Isola Osteria

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   Karen

   San Francisco

   13 reviews

   3.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   I usually love Isola Osteria as the food is wonderful. Saturday night the noise level was unbearable. We have been happy eating outside when the weather was decent. The indoor tables are too close together to mitigate the sound level. This is the second time that dining inside was unpleasant due to the noise. All it takes is one rowdy table to make everyone have to talk louder to hear each other. The wait staff also seemed stressed trying to deal with the overcrowding. They are usually very good. I will continue to patronize this restaurant on less busy days or when we can eat outside. Again - the food is really good as are the wine selections.
   

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   jody

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Great local eatery with excellent staff and food. Lamb shank was excellent and the drinks were great.
   

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   Lindsay

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 25 November 2024

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

   First time eating here and we will definitely be returning! Great overall experience.
   

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   sam

   San Francisco

   34 reviews

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   3.0

   34 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

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

   We love the place. The only real issue is they rush you through your meal. It’s understandable as the restaurant is small. During the cold weather it does stand to reason this will continue. The food is great.
   

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   Earl

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 18 November 2024

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

   We really enjoyed all of our food and as a group ended up sharing a little bit of each of our’s dishes. Very tasty. We also appreciated that the staff were all helping each other out and so there was never idle time when we didn’t t have someone available to serve our needs!!!
   

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   Sharon

   San Francisco

   34 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   34 reviews

   Dined on 17 November 2024

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

   Service was very slow. Kitchen is unorganized or bad communication with wait staff. We waited for over an hour before being told that they no longer had what we ordered. The pasta pesto was fine but nothing special. Drinks are good. Overall we will not be back.
   

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   Allan

   Las Vegas

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 16 November 2024

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

   The restaurant is excellent. We were in a large party and everyone was so accommodating. Our main waiter was excellent and he was so patient with us. The food is extraordinary and I will recommend to others. I have eaten at their past restaurants (Trattoria Siciliana Berkeley) in the past and it was excellent as well.
   

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   Mireille

   New York City

   4 reviews

   vip
   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 15 November 2024

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

   Great food Good waiter attendance Tablecloth will be a plus
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 10 November 2024

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

   Really good food but even with a reservation and arriving 10 minutes before our reservation time, we had to wait u til about 15-20 min after our reservation time to get seated at a high top table when we requested a normal inside table when we made the reservation. Overall very very noisy and not sure if it was cause we were at a high top or not but we didn’t have a waiter or waitress and someone random would just ask us if we we good every once in awhile or we had to flag them down to order stuff. Overall a good restaurant but it’s clear they need a bit longer to figure out their day to day operations and their bathroom situation isn’t preferable(only 1 restroom for the whole restaurant directly visible to the dining room, with very little waiting room).
   

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    Deanna

    Seattle

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 10 November 2024

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

    Delicious dinner and great company. The restaurant was bustling but the main room inside was a bit loud. Nonetheless, glad to see the restaurant thriving:-)
    

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