We went for Valentine's dinner. The food was great! The service...even better. Jaime our server was awesome. It was great to see the restaurant busy during these challenging times, while still maintaining safety for their patrons. Jaime was so happy to be working, took pride in that and took good care of us. We were worried about the weather, with the rain, since it's all outdoor dining out in the Patio. We haven't been there since the start of all this craziness but the Patio was fully covered and had a feeling of a "Wine cave" like at the Napa wineries. They had the patio heaters on and it was a really nice experience. Well sheltered from the cold, the wind, and the rain. The food did not disappoint! The filet mignon and the sea bass were delicious! One of the kids got the Pasta Ratatouille which was incredible! They had a starter which was a Porcini mushroom ravioli which was good as well! read more

this place pisses me off. My family and i used to come here alot way back when and all i could remember was that the food was amazing, well i dont know what happened to it now, the service sucked! It was the day of my boyfriends and I anniversary and i really wanted it to be special, from the moment we got there waiters walked by us like we didnt even exist, FINALLY when we were seated our waiter was so rude and must have thought that just because we were younger than more than half the people there that he didnt have to pay attention to us. He totally disregarded us and often decided to have conversation with other people at they're tables. it took them an hour to bring our food and it was cold and i cant even count on one hand how many times i had to ask him for a water, and more bread. worst anniversary dinner ever. read more

I have only gone at lunch and I love the spinach salad. I only have that and a cup of soup of the day and an iced tea. Once I changed my order and I was unhappy. Oh the garlic bread is good as well. I ordered that once in a while. Service was fine, I went about once a month when I worked in that area. They got to know me after a while, with my book and paperwork. I thought the prices for what I ordered were fine. Didn't check the wine list as it was lunch and I was driving around all day. read more

Do try their specials. I had the macadamia crusted sea bass with the pineapple sauce..DELICIOUS!! Also, try the "woo woo"! An elixir to kick your night off. read more

I am being generous with the 4 stars - 3.5 would be more like it. I have been there twice, both as office lunches. I am vegetarian, so my reviews are only wrt a minority of the dishes. The staff was very professional and the ambiance inviting. Those were among the pros. I ordered the marinara pasta the first time. It was pretty good. The Alfredo creamy pasta was so so. The bruschetta was too garlicky, something I avoid. I am also a teetotaler, so that is yet another item that is off my menu. Judging my my colleagues' reactions, the booze must have been up to the mark. The green salad is pretty much de rigueur in any Italian restaurant, and was decent. Granted it is not going to be a highlight, but sure would take some talent to goof that up :-) read more

one of the best restaurant great customer service great workers and most important great food read more

3/17/15. I had 2 friends meet me at what I considered a good restaurant. extremely disappointed, started with a chip on your shoulder bartender. Me trying to let the bartender know how I wanted our drinks made which he replied I know how to make a Margarita. Once our other friend showed up we where seated. Greasy dishes where waiting for us, started with the garlic bread completely dried out. Not a lot better for dinner. read more

Food was "ok" nothing special. Those that wrote great reviews need to get out more and eat at better restaurants. They stopped doing table-site salad and Bananas Foster (fire code, etc) so that was a huge disappointment. Over priced meal as well, I would not recommend this to any of my friends. read more

Very classy. The food was incredible. The staff was extremely professional. We were attending a family dinner after funeral services. Staff was accommodating, food was fresh and hot. I had the Rigatoni Alla Massimo, it was very rich, delicious dish. My 5 year old has never had salmon before. He ordered the Herb Roasted Canadian Salmon. We ate 3 servings of it. The lemon caper sauce was on point. Very elegant resteraunt to get away from the kids and have date night. I look forward to returning. read more

One of the finest restaurants in the bay area where my wife and I enjoy the dining experience at every visit. Yes, we have been coming here frequently for many, many years. My kids love the place and whenever we have entertained guests here, they too come away impressed. Family owned for 32 years, the menu offers upscale Italian - inspired dishes in a somewhat overlooked strip mall location. Many of the classic dishes that Massimo opened with including table side preparation are still there. Its fun to admire the waiters deftly preparing dishes table side while customers sit in awe. The atmosphere is warm and friendly; tables with linens and fresh flowers - niceties that contribute to a memorable evening. The staff thoroughly professional, friendly and extremely helpful. If you want that extra special attention, request seating in Ted's section. Warm ciabatta accompanied by whipped butter and a spicy vinaigrette dipping sauce are always first to arrive. Be careful since you can "load up" on this warm, delicious bread. Another caution is that portions tend to be large so sharing is a must. In fact, family style diners are welcomed. Appetizers are many with our favourites being oysters on a half shell or the muscles and clams in a wine broth with fresh tomatoes and basil. If you have Ted as your waiter, request some pommes frites to go with the muscles, make it a main course and your experiences at a Brussels cafe will return. Do not pass up the Caesar salad prepared table side with or without anchovies, a raw egg, Worchester sauce, mustard, black pepper and grated parmesan. The pastas will delight especially the linguine with fresh seasonal vegetables. For a main course the veal chop is the finest we have ever had in a restaurant - thick, tender, juicy, grilled medium rare and accompanied by a special Massimo sauce. Ask for the sauce on the side so you can really enjoy the veal. The tender, flavourful lamb chops coated in herbs and spices are done to your liking but again, you may want to share since two can satisfyingly enjoy this dish. On Friday and Saturday nights the seafood pescatore is a crowd pleaser - lots fresh fish, clams, shrimp over linguine and served piping hot. Try it a little spicy. My favourite is the pepper steak, a NY strip with whole peppercorns, cognac, cream and herb butter simmered medium rare table side. This dish is quite reminiscent of the German version pfeffer steak Deserts are not my thing but the cherries jubilee or bananas fosters done table side at Massimo's are old school classis that make use of the woefully underutilized art of flambé that carmelizes sugars and deepens flavours. Nice to see that this restaurant has not gotten away from these classics. Perhaps one of the finest touches is if you do not see it on the menu ask your waiter and the kitchen headed by Steve, a graduate of the San Francisco Culinary Institute will do its utmost to please. read more

This was truly disappointing. The service and ambiance was fine but the food was uninspired and cooked poorly. The pasta was over cooked. The sauces and dishes were terribly uninteresting. I would go to the Olive Garden before I went back to this place and I hate the Olive Garden. This is a definite pass. read more

We ordered Cajun rock shrimp as an appetizer and it was ok. In fact that was the only dish that got consumed along with freshly baked bread. Risotto of the day was with prawns, lentil and green peas. The risotto itself was bland and not tasty... in fact we could only take three bites from it. Prawns were served on the side so their taste was not incorporated with the risotto and prawns were ok but they were not anything to write the home about. We ordered cheese ravioli from the kids menu and it was not eaten either. So the two pasta dishes were left almost untouched. Our table ended up only eating the bread, shrimp and prawns. The server was nice, helpful and apologetic but this is not enough for us to come back. Even thought this place has 3.5 stars on Yelp, I wanted to try it due to it being on check please but we won't come back. Overpriced and mediocre food. read more

Great steak, great service, great atmosphere! Never knew that there is a up- scale restaurant in Fremont . We were celebrating my husband's birthday. After meal, they gave us a piece of cake on house. Will definite come back again . read more

Love the Tony Montana style dining. Had the special....seafood pasta, with everything from the sea in it. Finished with the cherries jubilee. Good place to go in Fremont. Ask for Ted you won't go wrong. read more

Took my family there for Thanksgiving dinner. 2011. The service was excellent, really excellent. The table was nicely set. The prime rib was very good. The portions of salad, mashed potato, sweet potato, and vegetable were skimpy. I get it. It is their style. So OK. There was appetizer, main course, and desert. The vegetarian selection was bland but edible. The atmosphere was pleasant and we weren't rushed at all. We had 4 prime ribs, 1 vegetarian, 1 child ravioli. Extra mashed potato for the child. Several refills of bread. Cappuccino and espresso more than 1 each. A decent bottle of wine. Total bill with 65$ tip was like 370$ BTW i think it is funny that other diners rate their experience herebased on the age of the other diners. I would go there again. read more

Didn't like it. Server was impeccable...for Fremont. But ambiance didn't match the quality of the rigatoni. Wouldn't go again. Unless I had a coupon. read more

I have never been there. So I cannot review quality. All I can say is that employees need to be kept in check to a point where someone coming into their establishment , paying their bill the same as the guy, be treated respectfully. The hostess turns me off from going there. read more

This place is good, a definate 5 star restaurant. Its fancy and nice and I know the owner Bill Rinetti Jr. Hes known us since we were little kids as my dad used to work for him in the 80's and 90's I remember alwayz coming here for the deep fried calamaris with the lemon butter sauce delicious. Bill also used to have the massimos deli which alwayz sold the best sandwiches. Later on I would like to bring my girl and eat here and have a drink with my good friend Bill. read more

We had 2 birthday celebrations last night. The food was fantastic and the service was just excellent. My wife and I had the Beef Diana prepared table-side and it was just great. We had 2 different table-side deserts and we just loved it. Our waiter prepared the food for us table-side and we had a wonderful time watching him work. read more

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Very old school, real waiters, (the career kinda waiters), traditional food, food is just OK, if you're super hungry and need to eat ASAP, stop by Olive Garden across the street first, then come here for the romantic atmosphere and the REAL cherry jubilee dessert and real fire and stuff. The bar is cool, again, old school peeps and clientele, but overall, good food and service, just on the higher price side if it's not date night. read more

Changing my review to 5-stars based on the response that we received from the owner. He responded with a lot of class and we really appreciate it. Will definitely return for another visit soon because we loved their custom Caesar salad so much and there were several other entrees that we would like to try! read more

The steak was good , hard to fine a good steak in Fremont but this place does the job, just be ready for the suckie service thou.

Food was average, I don't think this place qualifies for fine dining. Fine dining = good food+excellent service+nice ambiance, if I have to relate it to fine dining, maybe I would say the price. Things are over priced for their quality, but I do like the ambience, some people may find the decor to be old school, but it's fine with me. The biggest disappointment was the service. Our server was very inattentive, whenever we needed something, he was nowhere to be found or chatting with coworkers, he never asked how we were doing, whether we needed anything. He didn't make much eye contact with us most of the time, no smile either which I think was a little rude. It also took him forever to take out the dishes we finished even though he passed by our table couple times. I think this would be our first and last dining experience with Massimo's. read more

Wow I moved away 15 years ago and I am back and they have redone the restaurant and it is warm and inviting. The best customer service so far which seems to have gone away from other restaurants. They bend over backwards and even made cannelloni for my boyfriend who mentioned his late father loved it and didn't see it on the menu. So the waiter said he would made it for him . He did and it was amazing! AMAZING Cesar salad made at the table side and yummy desserts. The bar area is intoxicating and a great place to get a booth and have a nice dinner while sitting in the bar.. A definite date night treat.... R & M read more

I rarely come here, but the times I do, it is usually for a community group meeting. So my meals here are usually pre-ordered by the community group. Today's burger had a lot of room for improvement. The bun was dry and the burger patty was just as dry too. It should have come with plenty of lettuce and tomato to add moisture to the bead. read more

My husband and I had a great experience at Massimos,we met the beautiful owner Marie she introduced herself to us and was so nice to give us a tour of the restaurant which is nice and big plus very clean.Our server Jose was great.The food is amazing there.I had the face of lamb delisth my husband had the filet mignon cooked to perfection, the bread pudding made the perfect meal,so having said that I was very satisfied with the experience. We return with family members very soon.Thank you Marie and Jose. read more

I absolutely love everything about Massimo's! Every time I am visiting from L.A. I have to visit my favorite restaurant! Great food, drinks, service!!! Such a perfect family restaurant- try it, you won't be disappointed! Jaime rocks! read more

My husband and I recently celebrated our anniversary dinner at Massimo's. Absolutely fantastic from the clam chowder to the spaghetti with crab to the Mud Pie Dessert! If you want to have a nice quiet place to dine with excellent food, Massimo's is the place! read more

First time dining at Massimo's. We chose to eat in the bar area with dim lighting and red upholstery. Wait staff was very accommodating. Salad was wonderful. Ahi tuna entre was OK. Wine not so good. Tab for three people with two glasses of wine each = $180 including tip. I give it a generous 3 stars for acceptable quality and high price. read more

I dined at Massimo's for the first time last nite. After noting that people seem to either love or hate the place, I wasn't sure what to expect. When we walked in we were greeted promptly by the very pleasant hostess at the hostess station. We didn't have to walk directly into the dining room as someone else suggested. We were taken to the back room which we actually thought was nicer as it was smaller and more intimate than the main dining room. We were a boisterous group of eight so putting us back there was probably better for the other diners anyway. We had the room to ourselves most of the evening. Yes, we had to ask for bread (not enough of a faux pas to ruin the evening). Yes, we poured our own wine (but we often have to do so at the very expensive places, too). Yes, they miscounted the number of bottles of wine we brought (but corrected the error immediately when we pointed it out). Corkage at $15.00 is a major bargain. Overall, our waiter, Julian, was very attentive. The food was very good but not spectacular. Everyone was happy with their sole, halibut, pasta and veal chop. World class? No. But at $30 per entrée, we weren't expecting it to be. Would we return? All agreed we would. And that's the real test of a restaurant, isn't it. read more

Wonderful place for fine dining! The atmosphere was "spot on," the hostess placed us in a quiet back room, where a few other patrons were located. We began with the filet of beef carpaccio and oysters in the half shell, which were both delicious. I especially liked the warm spinach salad with bacon, mushrooms and feta cheese. I chose the rack of lamb with a side of asparagus and potatoes, and my husband had the veal saltimbocca, both were delicious! Some Yelp reviews stated that the vegetable sides were "sad limp and were previously frozen," however I didn't experience this. Further, the service was extraordinary my glass was always full and anything we needed was provided before asking. Very happy will patron again. read more

We go to Massimo's about 3 times a year for special occasions. It is truly a place to dine. Service is always outstanding, both in the bar and the restaurant. Highly recommend the Caesar Salad. read more

The service was not aweful the past 3 times ive been there.. remember this is one of the only long lasting fine dining Italian restaurants in Fremont.. and to have lasted this long is a testament to the quality the restaurant exhumes.. in any case.. its one of my favorites.. the downside is that its expensive .. and it is possible if you rub the help the wrong way.. you could have a bad experience. read more

Been around for a long time. Since there's not many "special event" places in Fremont, I guess it could fall under that category. I remember it being a prom destination restaurant. read more

We had dinner (4) of us. Two of us had the Veal Chop which was delicious. What made our dinner exceptional was our waiter David. David gave good recommendations on what would go excellent with our wine. We will be back and of course, ask for David to wait on us again. read more

I would say just OK, and yes very expensive. It was really dark which left me feeling a bit depressed to be there. I just went to the bar but after that I am not sure that I would go back and would not go back for sure for dinner due to price. read more

Finally tried this place out after passing by it so many times and there was nothing to rave about. The service was slow, our waiter was awkward (came by to ask how everything was and lingered as we were trying to eat), and the food was subpar. Probably won't make a point to come back. read more

My husband and I thought we were attending an investment meeting here tonight but oops, wrong day . I told my husband that since we were here, he should buy me dinner anyway !! . It was my first time here but my husband used to eat here when he worked nearby. OMG what a wonderful Resturant !! From the time we entered the door we were greeted with a smile and a hello. We were seated right away in a boot with a high back, which give us plenty of privacy and Jaime, our waiter, was great !! The food we had, Calamari Fritti , Calamari Steak and Steamed Clams with Linguini was amazing. Our water glasses were constantly filled and their home made bread was delicious ! The young lady I met at the door was so nice and complemented me on my necklace. As she was walking by on our way out I stopped her to let her know how happy we were with everything, she told me her name was Holly and that she was the manager !! Five stars Holly, for your kind personality and for a Great Evening !! read more

The food was good but it took 20 minutes for a server to even come to our table. He forgot to put in our salad and never checked on us once after we recieved our food. They told us they would buy us a dessert but then charged us for the dessert and said they waived the corkage fee which was cheaper than the desserts. I will never return to this place even though the banana fosters dessert was one of the best I've had. read more

I had salad with balsamic vinagarette, bread with butter, and had chicken marsala with strawberry cheesecake. I used to come here around 10 years ago, and I think the quality and taste has gone down. The chicken marsala wasnt that good. It wasnt tastey and the veggies were loaded with just butter. The cheesecake was soft and it wasn;'t cold. The taste wasnt that good either. The ambiance is good, but other than that it was ok. I wouldn't come here again. read more