Posted by Steve, a resident of the Canyon Meadows neighborhood, on Aug 5, 2010 at 10:09 pm

Possibly one of the worst restaurants in Pleasanton. Have tried it twice...the mediocre food was reason enough to avoid, but the snotty service was intolerable. Never again.

Posted by Nick, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood, on Aug 5, 2010 at 10:49 pm

We have had wonderful meals and enjoyed Matto's personal service as well.

Posted by meadows mom, a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood, on Aug 6, 2010 at 8:31 am

we were there only once - food mediocre and not worth going back- that was several years ago - maybe they have gotten better?

Posted by Went there this weekend, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood, on Aug 23, 2010 at 1:41 pm

I went to Amarone's this weekend. It was my first time there. I wanted to try their homemade pasta.

I personally found a welcome place to go. Their food tastes more like italian than most of the so called italian restaurants on Main Street, where spaghetti and meatballs, canned sauces, American Beauty Brand pasta and even frozen foods are served.

Although it isn't superb food, it is a place where you'll get your money's worth simply for the fact that they actually COOK there. I'm done going to restaurants where you are served re-heated food that comes from a box.

The funny thing is that after leaving, I went for a walk on Main Street with my wife, and we noticed that the above mentioned restaurants were doing better business than Amarone, which to me is a sad indication that mediocre food in Pleasanton is well accepted and preferred over food cooked from scratch.

Posted by Italian Food Guy, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, on Sep 6, 2010 at 11:07 am

Amarone's was recently sold to a new owner. We will have to wait and see if they continue with authentic Italian food or make it "California Italian" like Pasta's and Baci.