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Little Star Solano, Albany, CA
Little Star Solano, Albany, CA
Little Star Solano, Albany, CA
Little Star Solano, Albany, CA
Little Star Solano, Albany, CA

Little Star Solano

4.6
4.6
362 Reviews
$30 and under
Pizzeria
Since the early days of Little Star Pizza in San Francisco, we have taken enormous pride in serving our award-winning deep-dish and thin-crust pizzas. By offering organic salads, appetizers made from scratch, house-made dressings and sauces, oven-baked sandwiches, and fresh dough tossed daily, our once small pizzeria has blossomed into a dynamic neighborhood restaurant. Beyond dozens of signature dishes, our bar serves artisan cocktails, carefully selected wines, and beer in an elegant yet comfortable environment. Our commitment to our employees, community, schools, and local nonprofit organizations embodies who we are. We treat our guests like family, invest in our employees, and use responsible and high-quality ingredients to continue the Little Star legacy. Thank you for choosing to dine with us.

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 3 times today

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Cuisines
    Pizzeria, Italian, Vegetarian / Vegan
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 11:30 am–5:00 pm Dinner Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (510) 526-7827
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Catering
    We offer a full range of Catering Services. Visit us online at https://www.littlestarcatering.com/
  • Private party facilities
    Customize your event menu for your next pizza party, corporate events, and any celebrations or occasion. Groups from 20-40 welcome at any time. Please contact us for any questions or inquiries. Please email: Solano@thestarpizza.com - or call - (510) 526-7827
  • Private party contact
    Michael Petrilli: (510) 526-7827
  • Neighborhood
    Albany
  • Cross street
    Solano Ave. & Cornell Ave.
  • Parking details
    In addition to plentiful street parking, parking is available behind the post office half a block east.
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Delivery, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 362 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.6
4.6 based on recent ratings
  • 4.6Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.3Ambience
  • 4.3Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • San Francisco Bay Area

    Kid-friendly

  • East Bay

    Good for business meals

  • East Bay

    Kid-friendly

  • East Bay

    Good for groups

362 Reviews
  1. Miranda

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 14, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience4
    Fair prices for food! We loved the goddess salad and the burrata dish. Overall, we had a great time, just service was a tad slow but there was only one of them so we totally understood.

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  2. Rodmoraga

    San Francisco

    27 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    27 reviews

    Dined on September 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We had lunch for nine people. We were seated very fast and drink orders taken immediately. Service was perfect. We all ordered salads, signature pizzas, meatballs, and several appetizers. What a great lunch.

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  3. Wyldstyle

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 26, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience5
    Yes and Yes. Highly Recommended. Its trendy with great food. And you can bring the whole family.

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  4. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    1.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on August 23, 2023

    overall1food1service1ambience1
    The worst pizza I have ever had. Little Star used to be a great place at its original location on Solano, the quality of the food and service has declined to a very disappointing level. Will never go back and will not recommend it.

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  5. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    39 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    39 reviews

    Dined on June 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great service. Love that happy hour has 6 salads and roasted veggies available.

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  6. Rodmoraga

    San Francisco

    27 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    27 reviews

    Dined on June 2, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    Had a business lunch with six people. Little Star is my go to business lunch spot. Two of the people who joined us had never been. They were very pleased with their thin crust signature pizzas. Will come again.

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  7. CandaceS

    San Francisco

    23 reviews

    5.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on June 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We got there early so there were not a lot of diners. Our server was new and was very sweet as he was learning the ordering system. We were not in a rush so no problem. We each got an individual thin crust pizza. There are so many choices which is fun as you can create the pizza to your individual tastes. The thin crust was really yummy...crispy, with a good chew yet not heavy. Hard to explain, but yum!

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  8. MarySFO

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on May 7, 2023

    overall4food1service2ambience3
    I use to come here all the time but now something has changed. The quality of the pizza and service was extremely poor. I paid $30 for a personal cheese and tomato pizza that I could have made at home for $10. It wasn’t good like it use to be. What happened!!! Disappointed.

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Ate here on Earth day 2023. Post pandemic the building has changed but not the quality of food. 5 star dining and can enjoy outside or inside. The weather’s finally picked up with sunshine. Great to people watch or tuck away and do your own thing. I’ll be back because the salad and deep dish personal pizza was outstanding. Also, there is a fancy pants full bar if that’s your swing. I ordered the blood orange sour and it did not disappoint.

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  10. CapC

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on April 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great dining experience! There is food and drinks for everyone. Fresh and Delicious. Everyone was happy!

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  11. rocky0

    San Francisco

    16 reviews

    5.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on April 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    This is a great pizza place. It's great of kids. The Pizza is great. There is a full bar with a full selection of cocktails and great beers on draft. The ambience is nice enough to go out with your partner, or to have kids along. The music is nice and a nice volume so you can talk, but it feels alive and festive. The appearance of the space is really nice, and the service there is nice as well. This is not an Italian restaurant, it's a pizza place. I can't think of a better pizza place with a full bar that I've ever visited anywhere. Their takeout is also great and well managed, and we lived on their pizza's for almost all Friday night takeout during the pandemic, and now do both takeout and go in person and love it.

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  12. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Lovely atmosphere. Little Star’s deep dish pizza is remarkably unique and delicious. It is my favorite deep dish in The Bay.

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  13. TerriJ

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 25, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Gabby is professional, pleasant, friendly and a hard worker. Appreciated her honesty and recommendations. Very attentive to the tables she is serving.

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  14. Rodmoraga

    San Francisco

    27 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    27 reviews

    Dined on March 24, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was great. Quiet, great service, appetizers and pizza was delicious

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  15. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 21, 2023

    overall4food5service5ambience5
    We enjoyed ourselves. We will recommend the establishment.

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  16. Gaby

    San Francisco

    84 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    84 reviews

    Dined on February 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The pizzas are excellent and great salads. Happy hour is very reasonable too

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  17. winifredr

    San Francisco

    21 reviews

    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on January 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great to eat outside in the sunshine. Quiet place for lunch.

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  18. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The Detroit style pizza is by far one of the best pizzas I’ve ever tried. The bread has that perfect soft crunch that not many places can achieve. The last time I’ve had that soft crunch was 2 years ago at a pizzeria in La Chona, Jalisco, Mexico. If I could rate this place 10 stars I would give it 11!!

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  19. EricB

    San Francisco

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 29, 2022

    overall2food2service3ambience4
    Disappointed that the gluten free pizza was not available. That was the reason we planned to eat at Little Star

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  20. KristinO

    San Diego

    17 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on December 12, 2022

    overall3food4service2ambience2
    For the first time, we were really underwhelmed with this restaurant, and it is go-to for us. The pizza was (and usually is) fantastic, but the ambiance (kids running circles around the tables without parental care) was awful and the servers were downright surly. So sorry we need yet another refill for our carafe of water! It’s not like we were being cheap, we ordered and consumed at least 6 glasses of wine. Not sure what was up that night but the attitude of the entire staff was not good. Hopefully it was just an off night.

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  21. SharonF

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on October 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Awesome pizza, amazing salads, great beer on tap . We always order to go and last night was the first time we ate at the restaurant.. it was wonderful . Our waiter was new and you would. Never known to. Her wand wonderful. I think his name Was Jesse

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  22. Mohita

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 24, 2022

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    We came here as a family on Saturday. There were a few customers but it was generally quiet. We each got a personal pizza, each one was delicious. There were 2 personal cheese, one white pie and one deep dish meatball. The only issue is that service seemed a little lackadaisical, it took almost 40 min for pizzas to come out and I was worried they’d just forgotten about us. Apart from that, little star made for a very nice family lunch on solano Ave

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  23. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    46 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    46 reviews

    Dined on August 3, 2022

    overall4food3service4ambience4
    We enjoyed sitting at the bar. The salad had a tad too much dressing on it and the pizza was a tad cold. Both were very tasty though.

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  24. WineAndDine

    San Francisco

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on July 12, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Outstanding deep dish pizza (and this is from someone who typically prefers thin)!

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  25. JimC

    Orlando

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on June 18, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Wait staff was right on top of thin. The pizzas were great!

    Little Star SolanoResponded on June 21, 2022

    Thank you for the five stars. We appreciate the support and hope to see you again soon.

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  26. Contessa

    San Francisco

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on May 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Our friends came to town from Novato and we ate outside post-doubles tennis. It was glorious! The food was fantastic, the service terrific, and our friends loved the suggestion.

    Little Star SolanoResponded on May 26, 2022

    Hi there, thank you for the support. We are so glad you enjoyed your visit and hope to see you again soon.

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  27. ArmandoO

    San Francisco

    13 reviews

    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on April 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Just as always, the food was amazing and delicious 🥰

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  28. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 12, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience3
    Excellent salad and I like the thin crust pizza. It's not the best in the Bay area but it's very tasty

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  29. Anita

    San Francisco

    31 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    31 reviews

    Dined on April 2, 2022

    overall5food5service4ambience4
    This is our return visit as I liked the last meal. The pizza was thin and to my liking. This time-it was a bit thick and the toppings were lacking but still good. Loved the fountain ginger soda. I liked the light and volume of the inside and the bathroom was clean. Was a Friday night and the place was filled with family with children. The hostess was very friendly. Nice neigborhood spot that we will definitely return.

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  30. Mrsspace

    San Francisco

    19 reviews

    4.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on March 29, 2022

    overall4food5service4ambience3
    We love Littlestar, but it's gotten really loud in there (concrete walls)? The service is adequate, but a little off, always. But there's no replicating their wonderful deep dish pies! We'd love for them to open a branch in Marin Co.

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  31. KristinO

    San Diego

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on March 22, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Wonderful place. Deep dish pizza is amazing! It’s not cheap, but food is great! There was a busker outside with really loud music that he was singing to, which was problematic. Just really loud. Minor annoyance, but it made the restaurant very noisy. But I still love this restaurant!!

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  32. Alex

    Seattle

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 18, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    easy and delicious! nice ambience, good service, great location

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  33. TanyaS

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 13, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Met up with some friends. Perfect for outdoor dining. Food was great and service was terrific. Our waiter was attentive, friendly and funny.

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  34. MollyB

    San Francisco

    16 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on February 26, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience3
    Excellent service and delicious pizza and salads last night. I can't say enough about how courteous and responsive the host, wait staff and kitchen is. I have some allergies, but I only encountered a concern for my health and a willingness to work around my limitations. Thank you so much for making my out of town friends and me feel welcomed and cared for--- good food and attentive but not intrusive wait staff. Very enjoyable as always, Little Star!

    Little Star SolanoResponded on March 11, 2022

    Hi Molly, thank you for the great review and feedback. We are so glad you enjoyed your visit and we hope to see yo again soon.

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  35. RobinS

    San Francisco

    14 reviews

    4.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on February 19, 2022

    overall4food5service3ambience5
    A little short-staffed, so our wait staff was slightly overwhelmed and neglected to check if we needed more wine. Kitchen was backed up, so food was slow to come out. Deep dish pizza was hot, and salad was perfect. Overall, I was happy to dine indoors with the wait staff we had available. Hope to be back soon!

    Little Star SolanoResponded on March 11, 2022

    Hi Robin, thank you so much for the feedback, we greatly appreciate it. We apologize about the wait times and hope to see you again soon.

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  36. JonathanM

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    4.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on February 15, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience3
    Good food, nice environment, great service!

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  37. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 12, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Overall a good place to eat, nothing spectacular or mind blowing, it was a little loud but clean and the staff was very nice, especially our waitress.

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  38. Morgan

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 5, 2022

    overall2food2service2ambience3
    Little Star has always been a favorite but dine in service and food quality has declined with the surge in take out business.

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  39. Anonymous

    San Diego

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 2, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We've been Little Star fans for years, strictly on a take-out basis. It was wonderful finally to supplement the great food with the nice ambience of the restaurant. Great cocktails in addition to fresh, tasty, thoughtfully prepared food.

    Little Star SolanoResponded on February 10, 2022

    Hi there, thank you so much for the kind review. We are glad you enjoyed your visit and look forward to seeing you again soon.

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  40. SHMV

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 10, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    We ate outside by a heat lamp and were very comfortable

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Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitizing

    • Surfaces sanitized between seatings
    • Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
    • Sealed or wrapped utensils used
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily
    • Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers
    • Contactless payment available
  • Physical distancing

    • Limited number of seated diners
    • Distancing maintained in common areas
    • Extra space between tables
  • Protective equipment

    • Waitstaff wear masks
    • Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
    • Diner temperature check required
    • Staff temperature check required
    • Contact tracing information collected

FAQs

You can order delivery directly from Little Star Solano using the Order Online button. Little Star Solano also offers delivery in partnership with Uber Eats. Little Star Solano also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (510) 526-7827.

Little Star Solano is rated 4.6 stars by 362 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 3 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Little Star Solano

1181 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Solano Ave. & Cornell Ave.
  • Neighborhood
    Albany
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 11:30 am–5:00 pm Dinner Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Cuisines
    Pizzeria, Italian, Vegetarian / Vegan
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    In addition to plentiful street parking, parking is available behind the post office half a block east.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Delivery, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
    (510) 526-7827
  • Catering
    We offer a full range of Catering Services. Visit us online at https://www.littlestarcatering.com/
  • Private party facilities
    Customize your event menu for your next pizza party, corporate events, and any celebrations or occasion. Groups from 20-40 welcome at any time. Please contact us for any questions or inquiries. Please email: Solano@thestarpizza.com - or call - (510) 526-7827
  • Private party contact
    Michael Petrilli: (510) 526-7827
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