Il Fornaio - Corte Madera

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   Larry

   VIP

   San Francisco

   183 reviews

   4.0

   183 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Both the salmon and special lasagna entrees were excellent. So was the service.
   

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   Pamela

   San Francisco

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   we went to try out their special menu. a big gran padano wheel greeted us in the entry area, from which we were served fresh from the wheel cheese. it was a nice touch. one entree tasted off so we sent it back. the other, a sausage and radicchio lasagna was quite good, but both dishes were lukewarm - either hadn’t been heated properly or sat too long, waiting to be served. the restaurant was packed and it took a long time to get our order. would i hurry back? definitely no. this used to be a go to favorite for me, but I find their regular menu in need of refreshing and it is quite disappointing to be served lukewarm food. we could have sent it back but then would have faced even a longer wait.
   

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   Derek

   VIP

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   This was a perfect venue for a SIXTOP communal dinner -- great food, lively atmosphere, and friendly service.
   

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   Barbara

   VIP

   San Francisco

   19 reviews

   4.0

   19 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Good service. Value for money. Excellent food. Would go again
   

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   Kathleen

   VIP

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   The quality of the salads is not very good. My friends arugula was very, very tough and had a minimal amount of beets in it. I had the Caesar salad with a salmon, add-on, and I had to keep adding salt and pepper because it was no flavor. The croutons were dry and not very tasty. I think the quality of food has gone down substantially. How hard is it to provide really tasty salads.?
   

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   Kenneth

   VIP

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   I got gyp’d out of my $10 Open Table reward. The server could not figure out how to apply the $10 credit to my bill, but he wiped out the $10 credit from my reward. I now have a $0 credit.
   

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   Marilyn

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had lunch with eight older women. The service was stellar. Heater was great in our covered space.
   

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   Flora

   VIP

   San Francisco

   87 reviews

   2.0

   87 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   I don't normally rate a restaurant so poorly, but just about everything was well below acceptable levels this evening. They brought us the wrong beer, and since we didn't realize it until we tasted it, we didn't bother sending it back. One person ordered the chicken with mushrooms dish, server insisted it was boneless, it turned out to be on the bone. There were 6 of us, 2 of us ordered the special salmon, 1 ordered it medium rare and the other well done. When they brought the salmon, they didn't ask who was getting which, and we didn't think to check and started eating, of course they had switched the orders. Fortunately we were among friends, so we switched back ourselves. My husband ordered pasta with seafood, the clams were ice cold. I ate one, and when I got home, I got violently ill with stomach issues. For dessert, a friend ordered the chocolate dessert (called vulcana?), they brought her bread pudding. She started eating it not realizing it wasn't chocolate, and decided she couldn't be bothered sending it back, given how everything had been going this evening. The server was never around, it was impossible to complain about anything. For the price we paid, the experience was appalling. It was a birthday celebration, but the food and service was grossly disappointing.
   

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   Leah

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on January 17, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   All appetizers for us. Brussels sprouts, calamari & meatballs hit the spot.
   

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    Peter

    San Francisco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 12, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3

    I think they were short staffed tonight. Service lacking. Chair off center. Food was great however poor timing with soup and main course.
    

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