Jacqui C.
Yelp
I really wanted to enjoy Bella Vita, but unfortunately we did not have a great experience with them. It was mine and my boyfriend's last dinner date before I go out of town next week and I was really bummed about the service. With this place located 5 minutes away from my boyfriend's house, I chose it just because I wanted to try a restaurant that we haven't been to yet.
The restaurant shares a lot with EOS Fitness, so the entire lot was packed. We did end up finding a space right in front of the restaurant. We noticed that it was not busy AT ALL on a Saturday night, which is sometimes not a good sign for restaurants. Maybe because everybody is at the gym next door?
Anyway, we were given a complimentary basket of bread with olive oil. The olive oil had a very strong vinegar-y taste to it, but it was still good. My boyfriend ordered the spinach ravioli and I had the linguine clams. When the linguine clams caught my eye on the menu, I had remembered that I had them at a fancy restaurant in central California, and I had completely forgotten how good they were! Unfortunately, after we ordered our food, things started to go south.
Our waiter came back and told us that they were out of garlic bread. Out of garlic bread at an Italian restaurant? Really? Because of this, the waiter gave my boyfriend a $15 gift card, with garlic bread on them for our next visit. And OMG, the wait time for our food was absolutely ridiculous. It took 33 minutes for our food to come out! 33 MINUTES!!! And yes, I timed it. We considered leaving if we kept waiting for our food for too long. Fortunately, for us, the food ended up being delicious.
There was live music at the time of our visit. I couldn't see the musician because he was out on the patio, but he was very talented. To be fair, he kept me entertained while we were waiting.
Though my boyfriend was given a gift card, I don't know if we'll be back.