovely Thanksgiving meal. The price was right. Nice ambience. Our server, Sherry, was fabulous! My only complaint is that there wasn't enough food. We were a group of 3 so they served us family style. And there just wasn't enough food for 3 of us. There was barely enough stuffing/dressing or turkey. I wish they would have served individual plates instead. But otherwise it was very nice.
   

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   Paulette

   San Francisco

   9 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Great food! Party of 8 for a Thanksgiving dinner. We had a few traditional meals and a few non turkey dinners. Cesar salad was fabulous, bread yummy, pasta delicious. Yams were so good. Cranberry quality tart and scrumptious. Turkey moist and tasty. Ham holiday meal also very very good! Service very attentive. We were not rushed through a meal although they were packed.
   

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    Ken

    Tahoe

    24 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    24 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Great food and service. We always enjoy eating here.
    

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