RustiCucina

We celebrated my niece's birthday. We had a great time. The place is nice and clean. Service is great. All the servers are friendly and attentive. All the dishes that we ordered are flavorful and delicious. We were very satisfied and we highly recommend this restaurant.

Went to Rusticucina tonight and had the best experience. Not only was the place beautiful but the experience overall was gratifying. We were greeted as soon as I came in with a friendly face and was kindly told how much my wait time would be as it was a extremely busy. I was seated before my actual wait time which was a pleasant surprise and our waitress quickly came for our drink order and brought us water as well. The staff is very efficient and friendly and kindly explained different options on food and was patient enough with us to explain the specials and their favorite dishes considering how busy it was. Alvin and Ashley were extremely helpful in overall with recommendations in drinks and food as well as very friendly, their service was greatly appreciated and I’m sure the rest of the customers appreciated them too as I observed that everyone was receiving the same excellent service. The staff made us feel as part of the family and we appreciate every single one of them.

This is the BEST EVER SAN DIEGO RESTAURANT I don’t know why it’s not popular but let me tell you, it’s beautiful vintage place the food was the top notch any place I’ve been in San Diego this is it. It should be #1. The service were the best people they’re so nice and cute. We went there for my best friend birthday we were doing a day trip to San Diego and let me tell you to be my last place was worth the time and everything they even added * on house Bday cake slice just for her??*** in this economy since when do they do free? See they’re sweet please make sure you’re nice to them. The food and drinks were top notch we came from inside out as the food and drinks were lacking so we found this place by chance man the food was so good, and big portions we had to do a to go box and take to airport 😂🤎but it was worth it❤️also the money?? Was worth it. We paid 180$including the tip. And we had 3 different of pasta, appetizing, dessert tiramisu 3 of em. It was cheap compare to the other restaurants we had been on. Please give this place a chance as you will not regret it. Also ITS MUSLIMS FRIENDLY. There was a lot options with no alcohol or pork. ❤️

Not a huge restaurant but it's nicely decorated. The vibe is very pleasant and staff are friendly but our server is a bit off though. Food are delicious and presentation is good. I saw they have a cheese roll and it looks fun. Maybe next time I'll try that.

What an excellent meal! The fried burratta was fantastic, the pasta was fresh, the service was VERY on top of things, and the deserts were all amazing. The wine list focuses on Italian varietals with 1 Pinot option from the US and a cab or two on the list, and the cocktails feature a couple of nice options that may not be on other menus. For 3 people, appetizers, dinner, desert plus one bottle of wine was under $300 with tip included. All 3 of us said we wanted to come back. :)

Celebrated my Dad's birthday here. All the food was yummy and authentic. We had Salmon Pistacchio, Carbonara, and Ossobuco. Even the daily soup, carrot soup was great. Only downside for me is difficulty to find street parking, as they do not have their own parking lot.

Absolutely LOVED dining here! We had the most excellent service and the food was amazing! I highly suggest the cheese wheel pasta and the creme brûlée (probably the best I’ve ever tasted!). Dining room was a little loud-not a complaint, just noting if anyone is sensitive to this or hard or hearing.

Went on a Thursday night. I was disappointed in Rusticucina as it is highly rated. We did not find our experience matched the rating. On the positive side: The decor is beautiful and very welcoming. So the atmosphere gets high ratings. I really liked the roasted artichoke appetizer - very delicious. The limoncello cake was also pretty good. The portions are good sized. The Data Night menu is a seemingly good deal (1 app and 1 dessert to share and 2 entrees) plus only $10 for a house red or white bottle - though it would have been nice not to have a California Cab as the house and instead some sort of Italian wine. On the not so positive side: the main course pastas were underwhelming. Very bland. The pasta was cooked fine, but the sauces were just not very good. We barely touched ours. I had the salsa all vodka with the bucatini as recommended by our server. Husband had the ragu della nonna with spaghetti. We both had to ask for parmesan cheese (which oddly is not offered - though it was sitting on a side board) and chili flakes to try to make it more palatable. Did not really work. Just feel that we can get better pasta dishes at other places in the area (thinking of a place we like in South Park and we were both wondering why we just hadn't gone there for dinner instead). The couple dining next to us also appeared not to like their pasta either. One of them had the cheese wheel pasta special and she also asked about parm cheese, chili flakes, salt and pepper and then still could not eat it. She was in a deep conversation with the server when we left so not sure what happened. Her companion also did not touch his pasta. House red wine was just so-so (but for the price I put it on both good/bad). Other mentions: Besides not bringing or asking if you wanted parm cheese on the pasta, we were also never told or offered the "Date Night" menu. We saw it on their website - so knew to ask about it - but just it would have been nice to been told about it as an option. If you did not know about it - well tough I guess. Staff was OK. Though when we did not eat much of our pasta - would have thought they might have asked if we liked it? I guess just overall not overwhelmed and probably not on our rotation to return. Too bad.