Il Casaro Pizzeria & Mozzarella Bar - Castro Location

Nice, cozy restaurant with generous portions! Calamari was beefy and delicious, the pizzas were tasty and had a healthy amount of toppings. Amazing service from our server, her positive and cheerful attitude made our night even better. Thanks to all! :)

The pizza was very authentic Italian. The service was good and the menu was well chosen and easy to navigate. For San Francisco, the prices were reasonable.

100% must try! The sauce is so unbelievable and everything we ate was extremely good. One of best Carbonara’s I’ve ever had and the Prosciutto pizza was perfect in every way. The atmosphere was also authentic and staff was extremely nice. Can’t wait to come back.

Had the best lunch in SF on Christmas Eve. All food was so tasty and made with the freshest of ingredients. We had the margarita pizza, the diavalo pizza and the calamari antipasti, and for dessert the raspberry pancotta and the chocolate cannoli which were absolutely delectable. The food was served with spicy chillies and an Italian chilly oil - I bought a bottle of it to take back. Service was top notch. Must eat here if you are in Little Italy.

UPDATE - June 2023: Came here for dinner on a Saturday night around 6:30pm with no reservation and was seated promptly. Ordered the Fettuccine Bolognese and the Broccoli & Salsiccia pizza and some drinks. The food came out super quickly and it was SO good. I was honestly really impressed by the taste - it was on par (if not better) than another Italian restaurant in Hayes Valley that always has a ridiculously long wait-list. It is a little bit more casual than A Mano but honestly I kind of appreciated that. Highly recommend if you're looking for a good Italian place in the area! --- I've dined in and ordered delivery from Il Casaro - both times have been amazing. The burrata and eggplant parmigiana are my personal favorites, but everything has honestly been great. It travels quite well for delivery so if you're not comfortable dining in just yet, it's definitely a viable option. (FYI - When I dined in, all staff were wearing masks and the front door was open for ventilation.)

Good happy hour prices with a convenient location near many muni and bus stops. Friendly staff with warm and helpful customer service towards everyone, not just the patrons at the restaurant. The pizza was delicious and the tiramisu was the perfect end to a lovely meal.

Tasty neopolitan-style pizza at a reasonable price becomes the best deal in the city on Tuesdays. 18pp all-you-can-eat-pizza: one pie per person at a time. Great, fast and friendly service and a very hot pizza oven. Especially recommend the bufalina moz & funghi ones.

Nice Italian restaurant in the Castro. I’ve always passed by the one in North Beach which used to be the Steps of Rome, my favorite late night hangout. However, I was pleased to discover that they had another location closer to where I live. My first time here so I ordered an appetizer of fried calamari and the Pizza Calabrese. The calamari was fresh and fried just right, not too greasy and it came with a tasty creamy dip (which I wished they had served more of) and 2 slices of lemon. The pizza wasn’t bad but it lacked flavor like something was missing. Well, I didn’t pay much attention at the time but that something was tomato sauce which it didn’t come with. I like tomato sauce and lots of it on a pizza. I suppose this one is like a pizza Bianca (no sauce, just cheese and toppings). I was a bit disappointed that it only had a few leaves of basil on the whole pie. Overall, the pizza wasn’t necessarily bad, it just could’ve had more flavor imo. I think next time I’ll order a pizza Margherita or a pizza Diavola. The service was wonderful. It was friendly and attentive without being overbearing. My server, Britanny, was very nice (and cute!) and made dessert recommendations. Opted for the panna cotta which is like a flan in its presentation but tastes vaguely like cheesecake but sweeter. And it’s denser than flan and is served with fruit and a raspberry sauce. It’s made with cream and gelatin and is quite refreshing after eating heavy food. I would absolutely come here again for Neapolitan style pizza. The only problem is parking in the area sucks.