Generous servings of homestyle Italian food served with a smile…read more Arugula and Southern Italian salads were big enough to share! Oregano in the dressing was an unexpected treat! Flounder, served with a side of roasted vegetables, satisfied! Eggplant appetizer was unusual and delicious. Supertuscan red wine is tasty. Make a reservation if you'd like to dine outside!

This is a hidden gem in Longboat Key. From start to finish the whole experience was amazing! The…read moreservice and the food are second to none! The views are stellar! I'm making this a regular stop for me!

Had a wonderful dinner at Riva. The rigatoni, Campanelle bolognese and duck ragout Mafaldini were…read moreall excellent. The charred octopus appetizer was a hit and the tiramisu and Terrone Budino Brûlée desserts were delicious. The drinks were delicious with a wide selection. We sat outside and the ambiance was beautiful. The service impeccable - They even accommodated the picky teens in our group who asked for off the menu items.

I heard the StRegis was beautiful but very expensive ($1200/night) so we (4 of us) decided to try…read moreit(Riva restaurant-Italian) for dinner. I went with a pre-conceived notion I would be disappointed but driving into the complex and especially entering the main bar, I was blown away. The lighting and design is special. Each evening at 6 champagne is poured to celebrate so we participated as we walked around to view the complex before dinner. Riva serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. We ate outside and were presented bread and oil with our drinks. My Burrata salad was excellent as was my duck ragout; Mafaldini noodles were very filling. Christy was the perfect waitress- appearing when needed and refilling our drinks. The old Monkey bar on the beach is gone but a new bar honoring this iconic bar is there. As much as I hate to admit it, 5 stars- food, service, ambiance and setting. Valet parking- get your ticket validated

We enjoyed several meals at Ravi during a mini staycation at the St. Regis. Ravi is the main…read morerestaurant of several available at the resort and offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant is just off the main lobby and offers Italian classics with fresh made pasta. The decor is classic and relaxing, offering plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The outdoor seating will provide better views of the resort pools and gulf; it was too cold to seat outside while we were there recently. Service was excellent with very kind and attentive staff. Since we were celebrating our anniversary, the team went out of there way to make our stay special with special treats. The food was very good for all three meals. Dinner was definitely the standout. My biggest issue was the muffaletta on the lunch menu. While the sandwich was good, it wasn't a muffaletta since it was absent of the olive salad. I'm from New Orleans and I know my muffs . Overall score 4.6.

Food was cold and sparse, atmosphere was unpleasant. Won't be back. The lighting was like Denny's…read morerestaurant.

The best service and recommend this place! We have come here the past 2 years and will keep coming!read more

We tried this authentic Italian little hole-in-the-wall, and wow--absolutely delicious. You're…read moregreeted by the nicest family, and the owner/chef personally takes your order and even brings out the food himself. He surprised us with a small appetizer to try and even treated us to dessert--such a thoughtful touch. My husband had a special rigatoni with shrimp and bacon, and I had the spaghetti and meatballs--both were incredible. The food is amazing, the service is warm and personal, and the place is small but truly authentic, from Napoli. Don't hesitate to give them a try!

Enjoyed an amazing dinner here recently with my father and brother. We arrived around 7 on a…read moreSaturday evening, it was pretty busy, but we only had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated. Once seated, the waiter was very attentive throughout the entire meal. To start our meal, we ordered a a plate of the calamari, which were ok, maybe a bit more rubbery than I like. Side salads were brought out after, which were ok, nothing great, very basic. They also brought some tasty, warm garlic rolls/knotts with the salads. For my entree, I had a tough time deciding, there were a lot of good options on the menu, but I was really interested by the Cacio E Pepe, but it is only available as a meal for (2) which seemed a bit excessive. My brother and I decided to get it together, along with a side of sausage to add some protein to the meal. I've seen videos of pasta made with in a cheese wheel online several times, and have wanted to try it, but this has been my first opportunity. They bring out the cooked pasta, and prepare it in the cheese wheel at the table, which was an added bit of fun for the dining experience. overall it was a fun and tasty meal. Got to try something I've been wanting to for a while. One warning, the restaurant is basically just one large room, so it can get a bit loud, depending on the crowd and how busy it is. But I'd go back, and would recommend this spot to other as well.

We went with 2 - 8" pizzas instead of pasta dishes and we were both pleased with what we ordered…read more The service was excellent and we would consider going back. It's pretty far from where we live and we had to pass a lot of red lights to get there, almost an hour drive. Aside from that, we considered the prices pretty high but you get what you pay for.

Went here with some friends who actually recommended it from friends and Yelp…read more The exterior looked like the Italian restaurants you find in a larger city, trying hard to be noticed. The interior was in the same motif, an old school Italian restaurant that's been around for awhile. We had reservations and were sat immediately. Our server came over to our table almost immediately. He was friendly, professional and friendly and explained the menu and his recommendations. Even though the appetizers looked amazing, we opted to just order entrees as they came with a salad and pasta. We ordered 2 Chicken Parm's with a Caeser salad side and their homemade Tagliatelle pasta, Bronzino special and a Pasta (homemade linguine). I was one of the Chicken Parm's. DAMN, it was excellent! Very large portions of chicken and pasta with a tomato sauce that was absolutely one of the best I've ever had in a restaurant! It was thick, tasty and clung to the pasta and Parm. I HATE ordering pasta in a restaurant that isn't drained properly and the plate is a puddle with food sitting in it-and this WAS NOT the case! It was a big ass tasty platter of delicious food. The other plates were as large and delicious! For dessert, I had the Espresso Affogato, again DELICIOUS!!! I WILL be back to try some of the other dishes as, for me, unless they do a really good chicken parm, I won't go on!! Great job by the staff! Our table was constantly bussed, waters refilled and making sure we were satisfied.

Unfortunately, this is a one and done restaurant for me, and not one I would recommend. Sorry no…read morepictures! We were seated right away, and our server was attentive, almost a little too attentive at times that we felt rushed. The atmosphere was nice, but the restaurant is small, difficult to move around, and the lighting was darker than I prefer. We started with the fried calamari and meatballs. The calamari was good, but the meatballs were disappointing. They were about the size of golf balls which is ok but lacked flavor. For our entrees, we ordered the penne alla vodka, chicken parmesan, gnocchi, and I had the spaghetti special that was finished in a cheese wheel tableside. The presentation was fun, but the food itself just didn't live up to it. The marinara sauce across the dishes was bland, the gnocchi was forgettable, and my spaghetti portion was surprisingly small, more like an appetizer than an entrée. I almost always take leftovers home from Italian restaurants because the portions are generous and the food is rich. This time, there was nothing left because there wasn't much there to begin with. The biggest disappointment was the bread. When I go to an Italian restaurant, I expect warm, crusty Italian bread. Instead, it tasted like ordinary sliced sandwich bread. I actually like Publix bread, but that's not what I'm looking for with an Italian meal. Overall, nothing was terrible, but nothing stood out either. For the prices, I expected much more flavor, better portions, and a more authentic Italian experience.

Last night my wife and I went to Marcello's for our 4 year wedding anniversary. We were excited to…read morereceive the same attention when we went the first time with our parents. Since we told the waitress that we weren't drinking wine his mood changed. The first time we went with our parents the server explain really nicely the menu. This time the server just put the board in front of us and said choose what you want. No explanation. My wife and I were disappointed because the table next to us with the same waitress got a very different experience. The waitress explained each dish very nicely. But because we were young and didn't have a wine. We got a different type of service. The food was great but we got out disappointed that we were treated that way. I am writing this because I do not want this to happen to a young couple that is going for a special occasion and they are treated this way.

Marcello never disappoints... .. there were 8 of us &…read moreeveryone very satisfied! Gus was our server & was great! Like the quaintness of the resturant!

I was stationed in NAPOLI for 3 years while serving in the United States Navy…read more I will be the first to tell you that most pizza restaurants are NOT even close to the authentic Neopolitan Pizza this restaurant makes. The ingredients are the reason this restaurant will become my go to place for AMAZING AUTHENTIC NAPOLITANO PIZZA in the future. While we tried the restaurant for the first time, I couldn't contain my enjoyment and while my wife and I were eating I played my favorite Italian music off my phone, as loud as I could, first (Tu Vuo Fa 'L' Americano), and then (NAPOLI) by Nino D'angelo. My wife was concerned with the volume as she thought it would upset the patrons and the restaurant staff, but it did the opposite....everyone was singing along with a smile on their face...recognizing that I was having the time of my life, bringing back memories of BELLA NAPOLI! Very authentic cuisine and excellent service!

My wife took me to Bella Napoli this evening to celebrate Father's Day…read more We had 6:00 PM reservations for an inside table. We were seated in the back next to a serving/drinking station across from a group of 6 10 year old girls...whose parents were eating outside. The noise level was so unbearable that we asked to be moved outside, which they accommodated. But the noise level was strike number 1. After we were seated outside we waited. And waited. And waited more, roughly 20 minutes before we finally caught the attention of a waitress. Strike 2. My wife order the white bean soup for an appetizer and the Branzino. I ordered the special...Veal Osso Buco over risotto The white bean soup was delicious. 4 out of 5 stars. The Branzino was a little fishy tasting, which it should not. We order Branzino all the time and it's never tasted fishy. But the most disturbing part of the meal was the bait and switch using Pork in place of Veal for the Veal Osso Buco. Yes you read that right. It was Pork. Not Veal. The meat was gray, fatty and not very tender. Veal is tan or light brown, extremely tender and very lean. Charging $49.95 for Veal Osso Buco would have been reasonable. Trying to pass off Pork as Veal for that price is down-right criminal. Strike 3. AN ABSOLUTE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.! WE WILL NEVER GO BACK!!! Response to Ceasar D: the parent's of the 6 little girls (who you must admit were quite loud and unsupervised) were sitting inside. All of the children's parents and some other adults, about 14 adults in total, were seated outside. So please don't try and pass this off as if they were celebrating Father's Day. They weren't even sitting with their "Fathers". It simply demonstrates poor restaurant management. The wait for a server outside was so long, my wife had actually suggested we leave. I truly wish we had. Regarding the Branzino, if it HAD been fresh it would not have tasted fishy! As for the Osso Buco, I'm a culinary expert and know the difference between Veal and Pork. I knew it was pork as soon as I tasted it! The fat was a dead giveaway. Perhaps now that this has been posted, you'll start using veal or be truthful and simply let your patrons know you're serving Pork Osso Buco! I stand by my original post.