Our family owned and operated restaurant has served Alpine and all the surrounding areas for over 30 years! We serve healthy portions of tasty Italian food, from lasagna and ravioli to spaghetti and meatballs. This is the perfect place to bring your family and friends. Our guests can enjoy a casual, relaxed atmosphere, and our friendly and courteous staff is here to provide you with quality service.
Based on 277 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery
Address:
2654 Alpine Blvd, Alpine, CA 91901
Phone: (619) 445-4006
Website: http://www.donatositalianrestaurant.com/
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Hours
| Friday | 3–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–8 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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3–8 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 3–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 3–8 PM |
| Thursday | 3–8 PM |
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Reviews
Joe Egan
I have eaten at Donato’s for over 20 years and enjoy the entire menu, but the gorgonzola and walnut salad is a part of any visit. I nearly always order a calzone too – order too much just so I can have even a bit of one because they are so delicious.
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Kevin Johnson
Best Italian food in S.D. Family owned and treats you as if your part of there’s. Giant portions of excellent food and at a good price. I’d imagine it tastes like a mother cooking fir her family in Italy.
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Felicia Millen
Came in hangry and left content! Kept it simple and just had pizza and antipasto salad. Pizza was hot and cheesey and the salad was crisp & cold. Service was fast and friendly and the restaurant is clean. Nice patio for outside dining with your pet and a nice separate bar area too.
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Savanah Eckley
This is the pizza they gave us after messing up our order. First and last time here.
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Christi Fouts
Ordered a pizza to go and our crust was too doughy in the center and the cheese was salty. My first bad experience, been coming here for years and the food is usually excellent!
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Carri Escalante
There were so many toppings the pizza was soggy in the middle .good flavor and could be better if not soggy in center.
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Jonathan Gerarden
Everything was hard and disgusting!!!! Lady nand Mari was rude and unprofessional. Super disappointed. You could break a tooth with eating their fried ravioli
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Melissa Amerian
Bought a couple of pizzas from Donato’s Family Italian Restaurant in Alpine, CA. While I was waiting for my pizza, I wandered into the bar where there is a window. The young man in the back who was preparing food wasn’t wearing a hair net, according to CA HSC subsection 113969. Interestingly enough, guess what I found as I bit into a piece of my pizza? That’s right, a HAIR. I immediately called to advise them; they offered to make me a new one, and I said just refund my money. Then I said, since I have to come back and get a new pizza, and wait for it to be ready, I should be refunded for that pizza. When I get back to the restaurant, I told the lady at the front that I still want a refund and want to speak to the owner. I reminded her that the young man, who she said wasn’t there and she didn’t know where he was, that they were in violation of a HSC. She said the owner wasn’t here, but I could see an elderly gentleman in the back with a baseball cap on and no mask, preparing food. He seemed irate, from his body language and gestures, when he spoke to her. She came back and said he’s really busy, but then changed her story and said he was a chef. Right. I told her again, I should get a refund for the pizza they are making over. She went into the back again, and I could tell he was getting even more irate with her. So I walked over to the window in the bar that is directly open to the kitchen. As I’m addressing the owner, who is being really rude to me, refusing to refund my money, guess who shows up? The dude without the hair net. So I ignore the owner and speak directly to the young guy, asking him why he’s not wearing a hairnet when preparing food. Then owner pipes in, calling me “lady” several times, asking me what more do I want? I said I should get a refund for the pizza with DNA in it, and he responds that he’s making me another pizza. So I asked him how long before the pizza without the DNA is ready. That pushed him over the edge, and he told me fine, I’ll refund the whole thing “lady” and we can be done with it. I said great. As the lady was refunding my money, I said I’d be contacting BBB and putting this on social media with the pictures I took. So here you go. @Donato’sFamilyRestaurant. The owner is a jerk. I ended up getting a full refund for both pizzas and cookies I bought, but I shouldn’t have had to work so hard for it. That’s on the owner. The pizza was tasty until a hair showed up. I’ll be posting a Yelp and Google review as well.
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Marci Monique
First time trying Donato’s, after a long day, and it was a great experience.
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Doug Franzen
We had a party of 10. The menu covered about everything you would want for an Italian restaurant. Our group had the pizza with extra cheese with salads. It was well liked. I had the stuffed shells with the garlic cream sauce. Everything your doctor would tell at you for but it was so good. Worth the drive to Alpine.
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