Forkelo ranking · Updated September 2026
20 lasagnas across San Francisco, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Amarena · Russian Hill
69 dish-specific mentions · 90% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
A rich, comforting all-beef lasagna under plenty of parmesan that regulars order again and again. It holds its heat well.
Tommaso's · North Beach
66 dish-specific mentions · 82% positive · 5 source types · menu verified September 2026
Soft, creamy noodles and a slow meat sauce in an old-school North Beach classic. Occasionally it comes out cold in the center.
Luisa's Restaurant · North Beach
62 dish-specific mentions · 92% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Beef lasagna in a creamy vodka-style aurora sauce, flavorful and filling without being heavy. The knock is a small portion for the price.
Original Joe's · North Beach
58 dish-specific mentions · 86% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
A huge baked square of thin house-made sheets, meat sauce and three cheeses over marinara. The recurring complaint is salt.
Marcella's Lasagneria · Dogpatch
128 dish-specific mentions · 82% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
Paper-thin fresh sheets stacked high with a sirloin tomato sauce, baked in its own pan. Some plates reach the table lukewarm or a little bland.
Piccolo Forno · North Beach
77 dish-specific mentions · 90% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
A saucy, generous classic meat lasagna that regulars return for. Detractors find it overcooked, mushy or drowned in sauce.
Emmy's Spaghetti Shack · Bernal Heights
30 dish-specific mentions · 83% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
A loose, saucy lasagna of beef and pork ragù in vodka sauce, topped with ricotta and pesto. Some find it too soft or too salty.
47 dish-specific mentions · 89% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
Thin sheets, creamy béchamel and beef ragù baked into a tall, bubbling square. The top can come out scorched.
La Traviata · Mission
47 dish-specific mentions · 85% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
A dependable, rich Bolognese lasagna under a Romano cream sauce, loved by longtime regulars. A few find the sauce sweet or bland.
Bocconcino · North Beach
25 dish-specific mentions · 92% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
A tender meat lasagna in a creamy tomato sauce, praised as fresh and not greasy. Diners call it a quiet North Beach standout.
The Italian Homemade Company · North Beach
184 dish-specific mentions · 82% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
A brick of pasta, rich Bolognese and béchamel that many call the city's best. The pans are about salt, density and plates that arrive cool.
Sodini's Trattoria · North Beach
47 dish-specific mentions · 85% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
A big, cheesy, heavy classic with ricotta and marinara. Critics say the meat sauce goes missing and the edges can burn.
Gaspare's Pizza House & Italian Restaurant · Outer Richmond
34 dish-specific mentions · 85% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
A bubbling, cheesy sausage-and-beef lasagna that regulars call underrated. A few call it ordinary.
Beretta · Mission
52 dish-specific mentions · 77% positive · 5 source types · menu verified September 2026
A molten cast-iron lasagna rich with fontina and ricotta that some diners can't stop thinking about. Others find it soupy, salty or plain.
Serafina · Russian Hill
34 dish-specific mentions · 74% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
A warm, cheesy ragù lasagna with fresh mozzarella and béchamel. Some find the tomato sauce acidic or unremarkable for the price.
Roma Antica · Cow Hollow
61 dish-specific mentions · 80% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Thin, many-layered sheets with a meaty ragù and crisp edges that can wow. Recent plates have also come out burnt, salty or thin on filling.
North Beach Restaurant · North Beach
18 dish-specific mentions · 67% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Seven layers of green spinach pasta with béchamel and a light Bolognese, rich and comforting. A pricey plate that some found underwhelming.
Bottega · Mission
44 dish-specific mentions · 66% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
Saucy, cheesy and meaty when it lands, with a crisp browned top. It is inconsistent: burnt, cold or underdone plates show up too.
Trattoria da Vittorio · West Portal
48 dish-specific mentions · 60% positive · 5 source types · menu verified September 2026
A huge, very meaty family-recipe lasagna that can please. Too many plates arrive mushy, sour or reheated.
Pasta Panino · Castro
17 dish-specific mentions · 53% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
A ricotta-free meat lasagna that reheats well and has fans for its flavor. Many find it far too salty or cold in the middle.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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