Dario's Pizza — Restaurant in Sausalito

The closest thing to 'real' pizza in Southern Marin these days. I can't comment on their other dishes because I've not had them but, what I have seen looks great. The service here is excellent and they go above and beyond to treat you like family. It had been more than a few years since I last frequented (10-15 years) the establishment but Southern Marin pizza is going down hill fast and I needed a place that had 'red sauce' alternative due to allergies. Turns out they have quite a few. In addition the crust is as close to 'normal' as you are going to find. They happily accommodated EVERY special request we made & my 82 year old mother had asked me for "hot sauce" right as I left the house to pick it up no joke! (they do deliver, I'm just a little old school). So, the lovely woman (whom I believe owns the restaurant) and the chef scrambled and gave me the last of their hot sauce still in the bottle from their kitchen! We've ordered from them 4 more times, once for delivery and nothing was screwed up. This may be normal for most of you but between my allergies and general fussiness and my partner's lack of either but love of tomato based sauces, this is nothing short of a MIRACLE. We've been ordering from some places for years and our order is always wrong. Sometimes it's a little mistake (visualize us picking tomatoes off the top of the pizza one tomato at a time, or worse, anchovies! ) and sometimes it resulted in my not eating dinner because they slathered tomato sauce all over. Darios has earned my trust and respect so 5 stars for the pizza and service. We'll have to update when we have something else...

I was really, really in the mood for pasta and their menu said they had it (for a decent price, too, since every other Italian restaurant's pasta was over $20 a plate!), so imagine my surprise and disappointment when I order pasta primavera only to be told they don't have it. We almost left, but my boyfriend was ok with pizza, so I went along with him, seeing as how they could make half it vegan-style. I just don't get how an Italian restaurant doesn't have pasta. No explanation like maybe they ran out, or they don't serve it at dinnertime, I don't know, that just seems so odd. One other strange thing about this place was the radio station or Spotify they were playing. Easy listening versions of old and current pop songs like Fiona Apple, the Bee Gees, I Wanna Be Sedated, peppered with commercials. Just the oddest choice of songs made into elevator versions. So weird. Anyway, the...

Underwhelmed is an understatement. Ordered ahead for pickup, just a couple of chicken pasta dishes and the sauteed shrimp with bread. 30 minutes later, I show up, they take my payment, and tell me it will be 5 minutes. I look in back, they haven't even started my order yet. Half an hour later, I ask a waitress what the status is, and it's been sitting at a prep station for 5 minutes; not that I ordered ahead because of time constraints, or anything. When I get to my motel, we think this must be a joke. Nearly $50 on 3 items, and we're presented with no cutlery or napkins, a grand total of 6 shrimp for a $10 appetizer, dry chicken, and sauce that tastes like it came from a can. I'm not generally so unforgiving, but the audacity of this place is insulting. I hope the pizza is better, because the rest of it isn't worth half the price tag....