Casa Barotti — Restaurant in Berkeley

This place is okay but not something to go out of your way for.

They serve thicker roman style pizzas and that's one of the things we ordered. It reminded me quite a lot of Pollara on 4th St in Berkeley only that place is a lot tastier. The pizza crust here has a denser rather then airy crust and ricotta quality isn't as high among other differences.

The arancini were under seasoned and warm on the outside from the heat lamp but not the inside. Imagine a solid room temperature cheese inside. We ordered two but didn't finish them.

The service could use some improvement. They ask you if you want it here or to go. If you say to go apparently that means they don't toast your pizza. When I asked them to toast it they just eye rolled me. When we finally got all the food, we didn't get napkins, bags, or any utensils. It would have been nice for them to...

A++++ delicious!!!

The pizzas are absolutely amazing. Sold by the slice. Excellent flavor, the focaccia style crust and dough is so so good. Toppings are excellent. High quality ingredients served simply in ways that show off their flavor. The prosciutto is high quality and easy to bite (flavorful, delicious, high quality), not the gross chewy /tough prosciutto that some places in the US like to pass off as prosciutto.

The spritz was delicious and strong. Very good value for the price!

The little tables outside are so nice. The staff is Italian and so friendly.

Honestly, felt like being back in Italy. Amazing food, lovely service, high quality ingredients and food at very reasonable prices.

I will 100% be back and am definitely recommending this place to...

Disapointing to say the least. Came in for aperitivo as we had it before and enjoyed it previously. Ordered the wines. The aperitivo did not come with the wine, asked if it's coming and got the answer that they are working on it. Finished our wines, the aperitivo still did not come. Asked about it again when we were leaving 'oh, you did not get it?' asked the waiter, 'maybe you ordered before 4pm?' No, not really, we came in after 4pm. No apology, no effort to make us feel better. Bad service. Sad. Used to be a great place when the owner was there. They lost us as customers for sure. Do not recommend...