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Italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA
4.6 · 279 reviewsOpens Tuesday at 11:30 AMOpens Tuesday at 11:30 AM
Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides.
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What Il Pollaio offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Il Pollaio lists 1 service on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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Compton’s Coffee House is next door for coffee. North Beach Gyros is next door for Mediterranean food. Sam’s Panini is next door for sandwiches.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 23, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about Il Pollaio.
4.6from 279 reviews on Google
Il Pollaio is known for its standout grilled chicken and homey feel, though some diners report variability in food quality. Il Pollaio offers a cozy, unpretentious dining experience where customers often feel a sense of nostalgia for homemade meals. The ambiance is described as welcoming, with attentive service that enhances the overall experience, although some have noted inconsistencies in food quality.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
32 San Francisco avg
Signal and how much it countsIl Pollaio
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Il Pollaio, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Il Pollaio, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Il Pollaio. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Italian restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.
Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Il Pollaio is an italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Italian restaurant |
| Address | 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (415) 362-7727 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 279 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Il Pollaio | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 362-7727 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Catering | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Grilled chicken | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Order catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Salads | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Sides | AI guess | |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/ilpollaiosf | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/ilpollaiosf | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | Website | http://ilpollaiosf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/il-pollaio-san-francisco | Confirmed | Business website |
These are the 1 service Il Pollaio offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order catering | From their website |
Address: 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 362-7727. Hours: Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| North Beach Gyros | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Compton’s Coffee House | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Sam’s Panini | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| Chief Sullivan's | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| NBPS - North Beach Parking Services | Parking | 1 min walk |
| North Beach Parking Valet Garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
4.6 average across 279 reviews: Google 279. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)
Il Pollaio is known for its standout grilled chicken and homey feel, though some diners report variability in food quality. (AI guess, from 279 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco italian restaurants run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Il Pollaio scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Il Pollaio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 36 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 12 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 54 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | ||
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about an italian restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| San Francisco, California | City | #city | City Il Pollaio is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the italian restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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# Il Pollaio, San Francisco CA: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/il-pollaio-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/il-pollaio-san-francisco-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Il Pollaio is an italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Italian restaurant | | Address | 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun | | Phone | (415) 362-7727 | | Rating | 4.6 across 279 reviews on Google | | Updated | September 9, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Mondays | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Il Pollaio | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 362-7727 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Catering | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Grilled chicken | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Order catering | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Salads | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Sides | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/ilpollaiosf | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/ilpollaiosf | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Website | http://ilpollaiosf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Yelp | https://www.yelp.com/biz/il-pollaio-san-francisco | Confirmed | Business website | ## Services and prices These are the 1 service Il Pollaio offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Order catering | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Il Pollaio Address: 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 362-7727. Hours: Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | North Beach Gyros | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk | | Compton’s Coffee House | Coffee shop | 1 min walk | | Sam’s Panini | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk | | Chief Sullivan's | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | NBPS - North Beach Parking Services | Parking | 1 min walk | | North Beach Parking Valet Garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 279 reviews: Google 279. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) Il Pollaio is known for its standout grilled chicken and homey feel, though some diners report variability in food quality. (AI guess, from 279 reviews.) ### What people like - Half grilled chicken with potatoes - Lamb chops - Fresh made fried potatoes - Minestrone soup - Chimichurri sauce ### What people do not like - Inconsistent food quality - Dry or bland chicken - Mediocre service at times ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip ### do I need to book Il Pollaio in San Francisco or can I just turn up? ### anything new from Il Pollaio lately? ### walk ins, or is it booked solid ### best italian restaurant in San Francisco ### cheaper than Il Pollaio in San Francisco without it being sketchy? ### is there a rewards thing at Il Pollaio ### Why do people rate Il Pollaio? ### Il Pollaio or Cotogna? ### pricey at Il Pollaio, or about normal? ### people keep recommending Il Pollaio, what for? ### Whereabouts is this place? ### bad experiences here, anyone? ### what time does this place actually open? ### killing time on Columbus, any ideas ### prices round here, anyone got a number ### Booking a first visit here, what happens? ## The AI Score: 26 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco italian restaurants run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Il Pollaio scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Il Pollaio | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 36 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 12 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 54 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an italian restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Il Pollaio | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Il Pollaio | LocalBusiness | #business | http://ilpollaiosf.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City Il Pollaio is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the italian restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best italian restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/italian-restaurant - Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco ### Nearby - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view - /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJgeSUY_GAhYARcwsbx5RpcI4 (accessed Sep 9, 2026) - [2] ilpollaiosf.com, https://www.ilpollaiosf.com/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [4] ilpollaiosf.com, http://ilpollaiosf.com/ (accessed Oct 23, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Italian restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Il Pollaio, San Francisco CA: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Il Pollaio is an italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Italian restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 362-7727</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.6 across 279 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 9, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Mondays</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM, 4:00 to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Il Pollaio</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 362-7727</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Catering</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Grilled chicken</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Order catering</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Salads</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sides</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/ilpollaiosf</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/ilpollaiosf</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://ilpollaiosf.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Yelp</td><td>https://www.yelp.com/biz/il-pollaio-san-francisco</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 1 service Il Pollaio offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Order catering</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-il-pollaio">
<h3>Visiting Il Pollaio</h3>
<p>Address: 555 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 362-7727. Hours: Mon to Sat 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 4 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Cozy, cheerful cafe known for grilled chicken by the whole/half bird, also offering salads & sides."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>North Beach Gyros</td><td>Mediterranean restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Compton’s Coffee House</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sam’s Panini</td><td>Sandwich shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chief Sullivan's</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>NBPS - North Beach Parking Services</td><td>Parking</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>North Beach Parking Valet Garage</td><td>Parking garage</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.6 average across 279 reviews: Google 279. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)</p>
<p>Il Pollaio is known for its standout grilled chicken and homey feel, though some diners report variability in food quality. (AI guess, from 279 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
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<li>Half grilled chicken with potatoes</li>
<li>Lamb chops</li>
<li>Fresh made fried potatoes</li>
<li>Minestrone soup</li>
<li>Chimichurri sauce</li>
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<h4>What people do not like</h4>
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<li>Inconsistent food quality</li>
<li>Dry or bland chicken</li>
<li>Mediocre service at times</li>
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<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>planning a Sunday visit, is that a wasted trip</h4>
<h4>do I need to book Il Pollaio in San Francisco or can I just turn up?</h4>
<h4>anything new from Il Pollaio lately?</h4>
<h4>walk ins, or is it booked solid</h4>
<h4>best italian restaurant in San Francisco</h4>
<h4>cheaper than Il Pollaio in San Francisco without it being sketchy?</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at Il Pollaio</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Il Pollaio?</h4>
<h4>Il Pollaio or Cotogna?</h4>
<h4>pricey at Il Pollaio, or about normal?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Il Pollaio, what for?</h4>
<h4>Whereabouts is this place?</h4>
<h4>bad experiences here, anyone?</h4>
<h4>what time does this place actually open?</h4>
<h4>killing time on Columbus, any ideas</h4>
<h4>prices round here, anyone got a number</h4>
<h4>Booking a first visit here, what happens?</h4>
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<h3>The AI Score: 26 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco italian restaurants run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Il Pollaio scores 26, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Il Pollaio</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>36</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>12</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>92</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>54</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td></td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>74</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
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<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an italian restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Il Pollaio</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Il Pollaio</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://ilpollaiosf.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Francisco, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Il Pollaio is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the italian restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best italian restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/italian-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
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<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
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<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJgeSUY_GAhYARcwsbx5RpcI4 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] ilpollaiosf.com, https://www.ilpollaiosf.com/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] ilpollaiosf.com, http://ilpollaiosf.com/ (accessed Oct 23, 2026)</li>
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