Advantages: Good menu, excellent food, nice atmosphere Disadvantages: waiters average, can get bit crowded
BellaItalia, formerly known as Bella Pasta is a chain of Italian Restaurants, about 60 odd, throughout the country.
I visited this restaurant last week with my fiancée while out shopping in Milton Keynes. The restaurant is located near the shops with pubs and other restaurants next to it.
Appearance
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On walking through the doors, you are greeted with a two level restaurant, actually very large, it could probably fit between 80 and 100 people in it! The décor was very nice and well kept, in an Italian style, all brown and beige colours. We noticed that the kitchen is open view in the diner so that you can see the chefs cooking which is an excellent thing - provides safe knowledge of food and adds character to the restaurant.
They also had quiet music on in the background which wasn't too harsh. The tables were ...
Advantages: good price, good food Disadvantages: not suitable if you don't like chains
the same as the menus, continuing the theme of the chain nicely.
SUMMARY
Whilst you might find better Italian food at your local Italian restaurant, you can find much worse. Bella Pasta provides good Italian food, albeit it from a nationwide menu, at good prices, and consistent quality. If you find yourself in a strange town, and you find a Bella Pasta, you automatically know it?s going to be good food ? of course this can take some of the adventure of finding a new restaurant out of your experience, but it might mean you don?t eat in a dodgy Italian down a back street in the middle of Northampton.
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UPDATE - this chain is now known as BellaItalia, and the names of most of the dishes have been changed to reflect this; e.g. Linguine Pesto Genovese is ...
Advantages: accommodating for large families, indoor pool nice and quiet, modern Disadvantages: right on a main busy road, not many amenities close-by like small shop etc
realise he was nodding off and gave him a quick elbow to wake him up. Luckily for us we made it in one piece but not without praying.
All in all though we had a good holiday and our experience of the bella vista hasn't put us off going back to it in the future although we like to try different hotels. But if you want a basic base, not too expensive and don't mind it being out of the main hustle and bustle but within walking distance then this hotel is ideal. ...
