Bella Trattoria Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing, and the selection for someone with Celiac's blew me away."
• "Fabulous food locally sourced as much as possible, chef/owner is great, friendly and goes the extra mile to help make your meal fantastic."
• "This place seriously knows how to make great food and goes toe-to-toe with any high-end Italian restaurant I've been to."
• "Food is very good. Had the rigatoni with sausage and it was excellent."
• "The food provided by an experienced chef was unbelievable from start to finish."
• "The food was excellent...we had the cheese & charcuterie, followed pork tenderloin which was moist and flavorful."
• "All of our food was exceptional."

Cons:

• "Menu changed and they seem to be overthinking it with obscure items that are frankly not good."
• "We ordered pizzas and mine came out burnt."
• "The rabbit was a bit dry, but we appreciated the uniqueness."
• "Horrible food......ordered a stromboli, poppers and wings. Stromboli was cold and raw, poppers breading tasted like old stale breading that crumbled just picking it up and the wings were just as bad."
• "Everything I've ever ordered has either been burnt or just tasteless."
• "The chicken tenders (for kids) had a distinct chlorine flavor I've never experienced."
• "The food is awful. Really awful. The cheese on the pizza is cheap (in quality) and hardened like it's been sitting out for hours."

Service

Pros:

• "Super yummy food and drinks and super nice attentive staff!"
• "Great ambience and very welcoming! Upscale but not stuffy."
• "While there appeared to only be one staff working front of house, we never would've thought so because the service was seamless."
• "The staff here is also very nice."
• "The staff is absolutely wonderful, cheery, and friendly."
• "Service was top notch."
• "The servers are attentive and friendly."

Cons:

• "It was impossible to eat, having to wave gnats off of our food constantly, literally 100 gnats."
• "Consistently arrive late with your food."
• "The female manager is rude and impatient."
• "The same person got so defensive and would not take any constructive criticism. Instead of having a nice meal out we left stressed and totally out if mood."
• "The server was frustrating, I am hopeful they were new."
• "Service was awful, staff were not familiar with menu nor helpful with serving errors."
• "Terrible service. Takes forever to get the food to you and when i called to express that 1 hour and a half Was a very long time for food after told an hour the employee was rude and hung up on me."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Worth the drive from South Jersey and will definitely be coming back."
• "Atmosphere was nice - rustic per my daughter’s description."
• "The space is very nice and cozy. I believe it was an old house that was renovated into a restaurant, it has a small town homey feel to it."
• "The interior has a refinished farmhouse vibe complete with hardwood floors, exposed stone, and a fireplace."
• "Yes, it's in a beautiful old stone farmhouse."
• "Wonderful decor and ambiance."
• "The decor is country chic with some rustic tones. Very clean."

Cons:

• "Also they no longer have a BYO option."
• "The actual restaurant is dirty and dated."
• "Tables were spaced ok but wish they had some sound absorption as it was loud for the space."
• "It’s not very large and got crowded and was pretty noisy."
• "We sat on the porch and the traffic was really loud, so wait for an inside table if this bothers you."
• "The tables seemed a little close together for my liking.. especially when the hostess sat a table of two right next to us when there were so many other tables available that were not right on top of eachother."
• "They seem to hire a lot of inexperienced waitresses, had a couple of bad experiences, the final being a cloud of bugs at our table and landing in our food."

Value

Pros:

• "Their Tuesday night pizza deal makes up for that."
• "Expensive? Yes but completely worth it."
• "You get what you pay for! I would have paid MORE!"
• "Really beautiful options at a reasonable price."
• "The food is high quality and very delicious. (I recommend the grilled octopus starter.)"
• "Always, always, always a great dining experience with great food and excellent service!"
• "The food far exceeded expectations."

Cons:

• "Three scallops for $34 and the $15 on average cocktails."
• "None of the other food was great either, which was surprising given the very small menu."
• "Over priced for average food."
• "To top it all off, they're ridiculously expensive for the crappy food they offer."
• "If dining with my husband, we would only bring one bottle and feel the corkage fee of $10 is a bit steep."
• "I understand small businesses trying to make a living but the food here is a bit expensive and not delivery friendly. 2.50 $ delivery fee for a 5 mile radius is more than usual."
• "After two times we will not be returning... The noise level next to our table ruined the entire dinner experience."