We have not visited this place in many years. The service the was great. Everyone there was super friendly and we got seated right away even though they were busy. The place has a great vibe. We did not order cocktails but they looked amazing. We ordered a couple pastas and were quite disappointed. They were just OK. We ordered an uni pasta that had a dash of uni and did not taste like it. We expected more from a $40+ pasta. The other pasta I don't remember because it was not special either. Well at least it wasn't a 40dl pasta! Not sure that I would come back for dinner. Maybe just pizza at the pac heights location tbh. read more

This was my first time at the new location. Excellent everything from beginning til the end. Great tasting wine, calamari and duck. Excellent service. Also price is reasonable comparable to similar food and service offered. Would go again read more

Terrible service. Felt like the staff was upset at us the entire time we were there. Food was good, but overpriced and nothing to write home about. Was expecting a lot better! read more

We came here for a late Friday night dinner with our two doggos without a reservation. We were given a outdoor table promptly. Our dogs got lots of attention and they seemed to enjoy the experience. We are big pizza fans and were a little disappointed that their pizza options are limited. Our disappointment soon vanished after trying their Funghi pizza. The mushrooms tasted fresh and had a good amount of umami. Our favorite dish was the duck breast, which was juicy and tender. Bubba also loved it too. We couldn't pass up the spritz on the menu. Their Lotano spritz transported me back to a warm summer's day on a cold November night. The wait for Delfina to reopen was worth it. read more

Always fantastic and consistently great staff. I've been coming here since it opened and always recommend to people visiting SF. This place is iconic in the food landscape of the city. Never had a bad meal here. read more

Every moment here felt a little magical. The staff made going above and beyond seem effortless, the off-menu specials and secret wine pours made the whole experience. The vibe of the restaurant is authentic and still trendy. The server was genuinely kind and hilarious, there wasn't a single bad dish and the espresso martinis were perfection. This is a must while you're in SF. read more

Good food and good service . I got a mock tail with funghi pizza . Will come back here again read more

Delfina - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

Delfina is by far our favorite "neighborhood" spot. And when your neighborhood is some of the best food in SF, that's saying something. The best part by far is the service. They never fail to work their hardest to make sure you are happy. Whether we don't have reservations, or it's taking them 5 minutes longer to seat us than anticipated, they are always so customer forward that we feel well taken care of. The inside is classic mid-century modern, lively but cozy. And then the food is amazing. Every time. The pomodorro is like crack. But don't forget to keep trying new things. read more

Delfina - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

A decade ago, I stumbled upon Delfina, an SF Italian staple nestled in the Mission. It was my first "real" Italian restaurant dining experience. Being a young college student, I was perplexed by the menu. Words like Aperitif, Spuntini, and Antipasti all seemed so foreign to me. Kudos to my server that night for teaching me how to order like a Sicilian. I walked into Delfina a boy and left a man. After a decade hiatus, I had the pleasure of dining in twice last month. Both times, the host greeted us warmly and quickly sat us. The lighting seems dimmer than before and the interior appears to be remodeled. At the host's stand, a full cocktail bar sits on your left and a semi-open kitchen to your right. A high ceiling paired with hanging lights and geometric tiled flooring allows Delfina to be that swanky restaurant.   We began the night with liver crostini, insalata di campo, and deviled eggs. The liver crostini was exceptional! A warm and savory chicken liver pate sits on top of a toast with a crispy exterior and a buttery soft interior. Every bite had immense flavor, probably why the chef included raw radishes as a complimentary palate cleanser. For the Primi course, we were interested in the Trippa alla Fiorentina or Florentine style tripe, essentially a tripe stew cooked in tomato sauce. Our server described it in detail and recommended the Delfina bread for accompaniment. The stew arrives piping hot in a cast iron pan and smells incredible. The tripe had perfect texture. Chewy but edible, just slightly gamey, pairing well with the rich flavored sauce. The Delfina bread is not your ordinary loaf, we're talking about a fresh baked focaccia, right amount of thickness, light and airy. Perfect for soaking up all the tomato stew. This dish was everything everywhere all at once. It reminded me of Menudo, or braised tripe from Dim Sum. Delfina Pizza is consistently top tier, both the margherita pizza and lamb sausage pizza were delicious. You better believe there are no floppy slices, no water drainage, and no burnt crust. For our Secondi course, we had the wood-grilled short rib for two, lamb leg, and the duck breast. Unfortunately, all the main entrees tasted overly salty and we failed to finish them. The night was capped off with pistachio gelato and shots of digestifs. Rich and creamy, not too sweet, and full of nutty flavor. I wished they sold it in pints. I love dining here and Delfina definitely has a special place in my heart. A restaurant of this caliber is a must visit and I can't wait to return. read more

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Very cute place, easy to make reservations and the ambiance is quiet and intimate. The food was delicious specially the squash tortellini. I would say portion size is on the smaller side and the food took a while to come out because the restaurant was very busy. Would come back! read more

Delfina - Pizza margaritta - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

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My friend set up my birthday dinner here and it was amazing. Always a gamble when trying out a new restaurant on a special day but so glad she chose Delfina. We had good food, great service and it was a total vibe. Of the different dishes we had the Sformato was absolutely perfect. I had the root down duck breast as my main. I couldn't bring myself to offer any to my friends as I wanted it all for myself. It's the next day and I'm still dreaming about that duck. I will definitely be back to Delfina. It was the perfect start to my birthday celebration! read more

First timer to Delfina and had a great visit! Check out my photos for everything we ordered, all delicious. Service was excellent and the décor was beautiful. The restaurant is very popular so definitely recommend reservations. Thanks for a wonderful evening! read more

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We were immediately impressed by how efficiently the waiting crowd was handled upon opening at 5:30. Everyone was friendly, the food came quickly. The tagliatelle with ragu was fabulous - the pasta cooked perfectly. Looking forward to going back next time we're in town. read more

Delfina is an amazing food establishment that helps out the community! I work for a non-profit where our programs are volunteer ran and Delfina was nice enough to donate food for our hard working volunteers. The food delicious, and it was delivered right on the time agreed upon. The lasagna and potato gratinata was delicious and a favorite amongst the group. We are thankful for Delfina and will definitely purchase food from them in the future! read more

Delfina - Food delivered for our program volunteers! - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

We got pizza here a couple years ago when visiting and recalled it being excellent. Back in town for a few days we ordered a Prosciutto Pie last night to go. We are light eaters and love thin crust pizza. This pizza is the thinnest we've ever had. While the prosciutto was nice, the pizza was so thin and light that we were still hungry afterwards. That never happens. We thankfully had leftovers to warm up. Definitely not as satisfying as our previous visit. read more

Love love love this place. I've only been once but I can't wait to come back. Definitely make a reservation, it gets busy and it's a popular spot. The interior is so cute, great place for a date or intimate dinner with a small group. It's not a huge spot so I wouldn't suggest it for big groups. The service was great, they were kind and walked us through the menu. We basically got everything they suggested since it was our first time. I got an espresso martini, it was great. I can't remember the app she suggested but I think it wasThe server suggested to order the Hay and Straw. I still think about that pasta and will def order it next time. We also had 2 desserts- the affogato and panna cotta. I didn't like the margerum amaro in the affogato, I thought it was too strong. The panna cotta was amazing, def order it.....By the end of this review I ended up making a reservation to come back :) read more

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Worst food and coupled with really bad service. Zero modifications allowed even with allergies. Food was horribly salty and waitress could care less. Would never go here. It's not authentic Italian - more so a artsy take on Italian. No shell fish - just odd and off and did I say so salty your teeth hurt! read more

We could only get a really late reservation but we got here early and they sat us right away. For being somewhat late, the place was crowded. The food came out fairly quickly and everything was really good. The service was also good. I've been wanting to come here for a long time and I am glad I finally got to do it. read more

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I was heartbroken the day they closed their downtown location. But this location will have to do. Delfina is my #1 spot when it comes to a margarita pizza, it's just always sooooo good. They also have really good cocktails and salads. You can't go wrong with any of their pizzas or drinks! read more

This is one of my favorite pizza in town. Light dough, good quality ingredients, fast service, friendly. Sometimes they have live music.

Whenever I visit pacific heights I stop by Delfina for a quick thin salsaccia pizza. It's delicious quick. The seasonal salad is large most recently with persimmons. There are wines by the glass also their version of a spritz, soft drinks, beer with no alcohol. Occasionally I also finish my dinner with a creamy scoop of ice cream or tiramisu (yes they have that some times). One of the best is to top the pizza with their home dried herbs. Indoor and outdoor seating available. The parklet is not too cold on a sf day and is dog friendly. Park above the hill in streets and further away. The parking lot next door sometimes have broken windows from theft read more

We dined in for early dinner on a Saturday and it was quite crowded. I highly recommend making a reservation like I did! We sat in the back corner so it was very secluded. I loved every dish that we ordered especially the tripe dish! It's one of San Francisco's best offal dishes hands down! read more

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I really love to order from here and great food for kids. They need to do a much better job on service. It's always an issue at this place. So my suggestion is enjoy the food and deal with the rude staff. read more

What can I say....just an amazing dinner. This is an edit. Ate here again on 8.4.24. Had the ragu again but also the insalata di campo. Salad was amazing. Lots of bitter greens like I like. Perfectly dressed. And of course the ragu was unbelievable. On nothing to change in the original review I guess: Here restoring the Castro theatre so I'm exploring lots of food options but also not trying to break the bank which is easy to do in this town being from the Midwest. I figured I'd splurge a little bit tonight. I knew it was going to be good when they brought out the bread. The bread was amazing. And then the Taglietelle ragu was phenomenal. Literally the best pasta dish I've had since spending summers in Italy as a youth and young adult (my mother was from there, Genova, and my dad worked for TWA so we flew for free there every summer to go spend with her sisters family). Now....the serving size was not huge. But totally consistent with portion size for being more of a fine dining establishment. If one ordered an appetizer and/or a salad it would be more than enough food. In my case, I just changed my order for a single piece of bread to the four pieces (also because the bread was soooooo good. Literally I can't rave about the bread enough). And I'm perfectly content. Total is like $40 before tip. Just water for me of course. And the argue was too notch. Great was great. Knew the menu well. Anyway, very highly recommended. Definitely a great place to take a date or anniversary dinner or whatever. . read more

Delfina - Insalata Di Campo - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

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I dined here the first weekend of indoor service in the newly renovated space and was sadly very disappointed by the experience. It was actually a surprise dinner for my husband's birthday and to wind up feeling as we did about the food was a shock to both of us because we had always loved both Delfina and Pizzeria Delfina pre-pandemic and even as a delivery option through the pandemic. It just really felt like the kitchen didn't have a good handle on the flavor profiles of the menu items. Moreover, the menu itself felt disjointed, like we weren't really on a consistent culinary journey from dish to dish. For dinner, two of us split the deviled eggs with whitefish and fried capers, the endive salad with salmon roe, the spaghetti pomodoro, the tagliatelle al ragu, and the mortadella pizza. The pizza was a substitute for the gnocchi with truffles. At the time we ordered, we were told they were out of that dish. I asked -- which part of it? They said the gnocchi --and since this was what my husband was most looking forward to, I asked if they could sub a different pasta. They said, "No, the chef doesn't do substitutions" -- which rubbed me the wrong way because we weren't asking for personal preference or to be fussy, you just didn't prepare enough pasta and so you should be willing to salvage the dish with another pasta. But whatever, we didn't push that. We also inquired about a pasta dish they showed as being a menu option on their social media in the 24 hours before our reservation that we had been exited about and were told "That was just a teaser, we haven't been offering that in a while." Just really odd when the post literally said "Now serving inside as well as in our parklet" from the evening prior (a Friday night, so can't even say this was a weekend change) -- so, needless to say, we did already feel like our selections were "B team." As it pertained to the actual food. Eggs were a bit soggy, the capers weren't crispy, and they served five fourths to two people, which is odd. The filling was OK though. The salad was a complete mish mash of flavors all competing with each other - bitter endives, multiple different herbs and seemingly also arugula, and then the salmon roe was almost totally lost to those flavors while also being extremely mushy and nearly liquifying. The pizza was awful other than the crust. The mortadella was a complete afterthought. They put it on top after cooking what is actually a pepper chunk and red onion pizza, two flavors that COMPLETELY overwhelm the mortadella. Something lighter like Castelvetrano olives and Meyer lemon could have been nice. This was just in your face peppers and onions. The pastas were both average. My husband said of the pomodoro - "this is very one note and also very sweet, and I feel like this came off of a kids menu." The ragu was probably the best dish we had other than the actual pizza crust, but the pasta was drowning in the ragu. I'm really saddened by this experience. This is not even close to the quality and the flavors we're used to over the many years we've been coming here. The menu was also very lacking on vegetables, which we'd always felt they excelled at. I really don't see us returning unless we see big menu changes. Right now, they barely even have an accurate sample menu to be seen. The one on their website has the same items repeated over and over in each section, and clearly we also now know their social media isn't a good indicator of what they're serving. read more

Great food - but why the obscure "service fee" EVEN ON TAKEOUT??? What "service" am I getting when I'm literally picking up my food from the coutner? Just make your prices sufficient to cover your costs instead of sneakily hiding fees on in the fine print that diners don't see until checkout or the end. I'd hoped the new junk fee ban being enacted soon would have gotten rid of this misleading nonsense, but restaurants have found a way to buy their way into an exception for it. Delfina takes advantage of people by taking on this fee. Set your prices appropriately to cover your costs instead of misleading people. read more

Delicious but the portions are just so small. You'd have to order two pasta dishes to feel full.

My daughter and I went here while on a trip to San Francisco and had an incredible meal, plus the service was absolutely fabulous. We checked in with the host, and she said it would be a 20-30 minute wait and offered to get us drinks while we waited. Their bar area wasn't open, but we sat on a small bench outside the restaurant and enjoyed people-watching while we had our drinks. Then the hostess came to tell us she had found a place for us to sit--it was a small alcove area that was perfect for the two of us. And I appreciated that she made the effort to find space for us. My daughter and I shared a salad as well as the tagliatelle and one of their pizzas. It was the perfect amount of food for us. The tagliatelle was absolutely delicious, and the pizza was just as good. We had the sausage pizza, and the crust was thin and crispy, while the spices were just perfect. I can't say enough about the tagliatelle, other than that it was one of the best pasta dishes I've had. Hands down, one of the best meals I've ever had. read more

Delfina - Insalata Tricolore - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

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A couple of friends had recommended Delfina as I was looking for restaurants for a client dinner. Due to the size of our group, we opted for a set menu. The food was delicious and service was amazing. My personal faves: the calamari and the lamb. I highly recommend! read more

I've taken an edible and can't fall asleep so here's a quick and dirty review of Delfina. The order: focaccia, artichokes, eggplant pizza and tequila spritz. Pizza was pretty solid, focaccia was soft but very cold, artichokes tasted like thanksgiving and weren't fully trimmed, and drinks were pretty weak. Managed to forgo my puffy jacket on a breezy night while sitting in the parklet, so 10/10 for heat lamps. Overall was fine, but not sure why you'd go here over Vico cavone, Itria or flour and water. read more

Excellent Italian food with great wine and friendly staff. Sit at the counter to watch the kitchen in action.

Visited for dinner with some friends who live nearby and swear by this place. Everything we ate and drank was incredible, and I was very impressed by how knowledgeable the wait staff was about the menu. The spaghetti sauce tasted so clearly of freshly picked tomatoes - amazing! My lasagna was the lightest version of the dish I've ever had. The panna cotta with fresh strawberries was magnificent. read more

Delfina - Latkes - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

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We were running late due to traffic for my wife's birthday dinner before heading to the theater. We also had an additional member in our party. The service was outstanding and understanding our limitations. We had to rush through but the food was spectacular, very tasty and a lot or depth of flavor. A lot of contemporary and delicious innovations on traditional Italian. Will definitely be back again and could not recommend more highly. read more

omg! Even after 25 years, this place is the best in SF. Just had a rockin' new years eve dinner ( huge shout out to Angela- absolute gem of a server). This has been our go-to for a quarter of a century (now I feel old, but I'm actually not, lol) and it kept us steady with pop ups during the pandem, and now is still on best form all these years later. I'm a bit in awe. How do you keep up this level of greatness? Thank you read more

4.0* on yelp...Naah! This place is a 5 for sure! We had my wife's birthday there for a group of 15. The food was great, the service outstanding (Kira was our server and the rest of the staff was friendly, helpful and welcoming) and the general vibe was on! Highly recommend! read more

We loved this restaurant. From the check in to the check out, Delfina has outstanding service and food. We had to have the Tartine bread and sweet butter. The server gave us great suggestions for the Italian wine that I had no familiarity. We started with the green salad which had a great dressing. The spaghetti was next. Plum tomato sauce really tasty. The main was the smoked ribs. Incredibly tender. 4 bones and meaty. We need to return to try the calamari and the mushroom pasta. read more

Delfina - Smoked ribs - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Had a reservation ahead of time for three people. Complimentary bread doesn't come with olive oil since it's apparently not traditional in Italy. Insalata di Campo was refreshing and light. Loved the long, thin slices of parmigiano. The rosemary tagliatelle with Liberty Duck ragu was excellent. Noodles are so el dente and made from scratch! Duck ragu packs a lot of flavor. Service here was patient and consistently checked up on us. Best tasting pasta I've had in SF! read more

Delfina - Italian Near Me - San Francisco, California

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We had such a lovely evening at Delfina. I have not dined at Delfina for a decade. It has retained its luster. Each course was fantastic and the service was top notch. We just loved it. I hope I get to go back soon. read more

Lasagne was incredible! Thank you so much for your partnerships with local charities.

Best pizza ive ever had !! Its a very nice place to go and have a good time with family or friends . Service was excellent and super fast read more