Mona Lisa Restaurant

Mona Lisa serves authentic Italian cuisine and an extensive selection of homemade pasta, seafood, meat, and pizza.

7 / 10
162
ratings
Address

353 Columbus Ave (Vallejo St.) San Francisco , CA 94133 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating Yes
Music Live Music
Menus Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Wine

Comments / 51


Keywords:

Italian food good for dates great value bar cheese dinner antipasto chianti pesto appetizers beach lunch Bay crowded town
Bill Tobin

Awesome meal, awesome service. We had the calamari appetizer and penne ala vodka . Fresh and authentic . Portions were enough to share between my wife and I. Tiramisu was the best I'd ever had. 👍👍👍

herm pugay

The fettuccine with mussels was good as well as the other pasta dish with truffles . The side of mussels and clams was also good. A very authentic Italian restaurant in North Beach .

Elizabeth Fernandez

Great place! Ravioli alla Zucca was delicious ... went with my boyfriend we enjoyed it a lot... they offered a complementary antipasti , we tried an Italian option and was very tasteful ??

Diego Borges

Besides the veal parmigiana which is definitely a must have, it's got by far the best service I've ever experienced in SF.

Daniele Calabrese

Best restaurant in town . Period. Home experience, welcoming. Maurizio the owner super great host and delicious southern Italian food . The real thing

Katie Mui

Make a reservation for the FIAT, if you don't mind the attention and gimmickiness of it. Special treatment from the staff if you do it, and decent food to boot!

Daniele Calabrese

Amazing place, great antipasto , Maurizio the owner is wonderful, welcoming and full of energy. At Mona Lisa you are in Italy

Mirko Lindner

The family antipasti were great and so were the spaghetti with Italian sausage sauce

FuDz v4.0

This is easily the best italian place in the bay area! Warm atmosphere and amazing food :D

Melissa Achacoso

Legit tasting Italian food :) one of the best I've had here in California 😋

Lee Simcox

Great ambiance and service (by a genuine Italian waiter !); good (not great) food, but a reasonable price.

Chia Hwu

Gnocchi was very good, like little puffy clouds, not sticky or gluey at all. Get them and share with someone else, they are filling.

Morten Trolle

Great family appetizers followed by great meat - love it!

Megan Luff

Excellent burrata and pasta options

Santiago Pastorino

Best pasta place I've ever been. I strongly recommend Gnocchi Sorrentina

Randy Rosenberg

Loves this place for lunch . Had first rate spaghetti bolenaise. watch out for panhandlers if you eat outside

John Mazzeo

Gnocchi ala pesto was phenomenal!!! Staff is amazing. Best meal in SF!!

Ed M

Great service and the best super toscano!!!

Alessandro Pinna

Nice pasta and the Italian trio starter

Elizabeth Burstein

Plain penne w vodka and pancetta , and Chianti

Samuel Pacala

amazing pizza

Egor Homakov

Food is great as well as service

Gaye Barlas

Atmosphere was like Italian places.The waitresses was interested

Wally N

Get the tartufo .

Alison Yu

HUGE portions ! You can easily split an entree and still have leftovers.

Christina Heeren

You NEED the gnocchi with gorgonzola , spinach , and walnuts . To die for!

Renan Camponez

Best risoto salmon EVER

Ton Dobbe

although the experience of the restaurant is interesting, the food (especially the pizza’s ) were not as we expected. Burned, extremely sour, and overpriced.

Kim Charba

Fantastic service and lovely chianti .

Glauco Vinicius

Veal parmigiana ! <3

William Sudah

Good food and wine .

Daniel Yee

Best Italian food in San Francisco.

Lilibeth

Great service. $$ maybe $$$

Sergio Oliveri

Bring back the arincini (rice balls )!!

William Sudah

Great pizza .

Chuck Roslof

Comfort food without a twist.

Cathy M

The table in the front corner is great for people watching .

Greg Martinez

Gnocchi with 4 cheese sauce is a must.

Kate

Food was alright, chicken parm came with potatoes not pasta .

Daniel Stanush

They put shrimp in their lobster ravioli . How you gonna? 👎🏻

Joyce Kim

Great place for Italian food

Morgan S

The pizzas are thin-crust and pretty tasty for a late-night snack .

Amy B

Slow ass service but food was fine & workers nice.

Tedi Jackson

Great place

Alex Augustad

Expensive and not good

Sven Böttger

Super Pasta und sehr authentisches Ambiente. Man sitzt sehr gemütlich . Preise sind natürlich ortsüblich recht hoch, aber essen ist ausgezeichnet.

Ronaldo Matoso

Ótimo restaurante com bela decoração e atendimento muito satisfatório, comemos massa com frutos do mar é um Sauvignon Blanc Napa

Bruno Barata

Excelente restaurante com excelente preço. Boa comida! Comi um fetutine monalisa que estava espetacular.

Celsa Sufán

Buen restaurant. Comimos lasagna mona lisa y pizza deluxe. La masa de la pizza era muy gruesa y la porcion de la lasagna era bastante. Buena relacion precio/calidad.

Monse Briz Martínez

Muy buen servicio . Excelente comida y ambiente

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