Bella Italia

idiophreak

Cheap and cheerful 22nd August 2008

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I've been to Bella Italia many times over the years and there's two good reasons for that:

1) The food is of a reliable quality
2) It's pretty cheap

They offer special deals for those heading out to the theatre down the street and you can convert your Tescos points into vouchers for BI - so many of the meals we've had have worked out very reasonably indeed.

The food, whilst never amazing, is never poor...It's always tasty, presented nicely and hot. Particularly, the duck pasta and pizzas always go down very well.

Service varies night to night and they can get a little overwhelmed on really busy nights, but it's never been so bad as to spoil the evening.

I like bella italia, for a quick bite at a reasonable cost, you can't go too far wrong.

elle

fantastic 17th May 2008

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I had a fantastic time. It was busy, yet the waitree was great, very friendly, very knowledgable and the food was good. Keep it up, well woth a visit. All on a very busy night with a massive party in too!!!!!

DawgatOxford

Lack of "Servizio" 6th April 2008

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We were celebrating a friend's 21st birthday when we walked in here at 9pm on a Saturday night. The restaurant was nearly full, but there were still a few scattered empty tables around. However, we were told it would be a 30 minute wait for a table for 6. Against our better judgment, we decided to wait.

It would have been easy to push two table together to seat all of us, but the table staff seemed to not realize this. Finally, a big group cleared a table and we were seated. It took a while to get our waiter's attention, and then he got drink orders wrong and forgot what the daily specials were. Once the food arrived, it was okay, but definitely not worth the frustration of the poor service. Portions were also on the small side.