Bella Italia Restaurants

The best Italian meal I’ve ever had. I had a pasta with meatballs meal, as did my son and they were both amazing! Large portions as well. Servers were so good and patient with us as they explained the menu, trying to ensure we liked our choices. Great prices as well.

5 star food, family friendly, gluten free and inexpensive! Just had lunch there, had chief special gnocchi, GF penne with meatballs and 2 kids menu. The quality of food is absolute top, tender melting in your mouse gnocchi, crispy enough but tender veggies, gf pasta is freshly made and indistinguishable from semolina, even kids meal with ribs and soup/​garlic bread is the serious grown up quality Décor is beautiful and authentic and service is quick, friendly and efficient, our waitress was Italian. Tip– ask for lunch /​dinner menus where you get an incredible deal. Kids menus is a great deal for your money too, plus they get some coloring kits that keep them occupied and us sipping our wine in peace.

More of a 3.5* rating. Three of us were wandering the South Ken area in the hope of finding a standard Italian chain restaurant that we could grab a table at for dinner, when we came across this Bella Italia. You know what you’re getting with this place really, the same as any other Prezzo or Pizza Express. However this particular restaurant looked so quirky and cute, with a split level floor.
We were given a table upstairs that had been reserved for a party who hadn’t arrived. The staff didn’t appear to communicate well with each other as one waiter approched us to quietly tell us we had taken someone’s table and that we couldnt sit there, to which we told him we had been told otherwise. After that minor glitch, our orders were taken.
My friend and I both got a cocktail which were pretty tasty. Unfortunately the food took a long time to arrive, presumably because they were so busy. I was feeling extremely hungover so got the fat vegetarian calzone (with chicken) which was huge but I of course managed to eat it all! One friend got the stag bol which was just a standard spag bol and the other friend got the pasta with red wine and beef which she said was a bit too rich.
It took quite a long time again to get the bill and pay, but as I said, I will put all of that down to rush hour. Not a bad meal for a Friday night.

We had dinner there last night and had a great meal. Service was prompt and the food was hot from the kitchen. A bit noisy from the street outside, but overall a very enjoyable dinner.

Beim Herumschlendern in South Kensington vor einem Konzert bin ich auf das Bella Italia hier gestoßen. Vom Hotel hatte ich noch einen Stadtplan mit Vergünstigungen (beim Vorzeigen der Karte erhält man 20% Rabatt!), da dachte ich mir, dass man das hier mal ausprobieren könnte.
Bestellt hatte ich mit meiner Begleitung eine Calzone Pizza (meine Begleitung) und Cannelloni gefüllt mit Ricotta und Spinat. Die Preise waren okay, aber es hat schon eine Weile gedauert (über 40 Min!!) bis das Essen kam (vorallem ärgerlich, wenn Gäste, die nach uns eintrafen, ihr Essen vor uns bekommen).
Der Calzone-​Pizzabrotteig war schön knoblauchig und lecker, meine Cannelloni eher schlechteres Mittelmaß.
Die Bedienung hatte uns erstmal gekonnt ignoriert, war aber nach dem Servieren des Essens etwas aufmerksamer. Die 20% Rabatt wurden bei der Rechnung berücksichtigt.

Ristorante Bella Italia is a cute little place on the corner of Old Brompton and Kendrick. It looks nice without trying too hard — they have a couple of tables for two in the front and the daily special written on a chalk board. My friend and I decided to go inside because the street was too lively in the late afternoon hours. Despite the somehow mediocre exterior design, the inside was quite spacious, on two levels — there are stairs so you can go eat on the second floor. It’s made in the open-​plan design so it’s like a one big restaurant. There are various art and posters hanged on the walls along with more chalk drawings. I felt quite welcomed.
Despite the high hopes I’ve gotten from the warm welcome, the food was not so great. We started of with the bruschetta and then ordered up some risotto and lasagne. Well, it was delicious but the place was rather busy and it was obvious that the meals were overlooked and did not look like the examples in the menu. Service was slow on top of that. This exact branch of Bella is good enough if you live in the neighborhood but if you’re willing to drive, I’d advise you go elsewhere.

I wanted to love this place. I really did, especially after several weeks of hopping to various pubs. Once can only eat Fish & Chips and Bangers & Mash so many times in a row. So when I convinced the husband to go with me to Bella Italia I could not be more excited. We were promptly greeted at the door by an enthusiastic server. That was about the last time we would hear from the server. We waited over 20 minutes for our drink order to be taken, then we waiting over 40 minutes for a salad and pizza to be served. Then another 20 from the time we were finished for a check. Overall the staff was so inattentive that I would not be visiting this establishment again.

I went there and had a chicken dish. The food was overcooked and tasteless. I found the atmosphere very dull and the décor very artificial. It is a chain and you can definitely feel it.
I would not go back.

I worked up a bit of an appetite after wandering around the Science Museum for a few hours, and because it was a bank holiday, it seemed that nearly everything in the area immediately surrounding South Kensington station was closed. I spotted Bella Italia a short walk from the station and thought it would be worth a look considering it is part of a chain.
The first problem with this restaurant is that the front door does not shut properly. We were seated in the lower seating area, and nearly every time someone entered or left the restaurant, the door would be stuck wide open letting the crisp 0 degree-​day air into the restaurant.
The second issue was the service. My boyfriend and I had been seated for nearly 10 minutes before anyone came around to take our order. Since we were quite peckish we ordered some garlic bread as a appetiser in hopes that it would calm or hunger until we received or main. After 30 minutes I was wondering if we were going to get any food, and then our mains arrived. I was a bit miffed that we had not received or garlic bread before the mains, and asked the server to make sure that we were not charged. At that point, she admitted that she had not even put in the order for the garlic bread.
The food itself was reasonably tasty. If it had not been for the icy cold blasts of air at regular intervals throughout the meal, and the appalling service, I would have actually given this place a four-​star rating.

Selten so schlecht gesessen und gegessen.
London ist, was das Ausgehen und essen gehen anbetrifft nicht nur sehr teuer, die Londoner scheinen auch ziemlich anspruchslos zu sein.
Wir hatten Lust auf was frisches und haben uns einen Salat bestellt. Für den Preis zu wenig, nur eine Spur Dressung und Geschmack gab’s auch keinen fürs Geld. Möglicherweise ist die Pizza besser, der Laden war jedenfalls voll, die Bedienung überfordert und wir haben mehr als 45 Minuten auf den Salat gewartet.

Roomies and I went the other night for dinner. I know service can be a little on the «take your time» side in London but it took two hours for three of us to finish a meal of one shared appetizer (bread basket with spinach) and an entrée each. And trust me, it’s not because we’re slow eaters.
I had the baked sausage pasta and though I ate it like the little food whore I am, upon reflecting back it wasn’t very good. Needed more sauce and the meat was less like italian sausage and more like breakfast links cut up and throw in.
I didn’t realize it was a chain until later. Chains are fine and all that, but they generally don’t tend to put the kind of care into dishes that independent venues do. A point which was illustrated here.

Went there last week end to meet with some friends! I was amazingly surprised by the quality of the food as well as the atmosphere within the restaurant which is really pleasant! The staff was nice and helpful. This is one of the rare restaurant in London where you can enjoy good food for not much money.

Stopped in while visiting London to see a friend who lives in the area. We had a pizza app, salad, minestrone, spaghetti and prawns. All was prepared well and quite nice. We sat downstairs in a corner and the service was excellent. The server was basically handling the whole restaurant and was doing an excellent job. Stopping by our table quickly on each trip to the kitchen to make sure we had what we wanted. The prices are reasonable and an overall good experience… fortified by a bottle of good Chianti! Check it out.