Monello

Monello is a italian restaurant San Diego San Diego County located in United States.

8 / 10
177
ratings
  • Phone

    (619) 501-0030

  • Website

    lovemonello.com

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  • Type

    Italian Restaurant

Address

750 W Fir St (at Kettner Blvd) San Diego , CA 92101 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 51


Keywords:

Italian food happy hour good for groups breakfast food good for dates healthy food trendy dark rum desserts zuppa soup poached eggs gelato brunch food spicy food homemade food vermouth cheese Nutella bar dinner
SanDiegoStreetStyle

Unique, tasty brunch options. Try the Zuppa Vegetariana (veg soup w/ poached egg ) for savory, or one of the filled croissants for sweet (they are called Cornettis and the Nutella one is my fav).

San Diego Reader

"This should be a two-plus-hour affair, comprising many glasses of their wicked house vermouth ; salty lupini beans ; and courses of salami , hand-cut prosciutto , and imported cheese ." -I.Pike, SD Reader

Ethan Turkeltaub

Very good food and service. If you're looking for something unique, get the Neri (squid ink spaghetti in a lobster bisque sauce with octopus ).

Andrew C

Surprisingly big portions of good food. You can spend a lot in a short amount of time here so be careful. House made vermouth is not to be missed.

Andy

They make their own vermouth so get a drink with that. Try the hat trick: dark rum , cinnamon grappa , and sweet vermouth

Perriann Hodges

Great for drinks and apps!!! They have a killer drink menu plus they make all their own pasta and pizza from scratch! How could you go wrong?

MattersOfGrey.com

Tried 3 appetizers and ranked them like this: 1. panzerotti 2. provolone alla piastra 3. zucchine. The Panzerotti was amazing, makes a good dessert even.

Edward Forte

Nice place in Little Italy. Try the cheese wheel pasta but anything here is very tasty

Matthew Duff

Aglio, olio and peperoncino pasta . Delicious.

Sarah Beth Raison

We lucked into a table walking up, but I would say reservations are a must on Friday & Saturday night. All the food was amazing, but it was pretty loud .

Lee Barth

If you order a pizza ask for it crispy , the center tends to sag but tastes good. The are known for their wheels of young Parmesan "raspa dura" get the shaved ribbons on anything.

Laura Dolan

The truffle pasta and the butternut squash gnocchi in Gorgonzola sauce are equally amazing dishes.

Zachary Pennington

Pizza is great. Their house vermouth is OUT OF THIS WORLD.

Dominic Rios

Portion sizes for pasta are large enough to share. Great modern atmosphere and selection of food.

Eric Bloomberg

The apps are fantastic. Service is great. They shave the cheese right from the block. Everything is fresh.

Jennifer Juckett

Home made sweet vermouth . 27 herbs and botanicals. Good for ANYTHING that ails you.

Broadstone Little Italy

Be sure to stop in for one of the best happy hours - order one cocktail and get 3 small plates of food!

Jim McDonald

Pricey but good. The meat and cheese platter is amazing. Had the Duck Ragu . Delicious!

Dov D

The Osso Buccu and Stinco the Maiale were really good. So was the Raghu

Polina Weitz

Food was great, all pasta dishes were delicious! Loved the seafood lasagna .

jenlawsondesign

Come for happy hour and get small dishes from the chef . Best happy hour around. Homemade vermouth !

Max Wenneker

Gelato is very good, loved the pistachio

Steve Beck

Must have is the tartufo pizza and add the spicy salume, very good

Roger Ma

Their pizzas are on point!

Carter Bailey

The only restaurant in America that's importing raspa dura cheese . Try it! You won't be disappointed.

Jeb

Just get the cheese wheel meal. It’s so good.

The Candace B.

Get dessert...you can thank me later for this life changing advice. :-)

Zaki Manian

The Lupini beans are a fun alternative to bread ...

Hernan Cruz

Drinks are great, loved the mozzarella caprese!

Nicholas Wilson

Amazing authentic Italian food , but $10 for a 14oz beer ?!?

Kate McCormley

Pizza is super good. Thin and authentic italian . Would not recommend the piadine though... it's like a bad version of the Costco sandwich wraps . Very boring, and the tortilla seemed out of place.

Jenn Michele

The apertivo is fantastic and I love their pasta . But stay away from brunch—the eggs were all horribly over cooked.

Vincenzo Belpiede

Piadina Burrata and minestrone is my weekend fixed menu

Lori Moore

great food and service, try the homemade vermouth !

Kristen Keegan

The food and service was amazing!

Sulaiman

I like it ❤️

Alfa

Came here for a glass of wine . Felt like the staff kind of ignored or forgot about us.

Pam Northcutt

If it has truffles , get it!

Chefs Feed

Joe Magnanelli, chef of Cucina Urbana, eats here on his nights off. He loves the Carbonara . Read more

Grrreta M

Everything. Seriously.

Soraya Kohanzadeh

Breakfast and brunch are delicious!

Omer Gelbard

The octopus is sooo tender

Jose Labarthe

Lobster Bisque 10/10

Melonie Gallegos

Serving gluten free pasta (off menu ).

Zaki Manian

Enjoying the grapefruit chili flake grappa

Max Wenneker

Pasta was not particularly impressive and service was sporadically slow

Laura Dolan

Food is excellent! Service needs some work, quite slow.

Brett Higdon

Breakfast pizza is awesome!!

Glendean Hamilton

Food is good. Service is inattentive. Not in a hurry to return.

Bikina

Prosiutto di Parma , Lasagna and Bellinis 💛

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