Matteo's in Hollandale delivers entrées that are delicious and clearly made from scratch, full of rich, comforting flavors that feel like they came straight from someone's family recipe book. And the portions are huge--the kind of generous plates that guarantee leftovers and make you feel like you're getting real value. I am a huge fan of the Pappardelle Christina and my lady companion, the Chicken Ultimo. Their martinis are excellent, too. Smooth, well-balanced, and crafted with care, they're the perfect pairing for a hearty meal or a relaxing night out. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, but what really sets Matteo's apart is the friendly waitstaff. They're attentive, welcoming, and make you feel like a regular from the moment you sit down. The noise level can sometimes be high, but hardly a problem. read more

Took business associates to dinner party of 10. The food and service was excellent. Food is really big portions and I don't think anyone finished. Everyone enjoyed the meal and liked the atmospher. I was hesitant upon arriving since I'm not from here and booked based on Open table ratings. When I seen it was in a strip mall I was really concerned. That all went away once entering and the atmosphere was classy and clean. Everyone in party was pleased and happy with my choice. read more

Wow! This restaurant brought me back to a time in Italy. The dining experience was worth it and enjoyable. Guy was very knowledgeable and helpful during our dinner. It wasn't busy and the noise was at a moderate level with low volume music being played. The food was hot, fresh, and delicious. I even gave Guy a list of ingredients to provide the bartender to make a drink not on the menu and the drink came out perfect! I am extremely impressed the service to describe it in one word EXCELLENT. I will definitely return to try other dishes. read more

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My family had been hearing great things about Matteo's Trattoria, so we decided to celebrate a birthday there on a Sunday night. We made a reservation that day, and our group of six was seated promptly at 7:30 PM. The ambiance at Matteo's is exceptional! A live singer performed classic "Italian" songs, which created a vibrant atmosphere. We started with the fried calamari, which was fresh and flavorful. For my main course, I ordered the meat lasagna, and it was absolutely delicious. My brother and his wife had the Chicken Penne Vodka, which I sampled and also found delicious. The portion sizes were very generous, and we were able to take leftovers home. For dessert, we saw someone order the Tartufo, which is a vanilla and chocolate gelato or pistachio truffle gelato with a cherry filling, covered in a chocolate shell and almonds and decided to order it ourselves! It was absolutely delicious! Great decision! I actually forgot my credit card, but our server was kind enough to run to the parking lot to return it to me after I had already left the restaurant. Overall a wonderful dining experience! read more

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Once again a fantastic meal experience at Matteo's when visiting the area. The bartenders are fast and make great drinks and provide great service. In Miami for a Christmas trip tomorrow to visit family and had to visit. Clams oregano along with Chicken Marsala with angel hair pasta shared with a friend. Portions large enough for two. Great friendly crowd of locals in a nice clean atmosphere.. read more

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Matteo never fails...we go for special occasions, never rushed! it's family dinner time so we take our time, and the service staff is amazing with it.Truly homemade and authentic Italian food. if you enjoy fine dining, and know that it comes with a price, I highly reccomend Matteo's read more

This restaurant is amazing and the food top notch just delicious I love the atmosphere and the vibes of this place the owner is awesome and a wonderful host. read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

Sat down for dinner at 6:30, served apps within 15 minutes, and they were excellent. Waited 2 hours for our dinner, and when brought it was entire different than what we had ordered. Waiter tried to tell us that's was what was described on the menu. We asked to see the menu, pointed out what we had ordered and it was totally different. He then proceed to give our wrong order to the gentleman behind us who ordered the same as us. The gentlemen was so angry he kept it and to appease him, he was given side of pasta. We have be going to Matteos in Hallendale for over 20, and always had a fine dining experience, but last night was extremely disappointing. The manager never came to our table to ask what the problem was and how he could rectify it, and the waiter told us he did not want to argue with the chef. Don't know if we will be going back anytime soon. read more

Great place but very loud and tightly packed. Saturday night you need a reservation. Mostly older crowd here. You can definitely share an individual portion here. The chicken cutlet and the veal cutlet are too huge pieces they also have a family style which is three pieces. The food is pretty good and the waiter was excellent and addressed us in Italian which I loved. I would probably have enjoyed it more for lunch if it's a more relaxed quiet atmosphere but that's the environment so either deal with it or don't go here. read more

Such a great experience, very busy would recommend a reservation but all of the food is incredible, the service is top notch, they will serve you the food make you a priority, love the baked clams, lobster ravioli and spicy rigatoni, the cocktails somewhat average but really I recommend this place to everyone based on the quality of food and service alone read more

This is not an Italian Restaurant! The food was marginal and extremely expensive. I have five medium-sized cheese ravioli, nothing else, salty, and $40. $8 per ravioli. Everything was overpriced. The noise is deafening. The entertainer shouted songs catering to a crowd that understood the words. For the entire 2 hours, the singing never stopped, the clapping to songs that were distracting to eating dinner. The only Italian song was Volare. If you like noise, bad Italian food, and expensive checks, have at it. read more

we had boycotted Matteo for a decade and decided to give them a try last night. w e won't be going back soon. four people ordered dinner, 20 minutes later three dinners came out. I had to point out to the maître we were half way thru our dinners and still had not gotten the forth. the order had been lost. they finally brought the missing dinner. no apology, no offer of a free desert, no we will not charge you for our error. simply "stuff happens, deal with it, we dont care". guess they don't want our business read more

Excellent food great serve haven't been there in years. Can't wait to go back. Every bite was delicious read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

Went to Matteo's on vacation. Guy was our waiter. Very professional. Excellent recommendations. Amazing service. Outstanding food. read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Chicken Alfredo w broccoli - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

Very nice Italian place. We came here a little early on a Saturday night without a reservation and were able to promptly get a nice table on the patio. The patio was pleasant on a nice balmy evening with the sunset in the background. The waiter walked us through the menu and gave advice ordering. We started with a smaller portion of mozzarella and prosciutto and it was very tasty and actually a large portion despite being the "smaller" size. We then split the Branzino and a Pappardelle dish. The Branzino was nice, light and tasty. The Pappardelle was also good. What really stood out was the thoughtful and gracious service. Waiter was one of the best we've had at any restaurant in a long time. read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Sunset on the patio - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

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We went on the 26 and paid 87 dollars then 2 days later on the 28 we got a charge for 105 at this restaurant our server gave himself a tip without our knowledge or consent this restaurant server and staff is very rude me and my husband watched another waiter steal a wallet after other customers left and wrapped it in a table cloth and took it and another server was arguing with a old man because he didn't like his food and threatened to hit him old man with his own cane literally can't make this up watching this unfold at once was insane it's like we wasn't in the year 2026 and we walked back into the 1950 read more

Real Italian food .See menu Service A1,&Friendly Ambiance classic fine dining fabulous atmosphere & great vibe. Recommended for parties & all events!!! A must if you love real Italian!!! Grazie read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

8/10/24 5 stars for the live entertainment and ambience 2 stars for the food: ordered chicken parmesan that was so dry and overcooked. Fortunately they took it back and off our bill. 1 star for the service : hardly there and seemed bothered when we asked for anything. read more

Food was good, service poor. They offered bread twice, never came. Waiter busy serving larger tables, we were only three, usually leave excellent tips, unfortunately they didn't earn the good tip. read more

Never returning. Veal chop was extremely fatty. Overpriced. Salmon was almost raw very undercooked. Loud inside or you sit in a parking lot outside. Wine suggested was terrible red wine. Best thing was the cappuccino and Tiramisu. Shame on them! read more

The food was flavorless, the service awful! The only good thing was the lady singing read more

New Year's Eve. We are long time customers of your restaurant and have never been so angry or upset by the staff of a restaurant ever! We planned on spending New Year's Eve we you and had made reservations 3 months in advance for 8:oo PM. We were a party of 2 and waited, without complaint, for 45 minutes to be seated. Standing. in the doorway was very uncomfortable especially for that evening.! Because they had added additional tables and we had just been seated, we asked to be moved the next table over, slightly out of the traffic area and that had just been vacated, but the waiter refused as did the hostess. Then the waited decided that it was OK to sit next to my wife to take our order, very uncomfortable! The waiter, named Guy refused to take an appetizer order; he tried to insist that we had to order everything at once and was quite rude about it. When we told him we were not ready to order our entrees and certainly not a dessert and told to give us time he finally put in the order. After we had the meat and cheese plate we ordered our entrees and were served at 10:00 PM. He never stopped to enquire about the food or to check to see if we need anything else. At10:30, as we were eating, he came and told use to "hurry up, I need the table". Then told us "you have been there longer than a anyone else and we were taking money from him and he needed the table to seat a new group". He claimed that we had arrived at 7:00 PM and then told me I was lying and we did not have 800 PM reservations. He also rudely told my wife that she was not eating fast enough! He had a terrible attitude when he talked with us. We came for New Year's Eve and certainly expected to stay until after midnight, to relax and enjoy the live music and celebration. We then demanded to see the manager and Guy got angry and threw 2 of the empty plates from our table into a bus-tray on his way to the kitchen! I then demanded the bill from manager, Gianluca Matulli, paid and left to get our car at 10:40 PM, with our uneaten meal on the table. My wife was very upset and was left standing without any support, comment or consideration from any staff member waiting for me to pick her up. She cried all the way home. Your staff was happy to accept payment for a meal that we did not even finish eating due to the rudeness of the wait staff and management. We never expected to have a New Year's Eve celebration restricted to a 2 hour visit!! Our opinion is that the staff must be changed! This was a horrible experience and we will never return nor recommend Matteo's in Hallandale to anyone! Ruined the New Year for us as well. read more

Our server was very nice. The apps ( baked clams and mozzarella) were very good. However , the Nonna's Ragu was very disappointing. It was not Ragu in any way. Basically, spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs lacked seasoning and the sauce was almost nonexistent. I know everything is expensive nowadays but not worth the hype or price read more

Use to love coming here ...now that Micheal is gone the music is horrible . the food can be be good one night and horrible the next . service is the same. so many great places to eat that are consistent and love your business ...we are done with Mateos .. read more

We went for dinner tonight as a party of five. The appetizers were delicious (calamari, Burrata stuffed mushrooms, and mussels.) Somebody in our party ordered a shrimp dish with rigatoni. When the plate came, it came with penne. When the person whose plate it was mentioned that she had asked for rigatoni the waitress was very abrupt and told her just eat it. It's all the same. First of all the tone in her voice was offensive. Just because it's pasta doesn't mean it's all the same. Also, this is food that we're paying for. It's not get what you get. She ordered something she wanted. The waitress must've thought about it and came back but initially, she said it would be an hour to get the pasta substituted out to what was originally ordered. The veal chop at the table was undercooked. The pasta on two of the dishes was not cooked enough. It was definitely harder than al dente. I am not certain what kind of soda they use but the Diet Coke was not Diet Coke. Not enough refills of water for the table. Disappointing meal and experience read more

Incredible portions, be warned when ordering:) Delicious, generous, and great service. Fun atmosphere with live music - a fun spot to hit for mid range dining. read more

All good as this place has batted 1.0000 once again ! Food , service, and ambiance all good even outdoors for the first time. I usually go with a menu item but tonight I went for one of the 'chalkboard' specials , the Lasagna , and it was delicious ! Bravo for this place not raising prices in the last year like many establishments have !! read more

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Hit or miss for sure!! I had the rigatoni bolognese and would not order it again.. noodle was cooked perfectly aldente but the sauce was bland. My friend got the something that starts w the letter "P" Christina and it was great! We ere there for an event and they fed the large group family style. Neat concept but all the dishes fell short. It was described as buffet food. live music was great. Prices were reasonable and staff were extremely helpful. The hostess, I believe, came and bagged up our leftovers and placed them right in front of us WHILE I had just started on my glass of wine... no big deal.. just felt Like she was ready for us to leave... I looked and there were not ppl waiting to be seated so idk. Our waiter was Guy, and while we did wait a real long time to order and for refills, he was SO NICE, and he apologized several times.. THEN he serenaded us w a lil song. Overall, I would def try it a read more

Approximately two weeks ago, I placed an order for a table upon arrival. I was instructed to wait as the establishment was quite crowded. Despite waiting outside for 15 minutes, numerous individuals continued to arrive and were promptly seated while I remained standing with no available seating. Despite my repeated attempts to communicate with the host regarding the status of our table, there was no response. It appeared as though they were doing me a favor by allowing me to dine there, so I decided to leave. There are plenty of other reputable dining options that will not leave you waiting outside for over 20 minutes. While I cannot speak to the quality of their food, the service was horrible , which is reason enough for me to avoid returning and recommending the establishment. read more

The ABSOLUTE WORST. The food was actually very good but the service SUCKED. We stood outside waiting to check in for 10 minutes. Then the wait staff said we would have to wait 5-10 minutes, no problem went to the bar. Then we didn't sit until and hour after reservation. Then the wait staff did not come until 25 minutes after we sat. No water no bread. Then water glasses came all dirty. Then they replaced them and still dirty. Then we ordered all at once and food didn't finish until another hour and 45 minutes after which would not have been a big deal if the other circumstances did not happen. We ordered drinks and they sucked trying to drown us out in liquor to forget the experience. The food again very good but the waitress and staff MIA. We followed up on food and drinks multiple times THERE WAS NO ONE TO BE FOUND. Then we found the waitstaff dancing and drinking the entire time and you wonder why you have late reservations and missing food because though we love people dancing and having fun but do the damn job first. Never coming back. read more

This is a really great place to escape and unwind. We sat at the bar and were really entertained by the bartenders. The host is also very charming. They have music on Fridays and the guy is a great singer. I ordered some beer and a Matteo chopped salad. They have two sizes to choose from. It has iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions, olives and red peppers. This is a great salad. I had a big lunch or else would have ordered a pasta dish. This place gets very crowded so I would make a reservation, especially if coming here on the weekends. read more

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Loved the ambiance! We felt as though we could have been in Italy. Waiters were Very good. Food - well, I ordered branzino and asked that head and tail be removed. Unfortunately, that didn't happen and there were quite a few bones in the fish. What I ate was good but due to head, tail and bones I only ate a small portion. My daughter ordered Shrimp Diablo and my granddaughter ordered a pasta with shrimp. In both dishes the shrimp were overcooked. Two other dishes were okay. Would we go back? Absolutely! But would make different choices. The ambiance made up for mediocre food! read more

Crowded bar and dinning room Friendly locals Excellent bartenders Lingerie w/clams in a white sauce , just a little bland Looking forward to going again read more

So extremely disappointing. I have not been to Matteo's in awhile and after tonight will probably not go back. I remember the times when the good was wonderful but tonight it was mediocre at best. The stuffed mushrooms were ordinary and not very tasty. My husband ordered the veal parm and he said the meat was not tender and had to ask for sauce to moisten it. He basically left the entire dish and we took it with us to give to someone less fortunate instead of throwing it away. In the past when two servers would have seen that the food basically was untouched they would have had the captain or manager come the table to see what was wrong. No one cared. The food was not the same as in the past and it is a shame. read more

the derive was above expectations, where as the food was above expectations..... I've travelled many states and experienced many great establishments, Matteo's Trattoria's is above the bar with awesome food, ambiance, and service..... highly recommend read more

The staff, ambiance, heavy pour drinks & the most amazing stuffed, huge artichoke I ever had in my life. Simply a fantastic night! Oh also live entertainment. read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Stuffed Artichoke...to die for!!! Amazing! - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

Thank you Ana for an amazing service! We had girls night and you were super sweet even though the place was packed! Incredible recommendations. We had calamari, shrimp scampi and the eggplant. Special thanks to the chef for an amazing dinner experience read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

Excellent food! We got the penne vodka and ricotta ravioli with a side of brussel sprouts, all amazing. Our waiter (I think it was Gerry, but he looked like Anderson cooper) was great at explaining the menu and all of the specials. The atmosphere started off chill as the clientele was all older people but as it got later, the music was bumpin and it was a party (if you're into that). Loved the experience and would 100% go again just from the service. if you want to have fun, have some drinks and excellent food, this is the place for you! read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Bruschetta - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

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Delicious food and great service! What more could you ask for. Our server was very helpful and friendly. The pasta dishes are pretty big so I would recommend sharing a few family style. Me and my cousin each got one - Penne Ala Vodka and Fettucine Alfredo - and couldn't finish them. The ravioli dish however is good for one person. All the meals were delicious and we ended dinner with a huge slice of chocolate cake and limoncello shots. Everyone down to the host was super friendly and welcoming. They also had music playing and some people dancing. It was a really fun time! read more

Matteo's Trattoria - Italian Near Me - Hallandale, Florida

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It's times like this where I wish Yelp had a negative star rating. I honestly feel as if I was racially profiled at Matteo's by the wanna be fake Versace maitre d'....maybe that was Matteo. Regardless, several guests walked up clearly WITHOUT reservations and were immediately accommodated. However, for whatever reason Fake Versace guy got all flustered when I approached him and gave my parties number (two of us) as if I had insulted his knock-off polyester shirt. "We cannot sit you! You can wait at the bar and see!" All this while her nervously fumbled for a piece of paper to jot down my name. What he didn't know is that I was a food critic for the New York Times and know what good service is. Ciao IDIOTA!!!! HORRIBLE!!! STAY AWAY!!! AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!! read more