Food and drinks are always super yummy. Made reservations but it wasn't necessary at 5:45pm on a Saturday.

Delicious pasta! Great flavors and portion. They do half order for kids upon request. Homemade lentil soup was also very good comfort soup! Lamb chop was the only item that I did not enjoy, my husband ordered this and he barely eaten it. It was too gravy-ish so if thats what you prefer, then it is for you. Excellent service and the dining area is surrounded by beautiful painted walls of Italy.

Truly incredible restaurant nestled in the heart of downtown hayward. Came on a Thursday evening around 7. made a reservation, but probably could have gone without, it wasn't too busy. The service was incredible, very attentive and prompt staff. We started with their incredible Caprese; which was so good, but smaller portion size. For an entree I had the calamari steak, which was served with a masked potato of sorts, and vegetables- topped with the most amazing sauce i've ever had. it had such an amazing flavor profile of citrus. My partner had a seafood pasta, he loved it. For dessert we had the ricotta cheese cake. it was so rich. highly recommend this place. if you're looking for a nice place for date night or nice dinner, definitely come here.

I loved: $29 Fettuccini Gamberetti I liked: Espresso Martini + (Off menu) Steak and Lobster Fettuccini has great bold flavor. It is "heavy" so expect to be very full. The steak has a great port sauce and cooked perfectly medium rare, I liked that a lot but the lobster was kinda tasteless even with the butter. Recommend you just get the steak. The Espresso Martini hides the alcohol flavor well which is a + in my book. It does look like they increased their prices for Mother's Day which, ehh, I get but if you're an informed eater, means you should just come on a non holiday. The restaurant itself was cute, our group was in its own corner so noise wasn't an issue. Service was slow for the restaurant being half filled. They took 15 minutes to complete any requests but it was done well and water was always topped off.

Excellent is an understatement. The food was absolutely wonderful, the atmosphere is perfect for date night, group outing, or even just solo.dining at the quaint little bar. Service was too notch and they made our holiday dinner very enjoyable highly recommend this restaurant. Parking is a little tricky as the downtown area isn't the safest, but well worth it!

To celebrate my birthday, I decided to try out this restaurant that's been on my to visit list for a while. Upon entering this restaurant me and my friend were seated pretty quickly. We were served complementary bread, which was absolutely divine, especially the focaccia. Our server was very nice and would often check on us to see if we were still doing okay. She even brought us complementary dessert for my birthday. We ended up ordering the fettuccine pesto and cannelloni al forno. The pesto sauce on the fettuccine was delicious! From the moment they brought out the dish I can tell the sauce was going to be delicious. The pesto coated the noodles evenly and it was topped with pine nuts. The pesto wasn't overly oily and it was nutty yet herby, everything you want in a good pesto. My only gripe with the dish was that the chicken was really dry and over cooked. The Cannelloni al Forno was exceptional, it was cheesy, tangy from the marinara, and creamy. I loved the béchamel sauce that coated the pasta, it was so rich in flavor. I've never had veal before so I wasn't sure what to expect but I couldn't really taste the meat in this dish? I'm not sure if veal just has a subtle taste or if the dish is lacking in the veal. All in all I would go here again to try the other pasta dishes and maybe order some antipasti and the tiramisu next time.

Favorite place to get lasagna!! Friendly wait staff. And was sweet to our daughter. We ordered a cup of clam chowder to share and it was a good size for my husband and I (since we also ordered our own dinner plates). The lasagna is huge!!! Lots of meat and lots of cheese!! The sauce is tasty. I always have enough to take home and still good the next day! We ordered the half order of butter noodles for my daughter and of course she loved it. It wasn't too oily and the seasoning was light and good. My husband ordered the chicken piccata. Very creamy and the polenta was delicious!

Turkey Day 2023 update. It was Thanksgiving and my husband and I wanted to enjoy ourselves out for dinner instead of cooking at home. Let me tell you that Acqua E Farina knows how to do holidays right when it comes to accommodating people inside the restaurant. My husband and I arrived early from our ride and they graciously took us in early from our Open Table reservation. We were seated promptly and everything was good to go from there. Our drink orders came out right away and then we had our food order promptly taken. Throughout this whole process I noticed staff working left and right around the clock to get to other customers and their hard work and perfection shows. When the food came out it looked real delicious. Porterhouse Steak and Porkchops. And a Tiramisu to go I might add :) And it was not too busy around 4pm so we got there right when we needed to. On a side note, we walked around B Street to see if it was busy and almost everything along B Street were closed, same with Main St. But it's to be expected for the holidays One more Acqua E Farina outings for the holiday books. We enjoyed ourselves very thoroughly.