Bella Italia - Castleford

Alas this restaurant has changed in the quality of the food. I visited this place once and liked it and now I decided to visit it again. Unfortunately, the food disappointed me. For £75, for 2 persons I ordered 2 salads, 1 ciabata, 2 lasagne and 2 drinks. Well, the salad from the word go was absolutely nothing. Just sliced tomatoes and didn't even remove the back of the tomatoes, just sliced mozzarella cheese and put coriander on top and drizzled with oil. No flavour, no smell. The tomatoes are rubbery, tasteless and the dish costs £16 for a second. Ciabatta. I don't know what it is at all. The chef decided to just cut 2 pieces of bread without frying it and just poured oil on top and threw on diced tomatoes and onions. Unleavened, no salt and no flavour. The bread had no flavour at all. It was not crispy and toasted and the amount for this very "tasty" dish took a decent amount, also about 16 pounds. Lasagne. Well, it is still more or less tasty, but again, very liquid dish. Too much gravy. I've had real Italian lasagne so I can compare. The drinks, of course, leave a lot to be desired. The mojito had a lot of ice and 1 slice of Lime and 1 small bunch of mint. Really? The most basic drink and alas, it was sad to drink. The second drink my wife didn't even finish it as it was just tasteless. Apart from the bright red colour, there's nothing interesting about it. No taste, no smell. Very disappointed with this restaurant. After the restaurant I went with my wife to Starbucks where they were able to drink a tasty drink and eat a tasty bun. In general, I would not recommend this restaurant. Spending such a sum of money for absolutely not tasty food is not just no sense, but even no desire to

Isabelle and Stacey were very attentive! First class service and even better food. Thank you so much again. Have a lovely Christmas! X

Food was a bit mixed, couple of nice starters, one nice main, but rest were meh, with pasta overcooked and sauce a little on the thin side. Some of the staff were great, having to deal with a very lairy group of lasses (we did get wrong drinks sent out by bar staff, but server apologised and sorted quickly) A chain is never going to be great, but food didn't seem up to when we last went a couple of years ago, but prices have risen.

Had an amazing meal out! Our server, Roman, was absolutely brilliant. Very friendly, chatty, and perfectly on point with everything. Me and my boyfriend were the last ones in there, but he still made us feel totally welcome and never rushed. The food was 10/10, genuinely amazing from start to finish. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Honestly, Roman deserves so much more credit, he really made the whole experience special. Highly recommend! 🌟

Asked for camembert on pizza special which they didn’t offer on the menu but the chef said they’d do it for me, was very lovely. Also lovely staff too, great atmosphere, had a lovely time :)