Excellent Italian food. Great service. We look forward to coming back again.
This is a fantastic restaurant! We found it on a getaway weekend and have returned back every year. Gaetano the owner is an incredible host, and the food is always fabulous! I will keep going for years to come!
This weeks „ #greatamericantakeout Tuesday “ was a pasta kind of day. Let me warn you beforehand: if you get the meatball fettuccine you better be REALLY hungry... 😁 The pickled garlic was delicious and so were the Gnocchi and the Spinach salad. We stayed very local again with this cute little Italian place. With places like this I really hope we can experience the amazing hospitality of the local gems soon again as this just seemed so inviting... 👍🏼😊
Absolutely stellar! We arrived without dinner reservations to find the restaurant bustling with busy tables. Even so, the hostess seated our party on the patio in the nice beach breeze. Service was excellent. The servers were attentive, and the food was delicious with generous portions. We had the fried zucchini to start. For our entrées we had the lamb ragu with ribbon noodles and a gnocchi dish. Despite the restaurant being packed and noisy indoors, we were treated to an intimate dining experience on the patio with exceptional food. Compliments to the staff who clearly made an exception to accommodate our party, and made for a wonderful evening!
I JUST HEARD BELLA ROMA IS CLOSED AND IT SADDENS ME!!!!! I hope this is not a permanent closure????!!!!!
We LOVE Bella Roma! EVERY dish we have ever tried there has been delicious! We ate there 4 times on our summer vacation in Capitola because it was so good. The service too was excellent. Each person on the wait staff is friendly and personable. We recommend it to anyone who loves Italian food!
Second time I’ve eaten at Bella Roma, and both were great. Small, friendly place - menu has all the basics and a lot of dishes you do not always see at run of the mill Italian restaurants. Lot’s of gnocchi dishes, and all the pasta is fresh made. Good wine list, reasonably priced, great service, just off the village center.
We love the food, service and wine selection! They make most of the pasta in house...so many choices but I always go back to their filet mignon and special crab and shrimp ravioli with a cream sauce. The gnocchi is also excellent as well as eggplant parmesan appetizer. Really I don’t think you can go wrong...so good!
BEST Italian restaurant in the greater Santa Cruz area! This place has old world charm and a fantastic wine list. The service is always friendly and speedy, even when they are very busy, which is often. The lamb shank, when available is my favorite dish, and the pastas are hand made fresh every day. Take your family (kids welcome and encouraged), for a fancier night out. This is also the perfect restaurant to close a deal, go on a first or regular date.
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