I had a meal at Casa Bella while travelling through Gore to Te Anau. What a lovely restaurant with great service and beautiful meals. I had the salmon main and contrary to the previous poster I throughly enjoyed it. The size of the salmon was adequate, and the potato salad a fresh and novel take on a classic. For dessert I had the white chocolate almond cake that was simply devine.

I have eaten at a few of the restaurants in Gore on my travels and would recommend Casa Bella above any of the others. I urge people to ignore the previous poster’s comments about this establishment. They obviously have no taste or capability of appreciating a fine dinning experience, so leave them to the take-away establishments were their taste can be fully catered for in a paper bag.

I had lunch today.
The menu is sparse.
I chose salmon.The portion was tiny,which didn’t worry me as I generally eat Asian,and prefer a small amount of meat and lots of vegetables and rice.
However to accompany it there were some fennel leaves which were purely decorative and which a rabbit would get no nutrition out of.
The potato salad consisted of a small number of potato bits which should have been cut in half again,with a bit of mayo on top.
Not part of the potato with bit of mayo were 3 slivers of egg white and three small bits of egg yolk.
That is not how you serve potato salad.
I gave both the waiter and the cashier my thoughts.
Don’t be fooled by the old house.
Last time I told both the cook and cashier off.
The cook said they were an Italian restaurant.
Well where is the Italian food.
I only went today because it was a work lunch.
If you want to eat in Gore,i recommend the Thai restaurant named the Bamboo Tree,or Howl At The Moon across the road.
I have never yet had a decent meal at CasaBella and would not recommend it..
For the $18 i paid at Casabella,I would get an entree and a main at Bamboo Tree.
Or for a bit more,I could get a decent meal at Howl At The Moon.
People can rave on about atmosphere and service in restaurants.
Give me a decent meal in preference as priority number one.
And if it is going to be small,I at least expect a bit of creativity…At least to the standard I could present myself..
Naturally,I refused to buy drinks or dessert.

The food had a lovely flavour which was shadowed only by the slightly long time it took to arrive. I loved the idea of separate rooms for private functions. Well done. Keep up the good work

Went to Casa Bella Last night for Dinner and this woukd have to be by far the best Restaurant in Eastern Southland. They have awesome food, awesome service and a fantastic ambience!!! Well done
I would Highly reccomend this restaurant to anyone!