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Advantages: Good menu, excellent food, nice atmosphere Disadvantages: waiters average, can get bit crowded
Bella Italia, formerly known as Bella Pasta is a chain of Italian Restaurants, about 60 odd, throughout the country.
I visited this restaurant last week with my fiancée while out shopping in Milton Keynes. The restaurant is located near the shops with pubs and other restaurants next to it.
Appearance
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On walking through the doors, you are greeted with a two level restaurant, actually very large, it could probably fit between 80 and 100 people in it! The décor was very nice and well kept, in an Italian style, all brown and beige colours. We noticed that the kitchen is open view in the diner so that you can see the chefs cooking which is an excellent thing - provides safe knowledge of food and adds character to the restaurant.
They also had quiet music on in the background which wasn't too harsh. The tables were ...
Advantages: The best Italian restaurant outside of London Disadvantages: Menu could be bigger and updated more
Casa Italia is arguably the best Italian restaurant outside of London in terms of actual good Italian food (I happen to rate La Belini in Kensington as an outstanding Italian restaurant).
I think that Cheshire Life magazine voted them Restaurant of the Year in 2002.
I eat out a lot (3/4 times a week) and always go to the Casa Italia at least once weekly, mainly as somewhere that's quick, easy and guaranteed to deliver tasty fodder! I also get them to give me a take-out so I can stick it in the freezer and eat my favourite dishes at my leisure (usually at 2am watching The Sopranos on DVD).
First of all, unless you have 12+ people, you can't book a table, you just turn up. It's a big open plan restaurant so you never have to wait long even though it is always packed (one slight criticism is that at times they do rush you ...
BladeRunner2003 10.03.2003
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