Although we have not been able to visit for a year exactly, we returned to the same exceptional service and food preparation as always. Our heartfelt thanks to Elba and Rey for their wonderful service and welcoming remarks to us, and praise goes to the chef for a delicious meal! We will return.

First time coming to this neighborhood restaurant. We came to celebrate restaurant week. The special was a 3 course meal that was both perfect amount of food and favorable. The service was attentive and friendly. We will be back.

Twas a busy night, i don’t think they were prepared after the quietness of covid saga. Orders where mixed up from other customers. Thankfully ours were not. The workers did there best and were thankful for the customers support for coming which is so nice. Covid go away so we can be back to normal.

Restaurant Week lunch was outstanding - food, service, and ambiance. Covid protocols fully embraced - we felt very safe and comfortable. Can't wait to return.

Great family run restaurant. Was amazing to go to one after ages. The service was excellent as was the food.

It was my mom’s birthday so I definitely wanted her to have a good time. When we walked in, there was no one up front. Then the lady came out and sat us... without the menu. No biggie. She seemed really lost tbh but then again she was the only one(?) serving. The food wasn’t great either especially the dessert. That tiramisu was super dry

Great food and service. Renaut was very attentive without being obsequious. Food was done to perfection!

The service was great, the salmon was some of the best we have ever eaten. We felt safe because the servers wore masks at all times and there was an acrylic partition located next to our table to ensure social distancing from other diners.

Great service. The food was excellent! And because we had mentioned that it was our anniversary dinner, they brought out a beautiful, large tiramisu on the house 🥰

I have never had so much as a bad glass of water at Bellissiomo's. It is outstanding in all aspects ambiance, menu, presentation, wine list, service, etc.

For the price of the food, it was not very good. The ambience and our server were great, but overall, would not recommend going there. We would have rather gone to Olive Garden for mediocre Italian fare and paid half of the price.

Thia is a wonderful, family run Italian restaurant. You cN taste the love in the food.

This was our 3rd visit to Bellissimo and each time has been very enjoyable - good food and good ambiance. During covid, they had plexiglass barriers in place, reduced number of tables and staff wore masks - this made us feel extra comfortable coming here.

Excellent service and food was very good.I like the serene setting. I knew when I picked this restaurant it would be up to par. On the whole a 9 out of 10.

Friend’s birthday

We use Bellissimo as our “go to” for special occasions and this time was for my birthday. I never look at the menu, the chef always has several specials that can not be passed up but if you do peruse the menu you’ll see all your favorites. Drop any plans for tonight, make a reso and let Rey’s team take care of you just as if you were dining in Florence!

Nice restaurant. Food and service were both exceptional. We had a grand evening. Take your special someone there and enjoy!

Second visit here in less than a month. Did not disappoint.

Great. As Italian as you can get. Will be back again soon

Wow, just wow. Came here last week for my 10-year wedding anniversary and it was nothing less than phenomenal. My wife and I both got the 5 course gastronomic. I highly recommend it. The attentive yet not too pushy service was also greatly appreciated. Really found a good one here and will definitely be back. Great health and safety precautions too!

My husband and I came here for the first time tonight for a much needed date night. The food is exceptional; You cannot go wrong! The staff was very attentive and met our every need. Finally, the ambiance was just perfect for a date night. We will certainly be back!

Recently discovered but has been available since 1999. Truly excellent in every aspect. Probably the best restaurant in Fairfax City and within a five mile radius at least. Attentive service. Bellissimo has been struggling since the onset of COVID-19 limitations. Deserves community support. Will not hesitate to return when occasions present themselves.

Loved it .. it was excellent. I would recommend it to everyone ..

Great food. A little noisy sitting outside. Would go back.

Nice Italian restaurant for a pleasant meal in Fairfax City. Friendly and attentive service, nice decor, a decent menu selection, good portions, and reasonable prices.

Bellissimo was a fantastic experience. The staff was incredibly warm and welcoming. They were very helpful in explaining the menu and in providing recommendations. They had a great and very manageable wine selection. The food was excellent. I strongly recommend doing the gastronomic menu. The chef did a great job providing a variety of tastes and we tried things we definitely wouldn't have ordered (and we loved it). The sidewalk seating is very authentically European. My wife and I cannot wait to go back and we are looking forward to taking our friends and family to our new favorite Italian place!

Food was excellent and of great value. We will go back!

Every dish that we tried was GOOD but it wasn't interesting or exciting. To be entirely fair I went during Restaurant Week so by definition they picked a smaller, universally appealing subset of their menu to mass produce and I knew that was what I was choosing, but that's what it tasted and felt like.

Our server was excellent and gave the experience a more elegant feel. He gave me a good wine recommendation and didn't just try to upsell me which I appreciated. He was very attentive and the courses all came out with a well-time rhythm (I'm a slow eater so this is worth mentioning to me!) so you could see that he was attentive and experienced.

Had not been here for several years. Went back with friends for restaurant week. 3 course menu had nice variety and all of our meals were very good. Appropriate social distancing in place and did not interfere with service or quality. All were in agreement to return again.

Restaurant week - what a bargain! Good service. The recommended house Montepulcianno ($35/bottle), was very nice. The persons ordering lamb shanks liked them a lot! My pasta with salmon and peas was bland and needed salt and seasoning. But I'm the one who ordered a nondescript dish. The olive oil served with bread and Parmesan was pale yellow with little flavor - I like spicy ones. We had a wonderful table in private alcove for four people although we had reserved a table online to sit outside. But there were only a couple of unattractive tables for 2 on the sidewalk added for covid. Plan to go elsewhere for nice dinner outside in a garden or patio.

Good outside table on Main St.

Great menu for restaurant week. The star ingredient of the dishes shined without being overly seasoned or masked by other flavors. Ambiance could use a refresh, but otherwise great food and service. Would recommend!

Outdoor dining was a great option.

We came out for restaurant week and Bellissimo didn’t disappoint. I had the arugula and beet salad that was excellent and my wife had sausage and beans that were equally as good. We both ordered the veal porcini and thought it was really good. They serve the veal thin cut into medallions and topped with lots of mushrooms, onions and Demi glaze. I finished with the meal with cheesecake for dessert. A very good meal, I would recommend going here for lunch or dinner.

Not a great place to sit outside. Lots of noise from the street and any foot traffic on a narrow sidewalk. Food was pretty good though.

My significant other and I dined for the second time at Bellissimo recently. The décor does not wow because the carpet is old and tattered, the placement of dark hardwood floors would be amazing and make the restaurant look refined along with a few other things. Otherwise, there were a few stumbles but this experience was definitely better than the first visit.

My significant other ordered the following for his three course meal: Fried Calamari, Lamb Shank with noodles and vegetables, and cheesecake. I ordered the following for my three course meal: Caesar salad, crab ravioli with lobster sauce topped with two pieces of shrimp, and tiramisu.

We received bread for the table that was slightly warm and served with an olive oil cheese dip. It was okay but would have been better served fresh and hot with soft butter.

My significant other and I shared appetizers, both were good. I am not crazy about lamb, but I tasted his entrée and it was okay. The noodles with the sauce were really tasty. My S.O. loved the lamb and ate every bite of it. His cheesecake was good.

My crabmeat ravioli was fine but the lobster sauce was absolutely fabulous. I would not order the crabmeat ravioli again but if lobster ravioli was offered with the same sauce, I would order it. My dessert of tiramisu was flat and missing something, maybe it needed more coco or sweetener. I ate it but wouldn’t order it again.

Our server was personable, attentive and willingly conferred with the kitchen about mine questions on the menu. It was greatly appreciated.

pleasant meal, sat outside which is on the street--very noisy

Except dessert, the overall lunch menu for restaurant week was good. 3-course for $22 is worth not much complaint.

We came here for restaurant week. First it was great just to find a place that wasn’t part of a chain. All tables were outside—ours was on the sidewalk out front and they had more around the corner carved out from the street. We were greeted by a very efficient runner who not only gave us our setups but offered us each a squirt of hand sanitizer—very nice touch. Every morsel of food was out of this world, from the freshly baked bread served with olive oil and Parmesan. Our apps were a ‘tower’ of tomato and mozzarella with basil. My wife has a pet peeve of being served cold tomatoes and these were perfectly room temperature. I had grilled squid on polenta with the most savory sauce—so much better than the usual fried calamari. My wife had delicious crab-stuffed ravioli in a lobster sauce that, to her delight, were served with a few shrimp as well. Delicious. I had the linguini with scallops and shrimp—perfect sauce, perfect portion—beautiful and so tasty. Even the house bottle of Montepulciano was great for $35. A cannoli for my wife and strawberries sabayon for me—perfected to a great meal. We’ll be back!

Took advantage of good weather for outside table on Main St.