Message from Alioto's
Serving fresh seafood and Sicilian specialties on the wharf.
- Wine list
- Appetizers, entrees, desserts
- Outdoor crab market
Since 1925, the Alioto family has owned and operated the celebrated Alioto's number eight restaurant located in San Francisco?s World Renowned Fisherman's Wharf. 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. Indulge in their delicious cuisine while delighting in the sensational views of San Francisco Bay and the Fishing Boat Harbor.
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 Alioto's Restaurant
(415) 673-0183
8 Fishermans Wharf
San Francisco, CA 94133
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Editorial Description by Citysearch
Views, sumptuous service and a huge seafood menu at this tourist-filled Fisherman's Wharf eatery.
Rated 7.9 out of 10 by Citysearch.
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Horrible Service. Mediocre Food. Overpriced. 
Horrible service and overpriced. The server, Shane, was the rudest server I have ever had. Last year I had a great experience at Nonna Rose, the restaurant directly below Alioto's. We mistakenly went to Alioto's this year and other than the view it was a horrible experience. The food wasn't bad, but overpriced.... you are paying for the view. I would have given it an average rating based on that. It was the service that deserves the terrible rating. My advice if you decide to experience it first hand, is to make sure Shane is not waiting on you. When you are paying that much for a meal, you expect great service and great food. If you are in the Sonoma area, The General's Daughter, is a place you definitely get both.
As for "anonymous", if you think that is the best San Francisco has to offer, you need to get out more. As for the money, I don't think people mind spending money if the quality is there.
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I DONT KNOW WHAT EVERYONE IS COMPLAING ABOUT 
I AM A FREQUENT CUSTOMER AT ALIOTS AND IT IS THE BEST IN ALL OF THE WARF. BEING A NATIVE MYSELF I KNOW WHICH RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY TO GO TO AND ITS ONE OF THE BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS AROUND. THE FAMILY WHO OWNS IT ARE FANTASTIC AND COULDN'T BE MORE KIND. I FIND IT RIDICULOUS HOW PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT PRICES, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PRICE AND CANT AFFORD IT, THEN DON'T EAT OUT SOME OF YOU POOR PEOPLE NEED TO STAY AT HOME!ALIOTO'S IS THE BEST!!!!!!
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Scammers and ILLEGAL!!
My friends and I decided to go with Alioto's Restaurant do to the fact that it was 3 stories high, and looked over all the other seafood places. It didn't take long at all to get a seat, but once we sat down, it took about 20 minutes to get our drink order taken, another 15 minutes to actually get the drinks, and 35 minutes to get our food. We sat down to a set table with a knife that already had butter on it. I told the server and he said that "IT JUST HAPPENS SOMETIMES." We never got water refills, server never approached the table after food was brought, and service overall was the worst I've EVER experienced. When we got the bill, the chowder and salad was not the price that was stated. When I told him to get a manager, he threw A FIT. When the manager actually got to the table we explained everything. About every 10 seconds through our explaination, he would tell us that he didn't understand. He took our check to "fix" and the server came back and said "See? I told you I was right." It totally made me feel like I was trying to get a free meal which made me a new level of pissed!! I got the check back and it was $77.80. I signed it, made sure that the tip was $0 to prove a point, and left. When I got home, I realized that I didn't have my check card. I hopped online to see if anyone used it and saw that I had a total for Aliotos for $89. I called them immediately and the SAME manager picked up and told me that it was gratuity. I KNOW what gratuity is. It was not stated on my check. I signed for $77.80 and thats what should of been taken out of my bank. Then he said it was a computer glitch and that he had a number for me to call to get the money back. I told him i'm not going to call his number, the only numbers im calling is to the police department and my lawyer. I asked to speak to the GM or owner and he said that I would have to wait until Monday.
The worst of it all?!? The manager I dealt with...his name is Richard ALLIOTO!!!! WTF?!?
The server's name was Gabriel. I was there on a Friday afternoon.
All in all, I had myself lunch there and now I have to file a lawsuit for identity theft. I think what they did was keep my card and reran it for the total plus gratuity and forged my signature. Good thing I kept my reciept!!!
DO NOT GO THERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE MISTREATED AND SCAMMED!!!
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Nice Location, Good Service, but Over Priced 
This seafood restaurant on pier 39 is a flytrap for the clueless tourist. While its views are great and the service is attentive, I found the food to be overpriced given its mediocre quality.
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What's not to like?
I'm not sure where all the bad reviews are coming from. We walked in early on a beautiful Sunday evening without reservations. It wasn't crowded when we arrived, but it was packed when we left. We were given a table by the windows with a spectacular view of the fishing fleet and the sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge, which got interrupted by the even more spectaular rolling in of the fog. The wait staff was nothing if not professional. Not rushed in the least, but very attentive. The salads were crisp and fresh, and the cioppino, fish stew, and calamari were excellent. The stews were steaming hot, and the broths were worth mopping dry with the warm fresh bread offered. I can't say I had the highest expectations going in, but I thought it was excellent. The wine list has a Wine Spectator award level, and rightfully so. It covers everything you need without having 1000 selections, and is reasonably priced. What's not to like? Good food, good service, great view, reasonable prices. I'm baffled by the negativity. Maybe I caught them on a good day...
Posted 04/18/08 at 1:23pm
TOURIST RIPOFF
MARCH 22 SATURDAY- ATTRACTED BY LUNCH SPECIAL 11AM-4PM- RIPPOFF - has about 12 items on
lunch special-ordered salmon- paper thin- salmon steak with mash potatoes- thats it- $12, wife ordered
shrimp scampi- 4 med shrimp- rice- thats it- $11- rippoff- both had ice tea- med glass- waiter said u get
a second free glass only--- ordered blowl of clam chower- $9 it was thin and did not taste that good
view was good-could see golden gate bridge-- overpriced other dinner fish items start @ $25-28 for fish
ripp off-- should have just ate on the street with the street vendors- ya 3 generations- well this last generation does not take pride in there food- - i don't mind paying $12-16 for lunch- for a smaller portion
of good fish- terrible-place-- did have good service was friendly- - couldn't wait to get back to chicago to write this- cannot believe they are on the famous fishermens wharf- to bad black eye to the area
Posted 03/24/08 at 6:59am
Catch of the Day
If you want seafood, there is no comparison. Excellent and professional waitstaff, fresh wonderful fish dinners. Calamari steak is the best!
Pros: amiable professional waitstaff, fresh wonderful dishes
Posted 01/10/08 at 3:30pm
Overpriced Food, Poor Quality, Dodgy Staff
I cannot believe how poor the food quality was. For a restaurant where prices avergage about $25 per entree, I expect a lot more. Worst of all - our server tried to pass off a small plate filled with canned salad shrimp as a shrimp cocktail! I think he was trying to pull one over on our table, which included several non-English speaking people. When confronted by me, the waiter said the customer should have instead asked for a "prawn" cocktail. When he brought over the "prawn" cocktail, it was a few pieces of old, shriveled-up shrimp. What a joke! After dinner, we confronted the manager about this and he at first agreed with us. After speaking with the waiter; however, he then said we were wrong. That a "California" shrimp cocktail is different than a shrimp cocktail back East (where I am from). What a bunch of B.S.! To think that anyone would pay upwards of $15 for a can of salad shrimp is ridiculous. These people are simply sleazy restaurateurs trying to take advantage of people.
Awful, unacceptable.
Pros: Decent clam chowder
Cons: Poor Service, Decietful Staff, Poor Food Quality, Expensive
Posted 12/01/07 at 9:33pm
Service, food, view, all top notch
Aug 17, 2007 lovely dinner for two. We knew this was an old faithful sort of place, and they sure did deliver. I am a huge seafood lover, East Coast girl, and great cook in my own right. Our table overlooked the marina area, so we had a nice sunset view. Our waiter was beyond wonderful. The perfect balace of advice, knowledge, style, personality and yet invisible. Great teamwork with other dining room staff as well. They finely coordinated opening all of the blinds of all of the windows so as to optimize the sunset view. Bartender makes a great Negroni - yummy if you are familiar. Nicely paced service so as to not feel rushed in and out- even though they were quite busy. Food not only tasted very good but high marks for presentation. Take time to read the captions on all of the photos chronicling the development of the restaurant. Very nice wine list to accompany any dinner selection. A very nice dinner and evening.
Posted 09/03/07 at 9:33pm
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