Best Casual Restaurants in Martinez

This place is just great. It’s my wife and I’s favorite place to go in downtown Walnut Creek. We highly recommend it.

Went here for Valentine’s Day dinner and the place was packed. Service was excellent as was our server, Matt! We had the zucchini strings and I honestly could’ve just had that for dinner. They are so flavorful and the dipping sauce was amazing. I had the short rib parpadelle which is my favorite dish. Just the right amount of spice in the meat and such a huge serving with wonderful noodles. We also tried the new pizza. Meat lovers was loaded with fresh meats and the crust was perfect, not burnt. Everyone was very attentive to us. What a great experience! This will be definitely be a regular dinner spot for us!

Bella Siena is our go-to spot for celebrating any special occasion. The food and service never disappoint. Since it was Valentine's Day we splurged and ordered the lamb tenderloins. So good! My husband doesn't like garlic mashed potatoes, but there was no hesitation when we requested a substitute. Our other entree was the salmon, which was perfectly grilled and served with a hash of spinach, onions, and roasted potatoes. I liked that better than the lamb. For dessert, we split the chocolate mousse cake. If we'd been at home, we would have licked the plate. We were not seated at the window, but still had a nice water view.

Everything was great, the cozy warm patio for people who want out door dining, food was good and the hot water with lemon was great for cold night, but just one thing. We wish there was a waitressing training for what is the right distance talking to customers. Some were doing right not too close but some got too close to our face and to our food. Health concerns one shouldn’t talk too close or above to the food.

Everything was perfect Chef was awesome our server was amazing Tho we went for a regular dinner out There was a few toddlers running around and crying yelling. Which made us leave sooner than we wanted.