i love this place, great food, great staff! keep it up!

Just had another great meal at Bella. Started with a delicious bruschetta with tomato salsa. Vegetale arrabiata was great , as usual, and the stuffed pork fillets that my wife had were fantastic. Servings are a good size and all cooked to perfection. Garlic pizza bread was tasty and crisp and great with my meal so I could mop up all the lovely sauce.My wife said I could lick the plate but I managed to resist:-)
My wife had a huge feijoa sorbet for dessert. I was sure she wouldn’t be able to finish it but there was no way she was going to stop, even when it was accompanied by major brain freeze
Service was great also, even though they were quite busy.

The restaurant has been recently expanded into the shop next door but it maintains the cosy atmosphere as both sides of the restaurant are partially separated by a wall. Even though it was full you could still hold a conversation without yelling.
Excellent night out…we shall return!

Great service, friendly waitresses although they did clear the rest of the family’s plates before I had finished eating and were a little too quick to give us the dessert menus before I had had chance to let my main course settle. The steaks were well cooked – my medium rare was perfect and the vegetables were good too. The vegetarian ravioli was a little on the small side but tasted ok. Desserts were lovely. Pleasant surroundings. Took a while to get their attention to pay the bill! probably 3 and a half stars!

Outstanding! Great meal, perfectly cooked. Good service and reasonably priced. Thoroughly recommend.

Great place for a romantic dinner. Lovely small dining room with lots of evening sun, courtyard looked nice too. Food was quick and delicious. Breads & dips to start with were a bit meager, but dinner substantial and dessert delicious – even though no evidence of Baileys in the Baileys mousse.
Overall a very pleasent dining experience, just need a pizza oven and it would be perfect.

Great food, bit of a wait but definately worth it.

A lovely meal (including desserts), great service, good prices; would definitely revisit.

Every time we have been to Bella, it has been of a very high standard. It is one of my fav. restaurants in New Plymouth (next to Portofino and Andres). The standard is excellent, the staff very warm, friendly and the service great. The food is delicious, especially the desserts. We love our experiences at Bella Vita

than you bella vita for making my wifes birthday one to remember.We had a table for 8 the waitress was extremely sweet , obliging and attentive nothing was to much trouble the food came at the perfect time and was first class
we will definitely recommend bella vita and be back again for sure
If we had made our decision on which restaurant to choose from previous reviews written here we would have gone somewhere else but we had heard from good word of mouth reports and decided to go with them and i am so glad we did.WELL DONE BELLA VITA

Went back after having not been for about 4 months, and it still seems to be the same owner, although it is a new menu. It was great to see that a chef ventured away from normal fayre and had a firm favourite of mine, sweetbreads.

Shocked by the previous review. Mains start at a very reasonable $20.

I had the abbachio – lamb racks. Served with a fresh rosemary, cherry and red wine gravy, very tasty

It was a busy night, but the wait staff all did their best to anticipate our needs and make themselves available.

Still the small, friendly, intimate experience I remember.

Was a terrible dining experience from start to finish. Had to get our own menus as our waiter failed to give us any. Then waited over 1 hour for our mains to arrive and when they did they didn’t arrive all at once – a 10 minute delay and the meals were luke warm on cold plates. The lamb rack had to be sent back as it was well under cooked. The side dish of vegetables was forgotten and after reminding arrived towards the end of the meal. Not impressed especially as the prices would indicated a “fine dining restaurant experience”.