Bacco Ristorante

4.8 (1216)

$31 to $50

Italian

3913 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

About this restaurant

Neighborhood gem
Great for outdoor dining
Charming

"When you pull back the curtain at the door of Bacco, you enter into a decidedly Italian world. Since it opened in 1993, Chef Vincenzo Cucco has been turning out delicious food, some of the best made to order risotto, pastas, etc. In all, Bacco is a top neighborhood restaurant and truly offers a meal to savor." -Michael Bauer, S.F Chronicle restaurant critic

We would like to welcome our new Chef Bobby Nasser to the Bacco family. With over 30 years of culinary experience starting in Italy to his latest venture at the Fairmount Royal York Hotel in Toronto Canada.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian
Hours of operation
Tuesday- Thursday: 5:30pm - 9:30pm,Friday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 10:00, Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Website
http://www.baccosf.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Private party facilities
Please contact the restaurant for details.

Location
3913 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Neighborhood
Noe Valley
Cross street
24th Street
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Banquet, Beer, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Bacco$11.00
Radicchio salad, arugula, candied pecans, gorgonzola
Barbietole$12.00
Beet salad, goat cheese, orange, honey citrus dressing
Impepata$14.00
Sauteed clams and mussels, olive oil, garlic and tomato
Baccala'$11.00
Savory whipped salt cod with grilled polenta
Calamari$14.00
Grilled calamari, cannellini beans, arugula
Insalata$11.00
Orange salad with fennel, olives and pistachio
Crostino$12.00
Eggplant mousse, burrata, candied hazelnut
Moscardini$12.00
Braised fresh baby octopus in a red wine tomato sauce
Polpette$11.00
Slowly braised homemade Tuscan baby meatballs, with tomato sauce
Salumi$16.00
Prosciutto di Parma, salami, mortadella, speck, olives
Olives$6.00
Assorted olives

Primi

Fregola$22.00
Sardinian pasta, clams, mussels, scallops, shrimp, saffron, fresh tomato
Vermicelli$18.00
Thin spaghetti, slowly braised homemade Tuscan baby meatballs
Tonnarelli$20.00
Homemade squid ink pasta, spicy calamari, tomato sauce
Rigatoni$18.00
Tube pasta, sausage, roasted peppers, peas, tomato and cream
Gnocchi$18.00
Homemade potato dumplings, tomatoes, mozzarella, basil
Lasagna$18.00
Homemade Bolognese lasagna, bechamel
Risotto
Made to order risotto changes daily (please allow 25 to 30 minutes, inquire about price)
Ravioli$18.00
Homemade pasta filled with swiss chard, pine-nuts, and ricotta cheese in a walnut cream sauce
Sacchetto$18.00
Homemade stuffed pasta, vegetables, mozzarella, tomato & cream
Scallopine$29.00
Breaded veal scaloppini, prosciutto, mozzarella and onions
Pollo$24.00
Sauteed breast of natural chicken, topped with prosciutto spinach and smoked mozzarella with red wine sauce
Brasato$28.00
Braised beef short rib, potato gnocchi
Maiale$24.00
Center cut bone in pork chop, pistachio crusted

Contorni

Cavoletti$8.00
Sauteed brussel sprouts, pancetta, olive oil
Fagiolini$8.00
Sauteed string beans, spicy tomato sauce
Cavolo$8.00
Sauteed kale, olive oil and garlic

Reviews

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4.8

(1216)

4.8Food
4.4Service
4.6Ambience
4.5Value

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1,148 Reviews

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MaryB
San Francisco2 reviews
5.0
Dined on January 31, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 5
Our experience was wonderful, sorry to see it close!
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DinerSF Gold
San Francisco208 reviews
5.0
Dined on January 30, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Very bummed that they are closing to re-open with a new concept in the same space - hopefully in April. This is the best outdoor patio space and the food is excellent, but I understand that after more than 3 decades in business it is time for a change! Can't wait for the new concept and you only have a couple nights before Bacco is gone forever!
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David Gold
San Francisco40 reviews
5.0
Dined on January 24, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Romantic and also families. Elegant and also casual. This place really caters to every type of dining experience. Perfect.
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JeffS
San Francisco3 reviews
1.0
Dined on January 15, 2024
1. Overall 1
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
This may have been an off night, but this was the worst run restaurant last night. For the entire restaurant, there was only one waiter and one non waiter individual to help with clearing etc. There was someone filling the host role, who also helped with service, but she left at 7, the height of the evening rush. According to the waiter, the restaurant was not staffed for the number of customers who showed up (only 3 reservations). Even so, specials were sold out at 6:30 pm. Our food sat under the heat lamps while the kitchen staff kept ringing the bell. We thought about getting up and getting the plates ourselves, but we still had our salad/bread dishes on our table and didn't really have room for entrees. Plus, it would have been hard on the kitchen staff. The waiter was busy seating guests--not sure why they continued to take walk-ins when they did not have the staff to serve the guests they had (bad management!). One salad was literally fraudulent (a mass of mangled radicchio and arugula was served missing the gorgonzola (a small cube of a feta like cheese) and one walnut instead of the candied pecans). The brussels sprouts were mushy and cold and must have been cooked at some point earlier in the day. Our entrees, which included 2 seafood dishes, were both rubbery due to sitting endlessly under heat lamps (ding, ding, ding, ding, ding) and cold underneath. The food might be ok, we couldn't tell. But someone should tell the wait team to only seat the number of customers they can serve with the staff on hand. Btw, it's always a bad look with a key member of the wait team (the one working in the host/seater role) walks out at the peak of busyness. Either this was due to frustration or a sign that the people working here are not vested in customer service nor in the success of the restaurant.
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MariaP Gold
San Francisco21 reviews
5.0
Dined on December 23, 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The Branzino brought back memories of a wonderful dish we had in Rome. Bacco's was just as spectacular. Paired with a Vermentino Primo (suggested by the owner) was truly a match made in heaven. Simply put, the best meal I've had in a very long while.
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco1 review
1.0
Dined on December 2, 2023
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
The restaurant owner ruined my birthday by being unprofessional, rude, nasty, and insulting to us. Since this was our first time eating in this restaurant, we asked a question, and she impatiently, loudly, and rudely answered it. I regret that I did not give her a piece of my mind. She was lucky because I could have yelled at and humiliated her in front of others.
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CANJ Gold
New York City13 reviews
2.0
Dined on November 30, 2023
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 2
Meh. And our server was a little too…animated? And got my order wrong. And challenged me on it. Unplesant.
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Mikeg
San Francisco1 review
4.0
Dined on November 29, 2023
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
We sat in the back and enjoyed some privacy. Food was good and service was unobtrusive.
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Presocratic
San Francisco18 reviews
4.0
Dined on November 6, 2023
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Pleasant neighborhood place. Portions were good. Service was fine.
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CharlesB
San Francisco1 review
3.0
Dined on September 25, 2023
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
I want so much to love Bacco because it is in my neighborhood and I’d love a great Italian restaurant within walking distance. I have to say though every time I go to Bacco the experience is the same where I end up paying big restaurant prices for an OK meal. One thing that really bothers me is that when you order a $15 glass of wine from Bacco it must be the worst pour in San Francisco. The very worst. I guess they must have someone in the back rationing out the wine. Let me say this - if you just want to get a pizza and a bottle of wine - not a glass - Bacco will be fine. One sidenote – aside from the hostess the overall vibe isn’t what I’d call jolly or upbeat, almost like the waiters and staff are under some sort of duress. There are 2 fantastic Italian restaurants nearby on Valencia St that are much better in every way.
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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian
Hours of operation
Tuesday- Thursday: 5:30pm - 9:30pm,Friday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 10:00, Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Website
http://www.baccosf.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Private party facilities
Please contact the restaurant for details.

Location
3913 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Neighborhood
Noe Valley
Cross street
24th Street
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Banquet, Beer, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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This restaurant is permanently closed.

Bacco Ristorante

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Menu

Antipasti

Bacco$11.00

Barbietole$12.00

Impepata$14.00

Baccala'$11.00

Calamari$14.00

Insalata$11.00

Crostino$12.00

Moscardini$12.00

Polpette$11.00

Salumi$16.00

Olives$6.00

Primi

Fregola$22.00

Vermicelli$18.00

Tonnarelli$20.00

Rigatoni$18.00

Gnocchi$18.00

Lasagna$18.00

Risotto

Ravioli$18.00

Sacchetto$18.00

Scallopine$29.00

Pollo$24.00

Brasato$28.00

Maiale$24.00

Contorni

Cavoletti$8.00

Fagiolini$8.00

Cavolo$8.00

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