BellaBrava

I love Bella Brava's wood-fired pizzas, which come with a side of either the house salad or caesar salad. They have wonderful fruit-infused teas--raspberry, mango, peach, etc. The only downside is that it is very noisy if you sit inside.

I was nominated to plan an evening for my business colleauges who were visiting from out of town. I have dined at BellaBrava often and they have the best calamari in the nation. I am a former New Yorker and this was very surprising to me that I would find a restaurant that could top NY fine dining. Well this is the spot for you calamari lover's and the italian cusine is phenominal. Moderately priced and the service and atmosphere is excellent. Thank You BellaBrava for making my business dinner a success.

Every time we go the service and food are outstanding! I love their grilled cheese and tomato bisque soup, it is the ultimate comfort food.

Bella Brava has added recycled cedar panels to the walls to reduce the noise level. It is a lovely solution!

The fresh fish was perfectly fried. So were the potatoes. All quite affordable! I had the bruscetta on ciabatta slices as appetizer and it set me free. I return as often as possible, riding my bicycle from home and hitching it to a parking meter. The Museum of Fine Arts is just across the street, as well as a lovely park, resplendent with sculptures and views of Tampabay and the old Vinoy Hotel.

Trendy Italian spot with great outdoor seating, full bar indoors, and 3 smaller dining areas offering booths and tables. The menu is varied with small plates, flatbread, salads, wood oven pizzas, pastas, and entrees. The house creamy smoked tomato bisque soup is thick, steaming and tasty. The pasta dishes are well made. Bread was okay. Only the entrees come with side dishes. Average dishes are about $14 to $27. Lunch is truly the more reasonable meal - but call first because on Sundays lunch menu ends at 3:00pm. Servers need to be managed and trained. Water glass is empty, several servers pass by slowly looking out the window and never bother to refill my water glass. I had to call my server over and ask for more water. The place was relatively empty and plenty of servers were hanging out by their stations deep in conversations. The female manager on the floor is loud and has a blasting laugh that reaches the depths of your ears. Inside is loud but the food was good. Given that there are no other Italian restaurants in this stretch of Beach Drive, this place is okay. But do not expect to be overly impressed.

Very noisey. Service just ok.. Felt rushed thru it all.

Best hummus. Drinks are made with fresh ingredients. My hubbie and I really enjoy Bella Brava.