Bella Donna Italian Restaurant

Reviews about Bella Donna Italian Restaurant

• 5 / 5

  By Tracey Nemansky
  My husband, son and I came for dinner tonight at Bella Donna. The staff were very helpful and my 6 year old was given colouring in on arrival. The pizza was fantastic , the wine was great. The atmosphere was really lovely. We will definitely be back. Thank you.
  June 08, 2017
• 4 / 5

  By Jayson Mair
  Beautifully fresh made pastas and pizzas. Lovely location, lovely staff, beautiful food and nice wine selection. Definitely give them a go.
  March 24, 2017
• 2 / 5

  By D S
  Wow! The menu looks fantastic with apparently Italian favourites and impressive variety at reasonable prices. The concept of fresh pasta was enticing. Location and ambience was appealing. The waitress was trying to make up for the terrible chef (cook) who was Greek but obviously has no idea of how to cook genuine Italian food. To be fair the wood fire pizza was OK. However, the spaghetti marinara did't even have a seafood aroma. The dish contained two small tough prawns obviously bought from Woolies (nice and close - across the road) rather than fresh seafood easily obtained from the nearby trawlers or co-ops. Any decent Italian chef would know that you DO NOT serve marinara with shavings of cheese on top. According to the cook slices of shallots are also appropriate as a garnish for marinara!! There were a couple of smaller prawns in the mix without any other seafood (even though the cook said that he had included squid and scallops) with a very poor tomato base which tasted undercooked. This poor quality was consistent over three orders of this dish. Oyster entree was quite good. Lasagna was passable. Salads were smothered in Spanish onion (ok if you like Spanish onion I guess). Garlic prawns supposedly served on a bed of rice ended up being small prawns - tasteless and tough - served on a reheated rice mush resembling overcooked long grain rice containing a catastrophic combination of other aromatic herbs. Overall a completely embarrassing disaster when bringing interstate guests who are accustomed to eating at authentic Italian Sydney restaurants. The cook was too arrogant to accept criticism from Italians who know Italian food, listen to suggestions or even offer incentive to revisit. Bella donna with terrible cook!!!
  October 14, 2016