Reviews for Osteria Romantica in La Jolla, CA

Service was great especially with how busy they were. Food was beyond delicious, I tried the beet and goat cheese salad, and the... squid ink seafood pasta and both were excellent. Absolutely recommend! Read more

One of the best lunches we have had in La Jolla. Food is excellent and service is impeccable. The gnocchi was creamy and... perfectly cooked. The mushroom risotto was buttery. The salmon with asparagus, farfalle and vodka sauce was light delicious. Highly recommend. Read more

My friend took me to this darling, apparently popular restaurant. Her being a regular there, they allowed us to sit in the back... corner. The food was fantastic. The authentic Italian food was super rich in flavor with blends that cause your taste buds toget robustly excited. Can u tell I fell in love with the food? I love Pesto. Pesto loves ?? me. Their pesto is to die for. Notoverwhelming salty, but perfectly blended with considerable Pesto taste. We shared their artichoke Appetizer. And wow wow wow.So good. I could have eaten 10 more. You can eat every bit of them. No scraping the leaves with your teeth. Just cut and savorthe flavor. Then their amazing beet salad again had such a wonderful blend of ingredients. Fresh arugula, goat cheese, walnuts,maybe another nut...whatever they put in this ???? salad was so delicious. Then I had the Pesto Linguini. Oh wow. The dish wasperfect. Craving for more already. My friend had a halibut dish and shared me some halibut. I love fish and this dish wasPERFECTLY prepared. The fish was light and moist. The dessert was a lemon creme cake that was beautifully displayed. It wastruly perfect. Light, enough lemon flavor, and so good. Then we topped it with a cup of cappuccino that gave me the zing Ineeded after a barrel load of food. Fabio the owner was kind, the servers were quickly serving people going back and forth likemighty ant warriors. They all spoke italian, and I loved the dishes they spoke about which rolled off their tongue. OsteriaRomantica. It's a complete experience. They checked on us at least a half dozen times even though it was super busy. Yes we hadto wait a little for water refill and extra pesto. But overall....Such service! Read more

Delicious fresh Italian food. I highly recommend the artichoke appetizer and any pasta. My mom got the fish (pictured) which she... loved, too. Read more

Attention North County San Diego residents: you no longer need to travel to Little Italy in downtown to get great Italian food!... The “Risotto Special” absolutely lived up to its name. Not only was the food excellent, but the staff genuinely engageswith its patrons and really seems to appreciate positive feedback related to meal satisfaction. Warning: if you were expectingyour typical portion of cappuccino post meal, you may need to retrieve your car in the morning after you choose to run homewhile totally amped up on caffeine. ???? And that’s…Henry’s Take. @henrystake Read more

I can't say enough good things about this place. The staff all speak Italian which is just so charming. They work hard and are... so kind. The food, my gosh the food! I can't get past the linguine nere. It is unspeakably good. The pasta is so clearly madefrom scratch. I can eat the entire plate without feeling bloated. They forgot the caviar this evening because they are crazybusy. It's such a fun little touch to the dish. I was half way through before I realized. It's worth driving around for a whileto get the parking spot. Such a gem. Read more

good news is the food was delicious! the gnocchi was absolutely amazing. also our waiter was the best! he totally turned the... night around. the bad news the wait was a bit long even though we had a reservation. the hostess sat other people withoutreservations ahead of us which completely defeats the purpose of having a reservation. when she finally sat us she did sowithout menus and we could not get menus for another 10 minutes. clearly incompetent. Read more

The pasta was really well made. Both the spaghetti carbonara and the penne Vittorio were delicious. The secondi were also tasty... and nicely cooked, vittelo Parmese and chicken parmigiana. Really enjoyed the Italian Mule! And the service was totally onpoint, particularly thanks to the friendly Stefano from Sicily, who made us feel at home in pure Italian style. Totallyrecommended! Read more