Went for dinner on Wednesday night. Food was OK. We were offered a dessert menu and we ordered .My cousin asked for decaf coffee and the waitress told her that they finished the pot. It wasonly around 8:30 and people were still coming for dinner. I guess it was too moch trouble to make another pot! Another waitress suggested a decaf latte for which I was charged about 3X the price of a cup of coffee. Not a good ending to dinner read more

Amazing food. Great Staff. Plus the Bread Sticks are pretty out of this world. The restaurant is also BYOB.

This place has gone down hill in the past two years. The staff is no longer friendly to long time local customers. If you want great food and an awesome staff visit Mona Lisa, its on the same corner and you will walk away having enjoyed your experience. read more

Worst restaurant ever! They can never make me happy and always will leave you unsatisfied because of how much they screw everything up and make you wait for nothing except sadness and despair. Everything their seems bad except the other table's food, which when you order it is even worse then the service which is a big statement considering about how terrible your waiter or waitress is and the I-want-to-leave look on their face. read more

This restaurant was referred to me over 4 years ago and I finally tried it and LOVED it! Hands down this place have the best food in the area. Went twice and had the Bella's Signature Salad with Salmon. Others I know mentioned the chicken parm, pizza and other selections taste great!!! They serve large food portions which is a plus. Prices are reasonable. read more

We had an excellent experience at Solo Bella. The staff were friendly. The food was exceptionally prepared and delicious. Go enjoy the food, you'll be glad you did. read more

Good Italian cuisine overall. Not like mama makes but close enough. Their seafood salad (Frutti di Mare) is very good. My favorite insalate. read more

Was just at Solo Bella, wasn't our first time but kind of disappointed. Service wasn't well. Took 15 minutes just to have our waiter come to us. Might have been our mistake by saying we'll sit outside to beat the wait. Turns out we just felt neglected. Our waiter was very nice but everything felt very unorganized. Thankfully their food is AMAZING. Had fried calamari, salmon, and tiramisu and was not disappointed. Just hope next time we go the wait staff and hosts have things under control a little bit more. read more

Not the night out for dinner that I was expecting. The restaurant did not seem too busy, but they did have a large party being catered to. The service was average. I ordered the Pasta Fagiol and it was mediocre at best. The pasta was undercooked, but my guest believed it was Al dente. Al dente or not, I have had better from a can of Progresso when I was 12. We also had something called "A nice salad" that was fine, but could feed a family of 6. At this point is when our dinner went down hill for me. People are being seated all around us and at some point getting their dinners, coffees, and finally their bill. We waited close to 40 minutes after we finished the soup and salad to get our dinners. I ordered the Salmon Fernando which I found to have a decent taste, but was luke warm at best . (The waiter told me that the order took long to make because of the Salmon, yeah ok...whatever you say!) My guest had the spaghetti/meatball that she thought tasted bland. Not our first time here, but we'll have to rethink coming back. read more

Never one to write a review (just downloaded the app today) To start, I will start by saying that any time I have ordered for pickup, they have messed up at least one part of the order. I let it slide because I know how loud it is in there (until the workers argue with you about your order) a word of advice: never take them up on their $5 spaghetti and meatballs deal, as the meatballs are hard and slimy. The real reason I'm writing this review is because of my last visit. We walk in to be greeted by a hostess and a little girl. The hostess asks 4? As in the amount of people in our party as she's grabbing menus. We tell her 5, as one member of our party was late. She puts down the menus and does not say anything. I question her asking if anything was wrong, in which she rudely asked when the 5th member was arriving. I told her he may not be, and that we were just going to order to-go for him. She still refused to seat us, and when I got up and asked what exactly we were waiting for, she told me that they were putting a table together. Fast forward 5 minutes, and still no table. The hostess was more focused on playing with the little girl who was at the front door with her (maybe the owners daughter or granddaughter) that doesn't bother me, but just showing their level of unprofessionalism. Based on their quality of food and service, I will recommend you to 3 places in the area other than solo bella: 1: Christies in Howell on RT 9 (much classier, friendliest staff, and never a wait) 2: Mia's Pizzeria in Jackson right across the street from Solo Bella (another very friendly staff, reasonably priced, more of a pizzeria but the food is still good) 3: Albivi's in Millstone (about 20 minutes from solo Bella but worth every ounce of gas, best Italian in the area, not too crowded, outdoor seating, 5 stars in my book) read more

After months of being closed it was a delight to finally be able to get take out for the most delicious food in the area. The thought of actually enjoying a bite into the most mouth watering pizza was like a kid on Christmas morning. Now that the outside dining is available it was nice to sit down and have a beautiful dinner for a great price. After cooking for three months it was nice that someone else was egging, breading, flattening the chicken to a thin appetizing size, frying in a virgin olive oil and placing it on a dish that was accented by steamed grilled garlic brocolli and a tossed salad to die for. I know people complain about a charge while using their credit card which is ridiculous. There are two options, use cash because your SO cheap or go somewhere else in the area and get half for your money and a rubber piece of chicken. Love Solo Bella. Been following this owner for 25 years because her food is made with love...don't let the cheap, miserable, complaining individuals stop you from trying this food. You will be delighted. read more

We have never had a bad meal at Solo Bella. However I was completely disappointed tonight when their AC was hardly working. Last summer we experienced the same problem. The waiter definitely could have used some more training. We waited for a member of our party. We were offered beverages but not their wonderful breadsticks. He also handed the check across the person sitting to my left as opposed to walking behind me and placing it on the table. read more

The food was excellent, but they need to talk to the older woman who sits in the front and takes guests to their seats. No personality, didn't even say hello after we said hi, just stared at us. Very bizarre. She seemed annoyed, and major attitude. Definitely needs to get out of that position ASAP. No one wants to see a grumps mug while they're out with the family trying to get a table. Please lower the temperature, you're not storing meat in the joint. And fans on high speed, my food was ice cold before I could finish. read more

Love, love this place. The best Italian restaurant in Jackson!!! The salmon is soo good, a must try. Don't forget to bring your own wine...it's a BYOB! read more

Arrived at 6pm with a party of 6 and was told it would be a 20-30 minute wait. ONE HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES later, after watching two other parties of 6 and one party of 8 to be seated (which I confirmed did NOT have reservations but were apparently very well acquainted with the hostesses, as witnessed by the greetings they received) we were finally seated. When I asked why it took so long and why they did not put tables together for us to make a table of six, the response was that she did not want to get bad reviews from these other guests. But I guess it was ok to make us wait that long? We did not receive any apologies or any other gestures, other than the knowledge that the friends and regulars receive better treatment than others. read more

Execellent service. I'd come here again just for the waitress Morgan. She is a star, a gem, a jewel. Her personality cooked my chicken francaise to perfection. I'll be coming back more often. WE LOVE MORGAN! read more

After a day at Great Adventure we decided to take a chance on this place, so happy we did. As a former New Yorker I know what good Italian food is and isn't, this place is DELICIOUS!! Service was EXCELLENT. Nicole was our waitress and she was on top of EVERYTHING the rest of the staff was extremely warm and friendly as well. I would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Great food, good prices, and good people. I have hosted a party here because of how great the food and staff are. If you are looking for a great place to meet up with friends or to bring company, this place is the best option. Parking can be a bit of a problem but that's to be expected when a place is this good. read more

So...some people might see this review and contend that it seems out of place. With the majority of reviews coming in at 4s and 5s, one would probably think, "This guy doesn't know what he is talking about." It would be a fair assumption, but one that is incorrect. I will now begin my review. I had heard tons of good things about this restaurant. Most of the good was fed to my wife by ex-coworkers who raved accolades about Solo Bella. Maybe it is because pickens are so slim in the Jackson area, maybe it is because people don't have Sicilian grandmothers cooking for them at home, or maybe it is because an Italian restaurant with a BYOB policy garnishes high reviews (for one reason or another.) On a whole, I was unimpressed. The location was completely unexpected and actual structure and design was pretty nice. Walking in the front door, you are greeted with a clean establishment, competent hostess, and a cool looking pizza oven. The hostess led us past the pizza oven to our table and I would have to say that the actual dining area looked nice as well. Here I will make a note on personal preference and that is that I really dislike dimly lit restaurants. I notice that a lot of Italian restaurants love to throw the lights on an ultra dim setting to set the "mood." That poor lighting, coupled with some wine, and a carbo loaded pasta meal makes me sleepy. It also causes my eyes some discomfort as they attempt to focus on random lights in the room. The menu was a decent menu, although I found some of the food to be overpriced. My main gripe with Italian restaurants is that the food is never as good as Nonna's and it always comes at a premium price. To be clear, a plate of pasta "costs" about $3.00 to make. Paying $12 to $20 for a plate of pasta with whatever sauce, seems absurd to me. If the pasta was homemade that would be one thing, but it doesn't appear to be. Because of this, I wanted to stay away from the pasta dishes. I attempted to order the ribeye steak. Unfortunately for me, they were out of steaks, so I was back to pasta or pizza. At this point I am going from a 5 star experience to a 4 star experience, despite the lights. The waitress was very attentive, she apologized for the steak shortage and I decided to go for a stuffed rigatoni with bolognese. Our order in total was a caeser salad, eggplant rollatini, shrimp oreganata, and my rigatoni. I would say that out of all of it, the salad was the best thing on the table. The eggplant rollatini was a cheesefest, which I like, but there was nothing spectacular or noteworthy about it. The shrimp oreganata was split up the belly, stuffed, and left in the shell, making it difficult to peel and a pain/mess to eat. My rigatoni was just plain. The sauce was decent, but the pasta was a well cooked seemingly store bought/frozen pasta. Definitely nothing to write home about. I was interested to see that you could order a side of ricotta cheese for $4.00. Being a fan of cheese, I asked if the ricotta was home made and of course, it was not. Why would someone want to buy a side of store bought ricotta cheese for $4.00? This all brings me from a 4 star experience to a 3 star. Here is the windup. The amount of food you get in your entree is bordering on absurd. The portion size is huge, but you aren't supposed to "share," and are discouraged from doing so with a $6.00 sharing fee. I ate maybe a quarter of my store bought rigatoni. I joked that I would be eating pasta all week. The kick in the pants came the next day, when I checked my receipt that I signed without proofing the night before. My already overpriced $16.00 plate of pasta got charged to me at $28.00. I called back and they immediately corrected the mistake, but that shouldn't happen with a computerized ordering/paying system. I am not the guy who thinks you should get things for free for simple mistakes, but I do think that you should incentify your customers to come back. Solo Bella failed to do this on a number of levels ultimately earning them a 2. read more

We have dined at Solo Bella many times and booked parties there. The food is always fresh and delicious. No complaints. I prefer to be seated in the larger dining room, the smaller one is always too tight, not enough room. Great place to go for a good meal! read more

Very good food and great service. A little noisy if you're a big group, but all in all a nice experience. I hadn't been here in several years since it opened and I thought it was even better than the first time! read more

The food is always fantastic, but the service isn't the greatest and it's a very tight dining room...you feel like you're at dinner with the tables around you. But back to the food, it's worth the mediocre service and tight seating read more

The food is really good, as well as the service. The biggest problem with this restaurant is that the acoustics are terrible. It is extremely noisy. And the worst problem for my group of friends is that they do not take reservations - no matter how large the group is. read more

This place is annoying. Food is passable (for Jackson NJ) but my wife did get food poisoning from this place once. The service is horrible and highly unprofessional. Long waits between server visits to our table are common. Every time we've been there and paid in cash they try to short change us. They always say it was a "mistake" or "we don't have change" but the "mistake" is always in their favor. Very unethical. Try Mangia in Jackson instead. Better food, better service, and we've never been short changed. Only go to Solo Bella if nothing else is open. read more

Solo Bella is our go to spot. It's a BYOB, food is good, prices are fair and staff is very friendly. The free bread sticks and olive dip is excellent. read more

We hosted an event at Solo Bella. Started out lovely, we reserved the room to the right as you walk in. They allowed us to decorate, food was good, staff was friendly. However, our party didn't eat much and there was a lot of leftover. As the party ended, the staff took the trays away, I assumed they were wrapping my leftovers. Instead, I was told they threw away all my food!! They said I could take nothing home, it was the law. I paid for all this food, spent hundreds, and they threw away my food!?? Completely unacceptable. I've hosted parties like this many times and always took home the food I paid for. If this is their policy, they need to state this right up front, on their catering menu. I spoke to the manager about this and they just don't care. This party was months ago and I'm still shocked, amazed and mad!!! read more

I am in the service and food industry. Although it is not a gourmet restaurant by any means, and presentation could be better, I have Never had a bad meal here. The pizza, pasta, and salads are excellent. The value and quality is unmatched. The only reason they don't get a 5 star is because staff sweeps up the floor and even washes it when you are still eating. Not so cool read more

Very good food - service was ok, young wait staff tries hard is very pleasant. Parking lot could and should be better lit for nighttime - but I really liked the food and even though they were busy the place is run very well. Def recommend and will return quite a few more times. read more

My husband and I tried this restaurant one Sunday for lunch, the service was non-existent. We waited, while other tables ordered and received their food, we tried to flag the server. (We left and will not return. When we left, the two servers were casually chatting with each other in the front room.) read more

Food was decent; however, service was disappointing and frankly unacceptable. Our meals were brought out before our appetizer and the waiter then attempted to take our meals back to the kitchen. We stopped him, because we'd rather have our meals on the table than in the kitchen under a heat lamp. We then waited another 10-15 minutes and still did not receive our appetizer....not to mention we hadn't seen our waiter since we placed our order. A food runner brought out our appetizer about 20 minutes after our meals. Our waiter finally showed up for the second time tonight, about 15 minutes after that, only to drop off the check. I requested to speak with the manager and the waiter immediately asked if we'd like him to take our appetizer off of the bill. I said I would simply like to speak with the manager, to which he asked repeated "let me just take the appetizer off of the bill". When he brought the check back we again asked to speak to the manager who then appeared 5 minutes later. We explained the situation, informed her that our waiter was not even apologetic which was extremely rude. The manager took our check and the waiter then returned with it a few moments later. One with half of a brain would assume he'd apologize for our lack of service, but still....nothing. The manager didn't seem too worried by our subpar experience either. Net of it......one waiter and indifferent manager ruined our experience at this restaurant and we will not be returning. If you go, get take-out and spare yourself. read more

One of the best Italian restaurants in this area... I was getting my kitchen remodeled so I catered Christmas dinner from here... My only complaint is that they forgot to give me the pasta with my fra diavolo... Everything was delicious as usual and there was plenty of food that everybody left stuffed, so we didn't need it anyway... read more

We had a large party reserved for dinner. Our waitress was extremely nice. We ended up staying a little later than expected with so many of us chatting and eating and having a good time. Apparently it was getting close to closing time. 2 other servers made it extremely apparent that they were ready for us to go by basically cleaning up where we were sitting with large black buckets when we weren't even ready to get up or even finished eating. Taking the hint, all 25 or so of us decided to get up and put our coats on and say our goodbyes. One of the servers was so rude she asked us (and not nicely at all) to move out of her way so she could rearrange the tables to their original state since they were arranged to accommodate us and then she started tossing our food in the black buckets frantically cleaning. This was food we hadn't finished and wanted to take home in "to go" containers. We asked her to stop and she said "really" and with that, many of us didn't get to take home our leftovers after paying such a high price for them. The amount of food that was wasted by her was shameful. We will never have a large party there for dinner again. Although the food was good, the treatment by staff was poor and uncomfortable and the amount of food wasted was disgusting. read more

While in the middle of our appetizers, the main courses arrived. My "Skirt Steak Vincenzo" was buried in powered mash potatoes and what looked like fried string onion skins and topped off with lots of some kind of gravy. A mess of a dish. My wife's chicken marsala was chewy. My friend's wife had lobster ravioli dish and was another mess...unrecognizable. We spoke to our server about the disappointment with getting our main dishes before finishing our appetizers and about the quality of our mains but no manager appeared. I hope that the owners see this review so that they can make some changes because we have been here before with better experiences. read more

Occasionally, my wife and I take my daughters, sons and their families to Solo Bella. They have a warm family oriented atmosphere. My grandson loves their pizza and pasta. Love going there for birthdays and other family celebrations. What a lovely place. read more

Recently visited for the first time and had an excellent meal. Cute bistro atmosphere with friendly and efficient service. Went on a busy Sunday afternoon for lunch and really enjoyed ourselves. Didn't know we could find quality Italian in Jackson! Very good food (mussels in white sauce were amazing, and so was the bread!) and all around good vibes. Will be back next time we're in the area. read more

Delicious food. Great Atmosphere and it is a BYOB. Good food portions. I love the egg plant rolitini

Solo Bella is so wonderful. I take all of my family members out there when they come to my house. I even had my baby shower there. The staff was attentive and met all of my needs. They were willing to work with us on the price and set up. On this Yelp page, however, it says that Solo Bella takes reservations. They do not, so plan accordingly. It gets very busy on the weekends. read more

I'll give it an A-OK. I'm not a fan of the noise, but I like the food. I think it's pricey, too.

awesome across the board.food,service,pies,etc.

It's hard to find a restaurant that knows how to make a good Caesar salad but Solo Bella has it down. Everything l tried was fresh and tasty and the portions were large. Even the bread sticks were delicious and piping hot. I couldn't find the fried calamari appetizer on the lunch menu but l asked if l could have that with my salad and they said yes. Didn't have room for dessert. Service was good, restaurant itself was nice, would definitely come again. read more