Secco Restaurant & Bar 300 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110

"The prices are a bit higher then normal even for a hotel restaurant, but the food is good. Service is chaotic at the bar, they need a better system in place for sure. Staff is friendly and drinks are good. Burgers are cooked well and they have good fries. The chicken nuggets only fine with three, for the price they should give at least four of not five pieces. Also the hours are weird and don't feel consistent of when this place is open. Especially during a convention it should be open more hours especially on weekends"

"Great little hotel restaurant with very fast service, friendly staff, fresh food and a lot of options especially for breakfast. I ate here every day during our stay at the Hilton and really enjoyed their high quality meals. I can strongly recommend the Avocado Toast with eggs as you can see in my photos its super fresh and tastes amazing. The Casadia was also very good and the meal portion was huge so you can easily order it and share with someone else. Overall really recommend."

"Came here during resturaut week and ordered their fixed menu. Delicious! The watermelon salad was different but soo good! I really enjoyed the uniqueness and freshness on a hot summer day. The atmosphere was cute and relaxing. Cute decor with fake plants, cute set up, tables had flowers with a light. It was nice and quiet. My boyfriend and i have no kids and we like it quiet. The salmon dish was juicy and cooked to perfection. The dessert was a nice final touch!"

"The patio is great, you can sit by the fire, all good. Service is chaotic. And not great in terms of quickness of reaction. I ordered rare steak I got medium well...at best medium... Not a great quality steak either... I guess I was mislead by the reviews... The cauliflower appetizer is good. The wings are weird..."

"Came for a 3 course Valentine's Day dinner at Hilton's new restaurant Secco. LOCATION/PARKING: Secco is located inside of Hilton next to the San Jose convention center. I normally dread downtown restaurants because street parking, but parking was a breeze since they offer free validated parking in their Hilton garage. (Note, don't confuse with the convention center garage which a separate from the hotel). The restaurant is located across from the check in desk. You will see a bar in the front and restaurant and host desk is located behind the bar. AMBIANCE: the decor has been greatly updated since I last was at this hotel (think: Greek college formal days) The hotel/bar has upgraded a lot! We were seated right in the center of the restaurant in a lovely beautifully decorated booth. I walked in thinking I was on my honeymoon with rose petals decorated at the entrance. I see an oasis of plants hanging and I definitely felt some honeymoon tropical island vibes but we were indoors with sitting on cool modern furniture. I could not stop taking pics of everything! Every table was decorated with a mini vase with flowers and had a dim gold lamp for a romantic date night feel. FOOD/DRINKS: at the bar, we ordered a hibiscus highball which was a little strong for my taste but the raspberry drink with Remy was delicious! (Sorry I forgot the name..something rumble) The 3 course meal came with 2 glasses of champagne which I thought paired great with the calamari and crab cakes ordered in addition. The calamari was tasty and went well with the chipotle dipping sauce. The crab cakes definitely hit the spot. I liked the sauces and the seaweed salad that came with it. The 1st course was the beet salad with goat cheese. The sweetness from the beets paired so well with the tartness of the goat cheese. 2nd course, I had the giant prawns and my hubby ordered the filet chateaubriand, which I learned is filet mignon but bigger. Which is fine by me! The prawns were huge and cooked perfectly! And the filet, cooked perfectly at medium, was my favorite. It was so juicy and the asparagus was so tasty. They even pumped mash potatoes to look like a flower!! Talk about presentation! So I ended stealing my husband's entree instead! It's okay he's used to it! :) I was soooo stuffed by the time dessert came. But I still made room..We had heart shaped white chocolate mouse with strawberries. The bottom layer has a crunch like I was biting into a yummy Ferrero rocher chocolate. Not picture was the delicious mocha to go with this last course. I was so satisfied and my belly was so happy at the end of this meal! SERVICE: by far one of the best dinners I've had in a long time. I definitely appreciated this experience. From our bartender to our server and hosts, everyone that helped us were polite and very knowledgeable when we asked questions. I especially felt very VIP! I felt very welcome and warm from the team. We learned a lot about this new establishment and understand it is hard opening a new restaurant in a doordash delivery post Covid where we don't do go out much. So I encourage people to go out and try new experiences and definitely give Secco a try! I want to bring all my family back in the future!"