I found Bella Sicillia a big dissapointment. The starter I chose was 5ish slices of aubergine and some capsicum pepper chunks, rolled and dusted with breadcrumbs. It claimed on the menu to be flavoured with cheese, garlic and herbs but it didn't have flavour at all to speak of. The capsicum peppers were not fully roasted, and there were dry breadcrumbs all over and on the middle of the aubergine. It gave me a sore mouth to eat and I was charged £9 for the pleasure. The skin of the aubergine was burnt, and at one point got stuck in my throat. Dining partner had a mushroom starter, cup mushrooms with a tomato sauce on them. She said one or two tasted ok but the remainder bland - almost as if the sauce had been stirred properly. Moving on to mains, I ordered a veal dish - apparently unavailable as to was too much trouble for the kitchen. Instead I ordered watery seafood risotto, made with the cheap frozen seafood mix you find in the cash and carry. This was as forgettable as my starter. The other main we ordered was spaghetti carbonara; a little better than the rest but its hardly the most sophisticated dish. Knocking on the door of £70 for 2 veggie starters, 2 mains 3 glasses of 175ml wine and 2 small glasses of soft drink and a bowl of mushy unpleasant olives. All in all very forgettable, highly dissapointing and could easily have spent the same amount for higher quality elsewhere. Family run it may be, so a very generous 3 stars.

We didn't complain on the night as I got the impression the owner wouldn't have been to receptive to live feedback - he was too busy taking photos with a big rowdy birthday party.

Oh, and we had to ask for cutlery, and some olive oil/balsamic to moisten the supermarket baguette we were served with our mains.