Bella Venezia - Knowle

After we booked we received a message informing us they were closed for refurbishment!

A pleasant looking restaurant that soon lost its appeal, the service was exceptionally poor with it taking over 40 minutes for our drinks order to be taken, communication between the limited staff an obvious issue, no apology given, service thereafter was adequate but in no way redeemed itself, indeed when the table next to us tried to get the waiters attention the shout across the restaurant of Sorry but can 't you see I 'm very busy was nothing short of Fawlty Towers at its best. The food portions in the main were generous but the quality merely average and certainly not good value. One to give a miss I 'm afraid

Small but lovely restaurant, great staff, good menu choice at realistic prices.

We had booked a window table for my wife's birthday and when we arrived the window table had a reserved sign on it so it was a very good start to the evening.the young lady ,who appeared to be in charge,seated us at the table and gave us ample time to choose our starter and main.my wife,for the first time,had the beef strogonoff as a main which she said was excellent.i had the tournados rossini which i asked for medium rare and it was cooked to perfection.we will continue to use bella venezia on a regular basis and we do not have any reservations in recommending it to friends !!

Lovely, a little smaller than expected and some of the tables are very close together but ours was fine. There was a large group in which made it a bit noisy but nothing unbearable and the staff did apologise. The staff were lovely and so was the food, will definitely be going again