Best of Sacramento 2009
(See Our Blog for details)
Over Seven Decades
of Excellence
Sacramento's Longest Serving Restaurant
SEE MENU TAB
The tradition of fine cuisine at Espanol goes all the way back to 1923, when it was located at 114 J Street and served the traditional cuisine from Europe's Basque Region. In 1952 the building on J Street was sold and Espanol moved to Old Sacramento into a commercial hotel at 3rd and I Street.
Several years later, in 1959, the restaurant was bought by Babe Luigiand his brother Mario. With new owners and the name and cuisine change that followed, Espanol Italian Restaurant was re-introduced to Sacramento. The Luigi brothers have been serving the residents and visitors of Sacramento true Italian Specialties ever since.
Five years after adding the Italian Flair to Espanol, the redevelopment in Old Sacramento caused the popular restaurant to relocate to its present location. Today, the restaurant continues to be run by the Luigi Family and continues to be one of Sacramento's Best Italian Restaurants.
Babe's three children, Perry, Paula and Karen are proud to serve you in Espanol's friendly atmosphere, which has kept customers happy for three generations.
Espanol Italian Restaurant proudly supports the Servers Union!! | 
Loading…
Isn't this a restaurant?
Tonight, my family and I went to Espanol's for dinner. Just as I walked in the door, and went to the cashier/hostess, the college aged girl asked very rudely "What do you want"? I was a bit shocked, as isn't this a dinner place? I told her, we are here for dinner. She asked how many, and didn't say anything. Then she was helping a man with an order to go.She was so rude to him, I was just shocked, and I could see his frustration too. There were empty tables in the dining room, but no one was seated.Then more people came in the restaurant, and she told them 10 to 15 minutes. After watching her rudeness, we decided to leave, and go elsewhere. We have been to this restaurant before, and have really enjoyed it. Their soup is wonderful, and their dinner are delicious. Next time, we will make a reservation, and maybe where a t-shirt that says, "We are here for dinner".
This place is the best food i had in a long time. Usually i wouldnt write a review but if someone is wondering about how good it is go check it out. The prices are a lil high but the food is very very good!!!!!Ive been bragging about this place to everyone my new favorite place....
Re: Old World Charm
We went there tonight on the 23rd of Jan. and we arrived at 5:10 and we were never served by 7:30 so left. We did get served cocktails of course. Ended up leaving. Poor service and what food we did receive I could have made at home!
Espanol Italian Restaurant
Good food, reasonably priced. the service was good also. You cannot go wrong for a famiy dinner here.
Old World Charm
We love to stop in to our old standby. You can always count on the heaping, helping of soup. And I always bring home goodies.
Good Old Food
This place has been around forever, my husband and I go about every 3 months. You get soup..the best minestrone you have ever had, salad, tea/coffee, ice cream with your meal. the food is good, filling, and Italian. You will go home with a doggy bag everytime. during the winter time when my husband gets a cold, I call in an order for soup and baguette of bread (foot long), it's really cheap, I go pick it up and make his day. This is a very casual restaurant that has not been updated since the 70's, don't let that fool you, the service is good. The only negative thing I can say is the wine is over priced for the brands they serve and the size of the wine glass is quite small, but they do have a bar that servces hard liquor and my husband says they make a good strong drink . Other than that it worth your while to try this place once, great place to take the parents or grandparents if they have never been there.
Great Real Italian Food
Thank you for the good food as well as soup. Prices are so reasonable. Ample parking place.
keeping it real