Il Fornaio San Jose

302 S Market St, San Jose - 95113
539 reviews
Italian Seafood Pizza
(408) 271-3366

We had a lovely dinner here before a show. Wonderful service, food and great kids menu. Would definitely recommend!

Great branzino and good wine

Great quality and service. Will definitely come back

Ordered: Paccheri Vodka, Minestrone Soup with Side of BreadPaccheri: Pasta was fresh, cooked al dente. Sauce was fairly decent flavor, but consistency was all over the place; just broke apart. And hey, chef: it's not 1982, there is absolutely no need to throw a pound of chopped parsley on the dish. It just gets stuck in the teeth, and really doesn't do anything for flavor, in fact, it draws away the good flavors of the sauce.Minestrone: I didn't know it was possible to make a completely, 100% flavorless minestrone, especially with all the ingredients required to make that soup. I grew up pretty much eating this soup every day in Italy and Croatia, and even with the poor way we made it, it was leagues beyond this $9.25 version. It's literally colored, chunky water. It might be the worst minestrone I've ever had, and that includes powdered minestrone I've had in MRE's and camping packs.Bread: It sure looks like great bread! Totally flavorless. Try a little salt next time. Goes a LOOOOOONG way. I tried dipping it in the minestrone, but dipping flavorless into flavorless still equals flavorless. I was hoping for some magic potion concoction, but sadly, no magic occurred.Work on the sauce, the soups, and the bread. Pasta was just fine.

The service was attentive but the food was tasteless.

Had a wonderful Sunday dinner. I got the tortelloni di zucca while others at the table all got the paccheri alla vodka. We got a bottle of wine, some got cocktails, and then a few of us ended with some dessert. Portions were a little on the small side for the price, however it was all delicious. Our waiter was awesome, which added to the experience

Server very friendly and attentive

We had a business meal here and everything is perfect.

The waitstaff was nice when they showed up - service was very slow. Bread used for the bruschetta was stale. My husband had the chicken and sun-dried tomato in a pesto cream sauce. He said it was too salty. Luckily, my salmon with broccoli rabe and potatoes was nicely cooked. Cocktails were over prices and too sweet.

Our server was not having a good day. We dine in 6/19/2022 at 5p reservation. But i still gave her 22% tip