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    Stellas Italian Bistro

    3.8 (91 reviews)
    ModerateTuscan, American
    Closed 4:30 pm - 9:30 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Quiet
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Inside on a Friday night
    Kyle D.

    Ok, have you seen Stella's? This is a little hidden gem on central 25th street with great ambience and style! Bring a date to this place! Service was a bit slow between the appetizers and entrees on a Friday night. No big deal as we were so comfortable enjoying good conversation and an attentive server. The food was rich and decadent. The Cioppino ((Italian seafood stew) was rich, complex, and briny. (But a little overly salty) I loved the Salmon and Calamari pieces with the stewed tomatoes. Yum! However, the Italian season bread slices were stale and hard. Overall a great meal with good prices! So many other great dishes to try. Definitely going back!

    Mushroom pizza
    Alex F.

    Great service, food, and value. We stopped in here after roosters told us we had a 20 minute wait. Glad we did! I had a wood-fired mushroom pizza. It was good, but would have been better without so much rosemary. Others in our party ordered pasta and steak. The ribeye looked really good! The service was quick and friendly. And the price was very affordable. I just don't understand why this place was not as packed as roosters(?). Highly recommended.

    Chocolate mousse! Oh my heavens!
    Peggy C.

    First time here and it's quaint with a relaxed atmosphere. We started out with the Fonduta for our appetizer. It had a good flavor to it, each bite ended with a sharp cheese aftertaste but I didn't mind it. Our waiter Artudo was polite and informative about the menu. He had brought us bread wedges that had been grilled; it's a very heavy textured/dry bread and the fonduta was served with the same grilled wedges! We didn't care for that much of the same bread. Next came my soup. Tomato bisque was excellent! Great flavor and nice and thick; not too much cream but just enough for the creamy texture. This I loved. Then the entree, Salmon/shrimp risotto. This was not overdone, tons of shrimp and salmon chunks. The rice still had texture and wasn't mushed out. I'd come back just for the risotto. They need to rethink the bread though! Chocolate mousse was in a large martini shaped glass, it has a vanilla pudding base, a ton of mousse and a blueberry compote on top. The blueberries had the textured being reconstituted...I didn't care for that. With fresh berries on the market this compote could've been a lot better. With that being said, the vanilla pudding and the mousse was perfect! My spouse liked his pasta dinner and dessert so he too didn't mind it. I would like to return, try something different. However, don't be in a hurry. It took us a while...two hours to get through everything. Personally I didn't mind taking our time. I didn't feel rushed, all the food wasn't dumped on us all at once either. My spouse didn't like how long it took to get our desserts but I liked the extra time.

    Kathee C.

    It's always exciting when a new restaurant opens in our little town of Syracuse! It's EXTRA exciting when that restaurant is awesome!! We stopped in for dinner and were impressed at the changes made from the previous restaurants decor - it is super cute. The food was delicious! I had the Farfalle Chicken Alfredo. I loved every bite. My husband had Stellas Rustica and was totally impressed. The homemade focaccia was so good too. We're so excited to go back and try more things!! Also, the service was top notch, so attentive and really appreciated.

    Spaghetti and Meatballs. AMAZING.
    Farah S.

    This place is BEAUTIFUL. Exceptional ambiance and design the second we walked in. Even though it was very busy for a Thursday night, and we had no reservations, we were seated very quickly. Our server was at our table almost immediately. He was so gorgeous that three generations of women in my family (including my 92 year old grandma) just sat there and stared at him like idiots. His name is Andre. He proceeded to give us probably the best service I personally have ever experienced. He was extremely attentive, and always appeared out of nowhere to refill our drinks when they even got a tiny bit low. It was very clear he was paying great attention to all of his tables. Even though it was busy, we didn't have to wait for one single thing, including our check. I have to be honest, I've been in the customer service industry my entire life (though not as a server) and I thought I knew what customer service was until Andre. I hope the people who own the place read this and know what a gem they have with him. He also shook all of our hands when he finished up our table. I've never had that happen before. The food was...okay. Mom and Grandma loved theirs. I had the lasagna, and it came in a beautiful clay pot, but it was SOOOOO salty. My tongue still hurts from that and the artichoke fonduta. Just so much salt everywhere. And I never thought this would be a sentence that would ever come out of my mouth, but there was WAY too much cheese in the lasagna. Hardly any pasta at all, and a layer of grease on top. The thing that is satisfying about lasagna for me is cutting down through those sheets of al dente pasta, and especially the ricotta between the layers. This does have ricotta, but it's hidden by the 50 lbs of Mozzarella that covers the whole thing. Grandma absolutely loved her ENORMOUS dish of Spaghetti & Meatballs. Mom and I halved one of her meatballs (there were 8!!!) and agreed that they were wonderful. Grandma eats like a bird, but she wolfed down half that dish. It was pretty hilarious. Mom got a farfalle pasta with a vodka tomato sauce that had chicken and garden veggies. It was really good too. So maybe I just got the wrong thing. We loved the entire experience though, and plan to go back. The prices were very reasonable for such a high-class establishment...we had 3 entrees and an appetizer and came in at under $60 (before tip.) Next time I'm getting the mushroom risotto and creme brûlée!!

    Tagliatelle Al Fileto
    Lauren S.

    This was a family dinner,celebrating Christmas now that we were all together. We had all wanted to try this place and were excited for "Christmas" dinner! My husband and I ordered the Margherita pizza and the Tagliatelle Al Fileto pasta dish. First off the pizza was NOT a margherita pizza in any form. It did not have basil but some other type of a green that was tasteless. The mozzarella cheese was of very poor quality, grated and bland if it was mozzarella at all. It was like we ordered a pepperoni pizza, got a Hawaiin pizza and called it a pepperoni! The pasta was a soup, as you can see below. It was supposed to have gorgonzola which there was none. I asked our waitress if it was supposed to be served like this and she said yes. She could tell that we were not thrilled about it at all but didn't offer to have it remade or offer us another option. No one at the table was happy with the quality or menu description of their dish. All orders were like mine, tasteless and not anything like it was described on the menu. Our server was brash and indifferent to our questions and concerns. So it was a $160+ meal that was a complete waste of money. I am no chef at all but my food is far superior to the meal we received.

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    Edward V.

    Man not only is this place gorgeous inside but the food is amazing. We were greeted by the friendly staff and started off with some amazing bread and olive oil and vinaigrette the bread is home made not store bought. I had spaghetti and meat balls was really delicious. In addition to that I had the tomatoes basil soup if ya never tried it do yourself a favor and get it it's amazing

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