Bella Italia

Honestly wow. I don’t know how people can actually eat at this restaurant. This was probably the worst Italian food I’ve ever tried in my life. To start off, I had to get 3 different sets of silverware because the first two sets still had food residue on it. The salad was the only edible thing. Everything including the breadsticks was FLAVORLESS, the calamari was chewy and grisly, the pastas tasted cheap and I absolutely agree with those who said the food tasted like it was microwaved. The chicken on my ravioli was horrible, it tasted like it had been reheated multiple times. Not to mention finding a hair in my food. Usually I would call management to sort out the small stuff such as the hair and silverware, but the food quality was so bad that there’s no point. If your food is that bad, then fixing small cleanliness issues still wouldn’t help the restaurant.

I will start of by saying the service was good and attentive. We had the Chicken Alfredo, Chicken Carbinara and the Stephanie all with Ceasar Salads and breadsticks. I could handle the poor tasting and microwaved food better had the restaurant at least been clean, however the table cloths and placemats were not changed, just dusted off. You could see the sauce of who knows how many diners prior to your visit. The oil and vinegar bottles were filthy, however the dishes the food was served on appeared clean. Speaking of food-- the Carbonara was unedible, the Chicken in all dishes tasted microwaved, the Stephanie was supposed to be a "baked" pasta, pretty sure it was microwaved, the cheese had not been browned. The breadsticks hard, dry, old and tasteless, the salads were only iceburg Lettuce with a ton of dressing and a weird amount of water set in the bottom of the salad bowl. I could tell when I walked in that no one in the restaurant was enjoying themselves and I should've left, but I was craving pasta. I would have been better off ordering pasta from Domino's.

Literally the worst restaurant I have ever been to. I have never returned the food and walked out before but it had to be done. The Caesar salad was just chopped up iceberg and a dump of salad dressing. The carbonara was literally scrambled eggs. Not just that the sauce had broken, seriously scrambled eggs. And they sent that out 🤦‍♀️ the chicken Alfredo was inedible. Worse than frozen options at the dollar store.

The place was, unfortunately, empty at 8:00 pm in a Weds night. But the food was very good. The breadsticks were hit and fresh as was the salad. I had Pollo al Pesto, which was delicately delicious with cream sauce and my husband had Penne Fungi (chicken Alfredo with mushrooms). The service was attentive without being intrusive. If I had one criticism, it would be the wine. I had a glass of the house Chianti, which was mediocre at best. Overall, a good experience.

Ate there on August 31, 2021. First experience. They started me with fresh breadsticks which were excellent. I was dining alone, and they gave me two large ones. My salad was crisp and cold - I chose oil and vinegar dressing, because, well, I'm in an Italian place. Both the starters were above average. I had probably the simplest thing on the menu - spaghetti with a marinara sauce. I added the shrimp option to it, and was glad I did. The marinara sauce was above average. Very flavorful. The pasta was properly cooked, not soft and not hard. The shrimp were the highlight - five - yes five - LARGE shrimp. Really - they were actually between jumbo and large. I was surprised I got that many. The shrimp were properly cooked as well - not soft, nice and firm. Service was very good. I really cannot fualt anything, so it gets five stars.

My family and I went in to celebrate my birthday and we all ordered the chicken fettuccine alfredo it was very dry and bland no flavor. The breadsticks were ok but were cold. The calamari we ordered was really good though. And sadly our waitress was very unfriendly she didn't want to wait on us at all it seemed. But there was a waiter we met as we were leaving who seemed very cheerful and nice. Unfortunately I don't think we'll be back poor quality of food for way to high of prices