Passione Emporio

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   Deborah

   San Francisco

   11 reviews

   4.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on 19 February 2025

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

   Delicious pizza and great service. Located in a quiet neighborhood. I will definitely go back.
   

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   Linh

   Unspecified

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Serving sizes were small, especially for the price. The waiters forgot our order and asked for our order several times, so it took an hour to get the food. The menu was reduced for Valentine’s Day, which was disappointing bc there were specific items on the menu we wanted to try. Would not recommend
   

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   Claytie

   San Francisco

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Staff were pleasant and hustling; however, the restaurant seemed to be understaffed. On more than one occasion a server came by to question if we had received one of our courses, which we had not. Long waits. It was Valentine’s day though…
   

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   Christina

   San Francisco

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Made Valentine’s Day reservations, two weeks ahead. Arrived before 7 for 7 PM reservation. After 15 minutes with no service opened the champagne we brought and poured it in the empty water glasses. After another 15 minutes, asked the manager to have someone take our order since we had been there a half hour. Someone did. 15 minutes later a salad arrived that we did not order. They took it away. 15 minutes later we left. No idea how the food was. We were there for an hour with no food. Tables around us had food they seem to enjoy it. Service was nonexistent.
   

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   Ron

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Not what we expected after the glowing reviews. It was Valentine's Day and we were given a special menu and had to ask for the pizza menu. We started with the the arancini which was pretty good served with a simple tomato sauce - but we have had better. The fennel salad contained many slices at the root which should have been removed. For our mains we had the gnocchi and mussels. The gnocchi were floating in the broth which gave them the consistency of rubber erasers. There was no bowl for the mussel shells. The lasagna consisted of 2 small and very thin sheets of pasta with an equally thin piece of eggplant between topped with cold ricotta and cherry tomatoes surrounded by a heart shaped smear of tomato sauce. It was so tiny it could have been an appetizer. It was sent back because it was cold. In hindsight we should have ordered the pizza which looked pretty good. Sorry but we will not return.
   

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   Judy

   San Francisco

   11 reviews

   1.0

   11 reviews

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Unfortunately, this was the worst dining experience. The staff/cooks were overwhelmed for V-day dinner. An hour after our salad, we had not received our ravioli entree. The waiter never waited on us after taking our order. We had to ask 3 times about not receiving our entrees. The waitstaff repeatedly did not know what table had what orders. Maybe they were temps for Valentine’s Day? We decided to leave and went to the manager to pay for our drinks and salad. He apologized and said don’t bother. I didn’t insist on paying only because he was so busy with more people waiting to be seated. I felt sorry for them. We went home and made a simple dinner.
   

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   JUDITH

   VIP

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 12 February 2025

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

   We had a wonderful birthday celebration here--the food, including the housemade pasta, pizza and antipasti, was delicious, the waiter was warm, attentive and helpful and the atmosphere was relaxed and cozy. We already know that we will be returning many times in the future--by far the best Italian meal we've enjoyed in Berkeley.
   

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   Laura

   Portland

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 2 February 2025

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

   We had a wonderful dining experience Passione Emporio. We were celebrating a birthday with family and the put a happy birthday banner above our table. The pizza was really good. We tried four different pizzas as a group and the were all delicious. The salad was really fresh. The service was friendly and spot on. Will definitely return!
   

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   David

   New York City

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 26 January 2025

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

   It’s a small restaurant with only two wait staff. It took a while to be seated with a reservation as well as taking our order. Other than that the entire meal was amazing.
   

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    Sarah

    Los Angeles

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on 21 January 2025

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

    Really enjoyed the fresh pasta! They also had a bunch of beer and wine I'd never heard of before.
    

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