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If you're looking for a restaurant with fabulous views where you can also dine outside, this is a great 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. read more
3 years ago
We came here off the beach one day and found this place rather accommodating. There is plenty of outdoor seating both on the main floor and on their terrace upstairs. The service is a bit slow and disorganized, but that is what I expected coming here. It is very nicely situated on the end of the strip where not many cars pass so you can enjoy the beach and coastline views. Getting to the food, we did a pizza to start that was good but needed to be a little more well done and a swordfish carpaccio that was a bit tough for my taste. We also did an assortment of pastas and calamari that were all cooked al dente and had some good flavors, so I would suggest one of those. If you are into white wine, get the house white that is from the Skipper vineyard and it was excellent for only 25 euros. We finished off with some Amaros and a cafe but skipped out on desserts. Overall, the service was super slow and bit lazy with waiting on us but the food was definitely good but the restaurant had an even better location outside. After it was all said and done, it came out to about 45 euros/person which I thought was a bit on the pricey end but good. Buon appetito. read more
