Oliveto Café & Restaurant

Oliveto Caf & Restaurant offers seasonal cuisine in the Northern Italian tradition, including wild game, fresh pastas, wood-fired pizzas and authentic vegetable and poultry dishes. ALL RESERVATIONS ARE FOR THE DINING ROOM ONLY. WE DO NOT TAKE RESERVATIONS FOR OUR CAFE.

A private dining room is available for special occasions.

Oliveto's food remains some of the most comprehensive, challenging, authentic, and robust cuisine served in the East Bay.

Food23 Decor23 Service22 Cost$36

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This "seasonal" Rockridge Italian has been the "Oakland Gourmet Ghetto go-to place" for "special...

Respected chef Jonah Rhodehamel helms this locally renowned eatery that anchors Market Hall in the Rockridge neighborhood. The first-class dining room upstairs serves straightforward Italian cuisine; the menu changes daily, but might include house-made duck prosciutto, pan-seared swordfish, or spit-roasted leg of lamb. Downstairs, in the less pricey café, everything from a morning espresso to...

Oliveto's inspired Italian fare is rustic in spirit and elegant in execution. Owner Bob Klein is firmly committed to house-made, one-hundred-percent whole-grain pastas made with California-grown grains. This dedication shows in such dishes as red winter wheat penne alla bolognese. Charcuterie demonstrates the kitchen’s grace and restraint; the most successful offerings are often the simplest....

A floor below its more formal sister restaurant, the Café at Oliveto feels like a delicious respite from the bustle of Rockridge, which is all the more impressive given that several of its intimate tables actually sit outside on the edge of the sidewalk. A simple but satisfying menu from executive chef Jonah Rhodehamel provides seamless transition from café breakfast to panini lunch to informal...

Oliveto Cafe & Restaurant, Oakland, CA. 1,791 likes · 40 talking about this · 8,731 were here. Situated in Rockridge Oakland, Oliveto Cafe & Restaurant has a twofold identity: a rustic Italian cafe...