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Barbusa
Italian Restaurant$$$$
Little Italy, San Diego
"Good happy hour!"(3 Tips)
"Well cooked pastas and delicious signature drinks!"(9 Tips)"Better than average seafood."(4 Tips)
"Pepperoni pizza is phenomenal!"(3 Tips)
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29 Tips and reviewsFilter:
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- good for groups
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Hakan GulerJuly 7, 2016It s honor to me leave the first tip for this amazing italian restaurant. We were lucky as tourists from Turkey to catch the opening. Good food, good people good music thats the short story of it.Upvote8Downvote- BaharehFebruary 24, 2018Perfect service even on a Friday night! Well cooked pastas and delicious signature drinks!
Upvote3Downvote - Hakan GulerJuly 7, 2016If you want to enjoy sea food in italian restaurant with italian starters and good chianti wine just walk in here.
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Chrissy KOctober 1, 2017Love this place. The food is really good. You cant go wrong with their pastas or starters. The service is really good tooUpvoteDownvote
Verba VictoriaMarch 23, 2019Food is very good! Portions are huge! Happy hour 1$ oysters and other starters are really nice. Be ready because the service is crazy slowUpvoteDownvote
Evelina ProdanovaOctober 22, 2017It is a nice Italian place, Rosana our waitress was very well informed, may be I just expected a bit more of the food. They have interesting appetizers but the pizzas are not Italian style thin layer.UpvoteDownvote
Pelin Güvenç KefelDecember 22, 2016The squid ink pasta is amazing. Their pastas are handmadeUpvote1Downvote- Stephanos TrokoudesAugust 31, 2016Pepperoni pizza is phenomenal! They do it with caramelised onions so the spicy sweet flavour is orgasmic!UpvoteDownvote
Tony ZhangSeptember 20, 2016Very small portions. A fancy restaurant with great tasting food, but expect to pay at least $30 for a good meal. The pasta is made fresh right in front!UpvoteDownvote
Roshel AghassiFebruary 17, 2018Great trendy atmosphere for before before dinner drinks. Disappointed in the food. No flavor in the carbonara. And the bone marrow was dry.
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Anna OscarssonMarch 3, 2017The food is great but the staff wasn't service minded the day I was there.UpvoteDownvote
Ben PierceAugust 24, 2022The mediocre food is only half as annoying as the loud club music and the paintings of random Italian movie stars. This place blows and I hate it.UpvoteDownvote
Claudia MedellinJuly 22, 2016Esta muy padre el lugar, la música de 10! Y la comida excelente también. Si lo recomiendo👍Upvote1Downvote
Moni RuRaSeptember 21, 2017El mejor risotto di mare que he probado, muy buen servicio, lugar muy bonito y en excelente zonaUpvoteDownvote
Daniela HobsigJuly 7, 2016Don't miss this place!!! Very good atmosphere and super tasty authentic Italian cuisine - and i am from Europe, we love Italian kitchen ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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- Mon–Thu
- 4:00 PM–10:00 PM
- Fri
- 4:00 PM–11:00 PM
- Sat
- 11:30 AM–11:00 PM
- Sun
- 11:30 AM–10:00 PM
(619) 238-1917
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