Amato Pizza, San Jose CA

I find there's a lack of great pizza in South San Jose. Amato has been my go to for lack of better choices. It's -really- expensive. The pizza is satisfactory, but I never crave an Amato pizza. When I have people over and order pizza, I order through Amato.

I had a horrible service experience with Amato when ordering takeout last week. The young woman wouldn't let me pay by credit card over the phone ("that's for delivery orders only" - the kind of answer you get from a large company, but why can't a small shop handle this easy request?). My wife went to pick up the pizza with my card, the young woman made an error running the card, and it was declined. My wife drove all the way back home with no pizza (and our party starting). I called and insisted they run my card (the same card that was declined). After the young woman met with a manager to have them agree to run the card, they did run it and it wasn't declined. So my wife made another trip out to pick up our (no longer hot) pizza. I asked to speak with the manager about this experience and the manager was completely unapologetic and unhelpful. She basically recounted the facts of the situation and did nothing to address the fact that my wife made an unnecessary trip.

I believe Amato is active in our community, which I think is very nice. But if you're looking for good pizza in this area, while Amato may be the best of the mediocre pizza, the service experience (at least when we ordered) was -terrible-. And it's really overpriced.

We were visiting our relatives in San Jose that Radio Javan advertised about Tehroni pizza. The taste resembles back home. Excluding Los Angeles it is the best Persian pizza in states.

Just stopped by for a drink and sat outside. We didn't buy anything to eat this time, but have in the past.

If you're a fan of Persian Pizza, this place deserves 5 stars. It's the best I've ever had in California.

The customer service and environment is wonderful- I ordered the Tehrooni (Persian pizza) crispy and it was delicious! I haven't had a good Persian style pizza in years and i tried many local stores serving it.

The food and atmosphere are good, definitely above average. The prices are absolutely outrages though. I ordered a personal size pizza and it ran me $18, probably could have eaten 5 of them not even being sarcastic. Each slice was like 2 normal size bites. After eating one I almost feel as if I still haven't eaten and I have a relatively normal appetite compared to most. Definitely the most overpriced pizza Ive ever had.

I would definitely recommend this place. The Pizza is excellent!
It reminds me of the Front Room Restaurant on Clement Street in San Francisco during the 1980's.
The Combination Pie is loaded without being overwhelming.

Apsalutly amazing food you have to go.so clean staff so helpful managment 100.persent.we just love this place.

Very good deep dish pizza. I'm from the Midwest and I know what Chicago style deep dish pizza is supposed to be. This is not it, but it's one of the best I've found in the Bay Area.

The toppings were very fresh. The pepperoni was some of the most flavorful I've ever had on a pizza and the mushrooms were fresh and flavorful also.

Service was very good and time to get the pizza was pretty good for a Friday night, especially since there was a large kids party on one side of the dining area.

We'll definitely be back, but I miss quality deep dish pizza.

We get pizza "Tehrooni" from this restaurant and we love it. It's so yummy.
Their order preparation is great and they set the delivery time based on your request.

I drove 30 mins from Gilroy to get this pizza. We order and wait, and sit outside. I noticed the table was a little wet but I assumed it was the weather, turns out it was bleach. I just thought it was my sleeve at first but it stained my entire backside. Whoever cleaned it didn't dry it. I understand they have to clean, im very disappointed. I didn't ask to pay for my clothing I asked for a refund and a free pizza on my next visit, the manager said I'd get my refund in 2-3 days but couldnt give me a free pizza. Come on, the refund isn't gonna replace the money I spent on my rags. I say maybe rethink dining in if you do ask them to dry it. Just very disappointed. They lost my business.