San Diego Italian Restaurants

Pizza

1. Venetian Restaurant

interior. The food however was just okay.  Not bad, not great, but just good enough no to really elicit any complaints and satiate our hunger.  Had the Med pizza and the pasta farfalle.  Both lacked any...

2. Florencias Pizza

Neighborhood: North Park

modern fashion that looks like you are literally sitting at some cafe somewhere in Italy. The staff is very nice and professional, even on the phone. Their pizza is good, but that's not what...

3. Lido's Italian Foods

Neighborhood: Lemon Grove

All I can say is that they bring you out cheeze-its, the american cheese in the plastic wrappers cut into squares and salami triangles for your appetizer.  WTF?  Pizza crust was ok - heartburn city...

4. Paesano Italian Food

Neighborhood: North Park

$15 and the pizza options are endless.    On a recent trip here I had some pizza and the chicken marsala.  The chicken was fine but the sauce was too thin and could have used more flavor...

5. Etna Restaurant

Neighborhood: City Heights

this place is horrible, the pizza tastes like cardboard, and I just can't believe how anyone can think this is good tasting pizza...just sad. I think that because they are open late that they have...

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Pasta

1. Devine Pastabilities

Neighborhood: Midway

when we got there, so who'd have thought?  i give them a star for the idea of stuffing bread with pasta and the  fact everything is made to order and the portions are huge but the actual food is sort...

2. Arrivederci…

Neighborhood: Hillcrest

the veal is a very in demand food, thus it took forever to make, and hence the 30 minutes of wait time.  but the pasta was simply divine! the waiters were charming! and to make up for the long wait...

3. Piatti Ristorante &…

Neighborhood: La Jolla Shores

to it.   For lunch, since I love seafood, I naturally went with the linguine alla pescatora, which was pasta topped with mussels, clams, shrimp, calamari, and fish. Although I didn't really taste the pepper...

4. Pepe's Italian

Neighborhood: Ocean Beach

Very tasty pasta dishes and salads.  Calzones are good too.  I just wish they didn't use styrofoam plates!  Also, I won't eat here if it's over 75-80 degrees.  They don't have AC and with that pizza...

5. Lorna's Italian…

Neighborhood: La Jolla

Went here for the first time Sunday for a party, we had the back room by the kitchen.  Our friends love this place ( hence the party there). I had  a shrimp and Pasta dish and it was good ( tho I...

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