This restaurant was highly recommended. The restaurant is beautifully decorated and has a wine country ambience.
The appetizers were fine but the entrees were not. I sent my overly peppered fish back to the kitchen. It was replaced with a fish with an uncooked center(This was a white fish, not a sushi type fish). My replacement was a delicious chicken dish.
Our waitress started out great but seemed to disappear after our first course.
She did not come to see us even once after I sent my first 2 attempts at an entree back to the kitchen. She did not come to the table until I finished my dinner and never expressed an apology. The manager never expressed an apology either.
Our dessert was also dried out. I have never experienced a total lack of concern from a restaurant like this when a dish has been undercooked. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. We had a wonderful lunch at Casey's Cafe the next day for 10% of the cost.

Nice restaurant. Pretty on the inside. We were sat where there is a long bench and chairs across so you are practically sitting with the people on each side of you. Can hear all the conversations around you. To me this does not make for a relaxing dinner. My fault for not asking if we could have one of the 4 tops scattered around the dining room. The waiter we had was good but a little creepy. The sommelier made odd comments to my 21 year old daughter. Now for the food...the appetizer was pretty good but it went downhill from there. Neither of us liked our entrees and the menu selection was limited. My pork chop was way overdone, tough and DRY. The chocolate cake for dessert was super dry also. I first commented it was a cake mix but I do not think any cake mix could be that bad. They served the cake with no frosting just a little round dry brown thing with a spoon of cream on the side. It was pretty bad!

My wife and I were celebrating a weekend away after a long busy period. We had many great experiences with the hotel and other restaurants, however our experience with Cetrella was less than exceptional. The food was exceptional however the service was beyond substandard. Considering that Half Moon Bay is limited on quality restaurants, I still would not return to the restaurant.

My wife and I were looking for a romantic weekend get away in Half Moon Bay and we found a quaint place to stay and some great restaurants. Cetrella was supposed to be top notch from ambience to service. We arrived 10 minutes before our reservation and waited another 20 in bar, but were thoroughly entertained with some fantastic jazz. After we were seated the wine manager visited our table and made a great suggestion from the wine list. Our waiter did not acknowledge us for another 10 – 15 minutes and was unable to provide us with any definitive suggestions for our meal. The food we did order was fantastic, but the overall service from our absent and uninterested waiter was simply ridiculous. Price aside, just based on the service it is not a restaurant I would recommend without a stiff warning about the ineptitude of the waiter serving us.