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    Bella Sera

    3.7 (177 reviews)
    ModeratePizza, Italian
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Chicken picatta with homemade bread. The sauce is yummy!!!
    Missy S.

    Place is nice inside and the waitress is lovely! Love the chicken picatta and cannoli stuffed beef. The salad was good. The soup was good but needs to add little more veggies or maybe little small pasta. But overall delicious! The bread is homemade also delicious!! You all need to come and get some good Italian food! We will come back soon!

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    Sara M.

    This is, probably, the second or third time that I've eaten at Bella Sera. Previously, I had ordered pizza to go from them, and had it for lunch this time. The pizza was good, and the food was OK. They had a lunch menu, for $10.99, and the portions were adequate. Place was fairly clean, if a bit worn, but I did feel that the food was good. I did think the servings were a bit small, however, at 10.99, it was a deal. This is a place that I would try again.

    Carry-out Chicken Parm dinner
    Shelene L.

    Customer service 5/5 Value - 4/5 Taste - 4/5 Friendly waitstaff, good food and healthy portions make Bella Serra an old favorite. The garlic knots are simply scrumptious!

    Julie S.

    I had come here a week ago and I had heard that the food was really good. I had posted something on Next Door App app.. I think the people might've been sideways because they were criticizing my pictures. I'll put the same pictures on here so you can see that the food looks amazing... and I've got a stuffed rolled up dish with a light colored sauce! You can also get this with red sauce! I like their braided bread, you don't get that even at the high-end high profile places. I would highly recommend coming here give them a chance... here's your call to action I don't know the hours but I came on a Saturday at 11 AM.

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    Terra S.

    Omg this food was soooooo good! This place not only has amazing food but good customer service! The ambience is really cool as well! We had the fettuccine Alfredo with mushrooms, tilapia fish, chicken Parmesan, ribeye marsala, armetto cheesecake, lobster ravioli, caprese salad, and tortellini pink.Such great tasty food! You can smell it as soon as you walk in the door! Cant wait to visit my sister again so I can go back again!

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    Katlyn P.

    Bella Sera is all around the hill country. I like this location because it's usually never crowded. I've never had to wait and they have quite a bit of seating. Each time I've been they seem fully staffed which is great! Also, there aren't many other pasta restaurants in Boerne, so they don't have a lot of competition either. The garlic knots are seriously to die for! They are so delicious and it pairs so great with the meal. I have tried many items on the menu. My two -to-meals are the shrimp Alfredo and spaghetti with meat sauce. In the spaghetti, I live the texture of the thin noodles. The lasagna was just okay for me. It was super hot in the middle. The mozzarella cheese sticks tasted like cheese sticks. They were okay! The best time to go is during the lunch specials. The price is great and the portions are nice! Overall, I'll still continue to come and try new things on the menu! Make sure you take some bread home too!

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    The food was alright. In my opinion, the tomato sauce is a little on the sugary side. It took a little long for me to get my food.

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    I'm not going to bash them but my food is always very greasy and over saturated with butter

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    Ordered Lasagna and it was just crunchy with the stems from one of their spices. Was like eating an oregano plant. Would not recommend.

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    Great ambiance, fast and great customer service. Will definitely be coming back to try other items on the menu.

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    4.3
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    Maine Lobster Roll serviced in a house made olive oil brioche roll with house made mayo and served with French fries.
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    Albi's Vite Italian Kitchen

    Albi's Vite Italian Kitchen

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    11.2 mi
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    Family-owned & operated
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    We were looking for a great Italian restaurant that delivers and were so happy to find Albi's Vite…read moreItalian Kitchen! One thing we really appreciated was being able to order directly through their website instead of using a third-party delivery service. The food was outstanding! We ordered the Beef Lasagna, Seared Red Shrimp, and my wife's favorite, Albi's Shrimp. Everything was fresh, flavorful, and cooked perfectly. The bread was also amazing--we enjoyed it so much that we'll be asking if we can order some by itself next time! Overall, we were very impressed with the quality, taste, and fair pricing. We'll definitely be ordering from Albi's Vite Italian Kitchen again and highly recommend giving them a try!

    It was my second time to Albi's Vite and I have to say both times were top notch! The redfish plate…read moreis amazing, flavorful, nice and hot to the table. The service was also great. Our waitress Shay S was on top of everything! The bread with olive oil served as soon as you sit down is a winner. The pastas are cooked to perfection. I do feel a need to knock the Caprese salad as it fell short on presentation with uninspiring tomatoes. This is a cozy place to have a nice sit down dinner with a romantic ambiance. Table 13 is the best table in the house. I'm sorry I did not take pictures this time. On the next visit, I won't come so hungry! LOL

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    Luciano Ristorante Italiano

    4.3
    (32 reviews)
    7.9 mi
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    Parking lot had ample parking and looked clean. Walking in there was no host/hostess, but one…read morearrived quickly. It is a smaller restaurant, and the overall atmosphere is clean and quiet. Very nice. Our waitress was friendly, and our starter of mozzarella sticks and marinara arrived quickly. I thought they were good, but my wife thought they were excellent. My rating would be 3.5 stars out of 5, my wife gives it 5 out of 5. Staffing seemed very impressive, with more than adequate staff and all seemed friendly. I ordered the pollo alla griglia and my wife ordered the veal parmigiana. For my order, with the vegetables, I would rate it 5 out of 5! Vegetables and the seasoning was amazing! The chicken was excellent, and the lemon butter sauce was incredible! Definitely would order this again! My wife rated her food 4.5 out of 5. She found the veal to be a little salty. Overall, an excellent experience and I would highly recommend dining here.

    The ambience might not be Old World Italian with a Chianti bottle candle holder on your table, but…read morethe food certainly is. In fact there are two shining stars of Luciano's, food and service. A basket of fresh, hot and soft bread rolls hits the the table almost as soon as we sat down. We had the fried Calamari appetizer for the two of us and it was enough to be a meal by itself. Don't let the underwhelming descriptions on the menu fool you, the Shrimp Luciano comes with 6 super-sized shrimp that are beautiful and lightly encrusted on top of perfectly prepared buttery spaghetti. In order to keep the light crunch of the shrimp from getting soggy, the lemon butter sauce sits on the bottom of the bowl for dipping and sopping as desired. Every dish I saw comes from the kitchen looking "photo ready". Great presentation. What really made this evening pop was our server's attention to our table. Sophia never left a single detail unattended. If she felt our drink was taking too long (which I didn't), she'd apologize and let us know she was going to check on it. Her attention to detail and perfect timing was an absolute complement to the quality of the food. I didn't feel like she was waiting on us, it felt more like we had our own personal representative on staff. Finally, ambience...probably the weakest link of Luciano's, the conversation level is loud enough in the room that you don't feel like you have to whisper for privacy giving the room a lively and family friendly feel. There is background music playing but it's almost non-existent, in fact I had to stop and tilt my head to detect it. Personally I like a little background music and it wouldn't hurt to turn up the volume a notch. Over the long bar is a single screen with muted sound playing an NBA game. Luciano's is not over-priced with great food and great service. I'll be back

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    When nostalgia meets perfection--Luciano's spaghetti and meatballs took me back to my Grandma's kitchen... and straight to culinary heaven.

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    3.8
    (218 reviews)
    6.9 mi
    $$

    This place was AMAZING We waited in the lounge and we met…read moreBelle who was Awesome The whole thing is an EXPERIENCE The outside has a flying Deloreon that actually lights up at night and music plays We got our food and it was HOT and DELICIOUS That is a lot coming from my CHEF wife who is very picky She said the food was very good. We noticed that the owners were also working the floor and that in and of itself is VERY impressive Highly Recommend this place Will be returning soon for more garlic knots And PIZZA Even the salad was delicious This place ROCKS!!!!!!!!!! Our server Alex was very courteous and can everyone agree that the guy in the photo with people I posted looks like a young Jack White I mean seriously

    Arriving at 7pm on a Saturday, we had a wait of about 15 minutes for a table for 3. We sat outside…read morein the area by the front door, which is unfortunately beside their septic system, and the odors were not appetizing. For the entire time we sat there, a man's unintelligible voice could be heard on the speakers inside the building, apparently giving some sort of speech. We finally asked about it and were told that it was the owner, who "liked to say things" every so often, and that he was probably almost done. Thankfully by the time we were shown inside he had concluded his comments, because there was NO WAY to ignore him and just enjoy your meal if you were in there. We ordered a standard Margherita and a "build your own". Both were delicious. Crust was the ideal thickness. Another 45 seconds in the brick oven and they would have been cooked perfectly. Every staff member we interacted with was extremely polite, respectful, friendly, and professional--noticeably more than at almost every other restaurant. It's the Star Wars themed decor that was a large part of the reason to try Dark Side, and the collection truly is impressive. This is not something anyone would expect to find out in the country on a rural highway. We'll likely return again, hopefully when the breeze is from a different direction and without having to listen to a loud speech. If you're into really cool movie memorabilia, check 'em out.

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    Darkside Brick Oven Pizza
    Lived the garlic knots!!
    Lived the garlic knots!!
    Cookie skillet was delicious!!

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    Cookie skillet was delicious!!

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