# 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

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## 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 |


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## 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

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### 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

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## 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)