Bella Vita/Odessey Bistro

9 Reviews on “Bella Vita/Odessey Bistro”

• LazyKuma

  This is our thrid visit. Our first visit was for lunch because of the bad reviews. After enjoying a good lunch, we went for a prima rib dinner which was delicious. So we decided to disregard the other comments and keep coming. Tonight we had prime rib with lobster and lamb leg. The food was kept at high standard. I love its lava cake. I have it for both dinners.People might say its decoration is old but I consider that it is classic. The service is particularly outstanding. The waitress has good memory and remembered what we ordered in our last visit.

  May 9, 2020, 12:35 pm

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• Ashley

  Save your money and time and skip the Bella Vita. My family and I went to this restaurant for a 83rd birthday dinner. We were a group of 11 of which 5 had never been to the restaurant before. We had made a reservation for 5pm so that we could get in and out before the rush since we had seniors with us. Everything started out very well. We walked in and were seated promptly. Once everyone arrived our drinks and orders were taken. That is where the good service ended. It took forever for our drinks to be brought to us. While we waited for our drinks we watched as the restaurant started to fill up. It took approx 15 minutes before any drinks, including water, were brought to our table. It then took another 20-25 minutes from that point to get our appetizers. They were alright, but nothing to write home about. At this point almost everyone had no water in their glasses. We then got our ONE water refill for the entire time we were there. We sat for another 25 minutes while we waited for our dinners to come out. We watched as other people who came in well after us get their dinners while we waited. Finally the dinners were ready. They however came out two plates at a time. You can imagine how long it takes for a waitress to bring out dinner for a group of 11 when she can only carry one plate in each hand. Normally at most restaurants when you have a large group you make sure all plates are brought out at the same time so you have several people bring out plates to accomplish this. Unfortunately, that did not happen. When the plates finally all came out everyone dug in quickly because they were starved. Sadly, all but two were disappointed in their dinners. My prime rib personally was ice cold, and was like rubber. It was mostly gristle and fat and was incredibly hard to cut through. Everyone’s food was cold or lukewarm. My brother in law (who ordered pasta) found a chicken bone in his meal… Unfortunately since it all took so long for our dinner (2.5 hours) some of the guests from our table had to leave to catch a ferry back to the island. They didn’t get to eat the dessert they had ordered and had to take it to go or they would miss their ferry. We had planned that dinner wouldn’t take as long as it did, but unfortunately due to the poor service it didn’t work out. The really disappointing part was after all of this I went online to the restaurants website and wrote them a kind email letting them know what had happened so that it wouldn’t happen to the next group. However I never heard back from anyone. All in all this restaurant is not worth it and you would be better off to spend a little more and go to a place like The Keg.

  May 23, 2016, 6:24 am

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