Is there such a thing as a 6 star review? I am now eating dessert and I can't wait writing this…read morereview. This place deserves the 6 star.. We ordered a Burrata salad, sea bass, lomo Salado and a panacotta for dessert. We enjoyed every single item from start to finish. Salad is something I have never had before. Unique combination of ingredients and tasted great. Most tender meat (filet mignon) in the Lomo Salado. Seabass is cooked to perfection. Before coming here, I thought Spruce has the best burgers around here, but JC did it. My daughter loved it. This place deserves a Michelin award. If not a star, at least a bib gourmand award. The only difference between those star restaurants and here. JC doesn't have 20 waiters running around. It feels like a hybrid of a family run restaurant and a fine dining restaurant. I like that a lot. Nice and relaxing. You don't have to dress up and sit straight. That way I could enjoy my meal. This is going to be my go to spot. I highly recommend this hidden gem.

We love the foods and the ambience of the restaurant . Quite and clean the whole restaurantread more

Went for lunch today, what an experience, outstanding the food and the servicer. Will be back soon.read more

Great food, had gnocchi and eggplant Parmesan, good wine and felt very local!…read moreWould recommend for small group.

what a nice restaurant to enjoy your meal! started with caesar salad and calamari. the house made…read moredressing was paired great with the fresh lettuce. calamari came in a large portion. the fried pieces of carrots and string beans to balanced well between bites! the gnocchi sauce was sooo creamy and felt like pillows eating it. i enjoyed it so much! bucatini was the perfect al dente :) service was stellar, ambiance is unique

I wish I could have rated this higher but our experience was stressful and disappointing at the…read moreend. My sister took me here for my birthday dinner. She said she wrote on the reservation "Birthday" and we were seated promptly. Staff were kind and the location is beautiful. It's been in SSF since 2018 and when I looked at the menu, it was nice to see Cafe Figaro as another sister restaurant with the same owner. I love Cafe Figaro and have had a lot of pleasant experiences there! We ordered some wine to start and eventually ordered the watermelon salad and I got the Linguine fruitti di mare. Initially things seemed okay, we got our wine quickly. Servers were smiling. There were 2 servers. We got a watermelon salad with no utensil to serve it, but the server left SO quickly before we could ask. We had to wait a few minutes and then had to ask another server for a spoon. I think that's when we started noticing that the two servers helping on our side were just walking SO fast. It kind of made the ambiance feel rushed and oddly stressful. Like, we are not rushing to eat. BTW we got a reservation for 745pm but they also accept reservations for 8pm. They close at 9pm...(more on this later). We ate calmly when our food came. The food itself was very delicious. However, the service made the whole experience lackluster and incredibly disappointing. I still didn't like how rushed the servers were walking around. I also felt like they were checking often to see how we were doing or if we were done. I felt like I couldn't really eat in peace (being watched but in an odd, invasive way). It was getting to be 8:55 (which we hadn't noticed the time as much), but we asked for a box for my dish to go. I was barely finishing putting it away in the box and the server already came to try to take my plate. I was like "I'm not even done...". RUSHING US. The main server then just came to drop off a check. At NO point did they ask us if we wanted dessert or even earlier on, to say "Btw the kitchen is closing soon, would you like to order dessert.". He just brought the check. We asked, could we order dessert? The server was like "I don't know. I'd have to ask the kitchen but they may not allow it." We were like "Nvm then." We were already annoyed with the situation. I noticed it was 8:57 and one of the servers was already tearing off all the tablecloths from the table. It was very evident they wanted us all out but I guess in other restaurants, even if it's past 9 (a little past 9), they understand that people may trickle out slowly. It wasn't even 9 yet and it already felt they wanted us all out. Especially how rushed they felt overall. When the server came, he said "next time, desserts on me" and I said "there's not going to be a next time." I explained how stressed and rushed it felt, especially with them rushing from table to table like it was a race, and that it was for a birthday and they didn't even give us a heads up to purchase dessert. He kept saying " I don't think I rushed you" and didn't really apologize. My sister too explained she even wrote this was for a birthday and that they were just making us feel like we needed to hurry. We ended up going to Cochinita next door to get dessert and they were so kind, not rushing. I should have gone there instead for dinner or any other Italian place. If you don't want people there at 9pm, don't accept reservations at 7:30, or 7:45 or 8pm. You will be kicked out 40 minutes within your meal as you will see they are subtly trying to kick you out. Go somewhere else where you won't feel rushed and will have a much more pleasant experience. This was surprising to me because I've been to Cafe Figaro multiple times and I've always had such a good experience. Here felt so odd like I was in a diner or a more informal place where it is more normal for waiters/servers to be rushing from table to table. It was an unpleasant experience and would recommend another spot instead with a more pleasant eating experience.

Beautiful restaurant. Great place to go for a date or with a small group. They even have a few…read moretables outside. Love that they have a full bar! It was scorching the day we went so I called ahead of time and asked if it was possible to be seated somewhere cool. A very kind gentleman said he would do his best. They gave us this table right beside these huge open windows. It was perfect!! Thank you! Because of the heat, I stuck with things that were on the lighter side. I ordered the beef carpaccio and the Caesar salad with chicken. Both were delicious. These are both fairly simple dishes yet as we all know, not all things are created equal. It's amazing how many people ruin something as simple as a Caesar salad. There's was sensational. Perfectly dressed. It was both tangy and creamy, which I love. What I really appreciated was that the chicken that was added on top wasn't an afterthought. It was well seasoned, tender, and sliced in thin strips on top of the salad. It was slightly warm so i could tell it had just been cooked, which I think is wonderful. I'll take that any day over pre-cooked, dried out rubbery-ass chicken. If I lived or worked in this neighborhood, I would come here frequently just for this salad. The carpaccio was also excellent. Delicious on top of some of their warm toasty bread. Boyfriend ordered the orecchiette, father ordered the cannelloni, we ordered a Margherita pizza for our little guy and everyone was happy. It was a wonderful evening. Grazie mille

On another business trip into the Bay Area and pick this out for a dinner for six of us. No need…read morefor reservations. It was a weeknight and showed up around 7 o'clock plenty of seating inside and it's an upscale nice Italian restaurant. Started off with a glass of wine and a Caesar salad and extra points for the anchovies that were fresh. I had the seafood pasta that was out of this world and I wish I could've finished it, but it was so much food. This place is on my list to come back and try again but something different next time I would highly recommend this if you like good Italian food and great service!

Traditional Italian dining with attentive service, a warm hospitality, efficient bussing and a…read morewelcoming reception greeting. A menu of exquisite entrees wetting ones appetite anticipating an evening of aperitivo, savory antipasto, primo and secondo. The beet salad was not like the one your aunt would bring to the family reunion which was heavy and too sweet, this one was fresh, crispy lettus with a light taste of cheese. The clam chowder was also light but creamy, not heavy or over loaded with potatoes or clams the perfect primo. My wife's salmon was enhanced with a lemon cream sauce and the grilled braising pleased the palate. The Veal Marsala was tender and the red meat sauce and mashed potatoes was both a delicacy and a comfort. Coupled with a chianti classico, the evening was a date night to remember.

To-go review:…read more Meat-stuffed pasta w/ pancetta, peas & mushrooms had a cream sauce that was rich. The pancetta gives it that salty smoky kick, peas keep it from feeling too rich, mushrooms soaking up all that sauce goodness. I was mopping up the extra sauce with focaccia bread :) Butternut squash gnocchi was pillowy soft and sweet from the squash. Bread pudding w/ maple brandy sauce + crème anglaise was the best! Warm, custardy, crispy edges, and that maple brandy sauce hits with a sweet a with a little boozy warmth 10/10. Will definitely be back for date night!

We ordered the rigatoni and breaded chicken with sauce. The…read morepasta is quite heavy with the sauce. We like the chicken , it's very tender and crispy. The sauce with the bread is the highlight of the meal.

I attended a team dinner at Sapore Italiano, and upon entering the restaurant, I felt like I was…read morestepping into a nostalgic vision of a classic Italian-American restaurant. Tables were draped in white tablecloths, and the walls were covered with photos and historic memorabilia that paid homage to the city of Burlingame. Our party was seated in a semi-private nook in the back of the restaurant; while it was nice to be in a quieter part of the restaurant for dinnertime conversation, it felt like our table was oddly positioned between the kitchen and restroom because servers and customers were constantly passing by our table. It took a while for our server to take our orders, but the food came out quickly after we ordered. One small hiccup was our server forgot to place one of our entree orders, and there was a ten minute delay for this last entree to come out. The food was all-around hearty and delicious. We ordered the arugula salad, calamari, arancini, and bruschetta to share, and I ordered the squid ink pasta as my entree. The squid ink pasta was the highlight for me; it's definitely a special treat since I rarely find this on menus. According to the menu description, Sapore makes their own squid ink pasta from scratch, and the noodles definitely tasted fresh. The pasta was tossed with a generous portion of seafood, including mussels, clams, giant shrimp, squid, and salmon - all of which was cooked perfectly. The tomato sauce was cream-based, so the overall dish was very rich. We miraculously saved room for dessert, and our table passed around the tiramisu, lava cake, and cannoli to share. This meal was the definition of ultimate comfort food.

wow wow best minestrone in the world often go for lunch every day of the week…read morethey even have a one quart bowl take it home. take a quart home cold to heat up is better then i go back for dinner. wiw good flavor. perfect prepared. greenest green veggies i have ever seen. recommend everything. eggplant parm veal everything i am a real customer off the street. proof of my review go there and say hi to the fun nick im the guy with the noisey kid

Food is always amazing but we tried some things tonight that were new to us:…read moreWe added anchovies and shrimp to our typical Caesar and loved it even more! I tried the gnocchi and had them with meat sauce and grilled chicken- perfect! Lissa had veal Parmigiana that is not a typical choice for us and she loved it! Then - surprise, surprise! We got free soft serve ice cream with our choice of sauce and whipped cream! A lovely finish to a delicious meal. Thanks for a great evening, Zorba's staff!!

The food here was so good! I got the chicken Parmesan and it was so flavorful. The complementary…read morebread was warm and crunchy and the dipping sauce was delicious as well. I liked the decorations and environment of the restaurant, and would highly recomend it for dates or work socials, or hangouts.

This used to be our local go-to spot for Italian food but tonight might be our last time coming…read morehere. We came around 6pm and requested to be seated near the television because my husband wanted to watch the basketball game they had on. The host said that those tables are for reservation only. However, he was willing to let us sit right below the tv. For food, we ordered: -the vongole pasta: super flavorful white wine sauce with plenty of clams and mussels. This is our favorite dish to order here. -the spaghetti with homemade meatballs: very disappointing with the meatballs that are supposed to be specially made here. They tasted very dry and the sauce was very watery. Here's where things went wrong: The complementary bread and garlic dip are usually so good. But today, the sauce tasted completely off...the garlic tasted and smelled like an old, wet rag..but my husband continued to eat it. When we got home a few hours later, both my husband and I started to get really bad stomachaches. I ended up puking and basically the both of us got food poisoning. It's odd that the host was saving the tables for reservations when no one even came at the time we were there. Service was good and attentive. The food, however, is not how it used to be. Probably won't be coming back again.