I meant to give them 5 stars.....

I was at Bellaria last night with two friends and am quite shocked at this review surely we did not go to the same restaurant. My friends and I throughly enjoyed our three course meal and exquisite Italian wine as one would expect in an Italian Restaurant. I simply can not understand someone going to an Italian Restaurant and expecting Portuguese and French sauces. I would definitely go again and highly recommend this divine Italian Restaurant. Compliments to the Chef and very hospitable staff.

I don't really understand this review! I have dined at Bellaria twice now and found it to be reasonably priced with a wide range of food on the menu.

I still have my receipt from when I was there on Friday. I had a big Sirloin Steak £18.50 with a bottle of house red £12.95 hardly overpriced.

As for a choice of sauces with Steak, how very 1970's! If you are looking for steak and sauce maybe try the Aberdeen Angus steak house.

A great intimate restaurant with nice friendly staff I will be defintely be making this a regular place to visit!

Thank you to everyone for your comments and support since opening last week. I would like to respond to the initial review and rating from ‘Patrons’

Thank you ‘Patrons’ for your comments, we appreciate all feedback both good and bad.
I remember you and your friend dining with us last night and as I remember you ordered 2 pasta main courses as Starters (our starters are priced from £5.50 not £8.00 as you mentioned) and 2 Filet Steaks priced at £18.50 (our most expensive main course).

We have a wide range of dishes rather than the limited selection that you seem to mention including Fresh Pasta, meat and fish dishes all cooked freshly with the highest quality ingredients.

At Bellaria we pride ourselves on our quality of food . When asked about both courses you said you were very happy and your plates were retuned empty.
If you had spoken to us on the night and we could have rectified any issues there and then but now have lost that opportunity to make your experience more enjoyable

Ultimately the customer has the choice when dining out over what he or she orders including wine priced at £30.00 rather than one of our very good house wines priced more reasonably at £12.95

And if I remember rightly the second glass of Alexander Grappa was complimentary...

Regards
The Bellaria Team

We seem to have ruffled a few feathers with our review. This is a brand new restaurant, and as locals living very close to it, we wish it every success.

Perhaps there is some confusion has arisen here, regarding the starters on page one of the Menu. I took to understand that the home-made pasta dishes were part of the starters page, as that is the way the menu is laid out. The Bellaria Team correctly state that starters begin at £5.50. However, I did not say that they didn't, I said the 'average' is about £8 per head. It does seem to me that the way the menu is laid out is confusing. The wine menu is certainly very good and I was most impressed to see that all of the reds were Italian. This is commendable.

I personally do like to see a couple of meat dishes with sauces, if that makes me a '70's throw back' then so be it! It is not right to say that all sauces are French and Spanish or Portugese, there are many savoury sauces in Italian Cuisine, often served with liver or beef. The Boss is quite right to say that I was given a complimentary glass of grappa, however I think I am also right to say that £7.15 including the 10% service charge, is much too expensive for a grappa. I do apologise for my use of the word 'mediocre', this was uncalled for as the food I had was very tasty. The problem was the steak served on a wooden platter, it cooled so quickly that it was room temperature before I was half way through it.

I wish the restaurant every success.