Mescolanza
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 668-2221
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- 23rd Avenue
- Hours:
- Daily 5pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Mescolanza – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
Pale-yellow walls with trompe l'oeil columns provide a soothing backdrop for piped-in classical tunes. Veteran servers interact with a quiet dining room full of locals. Pasta dishes include sweet potato gnocchi in a nutmeg-spiked cream sauce and swiss chard-filled spinach ravioli blanketed in spicy tomato sauce. Main courses also satisfy, such as chicken breast topped with mozzarella and prosciutto, and grilled swordfish.
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User Reviews for Mescolanza
12/24/2007 Posted by writerevie
I have been to this restaurant several times, and the food has consistently been very good. The service, however, leaves much to be desired. I understand that the server is unable to check on all tables all the time when it's busy, but to be snappish when asking customers if they're ready to order is not acceptable. Ignoring customers when they walk in the door is NOT acceptable, regardless of how busy it is. I've walked in here twice on two different nights and was completely ignored by 3 different people, although I made eye contact with each one of them. The last straw came about two months ago when I went to the restaurant with a friend on a Thursday night. The place was crowded, and there were two parties ahead of us. I went inside and left my name with the hostess, was told the wait would be about 20 minutes, which I was fine with, so I went back outside and prepared to wait. We waited for 30 minutes, checked with the hostess, who apologized and said that she was waiting for a particular table to pay their bill. Makes sense, so we go back outside and wait again. 15 minutes later, she comes outside and tells a couple who arrived AFTER US and put their names down AFTER us that their table is ready. At this point, we'd waited 45 minutes, and incensed, I walked in and asked why they were being seated first. "They were here first," was the answer. The other couple was aware that they came in after me and kindly offered the table to us, but I thanked them, declined, turned and walked out. The food is very good here, and I live in the neighborhood, but the repeated instances of bad service has discouraged me from ever patronizing this restaurant again.
Pros: Good food, great ambience
Cons: Service
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
10/27/2006 Posted by ieatallthetime
Ok, so if you've ever looked for a place on craigslist, you know that "cozy" means, "damn small". same applies here. the food is good and the prices are pretty good, but it's just ridiculously small. I mean, ridiculously! you are pretty much sitting on top of other patrons and participate in their conversations. good luck if there is a loud mouth drunk in the restaurant because you'll feel like he's sitting at your table. there also is no space to wait inside the restaurant, so if you come early, late, or they aren't ready to seat you, you'll be standing out in the cold. The restaurant isn't bad but it's just uncomfortably small. If you're anywhere NEAR claustrophobic or big on "personal space", this is not the eating experience for you.
Pros: Food, Price
Cons: Location, Parking, SPACE - there isn't any!!
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