Local hangout features wood-fired pizza & Italian fare plus outdoor seating & a buzzing happy hour. Based on 319 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
2514 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: (510) 649-1031
Website: http://www.paisanberkeley.com/
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Hours
| Friday | 4–9 PM |
| Saturday | 4–9 PM |
| Sunday | 4–8 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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4–8 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 4–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 4–8 PM |
| Thursday | 4–8 PM |
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Reviews
Durga Kale
Good place for dinner, but little underwhelmed overall. The ambience is decent, and the best part is mellow music that doesn’t drown your voice.
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Suckafree MissP
Great ambiance and very friendly staff. Started with a Cesar Salad and Cheese Curds (both yum) and ordered salmon with couscous and summer pizza at the bar where we watched the Olympics. Salmon was deliciously cooked the couscous had a delectable light flavor to it. Pizza crust was cooked perfectly crisp and toppings were light and flavorful. Will definitely return, especially to try the desserts
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Jacob Koester
Good, unique pizza. The crust is really biscuity and tasty — would complement meat toppings very well. I was disappointed in the margherita, however. It was basically a cheese pizza. Should be renamed to a cheese pizza. Apparently, the paisan pizza is much more in line with a traditional margherita. Regardless, I’d still happily go back to try a different pizza next time.
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julie tsukahira
You can never go wrong with their pizza. My favorite is the potato and pancetta. I love risotto, so I couldn’t pass it up on this last visit… and I’m glad I got it! It was very flavorful and filling. Parking can be tough since its located on a busy street (San Pablo), but its definitely worth your patience finding a spot.
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Missy Mapue
Loved loved loved PAISAN! Had my wedding reception here of 80 guests and it was beautiful, everything was perfect, food was amazing (all my guests kept saying so!) & the manager that day and the servers were all so accommodating to us and any last minute requests we needed. They even allowed us to set up the night before after the restaurant closed, thank you Paisan!
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Bryan Donaldson
I really liked this place. It was recommended by the owner of ohmega II lighting and he was right on the money. Very relaxing atmosphere, wonderful staff, beautiful patio, reasonably priced and incredibly delicious. The Bolognese was paired with the valplolicella, a recommendation by my waiter, which really complimented the complex flavors of their Bolognese. I love this place and will be back soon.
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Jorge Garcia R.
Great place to go and experience good Italian food. Also the customer service is good.
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Daniel McMullan
My sister came up from San Diego with my niece for my birthday and treated us all to to a fine takeout dinner from Paisan. Everyone ordered steaks but I had the rigatoni and meatballs and we all thoroughly enjoyed the food. While waiting for our food my niece and I ordered a drink from the longbranch next door and boy good thing the food came quicky for those Manhattans had a bit o’ jet fuel in them. But they were fun and it is just a nice atmosphere there all in all.
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Brad H
A friend suggested we grab dinner last night and wile an easy suggestion on a rainy day off, not such an easy task during all this mess.
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Federico Brooks
Edit: after 2 more visits to Paisan I had to add another star. Both times the pizzas were amazing. What you read below is from my older review (4 stars)
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