Man o man... Mediocre experience. Sat at the bar with friend. Great bartenders, awesome drinks , 5 total Ordered two appetizers...; Focaccia, excellent; Arancini good bite. Ceasar salad...; drenched in mayonnaise basically, awful. Vegetarian Lasagne..., beautifully displayed, lacked taste, needed more béchamel and parmigiana reggiano. Value: $260.00 with tip Not a great experience for price point.
Akshat Nair
Wait staff had a lot of attitude. She did not check on the table that often and we had to wait a long time for everything. Made comments that were in bad taste. They asked to order everything so that it is timed correctly but then the pasta and pizza came 45 mins after the antipasti.I have dined the other restaurant they have Alimentari and they did a much better job. Please try other fancy Italian places like sorella or cotogna or tailor’s son over this place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Boris
Very expensive food for what you get. The salumi pizza didn’t taste like anything at all, we all kept chewing with a “it doesn’t taste like anything” comment. Our server took our order and was never ever seen again, the bus boys took care of us. At the end, she just came by to say “Have a good night” and we just laughed. Never coming back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Food is great. Service is terrible. Very long time waiting for food. And finally when food is ready found the waitress got the food wrong. Waitress didn't notice tea pot is empty until being reminded. Waitress wouldn't listen to me even when I say excuse me. Not sure it's the noisy background or generally ignore me
Deon
Although some of the prices were shocking.. Every dish was delicious. They have some sort of pulled pork hybrid toward alis , hybrid tortellini/ravioli.. a must eat. Also surprisingly the carrots were one of the best dish on the menu. Definitely worth a bite.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pineapple Pizza
KathrynS
Last night's meal meal with my husband and a friend from NYC was wonderful, much improved over my November dinner. We sat in a booth which helped with noise. Our waitress was great as well as the rest of the team. She made excellent recommendations for the special focaccia, gem salad, house-made salumi and pasta (bolognese and the crab). Appreciated their knowledge of the Italian wine. Looking forward to going back more frequently.
BaileyB
Great food and service! My first time visiting Che Fico. Loved the asparagus and the focaccia and the pizza... really I had a wonder time with my guests and I look forward to the next time.
Filippos Papadimitriou
Bad service, mediocre food, 10% “dining charge”
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Diana Orlandi
The decor is lovely, lots of plants. The food was alright, too pricy for the quality you get. The agnolotti were the star of the meal, though a bit one note. The focaccia was too salty and oily, the escarole and lasagna were both too sour and also somewhat salty. The dishes took a long time to arrive. Overall, would not come
The junk fees they add on top of every bill are simply unacceptable, for an already expensive
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
BayareML
Service was confusing and seems to be on trend in the Bay area as wait staff do not seem to care about their jobs despite the 5% living wage fee their employers are charging. We came expecting a late night bite to eat with a cocktail. Our waiter heard our order of just a few things and remarked that "that will not fill you up" which I took as him trying to hint that we were not ordering enough. He took the order and we literally never saw him again. A young woman brought us our bill after asking if we would like dessert. I guess* our original waiter felt like we were not worth his time? Even with our three items and two cocktails, the bill was $150.
Second time I eat here. First time was amazing. This time was a disappointment. Started with the $16 small piece of plain focaccia that was delicious last time, this time it was covered in hot chili flakes(?) and was too spicy to eat. Why the chili spice? We had the $39 Beef tartare, which was tasteless and one of the worst beef tartares I've had. Did not finish it. We had the arancini rice balls which were pretty good. Then we had the caramelle pasta. Last time it was delicious, this time we didn't even finish it. It was plain bad. The music was nice at first, half way through dinner changed to very loud hard rock. Weird... Hard to carry a conversation. Don't mind that music, but not at dinner. Waitress had an attitude. Best part was that Sommelier was lovely and very nice. She recommended a good bottle of red wine which was the only good tasting thing of our dinner. We decided to not order more food and skipped dessert. Decor and ambiance are very nice. Will not go back.
pafela
Our food was as fantastic as we had heard from friends. The service on a Friday night made it more difficult to enjoy it, however, as we saw different wait staff throughout the evening at seemingly random moments. It was hard to get what we needed, especially after we didn't care for the wine that was recommended. We'll be back for sure, but maybe a little more aggressive!
Mitali Agarwal
I only visit this place for the amazing Focaccia bread they serve with mascarpone cheese. A must must try if you are here.We also had Aglio Oliopasta which was meh. The flavors were good but the spaghetti felt a bit undercooked.
Man o man... Mediocre experience. Sat at the bar with friend. Great bartenders, awesome drinks , 5 total Ordered two appetizers...; Focaccia, excellent; Arancini good bite. Ceasar salad...; drenched in mayonnaise basically, awful. Vegetarian Lasagne..., beautifully displayed, lacked taste, needed more béchamel and parmigiana reggiano. Value: $260.00 with tip Not a great experience for price point.
Wait staff had a lot of attitude. She did not check on the table that often and we had to wait a long time for everything. Made comments that were in bad taste. They asked to order everything so that it is timed correctly but then the pasta and pizza came 45 mins after the antipasti.I have dined the other restaurant they have Alimentari and they did a much better job. Please try other fancy Italian places like sorella or cotogna or tailor’s son over this place.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Very expensive food for what you get. The salumi pizza didn’t taste like anything at all, we all kept chewing with a “it doesn’t taste like anything” comment. Our server took our order and was never ever seen again, the bus boys took care of us. At the end, she just came by to say “Have a good night” and we just laughed. Never coming back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Food is great. Service is terrible. Very long time waiting for food. And finally when food is ready found the waitress got the food wrong. Waitress didn't notice tea pot is empty until being reminded. Waitress wouldn't listen to me even when I say excuse me. Not sure it's the noisy background or generally ignore me
Although some of the prices were shocking.. Every dish was delicious. They have some sort of pulled pork hybrid toward alis , hybrid tortellini/ravioli.. a must eat. Also surprisingly the carrots were one of the best dish on the menu. Definitely worth a bite.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pineapple Pizza
Last night's meal meal with my husband and a friend from NYC was wonderful, much improved over my November dinner. We sat in a booth which helped with noise. Our waitress was great as well as the rest of the team. She made excellent recommendations for the special focaccia, gem salad, house-made salumi and pasta (bolognese and the crab). Appreciated their knowledge of the Italian wine. Looking forward to going back more frequently.
Great food and service! My first time visiting Che Fico. Loved the asparagus and the focaccia and the pizza... really I had a wonder time with my guests and I look forward to the next time.
Bad service, mediocre food, 10% “dining charge”
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
The decor is lovely, lots of plants. The food was alright, too pricy for the quality you get. The agnolotti were the star of the meal, though a bit one note. The focaccia was too salty and oily, the escarole and lasagna were both too sour and also somewhat salty. The dishes took a long time to arrive. Overall, would not come
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Good but 10% dining
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
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The junk fees they add on top of every bill are simply unacceptable, for an already expensive
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Service was confusing and seems to be on trend in the Bay area as wait staff do not seem to care about their jobs despite the 5% living wage fee their employers are charging. We came expecting a late night bite to eat with a cocktail. Our waiter heard our order of just a few things and remarked that "that will not fill you up" which I took as him trying to hint that we were not ordering enough. He took the order and we literally never saw him again. A young woman brought us our bill after asking if we would like dessert. I guess* our original waiter felt like we were not worth his time? Even with our three items and two cocktails, the bill was $150.
Second time I eat here. First time was amazing. This time was a disappointment. Started with the $16 small piece of plain focaccia that was delicious last time, this time it was covered in hot chili flakes(?) and was too spicy to eat. Why the chili spice? We had the $39 Beef tartare, which was tasteless and one of the worst beef tartares I've had. Did not finish it. We had the arancini rice balls which were pretty good. Then we had the caramelle pasta. Last time it was delicious, this time we didn't even finish it. It was plain bad. The music was nice at first, half way through dinner changed to very loud hard rock. Weird... Hard to carry a conversation. Don't mind that music, but not at dinner. Waitress had an attitude. Best part was that Sommelier was lovely and very nice. She recommended a good bottle of red wine which was the only good tasting thing of our dinner. We decided to not order more food and skipped dessert. Decor and ambiance are very nice. Will not go back.
Our food was as fantastic as we had heard from friends. The service on a Friday night made it more difficult to enjoy it, however, as we saw different wait staff throughout the evening at seemingly random moments. It was hard to get what we needed, especially after we didn't care for the wine that was recommended. We'll be back for sure, but maybe a little more aggressive!
I only visit this place for the amazing Focaccia bread they serve with mascarpone cheese. A must must try if you are here.We also had Aglio Oliopasta which was meh. The flavors were good but the spaghetti felt a bit undercooked.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Focaccia