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Perbacco

4.6
4.6
6621 Reviews
$30 and under
Italian
Sleek and modern with one foot firmly in the Old World is the feeling at Perbacco. The restaurant boasts a brick wall original to the historic 1913 Hind building, with other touches such as a bar top and floor tiles made from white Carrara marble. With 16 seats at the bar and 7 more intimate tables, Perbacco creates an atmosphere for a glass of wine or a light bite. Perbacco also features 2 dining rooms, one on the main floor and a smaller one on the Mezzanine, which has the added allure of serving as "theater", with windows to watch all the action in the kitchen below. Chef Staffan Terje strives to cook the finest food reflecting the Italian regions of Piemonte and Liguria. Handcrafted, house-made salumi, prosciutto and other charcuterie are not to be missed. Seasonal pastas, a tradition in Piemonte, range from the traditional ravioli to the more exotic agnolotti. Main courses feature dishes such as stuffed quail breast, a selection of seafood dishes, and vegetarian options.

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 68 times today
Experiences are available.
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Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style

    Fine Dining

  • Cuisines

    Italian

  • Hours of operation

    Lunch Wed–Fri 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Bar Wed–Fri 2:00 pm–5:30 pm Dinner Wed–Fri 3:00 pm–9:00 pm Sat 5:30 pm–9:00 pm

  • Phone number

    (415) 955-0663

  • Payment options

    AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Dress code

    Business Casual

  • Executive chef

    Staffan Terje

  • Catering

    Limited to party size of 100 or fewer. We will customize the menu according to the event.

  • Private party facilities

    Perbacco accommodates groups of all sizes. A 18 seat "wine and dine" room features a temperature controlled wine cellar and a private atmosphere, without being too secluded. A 40-seat private room is also available for meetings, birthdays, and other occasions.

  • Private party contact

    Stephen Lee: (415) 955-0647

  • Neighborhood

    Financial District / Embarcadero

  • Cross street

    Battery St. & Front St.

  • Parking details

    Valet parking offered at night only. Cars will be parked primarily in a secured lot. Nearby parking public parking structures also available at Front at Sacramento (Embarcadero), Battery at Pine and on Front between Pine and California

  • Public transit

    Bart: Montgomery station. Muni: Market and 1st St. stops.

  • Additional

    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Chef's Table, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Experiences

  • Passover Dinner

    $70.00 per person

    Apr 7, 2023 only
    On the Night of Friday April 7, 2023 Perbacco will be doing a Prefix Passover Dinner. The menu is the only items available this evening and is priced at $70.00 per person. We look forward to welcoming you in this Passover. ANTIPASTI (Served family style) Caponata di Melanzane alla Giudia Eggplant, Onion, Celery, Tomato, Capers, Olives, Pine Nuts Spuma di Fegato di Pollo Chicken Liver, Hard Cooked Egg, Schmaltz, Matzo Crackers Asparagi Olive oil, Lemon PRIMI Choice of: Umberto's Matzo Ball Soup Vellutata di Patate e Porri Potato and Leek Soup SECONDI Choice of: Petto di Manzo Brasato Brisket, Beef Jus, Horseradish Pollo Arrosto all'Arancia, Limone e zenzero Orange, Lemon, Ginger Halibut con Pomodoro e Rabarbaro Tomato, Rhubarb, Olives

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What 6,621 people are saying

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4.6
4.6 based on recent ratings
  • 4.6Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.5Ambience
  • 4.2Value

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  1. Chan

    San Francisco

    38 reviews

    4.0

    38 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall4food4service3ambience4
    The food as great. I wish the waiter could have slowed down a bit. Everyone was in a rush as if they want to get the job done and close the restaurant for the night. Our waiter indeed knocked down our glass of water on the table. Thank goodness it was not a glass of wine.
  2. Frances

    San Francisco

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    First class Italian restaurant, best pasta outside of Italy!
  3. Nicci

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 5 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience2
    Great food, good and kind service staff, slightly judgemental patrons around us. Good overall experience
  4. Jpan771031

    Mexico City

    18 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    18 reviews

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall1food3service5ambience1
    Llegamos 8:45 a nuestra reservación y nos dijeron que la Cocina cerraba 09:00 pm por lo que tuvimos que ordenar rápidamente y desde las 10 pm ya todos los empleados se querían retirar Las entradas muy buenas, las pastas regular El mesero muy bueno y se llama Giovani
  5. sammi

    St. Louis

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent service, delicious food and great ambience! A wonderful evening enjoyed by all!
  6. MartinH

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    First time there and it will NOT be the last time. From the front desk to the server - great experience.
  7. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Extraordinary dining experience. Amazing service!
  8. TomM

    San Francisco

    8 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall3food2service3ambience5
    Perbaco needs to change main courses a lot more often. The choices of desert are mainly unappealing. I love the ambiance!!!!
  9. CathieR

    San Francisco

    14 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on March 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We have dined at Perbacco for many years. We love the menu. The food is always delicious!
  10. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Great tasting solid Italian fare! Our waiter was Sicilian and he really explained the food and wine list well
  11. AndyS

    Los Angeles

    18 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    18 reviews

    Dined on March 11, 2023

    overall3food3service5ambience3
    Dined solo. One host was delightful and welcoming- while the seater seemed baffled and concerned on a solo diner and where to seat me. My waiter was excellent kind and personable if a bit hurried. Food was good - nothing extraordinary. Salad described it’s self as a fennel salad was so precious with barely there rings of fennel over some delicious citrus accents. Fair. I get this is a norther style upscale Italian but again portions and presentation of food was to precious and not that flavorful. Waiter insisted my gluten free pasta choice was fussili which dictated my sauce choice. Pasta arrived not as fusiliers but penne which had I known I would have ordered a more hearty ragu or meat sauce. Waiter seemed not informed and unapologetic. Sauce was a mushroom cream sauce which was so piping hot it over cooked pasta.
  12. Neighborgil

    San Francisco

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on March 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Always superb in every way. Gracious staff. Excellent service. And the food is always wonderful.
  13. SFDiner

    San Francisco

    12 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on March 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Food and drinks were great. Definitely would go back.
  14. Diane

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 5, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Wonderful and service was excellent. All greeted us and made sure a good night
  15. BillG

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on March 4, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    Perbacco continues to be a SF experience for outstanding dining with a you can’t go wrong menu. Standouts are the pappardelle, tajarin, short rib and chop. We are lucky to still have Perbacco post-pandemic.
  16. vininfo

    Los Angeles

    64 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    64 reviews

    Dined on March 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Absolutely fabulous. Perfect risotto rice balls to start, followed by perfectly presented Hamchi Crudo. Next was the most perfect translucent papardelle, with the most luscious and balanced short rib sauce. The owner Umberto is gracious and warm. Incredible wine list.
  17. Muts

    San Francisco

    29 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    29 reviews

    Dined on February 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Megan was a wonderful server. I wish you had Lambrusco by the glass.
  18. StephanieH

    Portland

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 25, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    What a delightful place! It came highly recommended from a friend and it lived up to every expectation. Luca was a fantastic host and made our first night in San Francisco so memorable. The suppli was to die for. I’ll be dreaming about that until we are finally able to make it back on our next visit.
  19. ValerieD

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 25, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing dinner from start to finish our server was great would definitely recommend
  20. Dakini

    San Diego

    29 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    29 reviews

    Dined on February 23, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Always excellent food and service. My favorite Italian restaurant in SF
  21. JTraveler

    San Diego

    17 reviews

    4.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on February 23, 2023

    overall4food5service3ambience4
    Service slower than usual food excellent , noisier than previous times. Possibly due to what table we had ( miore compact). My wife couldn’t hear what I was saying. Fen
  22. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on February 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent corner table so we could hear each other speak
  23. DarbyB

    San Francisco

    5 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on February 19, 2023

    overall2food3service3ambience3
    We arrived 16 minutes after our reservation and they had given our table away. I have never had that happen before; I have lived in SF for 58 of my 60 years, and I was shocked. A few minutes were lost out front as we waited for the valet. They did put us at a high top in the bar, and that was nice. The service was very good, the food was good but not great, and the atmosphere was just fine. I think I may have liked being out front versus being in the back. There were many people who rushed and out around us, which was curious. As a veteran SF resident, I may go elsewhere next time I choose to go downtown.
  24. Roberta

    San Francisco

    37 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    37 reviews

    Dined on February 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Fresh and delicious pasta and sides. A real treat!
  25. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 15, 2023

    overall3food3service2ambience3
    Valentine’s Day dinner was ok. They were really busy. I’d like to come back when it’s not a mad house.
  26. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 15, 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience5
    I had a great time service was nice and ambiance was perfect for the day
  27. EmilieN

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Really recommend Perbacco, we had a great time! We’ll come back
  28. LauraF

    Las Vegas

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The papardelle was incredible!
  29. RussB

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Perbacco is our go-to place in downtown SF. Umberto always greets us with a smile. The food and service are top-notch. We highly recommend Perbacco.
  30. LorraineT

    San Francisco

    8 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on February 9, 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience4
    Professional staff, delicious meal. Loud space.
  31. TJames

    San Francisco

    13 reviews

    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on February 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food. Good service. Fantastic pasta. An SF classic. We love it.
  32. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Find delicious great service. Look forward to returning again.
  33. GregD

    San Francisco

    1 review

    vip
    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 3, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Excellent food. Server took my brussel sprouts to kitchen to place in go-box and never returned. Didn't bother to bring it up. Signed and left.
  34. GeneN

    San Francisco

    98 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    98 reviews

    Dined on January 29, 2023

    overall3food5service2ambience5
    Food was amazing!! Service not so much. We did have a later reservation (8:45) and we didn’t have any problems ordering early. We just didn’t appreciate our server making us feel like we were imposing with no interaction, no acknowledgement even when we actually apologized for dining so late in an attempt to light his mood, and overall seeming disinterested what experience were having. Certainly not enough to dissuade us from returning, just please don’t make feel guilty for dining past 8:30.
  35. Sarah

    Vancouver

    10 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on January 29, 2023

    overall4food5service2ambience5
    The food and ambiance was amazing! The servers were attentive at first, and then someone important was sat at the table next to us…. Multiple people were serving that table and it took the servers about an hour to notice we wanted the check. Pretty annoying, but guess there’s some guests more important than others
  36. Jules

    San Francisco

    14 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on January 29, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience4
    Really great pasta but I can see how it
  37. NinaF

    Atlanta Metro

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on January 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food was amazing and Wade our server and the other server who help with water and bread was so awesome
  38. joep

    New England

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 27, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    When the owner of the restaurant asks you f you'd like him to sprinkle Parmigian cheese on your entree you know you're in great hands. Awesome food, terrific ambience and service- straight from the top- that is second to none!
  39. OpenTable Diner

    San Francisco

    55 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    55 reviews

    Dined on January 25, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    Food was great! Asked to be moved outside as it was far too noisy inside.
  40. Blanca

    San Francisco

    64 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    64 reviews

    Dined on January 25, 2023

    overall3food3service3ambience4
    The food was fine. Nothing particularly memorable. We had the pear and beet salads, which were good. The pork loin was dry but the duck beast was better. We added the Papardelle with rib meat, also ok. The service was good, the hostesses were not helpful, but that’s not really important.

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
  • 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
    • Staff temperature check required

FAQs

Perbacco does offer delivery in partnership with Chow Now and Uber Eats. Perbacco also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (415) 955-0663.

Perbacco is rated 4.6 stars by 6621 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 68 times today
Experiences are available.
Google Map for Perbacco

230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Cross street

    Battery St. & Front St.

  • Neighborhood

    Financial District / Embarcadero

  • Hours of operation

    Lunch Wed–Fri 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Bar Wed–Fri 2:00 pm–5:30 pm Dinner Wed–Fri 3:00 pm–9:00 pm Sat 5:30 pm–9:00 pm

  • Cuisines

    Italian

  • Dining style

    Fine Dining

  • Dress code

    Business Casual

  • Parking details

    Valet parking offered at night only. Cars will be parked primarily in a secured lot. Nearby parking public parking structures also available at Front at Sacramento (Embarcadero), Battery at Pine and on Front between Pine and California

  • Public transit

    Bart: Montgomery station. Muni: Market and 1st St. stops.

  • Payment options

    AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Executive chef

    Staffan Terje

  • Additional

    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Chef's Table, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

  • Phone number

    (415) 955-0663

  • Catering

    Limited to party size of 100 or fewer. We will customize the menu according to the event.

  • Private party facilities

    Perbacco accommodates groups of all sizes. A 18 seat "wine and dine" room features a temperature controlled wine cellar and a private atmosphere, without being too secluded. A 40-seat private room is also available for meetings, birthdays, and other occasions.

  • Private party contact

    Stephen Lee: (415) 955-0647

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