Upmarket chain for Italian dining, including freshly made pasta & bread from an in-house bakery. Based on 715 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
1555 Camino Del Mar #301, Del Mar, CA 92014
Phone: (858) 755-8876
Hours
| Friday | 12–10 PM |
| Saturday | 12–10 PM |
| Sunday | 12–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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12–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 12–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 12–9 PM |
| Thursday | 12–9 PM |
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Reservations: ilfornaio.comopentable.com
Reviews
Bella Scott
My recent visit to this restaurant was an absolute delight. From start to finish, the experience was fantastic. The highlight of my meal was the Casarecce Pesto e Pollo, which was incredibly delicious. The pasta was perfectly cooked, and the pesto sauce was creamy, flavorful, and had just the right amount of garlic. The chicken was tender and juicy, and the dish was topped with toasted pine nuts, which added a wonderful crunch.
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benjamin silverstein
I tell you what this place was one of the nicest and peaceful places I have eaten. Very courteous and professional are waiter was on point and the food was excellent.
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Don Quixote
We called the restaurant on a Saturday night at 9pm and asked the hostess how late they were open. She said they don’t like to serve past 9:30pm, but they are open until 10. She said take out was best option. We went ahead and went in and sat at bar so we could get in and out. Bartender was busy cleaning. This was at 9:10pm. We asked if he minded if we sat at the bar and he said it was fine, but he was closing up. Asked if we wanted menus and we took them. Ordered carpaccio and it was so so at best. Not the best beef quality. Went ahead and ordered a pizza to go so we could get out of the cleaning mode. Bartender recommended crispy so it would travel better. Got the pizza and took back to the house. Pizza was so soggy you could hardly pick it up. Kitchen was so obsessed with getting the place closed and getting out that they pulled it early. Truly a waste of time and money. I don’t get it, it was 9:30pm when we left and they don’t close until 10pm. If you want to close early, then close early but don’t tell people you are open if you’re not going to serve it well. We saw not one person that resembled a manager. Assuming they were doing check outs in back while the inmates ran the asylum. Not going back. Monarch around the corner is so much better and they don’t close on you early.
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Debjani Mitra
Food is good though service is quite terrible. They not only seemed understaffed but the hostess was not very professional. We booked a table on open table and got there on time, and was assigned a table in the middle of the covered patio sitting.
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Jay Jay Oktan
they serve the soup thumbs in it. i sent it back.ravioli was a disester..servers were unhappy and untrained but this place still.packed whats wrong with you people did you forget what a good restaurant is. i have known this place for 25 yesrs it is so sad to see it is going down.they split a glass of wine for two and they charged 2 dollars what a funny thing. and they charge 3% for something on the bill.get a sandwich and enjoy it at the patio is better.
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Sharon Black
Went here for Happy Hour (M-F from 3-6). It’s served only in their bar area. The food was good. We really like the cocktails and they were only $7! Everything on the happy hour menu was reasonably priced.
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Alex Sim
This place has ocean views to die for. I have been coming here for 20 years.
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Mark H
The food was so very good. Freshly made pasta, signature cocktails, and awesome appetizers. The service was perfect. The dining area was close to empty on a saturday afternoon before Easter. The hostess said we couldn’t set at a five top with a view because we were a party of four. We sat there anyway and ordered enough food and drinks to make up for the minus one. Go there, enjoy the view, the mouthwatering food, the make you happy cocktails, and tell the hostess to relinquish control!
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Jacob Renstrom
1 star because management somehow can’t afford to pay benefits and passes the cost into us.
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Lili Gao
Only had a light meal of tomato soup, not very memorable.
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