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"This
family owned restaurant with a stunning view of the Bay turns
out first-rate seafood and Italian dishes."
Gault Millau’s Best of San Francisco.
San Francisco Family Vacation - By Heather
Burke
TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY BY THE BAY
Lunch at Alioto’s on Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 45. This
85-year old Sicilian family restaurant serves the best calamari
& shrimp appetizer, a tremendous Crab Louie, and authentic
Cioppino (all San Fran originals) with fantastic views of famous
Fisherman’s Wharf, the Bay and the Bridge
Alioto
in Campus Circle Magazine
Our Weekend Getaway to San Francisco article is on page 17 of
this week's issue.
Gayot’s
Review
Just because it has resided on the heavily touristed Fisherman's
Wharf forever doesn't mean Alioto's is strictly for the tourists.
Locals love the place, especially if they were born with, or
developed, some serious Italian taste buds. In addition to the
multitudes of seafood dishes (from smoked salmon to crab cakes,
to prawn cocktails), the kitchen turns out one of the best cioppinos
in town and such robust Sicilian specialties as calamari showered
with bread crumbs, garlic and anchovies. Meat lovers can stick
to the Alioto antipasta plate, lemony veal piccata, or steak
and fries. The wine list is extensive and well-chosen; wine
expert Nunzio Alioto is one of three dozen master sommeliers
in the United States.
Frommer's
Review
One of San Francisco's oldest restaurants, run by one of the
city's most prominent families, the Aliotos, this Fisherman's
Wharf landmark has a long-standing reputation for great cioppino.
The curbside crab stand, Café 8, and the outdoor crab
market are great for quick, inexpensive doses of San Francisco's
finest. For more formal surroundings, continue up the stairs
to the multilevel, harbor-view dining room. Don't mess around
with the menu: If you're here, you're after Dungeness crab.
Cracked, caked, stuffed, or stewed, it's impossible to get your
fill.
Zagat Review
Australia
Courier and Mail
“Alioto's, a San Franciscan institution, has one of the
best vantage points from which to sit and soak up the spectacular
views over the moored yachts and glistening waters of the bay.
Alioto's was first opened in 1925 by Sicilian immigrant Nunzio
Alioto Snr, who sold fresh fish from Stall #8 back in a time
when Fisherman's Wharf was crowded with labourers who worked
at the surrounding timber yard, train tracks and union hall.
Eventually, Alioto's stall became a restaurant and, these days,
the third generation of his family is running the landmark diner
with an extensive menu that still features fresh and local seafoods
and continues to offer original dishes like its prawn cocktail
($US13.50).
If you visit you should treat yourself to some of the family's
Sicilian specialties, such as the cold entree of chopped octopus,
calamari and fish tossed lightly in lemon juice, olive oil and
garlic or the seafood sausage filled with prawns, shrimp, scallops,
tomatoes and basil served in a lemon butter sauce ($US13.50).
Main meals such as the fresh sole fillet baked with Dungeness
crab meat in a light cream sauce ($US28) are world-class.”
Cosmo
Tourist Review - A good sea food restaurant
If you are going to take a trip to San Francisco, California
there are many different sea food restaurants that you will
be able to choose from. One of the more notable ones is called
Alioto’s restaurant. This place is very famous and is
located in the Fisherman’s Wharf district. We had a very
good experience when we went to this great place. The people
there were very friendly and the whole time we had a marvelous
view of San Francisco bay and Alcatraz. I would recommend this
place to anyone who enjoys crab. The crab there was very fresh
and was prepared very professionally by an obviously very experienced
staff.
Wine Spectator - award of excellence.
Travel Savvy News - By Ann Terry Hill
SAN FRANCISCO-SOMETHINGS OLD, SOMETHINGS NEW
Dinner at Alioto’s at Fisherman’s Wharf was the
finale of this whirlwind visit. And what could be more San Franciscan
than dining in a Italian family restaurant that’s been
in business since 1925, with three generations of Aliotos serving
up some of the finest Sicilian dishes and fresh seafood you’ll
find anywhere in the world. We were lucky to be there at sundown.
The view of fishing vessels docked just outside the restaurant,
with the Golden Gate Bridge as a back drop was spectacular..
If you go, and if you’re lucky, you will be waited on
by Albert, head waiter who’s been with Alioto’s
for 32 years…he knows the menu forward and backward and
will give you a thumbs up for the best dish of the day. Alioto’s
is such a tradition you can’t visit San Francisco without
giving it a try. If you don’t feel like an entire dinner,
try their Outdoor Crab Market just in front of the Restaurant
.There’s nothing like fresh picked crab, a slice of fresh
sour dough bread, and a bottle of San Francisco’s original
Anchor Steam Beer to cap off your day of city sightseeing and
put you in tune with the ambience of this romantic city.
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GO U GO - Reviews
It was wonderful -- the food and service are wonderful.
The seafood is so fresh, and the meal will just melt in your
mouth. The clam chowder is to die for. You have never had it
this good before, I promise.
The service was excellent, and so was the food. Most seats
offer a water view. We had seafood, but the menu has a good
choice of other kinds of food.
Had a great seafood meal. We ate here after spending all
day seeing the sights. We were all dressed casually, but it
wasn't a problem and we didn't feel out of place. We saw everything
from men wearing dinner jackets to people in T-shirts. Service
was excellent and the seafood was fresh from the bay. Would
be a great spot for a romantic dinner, and all tables had a
great view of the wharf and bay.
Bay
Area Dining
Three generations of Alioto's have cultivated superb Sicilian
recipes incorporating the local, fresh seafood while also offering
Private Dining/Banquet facilities. Small weddings and corporate
in-house catering events can be easily accommodated.
