Liz P.
Yelp
Some coworkers and I came here today for Birmingham Restaurant Week. We take RW's very seriously and I like doing the research for them before we go, but Bella Piatti was this year's winner (mostly due to its dessert option, since tiramisu is one of my favorites).
I had never been before and the company where a friend works always does their company Christmas party here and she dislikes the food ... however, due to their 4-star Yelp review, I wanted to try it.
Since it's such a cold day today (-13 when I woke up, brr!) I started off with some rooibos tea, and it was served very nicely - an individual cup of honey, my own teapot, and some lemons on the side, too. A coworker friend got milk with hers, as well. For my first course, I chose the Italian wedding soup, and it was delicious; I hadn't had it in a long time.
I had the linguine with pesto for my main entree, and it was good, although I have had better. For dessert, the tiramisu was very tasty.
My only small complaint is that the waitservice was a little slow, but I think this is the type of restaurant where they want you to relax and take your time enjoying your meal, so that's probably why.
Definitely would recommend Bella Piatti and hopefully will come back at some point to try more of their menu. They sat us at this big round table (we had 4 people, it seats 5 people though) in the midst of the restaurant, also, and it has netting around it, and felt very private, which I liked.