Pappalecco

1602 State St, San Diego
(619) 238-4590

Recent Reviews

Aub L

I’ll walk here for coffee on some mornings. The coffee here is more my taste and style and excellently crafted each time.The part that touches my heart is the consistent warm welcome upon enter the establishment from who I believe is the owner.Parking: On the corner in little Italy; plan for street or lot parking unless walking.

Service: 5

Amanda Bianchi

Searching for a breakfast spot led me to stumble upon Pappalecco, right around the corner! Talk about a delightful morning surprise! I went for the Panini Pappalecco paired with the an amazing beverage named Capriccioso for my drink. The service? Oh, it's top-notch – and that panini? Simply stole my heart ❤️I’ll totally be back !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pappalecco Panini

Zinnia Xu

Super cute, very Italian cafe with the friendliest staff! They’ve been here for 17 years and are both a cafe during the day and a gelateria at night.They greeted me with a big Buon Giorno. I’m in town for a conference and the owner also gave me recommendations on restaurants to go to in the area. Super helpful and nice.Dietary restrictions: Oat milk available!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Steve Zamek

Awesome coffee and pastries

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mr. Sennenberg

Cute little Italian cafe in the heart of Little Italy. Great coffee and great pastry snacks. Owner is very friendly and clearly a staple to his community. Even works as a quick study spot.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Andrea Porter

This Cafe was set up a lot like the Cafés I saw in Italy. It's hard to find . My husband and girls ordered Gelato and I had a little pastry stuffed with jam.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Selection of Gelato

Debra Johnson Chin

Excellent gelato with many interesting flavors. Located in the little Italy area.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Carolina Aravena

It happened about a month ago and it still bothers me. I love their gelato! Everything they offer is delicious. I got there at 8:50pm, I sat down to enjoy the two pastries and the dirty chai latte which were exquisite. Google maps notes their closing time 9:30p that night. As I was enjoying my pastries one of the girls started mopping at 9:05! The fabuloso smell or whatever cleaning liquid she was using was extremely annoying. I felt I was drinking fabuloso instead of my chai. I asked her if she could mop later since she ruined my experience. Unkindly she replied, “we close already. “ I show her my phone saying, “you close at 9:30pm.” She did not care and continued to mob. I grabbed my items and left. I used to go there often, service is so important, she has no idea how unprofessional she was and definitely lost a client. I miss their gelato, but I cannot go back, she had a nasty attitude. Fix your closing times and check if your staff friendliness.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Jonathan M

Good place for breakfastThe coffee I ordered was one that has nutella 3/5. Next time I will order another one.On Wednesdays the paninis are half price.Parking is on the street and can be free or paid.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Nancy Ocampo

Went in for some Gelato Presidents’ Day. I been coming here for years. I’ve always been greeted by the owners. But today I was helped by a young lady in her mid twenties. She was rude and actually helped the people behind us because they knew each other. They ordered one scoop of gelato. I didn’t say anything I was trying to be patient. Finally she asked us what we needed, I said two scoops of gelato. She reserved them in a small 1 scoop container. I asked her is that was two scoops she said yes. I paid and left. I won’t be coming here again. I ended up trashing it, walked over to BOBBOi. They were nicer and gave me much more gelato in a one scoop.

Dan Neary

Best cannoli since days In

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cannoli

Shelliy Cymbalski

Love this place! WonderfulPeople and great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Arturo Gonzalez-Esquivel

Good option for breakfast in Little

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

McKenna Warner

If you have ever lived in or visited Italy, you’ll be very disappointed coming here. The gelato is far from authentic, it’s grainy and full of excess sugar. I got the pistachio flavor, very bland. My husband got the mint chocolate chip, it had green food coloring settled on top of it.

Food: 1

Duke Cypher

Very friendly people and helpful all the time. Good coffee and food.Go there!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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