Enoteca Adriano

Superior! The food was spot on! As soon as the waitress said squid ink pasta, I was sold! It was amazing! The wine recommendation was excellent. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because the food wasn’t piping hot when we got it, but other than that, AMAZING! Try the pistachio gelato. It is out of this world!

Cute, romantic, and intimate, without feeling like you will get scolded for not whispering or coming in without being dressed up.
My boyfriend and I came here on a whim, we were casually dressed and didn’t have a reservation. They got us a table immediately and the hostess told us about the specials before we even saw a server. Our waitress was extremely knowledgeable about wine and pairing, which I think I crucial for a server at an Italian restaurant. I am picky about my wine, but I trusted her and was extremely pleased with her selection.
The food was AMAZING, and we didn’t have to wait long. I was so very pleased.
I will be be back, just writing this is making want to go right now!

Very excellent food and service! While I was a student in SD, I came here probably at least 5 – 10 times, and it has been awesome every time. The atmosphere is classy and intimate, and perfect for a nice dinner out. The service is also great, the waiters are happy to talk about the food, offer recommendations and are super attentive!
The appetizers are great, especially the burrata which I cannot pass up every time I dine here. The pastas are also very flavorful and satisfying, from simple pastas with meat sauces (Orecchietti Bosco!) to dishes that are a little more exotic like squid ink pasta. Everything is authentic and definitely made in house!

Great food, great hosts. This is a cozy spot with real Italian food. Husband and wife team make you feel at home. Prices are reasonable.
Lobster ravioli and homemade gnocchi was dynamite.

Came back tonight to try the orechetti special, risotto, and burrata enoteca. Everything was delicious and the special place I have in my heart for this restaurant has not changed. Amaaaaaazing! And the bread, you REALLY cannot find elsewhere, I promise you that :) We’ve been to other places and I don’t think I have found a restaurant that is up to par. We will come back for lasagna on Wednesdays!

I love everything about this place. It’s one of my favorite places in SD for dinner.
Service is always on point. Everyone that works there are friendly, helpful and accommodating. They have no problem with you ordering what you want, i.e. subbing pasta for veggies, or mixing and matching pastas and sauces.
Great atmosphere and wine. And the food is so delicious. My favorites are the burrata Enoteca, the spinach and caprese salads, pollo piccata, and pretty much all of their pastas. Especially the capellini pomodoro, orecchiette bosco, spaghetti bolognese, and bucatini arogosto. They always have really good specials like sea bass or stuffed pork chops (they really need to have this more often!)
Make a reservation and be patient with the street parking

BEST ITALIAN IN SAN DIEGO
This place kicks any little Italy spot ¹⁰⁄₁₀.
Atmosphere– the cutest. Small and intimate with awesome service. && it’s right up the street so I can walk (YAY)
Food– authentic, flavorful & fresssssh. The baratta is hands down the best I’ve ever had (we had a peach one that was insane!) — so def start out with that.
Great bread & oil.
ASK WHAT THE SPECIAL IS– both times I’ve been here I got the special. One was a rigatoni dish with peas and pancetta (yes please!).
The seafood ravioli was bomb and the gnocchi was great too.
Overall my favorite/​hidden gem in PB

Came here for the first time on a saturday night. I’m a huge fan of carbonara after getting it in Italy and after seeing a few good reviews here, decided to check it out!
Ambiance: Overall great décor and cute little restaurant. Very good place to take a date!
Food: Overall, good food but small portions. Most of my group finished their food and wanted more!
This place has TERRIFIC burrata. I’m a huge fan of burrata and this place did not let me down. Ordered the burrata adriano consisting of grilled ciabatta squares, arugula, baby tomatoes and it was delicious. They have many other burrata choices as well!
Spaghetti carbonara — flavor was good, wished they used thicker noodles and more pepper (I keep dreaming of the day i’ll find the same type of carbonara as italy, I guess I’ll have to keep dreaming since this place didn’t quite live up to it!)
Orecchietti Bosco — delicious, consisted of minced sausage, breadcumbs and parsley sauce
Service: Was slightly slow in the beginning which I didn’t quite understand, but it it picked up after we got our order in. Left the restaurant around 9 pm after we ordered ~8pm? So about an hour to get our food and eat.
Price is reasonable, not overly expensive but not ridiculously cheap either — pretty average. Parking is easy, street parking isn’t hard to find. They also take reservations which I wasn’t sure was necessary since the restaurant was pretty empty around 7−8pm, but it seems like we came on a pretty slow night.

It takes a significant about of cons for me to post a one-​star review. This place earned it, or didnt.
My boyfriend and I were looking for a nice Italian spot to dine outside. This spot seemed enjoyable so we decided to try it out. Like stated before, we chose to sit outside on the patio. The weather was perfect but we could not get over the potent smell of trash.
On my way to the restroom I overheard a man telling his girlfriend he saw a cockroach by the bar. Nice. By this time we already had eaten our food, so… yolo?
Speaking of food, when our food came out, it was not the fresh delicious Italian we were expecting. The food was Luke warm at best and seemed as if the chef used old/​stale ingredients. It was edible.
We decided we wanted dessert but they were out of the only treat I desired so we just left.
The WORST part, while we were eating our sub-​par dinner, we could hear the chef Yelling/​mistreating the waitstaff… F*ck that.
I will give your restaurant a second chance if the food isn’t great but I will never come back if you can’t treat your employees like fellow human beings.
All that being said, our server was nice. I guess my one star can go towards their hard work.

I used to love coming here and bringing all my friends when they come to visit. The highlights are the fresh bursts of flavor in some of the dishes. But the owner Franco commented and said I deserve a bj for my original comment. I think he must be bi poler and pretty much a koook. Go and make your own judgement.

The outdoor seating seems popular but the indoor seating is quaint and inviting too.
We ordered the seabass and the pappardelle – holy delicious!
Tough parking, but have patience you’ll find a spot.
Delicious! I can’t wait to go back for a romantic dinner!

Enoteca Adriano just makes my day. The burrata and fig salad makes me happy! Finally I found a restaurant where I really love the food!
My new favorite place!!! If you have not tried this restaurant you need to go! Authentic, delicious, fresh Italian. I am so satisfied right now!!! This place is awesome! Quaint and homey atmosphere.
Rachel Equihua was our server and she did an amazing job with her recommendations. I can’t believe the prices… so inexpensive and yummy!!!

WOW, this place is one my favorite in all of San Diego. I love the small house and the atmosphere is always positive. I love that they have different specials nightly and the food, well is just the my Grandma makes back home! Be prepared because there is usually a pretty decent wait but good food and wine is generally worth the wait.
I have recommended this place to a ton of people and when I am feeling itilian, this is where I go!

My favorite Italian restaurant. I recommend making a reservation especially during the weekends and holidays, it gets super busy.
If you are getting an Antipasti try their Bruschetta, it is grilled Ciabatta, Roma Tomatoes, Basil, evoo and Honey Ricotta.
Also try the Prosciutto e Melone, it’s Parma Prosciutto, Melon, Strawberries and baby Heirlooms. The roma tomatoes that they use are so fresh, I think it’s home grown.
What I keep on coming back for is their Spaghetti Carbonara, it is made up of Pancetta, Shallots, Tossed Egg, Parsley cream and Parmigiano and topped with Parmesan cheese. It is so delicious!
You can also bring your own bottle of wine, with a corkage fee of course. When it’s not too busy the chef comes out to the dining area and meet the customers. He would ask how’s the food and would also personally thank you for coming over.
I also like the cucumber water and the starter bread w/​mozzarella cheese. But don’t take my word for it, you should head over and try it. They won’t disappoint.

Pleasantly surprised by this place.
Atmosphere: light, open, airy and charming. Nice wood accents, great patio, and heat lamps galore! Nice lighting made it very sweet.
Service: stellar. Super friendly waitress and helpful staff. Young tall blond boy checking people in needs a personality, but kind nonetheless. Owner/​chef came to our table twice to chat and make sure we were happy. Incredible genuine kindness.
Food: epic. Fresh pasta, salmon was perfectly cooked, and tender veal. Reasonable wine prices too!
We will be back!

Wow! This place has become our spot for Italian food in SD since this dining experience! No fancy attire, no overly quiet dining room, no pretentious décor, no unjustified prices, no «sh*t I laugh too loud» moments, and best of all… No corkage fee Monday to Wednesday! This is all we want, delicious, high-​quality authentic Italian food in a cozy bistro atmosphere with good vibes and good service.
Food: the enoteca burrata cheese plate is a must-​order. The whole dish is vegetarian, only after us carnivores devoured it that we realized there’s absolutely no meat in the plate… Yes and still soooo good. The lobster ravioli was creamy and full of flavors. I wish I could lick the plate clean. Meatball spaghetti was delicious, didn’t blow my mind though, but I’m biased because I’m not a big fan of meatballs although he is… Haha.
We wrapped up our meal with the Pope’s Pillow. It’s like if cream puff mates with funnel cake kind of dessert… Right?! How can that not be good?
Can’t wait to go back to try more food!

The pasta here is OFF THE CHAIN — so amazing. And I’m a HUGE pasta snob. Great ambiance, good service… I’m delighted to have found a new Italian spot in San Diego that’s so solid and kind of quaint.
We got the Priscutto & Melone as an app… good stuff. Had a little garnish of cherry tomatoes & strawberries in a balsamic drizzle that was a sweet little bonus.
My buddy got the Gnocci with Pesto (I think it was a cream sauce) and it was PHENOM. The flavor was amazing. I got the pappardelle bolognese which might’ve been one of the best things I’ve ever tasted. It’s a perfect portion, it’s well-​balanced and perfectly garnished with fresh parm and pesto.
Did the cannoli for dessert and I’ve never been a big cannoli fan, but these were good. I can’t wait to go back.

Our group of 7 had a really pleasant experience dining here for me and my dad’s birthday (we share the same birthday, awww right??). The ambiance is great — we were seated outside in their pseudo-​patio, and it was extremely comfortable. The service was very good and the owner even came out to chat for a bit.
The food was all delicious! I would recommend sharing a burrata, which is a mozzarella cheese dish. The free bread is also nice and warm, and comes with a delicious balsamic/​olive oil dip. For an entrée, you can’t really go wrong with anything! The meat+mashed potato dishes are huge, and so was the spaghetti+meatball dish we got. The Ravioli Rossi came with around 5 large pieces of ravioli and was quite good as well.
It’s not the cheapest place, nor is it too expensive. A great place for a nice Italian dinner!

Try the Ravioli Rossi and the Bruschetta!
We were very excited to visit Enoteca Adriano for dinner a couple of weeks ago. We were here on a Friday and I made sure to make reservations ahead of time.
The atmosphere is nice we were seated outside with a view to the inside of the restaurant and the street. It restaurant is small with casual vibes. The music outside was very Euro techno like.
We immediately got served water and our waitress came over to tell us the night specials and take our drink order, she was very nice. Overall service was great.
My bf and I both had a nice glass of white wine. The entire wine list is full of Italian wines. We started of by ordering the bruschetta which was amazing. It was a full of micro greens, tomatoes, olive/​balsamic topped with a very nice honey ricotta which was to die for! It was absolutely delicious.
For dinner I had the Sphagetti con Polpette (meatballs) it came with two good size meatballs. The sauce was very nice and the pasta had a good texture. It was topped with fresh ricotta and fresh basil. My bf had the Ravioli Rossi which was perfection, the raviolis were filled with shrimp and lobster. The sauce was also great and it also came with four big shrimp.
This time I was really craving meatballs, but I would say my BF got the best order of the two. I will def. be ordering the Ravioli Rossi next time around.

I love this place — my favorite Italian in Pacific Beach hands down. Call and check with them to confirm, but I believe there’s no cork fee Mon-​Wed. That was certainly the case for this particular Monday night dinner when I brought a good bottle of California Cabernet Sauvignon along for our table to share.
I’ve had a few different dishes here over the years. While they have a solid regular menu, I prefer their daily specials. The portions are on the larger side, which makes getting in multiple courses challenging. For dessert, don’t even attempt the Pope’s Pillow alone — split it.
This trip, our table shared some appetizers and I had one of their specials for my main course — veal ragu. It was very tasty and did not disappoint. I’ve had the gnocchi in the past from their menu — one of the house specialities, but I found it too salty for my taste and couldn’t finish it.
They offer inside and outside seating. The place is rather cozy — when it gets busy you start to notice the loudness. That’s one of the reasons I prefer to book earlier in the evening, to avoid the crowd. The service is always good, but I will note I’ve struggled in the past getting a wine cooler if you bring any white along with you.
So book ahead (don’t chance it), bring a few wine bottles, and enjoy a delightful Italian dining experience here.

Vom Stadtkern etwas abgelegen liegt das Enoteca Adriano, ein sehr leckeres italienisches Restaurant. Ich entschied mit für die Bruschetta als Vorspeise und Saltimboca als Hauptspeise — beides sehr zu empfelen.