Bella Italia — Restaurant in Fortuna

My wife and I went in for dinner. First timers here. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere; cloth tablecloths, nice music, good lighting. However, the people at the table behind us arrived after us and were served everything before us; drinks, salads, entrees, even the check. To say the least, our young waitress was far less than attentive: during our meal, I placed my empty drink at the accessible end of the table, she never came by to ask if I wanted a refill...until after we were finished with our food. We had to wait an extended time for each step of the meal; when you find yourselves looking toward the kitchen to see if anyone is coming, that is never a positive reflection of good service. My wife got Spaghetti with meatballs. The meatballs were dry and "tight" (read: overcooked). For dessert, I ordered apple pie al la mode. When it arrived, the dish was very pretty. We expected the pie to be warm, though we did not request this...it was not. All in all, the restaurant was nice, the food was ok, the waitress was very sweet but should spend less time talking with fellow coworkers and more time attending to tables. It should be noted that there was only one other occupied table when we sat down. Throughout our dinner there were more staff members than customers, so timeliness should have been a non-issue. At no point during our visit were there more than three occuppied tables being served, ours being...

I had the shrimp scampi which comes with veggies and mashed potatoes, it also includes a side salad and bread sticks. I thought the sauce with the scampi was pretty good, I like garlic and this was definitely garlicy in a good way. I did feel that the veggies were lukewarm, so not sure if it was thrown in the microwave or what. I thought (and just my personal preference) that the garden salad should come with shredded cheese instead of Parm, Parm is more for Cesar salad but again just my preference. My server was an absolute sweetheart, she was very friendly and always checked in on me. The wait time was not long for the food. The price is about average nowadays, I was by myself and spent about $30 and didn't get a soft drink. The only other comment I'd make was while the cooks and everyone seemed to be having a good time (which I am 100% for) they were loud. I mean non stop talking, and pretty loud. I'm glad they get to work and have a nice Convo but I honestly don't need to hear it the entire time I'm trying to enjoy my meal. Not sure if there was a manager because nobody asked them to maybe lower their voices but that would be my suggestion. Inside voices lol.. I'll probably eat here again, overall it was pretty good...

We went on Valentines and it was freezing inside.( Fortuna 60°). The air conditioner was on, I asked. The breadsticks were pretty tasteless and it came with oil and vinegar which didnt have much flavor. The salad(Ceasar) was good for an upcharge. Like a reg.veggie salad comes with dinner but for a ( Ceasars) with no veggies cost more.. go figure. My BF had chicken alfredo and when it arrived it literally was so watery (sauce) it looked like milky water . The server said it was because it was so hot and hadnt thickened. I had 4 cheese Penne which was really cheesy and I had to scoop some of my sauce into his plate.so he wasnt eating plain pasta. Neither plate had much flavor no garlic or seasonings. It was a very disappointing dinner for 2 for $80 and NO drinks just ice tea and root beer. I LITERALLY WAS SHIVERING THRU THE WHOLE DINNER.AND HAD TO GO TO MY CAR TO GET WARM WHILE HE WAITED FOR THE CHECK . Dont recommend this place at all. They were barely busy we had a 5pm reservation Did not get a.pic of the disappointing food I was so damn cold and just wanted to leave. We also got deep fried green beans that were...