Order: Tagliolini al tartufo$$$
The best handmade pasta in San Diego, made in a glass-walled pasta room you can watch.
Cesarina rolls, cuts, and shapes pasta on-site all day, and it shows in texture that no dried-pasta kitchen can match. The sauces are restrained, the portions are properly sized, and the room feels like a genuinely transplanted Roman trattoria rather than a themed one.
Local tip: They take limited reservations and the wait can hit 90 minutes — go at opening or on a weeknight.
91
Taste
95
Consistency
92
Value
84
Atmosphere
90
Uniqueness
90