Salumeria Di Bella - San Francisc

Salumeria di bella is part of the Bella Empire on Geary. It offers a few sandwiches and salads. We tried the porchetta sandwich with onion jam, hot cherry peppers, and a yellow mustard. The sandwich was loaded with meat on great bread. Delicious. We will be back to try more next time.

The il classico sandwich is a very good one. I always find mortadella to be the odd man out in most italian combo sandwiches. It's got a more subtle flavor that can really get lost when there's salami and other more highly cured meats in the mix. So if you're having mortadella, I think it should generally be the only meat in the sandwich. The basically do that here and it works super well.

I don't really know what to make of this place. Sometimes I feel like tapping them on the shoulder and reminding them this is a restaurant. I've gotten some very solid sandwiches here. I've also had some VERY questionable service. The last time I ordered a sandwich from this place, I showed up, waited about 10 minutes, and after it became apparent staff had seen me repeatedly and simply not come over, I just walked out. And admittedly, I don't like doing that to a restaurant (ordering over the phone and not picking the order up), but if they care that little about a customer coming in, what am I supposed to do? So I dunno, if you're walking by and there's someone there, go ahead and order: the food would probably be good. But I really have a hard time recommending going out of your way in any way shape or form to get food from this place, unless you're willing to take the risk that you might just not receive service.

Can't believe I haven't written a review for this place yet. Such good sandwiches. The porchetta sandwich is so delicious and one of our favorites. We have also brought some bone marrow from here previously, and I roasted them at home.

Delicious Italian Classic deli sandwich. Fresh meat, fresh mozzarella, fresh bread, perfect portion, and price point. I would say this is the best Italian deli sandwich I have had in SF. All other sandwich stores could take a lesson from how to do it right, and only $12.