Best Italian Restaurant in BellevueWhen I really want a great Italian meal, this is always my place. I've never had a bad experience here. Service is always top-notch, and the wine list is definitely on par with other great Bellevue restaurants. My most recent visit was the first time since the Covid days started, and I understand there is new ownership at Andiamo in the last two years.But all I can say is: fabulous & delicious! The meatball appetizer is as good as it gets in the PNW. My companion chose the penne (see pics), I took the lamb special but switched the garlic noodles to arrabiata. It was one of the finest meals I've had in many years!Alas, they were out of tiramisu on this night; that was a tough blow. In its place we ordered chocolate cake, which was as dark, thick, and rich as you could hope for. We will absolutely return!Olympic Otter
Very good food and a very good service! We had a nice experience with the waiter Christian! He was very entertaining. Wow, wow, wow ?
We came here for the first time after they changed to a new management. We ordered steak, the special seafood pasta and chocolate desserts. Food was delicious. Unfortunately I had food poisoning in the middle of the night. Stomach was in pain and throwing up for the entire night. I assumed some of the seafood were not that fresh. Not sure if I want to go back there again after this bad experience. Great and friendly service for sure!
I think this is my new lovely place. Totally everything the best. Bocceli music. You should try this . Christian - wow,wow,wow??????love it. Our dog loves the steak bone, and we think this is delicious ?new owner - new restaurant-new menu-new great taste
Absolutely love this place! The food is great, Christian personally is a breath of fresh air!! So friendly!! This place has been around for years and so happy I finally stopped in. Will be a regular customer without a doubt!!
Cute little place with lively staff. Our waiter was super energetic and helpful with explaining what food to order and what wine to pair with it. He was very animated and made the experience more enjoyable.I ate a seafood pasta dish and normally I think restaurants can be skimpy in the seafood, but I didn’t get that experience here. Plenty of seafood and pasta to balance it. Come for the food, stay for the jokes and wine.
After many visits I can say Andiamo sets a new, higher standard for authentic Italian in Bellevue; the best. Seeing many neighbors here corroborates my impression and “WOW WOW…” has a new meaning. The food and service brings fond memories of my hundreds of a wonderful times in Italy.
I would give a minus 1 if i could. We were a party of 5. One of us ordered an appetizer with calamari. It was a full plate with calamari in a soup. We asked for bread, they said they run out , they the server said , you should dip the bread ( that they don't have) in the soup. The taste was awful. Then we asked them to return it . The server got an attitude, then he slammed a glass he had on their little bar, and told something to another server, he then looked us and nodded to him. After 20 minutes waiting ( which is kinda of normal in this kind of restaurants) they served kids like portions. Less than a cup of pasta in every plate. After we finished we saw the serving for the next tables , their plates were all full. When i asked the server he said , that a different plate , then he looked a me and said your plate was better that the other table's plate. Ridiculous.
First time eating here tonight. I had the chef special surf and turf, and my husband had the other chef special piccata salmon. We also ordered the calamari. All of the food was phenomenal! A bit on the pricey side but absolutely worth it purely for the taste of the food. I am not a drinker but the wine choices looked fantastic, and lastly service was great. Attended our needs excellently, quickly and absolutely friendly and informative. I’d most certainly eat here again.
I was really looking forward to what has been a great experience of food and service. Unfortunately not the case this time. Food did not have the flavor and was actually undercooked. The server was overly charismatic (Wow, wow, wow). I can enjoy that when appropriate. He argued with us that our food was good and then witness him argue with another table on splitting a check.