Alessandra Silva

There are experiences that can’t be found in Michelin stars, but rather in the simplicity of a neighborhood restaurant that breathes tradition. After seven years of living in San Francisco and walking past Sabella & LaTorre countless times, I finally decided to step in. And what a gift it was. From the very beginning, the service won me over: genuine, attentive, unhurried. The kind of gesture that already tells you so much about the soul of a place. I felt welcomed, as if I had been invited to a family’s table. I ordered the clams & mussels with fries, paired with a glass of sparkling wine. The dish arrived steaming, releasing the intoxicating aroma of garlic and sautéed leeks, mingling with white wine to create a broth that was rich and comforting. The seafood was clearly fresh—tender, succulent, carrying the unmistakable taste of the ocean. The fries came out perfectly crisp, lightly seasoned, ideal for soaking up that broth. And with a final squeeze of fresh lemon, everything came alive—the bright acidity balanced and elevated every bite. But more than the food, it was the experience that struck me. Between sips, I realized I was breaking an old prejudice. For years, I judged this place from the outside, never giving it a chance. Today, I left with the certainty that richness lies in the details, in simplicity, and in human warmth. Sabella & LaTorre is not just a restaurant—it’s a reminder that living in the present, opening yourself to the unexpected, and savoring each moment can transform even a casual lunch into a memorable experience.

Michelle Shapiro Weatherford

Since 1927 this has been a great place for lunch or dinner. Generous portions and delicious food. Family friendly dining in a speakeasy atmosphere. Drink specials available daily.

Stephanie Torres

best clam chowder! i go to SF every year and always come here! i tried the short rib ravioli which was rlly juicy and tastes so goooood! must try

Mercedes Smelik

Was craving clam chowder in a bread bowl. Got just what I wanted. Food came out less than 3 minutes after we ordered. Amazing. Some say there’s not enough potatoes and clams, but I thought it was just splendid creamy smoky clam soup to eat with the bread. Bread is tangy and sour, so yummy. Staff were attentive and kind. The design and interior isn’t anything fine dining-esque. Seating is comfortable and works just fine!

This place is phenomenal! When you walk in you can smell the aroma of the fresh seafood. The french bread here is great and my entrée was absolutely delicious and amazing. I highly recommend this res…

This place is phenomenal! When you walk in you can smell the aroma of the fresh seafood. The french bread here is great and my entrée was absolutely delicious and amazing. I highly recommend this…

This place is phenomenal! When you walk in you can smell the aroma of the fresh seafood. The french bread here is great and my entrée was absolutely delicious and amazing. I highly recommend this r…

This place is phenomenal! When you walk in you can smell the aroma of the fresh seafood. The french bread here is great and my entrée was absolutely delicious and amazing. I highly recommend this r…

Great food and service. We had fresh crab, crab Louie, clam chowder and warm bread. \nThe service provided by Irwin was exceptional. \nDon the owner lives in the Northbay and is dedicated to fresh se…

Great food and service. We had fresh crab, crab Louie, clam chowder and warm bread. \nThe service provided by Irwin was exceptional. \nDon the owner lives in the Northbay and is dedicated t…

Great food and service. We had fresh crab, crab Louie, clam chowder and warm bread. \nThe service provided by Irwin was exceptional. \nDon the owner lives in the Northbay and is dedicated to fresh …

Great food and service. We had fresh crab, crab Louie, clam chowder and warm bread. \nThe service provided by Irwin was exceptional. \nDon the owner lives in the Northbay and is dedicated to fresh …

Great food and service. We had fresh crab, crab Louie, clam chowder and warm bread. \nThe service provided by Irwin was exceptional. \nDon the owner lives in the Northbay and is dedicated to fres…

Great food and service. We had fresh crab, crab Louie, clam chowder and warm bread. \nThe service provided by Irwin was exceptional. \nDon the owner lives in the Northbay and is dedicated to fres…

Sliding into a charming booth and looking at the mouthwatering food on the menu sets the ambiance of this place at outstanding memories of the very old Fisherman's Wharf of the 1950s. Wait staff ar…

This is my go-to spot whenever I'm in the Bay Area. The food is consistently outstanding--beautifully presented, with vibrant flavors and high-quality ingredients.\n\nThe ambience is fun and welcom…

Nice restaurant, the service was quick and the portions were nice and taste good. I'll definitely come back

Amazing service, Food and atmosphere. Generous pours and great food. We are here once a\nweek and you can tell the staff likes working there and serving tourists and locals alike. Very kind and wel…

Food was fresh and delicious. The server had great customer service. Our server Prinya was attentive and kind. The overall place was clean and fast of service. I recommend this place, if you park a…

This is a restaurant adjacent to Fisherman’s Wharf. We ordered the fried calamari as an appetizer and it was delicious! It was served with lemon slices, cocktail sauce and a lemon dill sauce. It was …

One of the best seafood restaurants still around,I come out twice a year for the last 6 years,and the owner knows me and takes care of me,Always.food,the best and martinis hit the spot.

One of the best seafood restaurants still around,I come out twice a year for the last 6 years,and the owner knows me and takes care of me,Always.food,the best and martinis hit the spot.

Just the best crab of my life. Very fresh and tasty. Service was perfect and we had the chance to eat on the terrasse. Thanks a lot for this wonderful moment.

What a lovely little place. We had a crab sandwich and garlic fries which was delicious. The portion sizes are HUGE you could definitely share one. The prices are a little expensive but I do thin…

I havent tried other dishes but crab cooked with butter garlic and lemon was the highlight of my day. I went there again ,had the same dish. Marvellous again. Service was excellent too, Quick an…

The chowder in a bread bowl was excellent. Service was fast and helpful. The lady who I assumed was one of the owners came out and helped serve food when they got busy. Very friendly.

William

Sauted seafood is so so. I did not find crab meat as described in the menu. Clam chowder is ok. Service is so so. But they served nice sourdough and all you can eat.

Victor Lim

The restaurant is a wee bit dated. The furniture is old and design needs to be updated. The booth tables can barely hold 4 comfortably - 2 adults on each side. Need more space to enjoy your food. What they lack in outlook and space is made up for with their good food and service. Staff are friendly and helpful. Prices before taxes and tips. - NY Steak Sandwich @ US$26 | 9.0 out of 10.0 I really love steak. Paired with the bread for different consumption method. The portion is great for an adult. Lots of great tasting French fries. - Crab Sandwich @ US$24 | 8.0 out of 10.0 Plenty of great tasting French fries. Bread was great. Crab fillings was really good but it was serve cold which we did not expect. - Fish & Chips @ US$26 | 8.5 out of 10.0 French fries were good as per other 2 dishes. Fish fillet was deep fried nicely. Batter was good. The tartar sauce was fantastic. Menu prices were a bit expensive. I would compare to other restaurants in the area before I decide in the future.

+4

D “Juanito” H

Out of all the fisherman's wharf tourist traps, Sabella is my favorite. It's one of the oldest places on the strip and you can tell by the condition of the interior. The food is old school, fresh, flavorful and pricey. The cioppino is not the typical broth type, it is actually in a heavy and thick tomato based sauce almost like a marinara. This is actually the way I like it, and it's packed with seafood. Everything else is pretty standard but it's the freshness of the seafood that you're looking for.

+15

Clam chowder was super creamy with lots of clams. Garlic crab was yummy, super garlicky.

Place looked ok, not kept up too well. We got the free bread but the napkin it came on was dirty, had like pasta sauce on it ‍ we ordered the calamari and that was good. Ordered the clam chowder bu…

As a Bay Area native, I’ve walked past Sabella & LaTorre countless times in San Francisco but never stopped in. That changed when my family visited from Los Angeles and my nephew ordered a lobster ro…

Lobster meat in the roll was basically minced - almost like a paste of lobster salad except for the big piece of shell I almost swallowed. Not only unappetizing texture but no flavor. Super disappo…

lobster meat in the roll was basically minced - almost like a paste of lobster salad except for the big piece of shell I almost swallowed. Not only unappetizing texture but no flavor. Sup…

After spending so much energy on whipping people into the restaurant there was obviously little energy lady for making it a good experience. Service was no better than ok and the food was frankly p…

After spending so much energy on whipping people into the restaurant there was obviously little energy lady for making it a good experience. service was no better than ok and the food was frankly p…

This was directed to the owner who helped us. We were there on a Friday night. His server was sick and his bus boy had a heart attack/ stroke. The bald guy with glasses did the best he could. The …

Food is good, but not outstanding. Restaurant is uncomfortable. For those prices I would rather eat in a Pier 39 restaurant with a view

Food is good, but not outstanding. Restaurant is uncomfortable. For those prices I would rather eat in a Pier 39 restaurant with a view

Good seafood restaurant right in fisherman's wharf. Pricey but worth the cost. Very friendly service. Loved siting outside right with all the action all around you. Liked the people watching. …

This is one of a few places that have outdoor and inside eating options. We got a takeaway option and sat at the tables outside. We had a clam chowder in a bread bowl and calamari - both were ver…

No cutlery on the table. No cutlery given when served. The chowder is much inferior compared with Fog Harbor. The lobster roll is a waste of money. There is a crowd nevertheless. There must be s…

Popular seafood restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf. Nice selection dishes including their specialties lobster and crab. The booths inside are a little bit tight though. I’m not small but am certainly …

Marielos Carmona

Came here with my family on Christmas. The food was delicious, but the service was very poor. I understand that working on a holiday isn’t ideal, but that’s not the customers’ fault. The only positive interactions we had were with the bartender, who kindly offered us a table, and the busboy who walked us to our seats. Unfortunately, the servers were rude and aggressive. Items were literally thrown onto the table. The server who brought water splashed it all over the table due to how forcefully it was poured and didn’t apologize or clean it up. The other server who took our order repeatedly walked away before I could finish speaking. I had to call him back more than once, and even then, he left again without confirming whether I was done ordering. Because he rushed us so much, I wasn’t able to order drinks until after the food arrived. Overall, the service was disappointing, but the food was amazing. Highly recommend the seafood express 😋

Y. A. Zhang

Quick lunch place if on a rush schedule. We had the clam chowder in sourdough bread, but it didn't taste as good as the ones I tried in other places. Bread tastes plain and clam chowder is not so flavorful. There is very little clam meat inside. Servers are very proactive to get customers in.

+1

The service was amazing. We had a very helpful lady who was attentive to our tables (we had an adult table and kids table). The food was great - we order fish & chips, claw chowder in the bread bow…

The service was amazing. We had a very helpful lady who was attentive to our tables (we had an adult table and kids table). The food was great - we order fish & chips, claw chowder in the bread bow…

Me and my husband were looking for local seafood shop and we stopped by this restaurant, looked like good cheap eats it was raining a man invited us to sit inside we asked him if we can order something on the outside menu he said yes, when we sat inside the name of the place was the same but we were given a completely different menu with extremely high prices. We couldn’t even order from the menu outside because he said “thats different?” I don’t like this scam, only reason for 2 stars because the food we ate was decent

We hadn't finished our meal when one of the waitstaff took our plates away. It was a mix of laughter and disappointment at what had just happened. Comfort room smell bad must be cleaning it every hour and put the fresher air perfume..

Angela Maillard

I honestly expected better from a place so full and at such a touristy spot. Everything was unsalted. Fried calamari was so good and the tartar sauce is delicious, only lacked salt. Clam chowder was bland, shrimp cocktail only tasted like raw tomatoes, lobster mac and cheese was good and has a lot of lobster and fish and chips all needed more salt. service was very nice but i wouldnt recommend this place because of the food sadly

Michael Guynn

We were on fisherman's wharf, looking for a lobster roll, faced with 10 identical stands. A man came out of Sabella & La Torre and said "I have one more table, come". I can appreciate this audacity, so we did. We were led through the stand into a deceptively complete restaurant and given water and some delicious sourdough bread. It was downhill from there. The service was slow, but I think that's because of the gonzo seating tactics of the scout. Our server was actually quite funny, just clearly stretched thin. The lobster roll was $36 (reasonably competitive for the wharf) but it was more like a lobster salad, minced up, unseasoned, and haphazardly plated. Mine had shell in it. If I hadn't reeeeeally wanted a lobster roll I barely would have wanted to finish it. Overall I would just recommend grabbing one from one of the walk up stands. Don't bother with this charade of a sit down restaurant, this is not the place for it.

Crab felt, looked and tasted old. Very disappointing as it has good reviews and this is the main reason we wanted to try this place. Frankly after a couple of bites, we threw the sandwich in the tras…

crab felt, looked and tasted old. Very disappointing as it has good reviews and this is the main reason we wanted to try this place. Frankly after a couple of bites, we threw the sandwich in the tr…

Do not eat here. As soon as I walked in, it felt not clean. I should have listened to my gut because after eating their crab sandwich I got FOOD POISONING. It was terrible. DO NOT EAT HERE. The ser…

We visited on a Friday night in March. The person welcoming guests was on her phone at the bar & she said “sit where you want”. Menus were placed when we chose our table. Our server did not introdu…

Had the chowder in a bun - bland , no seafood in it or any seafood taste just thick corn starch gooo in a bun …literally a can of supermarket seafood soup is better !

Tasteless seafood. Even the Dungeness crab was barely flavorful with lemon and added salt. The bar was very very loud with drunk patrons. The waiter didn’t give us crab forks. When we asked, he brought us one. We had to ask for another. He made us feel lucky that we got bread and butter. Place was sadly garbage. Do not go.

worst food but only expensive stale dungeon crab stale sea food salad clam chowder only with milk and flour wo clam taste at all smelly place bad service …. i see reasons why the original fisherman’s warfs restaurants went down.

I had a really disappointing experience here. My friend and I came hoping to enjoy a nice seafood meal, but unfortunately the entire visit was unpleasant. First, the food did not taste fresh, which was already a letdown for a seafood restaurant in San Francisco. On top of that, communication was difficult because our waiter spoke very little English, which made ordering and asking simple questions frustrating. The biggest issue was the disruption during our meal. A table next to us dropped their phone between the booth seats, and instead of handling it quietly, the staff created a huge scene. Multiple employees came over using large brooms and sticks trying to retrieve the phone, loudly talking back and forth while reaching into the booth area. It completely interrupted the atmosphere while my friend and I were trying to enjoy our dinner. Overall, the experience felt chaotic and unprofessional. Between the lack of fresh food, communication issues, and the disruption during our meal, it just wasn’t worth the time or money. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t recommend this place.

Amanda Franklin

The food was so bad. White wine sauce seemed like it was just melted butter and white wine. Clam chowder only had one clam in it and tased more like potatoes than anything else. For a place that’s 50$ per person I expected at least decent food. The staff was nice but I would have rather had good food lol