Amalfi Enoteca Italiana - San Marcos, California

Melanie Z.

Twice I have come to Enoteca and I was met with a closed restaurant despite talking to the manager directly before going there. The last time was truly problematic - I had an event planned there for 18 women. I had spoken to a shift manager, a waiter, the marketing manager, and the restaurant manager all through the week leading up to the event. My last call to them was the day before. I arrived at Enoteca before my event to get set up, and once again I was met with a locked door. No one had contacted me, despite the venue having confirmed all throughout week, and they had both my phone number and my email. I had 18 women enroute. I scrambled for 45 minutes and was rescued by the Marina Bar in the large Amalfi restaurant on Lake San Marcos, which I recommend highly.

I left a message for Enoteca, which they did not even bother to return. I saw the marketing manager at the Marina Bar and he didn't even acknowledge me despite our speaking in person at Enoteca and our email exchanges.

Larry K.

My wife and I came here to enjoy painting and Vino. Fantastic!!!

My wife had this wine that she absolutely loved...
RICASOLI Sangiovese Blend, Super Tuscan.

We live in Mexico. She's tried many wines that are delicious but THIS wine was the best!!

Expect us back soon😄😀

Michelle G.

My experience was overall underwhelming and food was disappointing. I give Amalfi and Enoteca Italiana 2 out of 5 stars because there are many things that can improve.
The restaurant can improve in several areas, such as, timeliness, food preparation, and customer service.
1) Timeliness. The restaurant opened over 1 hour later than advertised on the website, establishment sign, and menus.
2) Food preparation. There was no milk available for lattes. In addition, there was a long black hair in the breakfast burrito.
3) Customer service. I called 3 days in advance to make arrangements. The reservation was for a party of 5 on 5/19 @ 10:00am when the restaurant opened. When my party arrived we were all astounded by the dead silent atmosphere. After calling the restaurant there was still no response. Gil arrived around 10:30am and call the opener for the facility while my party and I waited. I relayed to Gil "My reservation was at 10:00am at Enoteca and I received a confirmation text on Saturday. Do we need to be going to a different restaurant for service and will my party be seated?" Gil suggested my reservation was for another restaurant. I proceeded to showed him the messages I received from Enoteca. The most recent message was sent at 10:50am saying the restaurant had canceled my reservation. Gil did not apologize and then blamed it on his staff calling out. By 11:30 my friends and I were sitting and we did not have our orders taken. Our server, Gillespie, informed us they were very busy last night and that led to the poor quality of service(opening late, lack of servers, lack of coffee service).
For the inconvenience, he comped 3 of the coffees and the burrito with the long black hair. When I received the bill, it was a total of $33 for a salmon lox sandwich, fries, and an omelet. My party and I agreed food, service, and management only made the experience worst.

Patricia G.

Went for Jazz night last night. Unfortunately had a bad experience with the food. The small charcuterie platter that I loved at my last visit was no longer available. We both ordered $16 sandwiches instead. Bread was stale on both sandwiches. It’s very hard to eat stale bagels so we didn’t. Food took forever to come out. Table next to us claimed their food was inedible and did not want to pay for it. Unfortunately there was no manager to help any of us. The server was sweet and very apologetic. Said the restaurant was understaffed which made no sense since there was an event going on that night. It’s a shame since it’s a lovely little neighborhood place but hard to justify a $50 bill for bad food.

Toni S.

Lots of fun at trivia night! Amazing service for our group of 7 all ordering at different times and on separate tickets. The Agerole hamburger with grilled eggplant was absolutely delicious. The limoncello cake and chocolate mousse cake were perfect treats to share to wrap up the evening.

CAT C.

We went for trivia and it was super fun! Excellent service, excellent atmosphere, at my friend had a cheeseburger and fries and she said it was fabulous. Good prices on wine. Huge selection.

Ellyn N.

This could be our Friday evening place with friends. Love the staff and space. The trouble is the food! 6 of us were there last night and all were disappointed in the food. The flat board tomato sauce lacked flavor. The charcuterie board was meh and had moldy berries and grapes. Do better with food like Amalfi and elevated wine choices and you will have repeat customers.

Brett S.

Tasty ! Very nice food after golf. Great across conditioning too on a hot day.