Cafe Arrivederci

Really good Italian food, excellent waiters and the atmosphere is pretty nice…

Had a very nice dinner. Ordered seafood risotto which was delicious. Their warm spinach salad with bourbon dressing was delectable. Service was very good. Never had to ask for anything. Only thing I’d criticize is their bread was stale around the edges. Other than that, enjoyed our dinner and would go back. Didn’t order dessert, but they sounded scrumptious.

Very bad expérience today for this restaurant And eat24 delivery. 3 Hours to have my meal — cold — ridiculous parts And not good food
No apologize And No answer eat24 about the pb

San Rafael isn’t exactly known for Italian food, but thankfully there’s Arrivederci! The salads and pizza are tasty, and my favorites are the pastas with fish. The café is vegetarian-​friendly too. I’ve never dined in, but the interior looks nice. Takeout is very convenient.

Love this place! This is a great Italian restaurant with excellent service, food and bar. Glen is my family’s favorite, friendly server who knows exactly how we like our food and cocktails. On occasion the service is a little slower than usual but overall I definitely give 5 stars. The salmon and they will grill it instead of pan fry, the lamb chops, Chicken Marsala, Caesar salad are excellent and the best dessert is the bread pudding. Definitely a go-​to.

Fantastic service, food and ambiance! Would return in a heartbeat.

Not sure if it’s the restaurant or eat24’s fault but it took forever (almost 2 hours to get food). The driver called after an hour and 40 minutes saying he had just left the restaurant. Does this mean that the restaurant took 1:40 to make my food? Is that how long restaurant patrons are also waiting? I won’t be trying the restaurant in person. Don’t care at this point how the food even is. I won’t ever use eat24 again either as this is the second time it’s taken forever to get food. Note to restaurant, don’t treat your delivery folks any different than your regular customers.

I’m always a fan of this restaurant. It is a great family place and always solid. The owners seem to really understand how to run a restaurant.
The food is mostly great, but I would recommend some additional higher end additions to the menu. However, perhaps they know their customer base better than I do… They could probably improve their wine list and be more selective about what they offer, but again, that is subjective.
The waiters are almost all great. There was one waiter a few years ago that was a dud, but he’s now gone. The rest of the staff is golden and I always feel like I’m in a friendly neighborhood of years’ passed. In Marin, this atmosphere is hard to find.
In a nutshell, Arrivederci offers a laid-​back, familial atmosphere without the frills of up-​to-​the minute food trends and fancy interior decorating. The staff is down-​to-​earth, unpretentious and genuinely wanting to provide a great experience.
I would give them five stars if they would add a permanent rib-​eye to the menu and offer a few more good wines.

Pedro and crew are like family, we have been coming here for years. Every birthday or special occasion, this is our go to place. The food is great, I have literally had every item on the menu and never had a bad meal. The lamb chops are unreal. My favorite pasta dish is the penne al salmon. If you like sausage try the pappardelle. you will be in heaven. We eat here at least once a month, its reasonably priced with good portions.

My husband and I dined on a gift certificate and split a caesar salad and a filet of beef. The cocktail was excellent, service was good, but the salad was unremarkable and a bit salty, and beef was tender to the point of it coming apart like a paste in my mouth. It did not taste spoiled but it was flavorless and its texture suggested it had been overly aged prior to cooking. We did not finish our entrée.
As soon as we left the restaurant I experienced a sneezing attack that suggested a histamine reaction, though my husband did not and we had eaten exactly the same things. I called the restaurant to let them know and the manager was very nice but suggested that food related reactions typically take up to 8 hours to make themselves known. He did invite me to call him again the next day if I showed additional signs of illness.
1 Star for the bar
1 Star for service
1 Star for mannerly, compassionate management
0 Stars for food

Don’t eat the pepperoni pizza. Sorry Arrivederci… I would’ve liked to give you a higher rating, since we expected this restaurant to be divine as it was rated the #1 restaurant however, the pizza tasted like frozen pizza, crust, pepperoni and cheese, nothing tasted authentic, similar to DeGiorno’s but that’s giving DeGiorno’s a bad name. The Fettuccini Alfredo was so so too… too bland even with extra cheese. However, the tortellini was delicious and the veal parmigiana was also very good. They do much better with desserts. The limoncello gelato was mouth watering along with the crème brûlée. The staff was friendly and the atmosphere was enjoyable.
I’ve just read past reviews about frozen pizza and better if baked in an easy bake oven. I can’t agree more. What true Italian restaurant serves frozen pizza? You should be ashamed.

I discovered this restaurant dining out with friends. Arrived about 5pm, not too crowded for a Sunday night. However, by the time we left, the restaurant was busy. They have guest artist work on the walls, for purchase. The restaurant is on two levels and has an outdoor space for dining as well. The food is delicious. I tried the Pappardelle Alla Salsiccia — fantastic. We ordered appetizers, entrees and a dessert to share. They charge $ 15 corkage fee. Service was excellent. We all had a really nice dining experience. My friends said they come here regularly. I’ll be back too.

This place always makes me happy. I love the sole with lemon/​butter sauce. Great for groups and has a nice outdoor patio.

LOVE this place, best Italian in the San Rafael and maybe the North bay.
Great bruschetta, minestrone, and ravioli. Aside from the fact that I sat near to two cranky old hags that took up off the bar and wouldn’t move for me, remarked «should you be sitting there?», this was a great experience. I can’t speak to the service at the tables, but the owner was awesome. He checked on me, even in the cramped corner of a bar. He thanked me for coming enthusiastically. What more could you ask for?

A new NorCal favorite that we will now visit often! Super service and excellent Italian food, with inside and outside seating as well as a nice private room for a larger party. The ossobuco ravioli was delicious and so was their key lime pie. The menu has a good selection, but their specials tonight were our favorites. Our server was so friendly and very attentive. We split our dinner and they brought everything on two plates without us asking. We really enjoyed our meal and very highly recommend Café Arrivederci to everyone who enjoys Italian food — you do not have to drive to the city to find it!

My husband and I went here for a late lunch.
The food and the service was fantastic! We started with a Cesar salad with great Cesar dressing. I had butternut squash ravioli that melted in your mouth! My husband had the gnocchi with pesto sauce, best we ever tasted! Of course we had dessert and that got five stars also.

This is my third time to dine here great place. I recommend the Salmon and Scallops. I think there is a different lunch menu.

I’ll confess… I have a long history dining here. Dating back almost 20 years.
But before Unilocal readers roll their eyes and imagine a waitstaff that addresses my every need over infrequent diners who fall under their radar, be forewarned. This is a longtime establishment with professional servers, débarrasseurs (you can look that one up, although it’s not a French place), and a kitchen that simply knows how to skillfully execute an array dishes the same way, time after time.
And I did move away for several years. When I came back to Marin, much of the staff was still present. The prices were still good. The execution and the flavors were consistent with my wonderful memories of the place… taking my mom here for her birthday… bringing my former boss and his wife… celebrating, in one of the banquet areas, my wife’s 40^th birthday, and being so shocked when the final tab was roughly 50% of my original estimate.
They aim to please here. There are a lot of regulars, but the place is almost never so packed that you’ll witness any degradation in service or food execution. Let’s talk food — you can essentially pick anything on the menu, and your response is going to range from «solid» to «I woke up thinking about their Gnocchi with Bolognese.» Their pizza is good — not super thin crispy crust like Picco but, again, solid. Carpaccio is almost always an appetizer choice for me. The meat and fish dishes are ample and almost always nearly too filling (is that too many adverbs?). I eat Carbonara here, just because. «You can’t go wrong» is an ad nauseum used descriptor in these reviews, but everyone has their preferences. I believe Arrivederci gets more things right, more often than any other restaurant in Marin — Italian or otherwise.
Except parking. There’s plenty of West End parking in San Rafael, but finding parking on a Saturday night near the restaurant is a pain. Consider that a criticism, but that’s the only one you’ll get from me.

Very good food. They have very friendly staff and great outdoor seating. I would definitely recommend this place. Things to order: chicken Caesar salad, sole, ravioli and so far i haven’t had a bad dish there.

I went here with a couple friends, the waitress was totally confused the whole time. Would go back for the food and possibly a different server.