Best Restaurants for Local Ingredients in Little Italy

Third time and by far the most consistently excellent dining experience we’ve had in San Diego. The sourdough was lovely, especially the butter that came with… the biscuit also had great texture and a lovely sage butter. The baba ganoush plate was great though a little bread heavy and not quite enough BG. Pork belly outstanding on all accounts. The large steak for two was cooked perfectly, though the potato skin on the stuffed potato was a bit oily (probably just needs higher temperature on the oil or a change of oil). We are dessert people (hey Claire Saffitz) so we had the apple pie ice cream, orange creamsicle sorbet, and the “Ferrero Rocher.” All outstanding. Still our favorite celebration spot in SD.

The food was all exceptionally good. Unfortunately, they were very under staffed and that showed in the poor service. I’d still recommend the place. Just hope everyone shows up for work!!

I have been here 6 times since it opened in June, the food and service is amazing!

Isola has the best pizza in little Italy. The wood fired grill adds something special to the flavor and the crust is perfectly crisp, the ingredients fresh and flavorful. The service was impeccible. Great dinner or date spot.

Attended the 5-course Christmas Eve dinner. It was worth every penny- from start to finish it was coursed beautifully, ingredients were fresh and cooked perfectly to temp, plating was festive and colourful; and all this with just the right timed check-ins from my bartender/server James. The couple next to me did the wine pairing and everything was explained nicely and paired well... along with some fun history & stories- I opted for the cocktails which were creative and utilized some lovely ingredients as well as being well balanced.