Matteo’s Pizza & Bistro

Haven’t been in awhile … Disappointed w/​short pours on wine & bill was delivered to the table w/​spoons before dessert! BTW … We had carrot cake — maybe forks would have been a better choice! I have NEVER rec’d the bill until dinner& dessert were done. ‘Bums rush’ ??

We went to Matteo’s with friends and had a lovely time. We enjoyed the cioppino, salad nicoise, tiramisu and cheesecake. Everything from the ambiance to the food presentation, and most importantly taste, were all perfection. Will definitely be going again. Matt, the owner, even came to our table to make sure we were satisfied with everything. Hands down, five stars! Thanks Matteo’s!

Why did I wait so long? We (Nikki and I) absolutely adore your establishment… frequent visitors «10 Years Gone» now, and we’re never disappointed… the polenta fries… the «BURGER»… your pizza… your top shelf margarita on the rocks… as with the Spinal Tap amplifier which went to 11, I would easily award you 11 stars… MORE: amazingly friendly and efficient owners and staff… EVEN MORE: fabulous atmosphere, lovely and spacious… what proper «coda» can I add to this «symphony» (HOLY MOZART!)… I seem to recall one time when we came in during an incredibly busy night and it was still as if we were the only ones there… we experienced the same quick, friendly and efficient service, delicious food, and joyous gustatory event… we sincerely hope the «Guardian of Forever» never lets you pass into «What was»…
Steve Russey

I just had the BEST most YUMMIEST YUM YUM chicken noodle soup. My tummy is happy. Enjoying a nice beer and waiting for my favorite pizza, The Calofornia Pizza. I love this place!

The food is good but nothing like nickel n diming your costumes. I ordered a specialty pizza n asked to substitute one of the toppings. Well they charged me a whole dollar for onions even though I had eliminated the kalamata olives.
Seems like jabbing your client base n will talk to the management if I ever go back again. To bad because I live in the neighborhood n it’s nice to have a decent local establishment.

Wow! 20 minutes before the waitress came buy! Ordered dream drinks! Got 1. Then ordered, 35 minutes later, same empty glasses and no food! I guess you need to order expensive wine to get service here! I’d get my food to go but it would probably take forever to get the box!
I jumped the gun a little. After 50 minutes, we finally got our food. Pizza is good and deserves another star! I wouldn’t come here just for the pizza though! !

My family and I had gone here for the first time the other day since we just moved nearby and we are currently looking for new favorite spots. I do have to say that the food was great, there were a few slight problems with the orders but what could be fixed quickly was by the waiter who had an excellent attitude. While over all there were 4 separate problems with our service and our food it was nothing that would stop us from going back and hopefully have less problems. We will see, the true test will be once we go for pizza rather than brunch.

Still another amazing night at Matteo’s!!! Service was wonderful even though it was a super busy night. We had the calamari and Matteo which is the best!!! Try this place, you won’t be disappointed!

Way overpriced and mediocre food. Coconut shrimp tasted frozen. Chowder was good. Lobster ravioli was awful. Never got a drink refill. Place was nice, clean, and polite staff. Too bad food wasn’t worth it. Wont go back.

Worst service I’ve had. Overall not a pleasant experience.

I only wish there was a 0 or a — star to select. I had a wonderful dinner at Luna with my wife tonight and thought we could get dessert and a night cap at Matteos. Wow, I serious thought we we’re on an episode of bar rescue! The bartender spoke to us as well as other patrons as if we were wasting his time. He was engaged with other employees at the bar counting their money, tips and receipts. Jon Taffor that’s Matteo’s in Carmichael they need your help!!!

Needs some improvements. Sat at the bar after not getting assisted at the door. We ordered a bottle of wine and the bartender seemed unfamiliar with bottle service. I’m not a crazy stickler, but please don’t rest the lip of the bottle on the glass and kill a white wine.
Food was okay. Nothing special and lacked love.
Went once before about two years ago and felt the same way. No need to come back for me.

I get my hair done at the salon next door, so when a friend came to town, I decided it would be the perfect time to try it out!
We came Sunday around noon, and brunch was still available, but we both opted for a pizza. Which was amazing! So flavorful! There were very few people inside (but there was a private party on the patio), so our service was excellent. I’ll definitely be going back!

Ive never understood why a reataurant tells you there will be a wait of 20 minutes when they have empty tables which was the case last night. The four of us arrived at 6:30 and were told just that, when we gave them our name we asked them at that time for a regular table not one of the taller ones.
As we waited I watched 2 women who came in after us get seated at a table for four but didnt say anything. Roughly 5 minutes later the hostess came to us and showed us to a table which happened to be one of the tall ones, we reminded her we asked for a regular table and although there were 3 empty ones she told us she was going to skip over us and seat someone else.
At this point we started to walk out but I decided to say something to a lady who when I asked said she was the manager, she seamed concerned and upset by what I told her and followed us to the front as we walked out. But at no time did she try and fix the problem so we just kept going and had a nice dinner at Bella Bru which was just a few doors down

There should be a minus button in front of this. What a gross place to eat. I thought that getting a burger was a simple thing to order. Guess it was to complicated. There was so much oil in the meat, I had to take it off the bread. Was supposed to have garlic aioli, was plain mayonnaise. Asked for no onions, had a ton. I’ll never go back and stear anyone I actually like, away.
The server looked like a deer in headlights. I kinda felt bad for her. I hope she can get some self esteem.

I recently attended a group event here, which included appetizers, salad and pizza for about $ 18/​person. I didn’t coordinate the event so I’m not sure if this price reflects their regular menu prices or not, but we had our own designated server and own room, so I feel like this was a good value for what we got. They had water set up for us, so there was no having to wait for a water refill.
The appetizers were good, but not great. The salad was surprisingly an Asian noodle salad with peanuts, soba and greens. It was very tasty and presented in a cute Chinese takeout box with chopsticks. The pizza brought out was a variety of styles, cut into teeny tiny pieces, so as to feed many. It was very good, but it’s really hard to go wrong with pizza.
My only complaints would be that for a group of about 40 people, there were all of five tables set up. This, in addition to the fact that we were not given plates of any kind, only napkins, to set our food on, made for some messy and difficult eating.

So I went here for dinner with my fiancé. I don’t know about their pizza because I have not had it yet but what I can tell you is that their burgers are good.
The customer service and atmosphere is very good here. I Enjoy sitting outside and dining when the weathers nice.
I would recommend this place for any kind of get together and dinner. I noticed they also have a wine room yet I have not been able to check that out.

I live REALLY close to this place and believe me, I really want to like it. It would be so easy — drive 2 minutes and be at a great restaurant. But no, just mediocre and uninspiring.
I have been here for lunch about 3 – 4 times now — each time hoping for a better experience. It was not crowded for lunch (as usual) and we were immediately seated. Waited around for about 5 minutes before the waitress took our drink order — which, by this time, we were ready to order anyway.
I got the Nicoise Salad with Seared Ahi Tuna ($ 15) which came with 3 thinly sliced pieces of tuna along with wax beans (which I thought was interesting) and the standard lettuce, etc. I also received two sauces — a pesto and the citrus vinaigrette which I asked for on the side. Tasted OK, but I didn’t really know what to do with the pesto but mostly just lettuce leaves.
Wife ordered the Mushroom BLT which I thought was totally interesting. It was a mushroom marinated and smoked similar to a piece of bacon — great idea and interesting but just poorly executed. It was a bit lumpy and just off center from the sandwich. Flavor was OK but kinda lukewarm by the time I got a taste. I wanted to like it, believe me! She also ordered the mushroom soup which was excellent and chock full of mushrooms.
The waitress kept apologizing and pointing out how she had messed up. «Oh, sorry I kept you waiting, the food will come out faster» or «Oops, sorry I didn’t notice your water was completely empty». Meh, just do your job.
Overall, just a bit worse than OK. I guess I’ll come back if someone makes me.

Went here with a group and we all ordered different pizzas. The pizza was ok, but nothing to write home about.
Would try one of the other menu items the next time here as the Unilocal pics look delish!

Finally! Heard so many great things about this place and it live up to the hype.
Beautiful and clean seating area, inside and outside. Service was spot on, very attentive… I dropped a for fork and didn’t think anyone noticed, our waitress immediately brought me another one.
The pizza was amazing, great balance of flavors and the crust was perfect. The salad wasn’t what ordered and our waitress offered to correct it but I decided to keep it, it was very tasty. THE CINNAMON DONUT HOLES ARE WORTH THE TRIP. OMG… light, fluffy and comes with this amazing raspberry dipping sauce.
It was very hard for me to find any faults. But… coffee was over filled. The water in the bar counter arrangement needs to be changed… AND that’s it.
If you get a chance this place is worth the spot.