Ivor Newman

This was an impromptu stop but loved it! From the warm welcome to the exceptional food. We ate a 12 inch New York style Margarita pizza and fresh garlic knots.

Katherine Trevino

My husband and I spent Valentine's here. It was perfect! The food is savory and fresh. Made to order and served quickly. We had the sweet tea and it was ice cold and refreshing. The stromboli was very memorable, (I wish I had some more right now). The family atmosphere was clean and comfortable. We would love to come back and bring our family to enjoy the food.

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Roxy C

It is a hidden gem. Delicious, fresh, just quality food. It is now another one of our go to places. Ordered: Chicken soup 100/10 Bread 100/10 Chicken Alfredo 10/10 Cheese Ziti 10/10 Carbonara 8/10 Salad 10/10 Lasagna 10/10 Missing some pics but u get the idea! Don miss out!

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Wanda Thornton

Our group of ten was generally well taken care of, and the service from the team was attentive and efficient. We did, however, experience a less professional interaction with the cashier, which was a minor drawback in an otherwise positive visit. We hope this feedback is helpful and that future visits reflect the high standard set by the rest of the staff.

Parking Full Time

The crust is on the thin side. The sauce and toppings have just enough spiciness without being overspiced. The pepperoni is fantastic: nice thick slices with a pleasant pork flavor. The sausage looks like the horrible pellet variety, but it's not that bad: it has decent flavor. The service is quick and attentive. I enjoyed the pizza I got from here.

Gorgeous new building but they really need to improve the quality of the food. We ordered the Fettuccini Alfredo with chicken and the sampler plate. Both were underwhelming. Chicken was very bland and the red sauce covered everything on the sampler plate. The lasagne tasted the same as the manicotti and cannelloni. No fresh grated parmesan. Since most of the staff come from Croatia and Albania, they should know how to cook. Service was good. Hope they improve the food.

Mike “SEOJedi” Jones

This is literally the tell of two restaurants. We went on Friday and had Italian Entrees. They were great and our server, Sara, was great. The place was slammed and everyone was enjoying themselves. We saw a pizza as we were walking out and mentioned to the person checking us out that it looked really good. She told us to come back tomorrow and try it. We decided pizza sounded good, so we did return. The place was dead. Our waitress was somewhat rude and wanting to charge for every little thing that we had no trouble getting the night before. The food was bland. I honestly don't know if you should go or not, but if you do, ask for Sara.

We stopped for lunch on our way back from San Antonio. I ordered the Tortellini Alla Panna which wasn't much better than a can of ravioli. My wife's Chicken Parm tasted like a cheap chicken nugget covered in sauce. Definitely would recommend skipping this place

Kyle Heine

Just went tonight , stood in a line to an empty front desk with no host/hostess for 15 minutes with a line almost out the door, no updates, no personal interaction, I’d say 10 people left total in front of me and behind me for the same reason. Have been before and the food does taste good, but only when they get the order right! They seem short staffed and it could have just been an off night, but service so bad we left.

Narda Ruckman

I visited Bella Sera about 10-12 years ago. It was a great place for Italian food. I returned, driving over an hour just to bring friends. I have not been there since. Today, on my way home on 281, we decided to stop... 12/3/25. I wasn't impressed at all. I remember their bread rolls being so good. The ones we got were burnt. I asked for a fresh batch of rolls and I was not impressed with those either. My husband and I got the pasta sampler. It was just ok. Nothing special. Service was amazing, though.

I ordered the Fettuccine Alfredo. It tasted like white cream. All I could taste was the noodles. I had to use about a half of a jar of their Parmesan to give it some flavor. I will never go back.

Positive note: the service was great. Really nice guys. Everything was very pretty, atmosphere wise. On the other note, the food was pretty bad. Paid 25 bucks for what was basically a side salad with 5 shrimps on there. With very wet (watery) lettuce. Also got spaghetti. The meatballs were frozen meatballs and the sauce clearly came from a can. Also, I know I’m not an expert, but I don’t think you can serve angel hair pasta and say it’s the same as spaghetti. I know the economy is bad and whatnot but you can’t expect customers to pay sky high prices for subpar frozen food. And to top it off, unfortunately, when I got back to my hotel I got a very upset stomach. And, no, I didn’t eat anything else.

Lori Anderson

We sat for at least 20 minutes without even being acknowledged. Then I took out my phone and told my husband I would give them 5 more minutes. At that time we watched another couple come in and at the 4 minute mark, their waiter was at their table. I was DONE. Mind you, we love this restaurant and have been loyal customers since they opened, but this was not acceptable. We walked out and won't likely return. It makes me sad because we have eaten here for years.

Tara Ferguson

Horrible service. Amazing food. Don't be too hungry when you go because you won't get your food for at least an hour. We stood at the hostess stand for 5 minutes before someone noticed us. We were brought to a booth and ignored for an additional 15 minutes before someone came and asked for our drink orders. We got our drinks and were ignored for ANOTHER 15 minutes before they took our food order. Food came out 72 minutes later and they literally never came back. We had to go up to the counter and wait in line to pay our bill. Had to get our own to-go boxes from a shelf. This was by far the worst dining experience I've ever had, and that includes McDonald's where they serve human DNA. Will never be back. For the prices....they need to do better.

Keith Woody

To be such a beautiful renovation- truly a beautiful building, the service doesn’t come close. After getting seated for dinner, told that coffee was not available for dinner (coffee mind you), and presented with a statement of what they were out of- AND - being left unattended for 15 minutes to follow up on our order- it was clear our business wasn’t wanted. We left, and had a wonderful meal at Adriano’s- served with a tasty cup of coffee and wine. Incredibly disappointed. If the service doesn’t improve, and the newness wears off, they will have a high cost location with no customers.

Gregg Thompson

My wife and I stopped in for a drink and an appetizer to check the new place out. We arrived at 4:30 figuring it would be before the dinner rush. We asked if there was a bar area where we could sit and have a drink and appetizer. We were directed to the bar in back. Red flag because there was no bartender on duty. Two flat screen TVs were on and someone was at one of the tables in the bar area wrapping silverware. We sat for a few minutes as servers walked by completely ignoring us. Guy wrapping silverware also ignored us. Then someone came, I guess the hostess, with menus and asked if we were eating dinner at the bar. We said no, we just wanted drinks and an appetizer. She said “Just appetizers?” She gave us food menus and left. After sitting there another ten minutes no one stopped to wait on us. No bartender showed up. Appetizers looked pretty overpriced. No drink menu offered so we didn’t get a chance to think about what we wanted. We got up and left. Woman at front asked if we decided not to eat anything. I told her we were completely ignored. Not interested in begging for service. I guess it’s hard opening a new location, but these are service basics. Your staff should never repeatedly walk by someone with nothing but a menu in front of them and ignore them. The bar should have a bartender at all times. How do the servers get drinks? Odd. Doubt we’ll be back.

Stacy Tungate

Bella Sera used to be one of my favorite spots affordable, welcoming, and consistently good while they were in the strip mall during their remodel. After visiting the new "grand opening," I'm beyond disappointed. Prices have jumped dramatically, portions have gotten smaller, and it feels like they've forgotten the very local community that supported them through the remodel. One visit was enough for me, overpriced food and smaller portions don't make for a warm welcome. It's a shame to see a hometown favorite turn into something unrecognizable. A little research into your local demographic would go a long way toward keeping your loyal customers while attracting new ones. Catering only to tourists or the wealthy class isn't a smart long-term move. Now I would like to add the new location is huge and beautiful. I imagine they believe the customer count will be off the charts with the amount of seating they now have. I wish them the best as I will not be returning at current prices.

Robert Jimenez

Placed a to go order where I got two side salads with my main dishes. After arriving home and beginning to eat some of the salad I see that disgusting bug. Didn't receive a full refund even after having to come back and having the rest of the food go cold and was told "It's too much money to be refunded". As if I didn't pay that much just to find that in the salad...