Great Pizzeria with other food options
Living in the Tarpon Springs area, it’s not often a new Pizzeria starts up in the area. While we have a couple of good options, I think many people were excited to see a Bella Pizzeria and Grill open up in the building of Keystone Rd and George St. We decided to do take-out this time. We ordered a variety of food: Meatballs and Bruschetta for an app, Mediterranean Pizza (16”) and Piccolo Italian Pizza (16”), Fettuccini Alfredo with Chicken, and Lobster Ravioli.
The key with all restaurants is Ambience, Service, and Food.
We arrived at the pizzeria to pick up our food, and the curb appeal and décor in the restaurant were spot on. I was surprised to see how much they invested in making the place look amazing. It is very welcoming. They have a front patio and an indoor seating area that feels like you are sitting down with your family for Sunday dinner.
Service: while we didn’t eat there, the pickup experience was scattered and chaotic. They didn’t seem like they knew what was going on. Are food pick was at 4:53 on a Sunday. There were only two couples in the restaurant. When we told the hostess we were picking up an order, she handed us two pizzas and said, “Enjoy the pizzas.” We were a bit confused because we ordered a bunch of other food. She had no clue. Luckily, I brought our receipt that showed all the food we ordered. It seems there are two areas: the pizza area and the regular food area. She didn’t realize we had additional items. She got the rest of the food, and we left to go home around the corner, 2 minutes away.
I get it was take-out. We literally picked up our food as it was being packaged. We live 2 minutes away. When we got the food home, we first noticed the food was warm but not hot, so I cranked on the oven to heat some of the pizza up.
Pizza – Excellent. Love the crust. The sauce on the Piccolo was fantastic. The most important thing was spot on – the pizza was very competitive with the pizzas in the area. I’m pretty sure we will get our pizzas from there moving forward.
Meatballs – Excellent. You can tell they are homemade. Great flavor with a great sauce. Needed to heat them a little, but overall definitely must have again.
Bruschetta – Also was very good. The Bread was perfectly toasted. The topping was generous with a nice balsamic drizzle.
Lobster Ravioli – It was OK but not great. Definitely not homemade. The ravioli themselves weren’t really stuffed with Lobster. They seemed prepacked and processed. It was a little light on the internal ingredients. The sauce was pretty good, but the main ravioli were not living up to the hype.
Fettuccini with Chicken. I don’t think you can screw up Fettuccini. You can tell the pasta is not made in-house, but that’s to be expected. The sauce was good as well. My only complaint is that it seemed like the chicken was pre-packaged and processed.
Now most of these Pizzerias can’t make all their food in-house. I understand some stuff has to be pre-packaged. However, you do need to make sure the product represents you well.
The only suggestion I could make is to fix the website. There were mistakes on the website, and there are NO descriptors of the menu items. So you know they have a Patriot Favorite Pizza, but who knows what’s on it? They need to put descriptors on the website so you know what you are getting. In addition, having a picture of the actual menu on the website could help.
Overall – it’s a great Pizzeria with additional food options. Definitely, a place to go and have a nice family night eating pizza. I need to try a few more of the entrees, but I wasn’t overly impressed with the two we picked. Definitely not the Finest Quality Italian Cuisine. I would absolutely recommend people try this place, and they seem to be on point with...
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