If you're looking for a restaurant with fabulous views where you can also dine outside, this is a…read moregreat spot. We got a sprawling view of the water from upstairs, which made for an enjoyable dining experience on a clear 75-degree evening.
My husband had the pasta with sausage and pistachio pesto and just loved it. In fact, he said it was probably the best pesto he had ever had. I guess than implies that his dish dwarfed my homemade pesto which he used to think was the best. In all fairness, the version at Skipper's was more of a Sicilian style pesto with pistachios, whereas the pesto I make at home for us is a Genovese style pesto. So, I'll let him off the hook this time since the comparison would not be comparing apples to apples.
I had the spaghetti and lobster entree, which was good, but wasn't quite what I had imagined. I envisioned that the lobster would be intact, but in fact, the lobster meat was diced into chunks. I also wanted a lesser sauce-based pasta. However, I must confess that my expectations weren't met largely due to the misinterpretation of my conversation with the waiter. Although Sardinia is a part of Italy, Sardu is also spoken, and it's different than standard Italian.
They also make a nice complimentary flatbread, which is included in the standard coperto (cover charge). The flatbread alone would easily have been $15.00 in a nice San Francisco restaurant. It was really good and easily could've served four.
The cover charges in Italy make so much more sense to me than being "coerced" into leaving a tip upwards of 26% in San Francisco to cover the "expected minimum standard tip" of 20% plus the additional SF Healthy Tax charges. Most importantly, I can say, without a doubt, that the service we received at every single restaurant throughout Italy would put many San Francisco restaurants to shame. We received good to superior service in Italy, without the outrageous so-called "tips" that are expected/mandated in San Francisco.
Skipper is located in a beautiful area with several other restaurants to choose from. Definitely a good choice for pleasurable outdoor dining.
