Catchy title, eh? This is just a quick tip o’ th’ hat to our watier on Saturday night at Isabella’s. Apparently due to some internal miscommunication or massive lesbian influenza pandemic, one lone man was left to wait on every table at Isabella’s last night. Oh yeah, did I mention it was second Saturday too? So that only means that every single table was full. That man was one of the hardest working waiters I’ve ever seen and deserves some high praise as he was not only out of breath, but exceedingly polite and patient with each of the 50 or so patrons in the dining room. The food was absolutely fantastic, the service, despite it’s obviousness lack of personnel, was spectacular (drinks were on the house) and the evening memorable. So thank you, harried waiter. We appreciate your fine work and dedication. I hope you got to keep every cent of every tip you made last night. You earned it.
Isabella’s
21st St between L and K, Sacramento
Food**** Service**** Ambience**
The Sac Rag 
could we have some more details on the food?
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i’ll add this to whatever sac-eats has to say:
https://sacrag.com/articles/002230
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I like Isabella’s and have had this same experience a few times; a full restaurant, one server and no bartender. Fucking crazy, if you ask me. How hard is it in Midtown to find someone willing to wait tables?
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I agree on the food with DMZ’s previous assertions. Suffice it to say that the menu, from top to bottom, is delicious and unless your name is Gandhi, you’ll probably find something amid the Mexican and Italian offerings to suit your tastes.
Recommended dish: Spaghetti and meatballs. What can I say? They have the best meat sauce I’ve ever tasted.
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thanks for the review, i’m always willing to try a restaurants spaghetti and meatballs. my favorite are from cafe milazzo.
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for a long time the spaghetti and sausage at the Old Spaghetti Factory was my absolute favorite. still might be.
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Their chicken cilantro spaghetti is also quite good, and the bruschetta appetizer could feed a family of four with no other supplemental foodage.
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