This restaurant is beautiful and the ambiance is great. Sadly the waiter didn't know what anything meant on the menu and said he couldn't understand the chefs writing.
I asked for a seafood salad and had rockets leaves drenched in oil and a little vinaigrette. The seafood was in fact bought in pickled seafood- pieces of octopus etc. Sadly I couldn't eat it all, it was to my liking, just wish it mentioned they were pickled on the menu. My friend had veal with 4 leaves of rocket salad. She also had a bowl of chips (about 8 big chips only), which were extra.
Trying to be as factual as possible. The drinks were fine

Had a super meal at this restaurant on Saturday night. It was the first weekend for the new owners and they couldn't have been more attentive. It was full and had a great atmosphere, food was excellent as was the service. Will definitely eat in there again

As locals we had a brilliant meal when this restaurant first opened and were raving about it to our friends - what a mistake!!!!...... We took a group of 10 friends there this year (ie in the summer of 2009 (do they put their prices up then and downgrade the service during the summer months???) Awful - ie very poor meals all round, which were totally over-priced - eg a tiny portion of overcooked (and what looked like a microwaved) lasagna at around £14 - no salad served with it (that cost extra)..... What a complete let down.......

The whole meal was completely embarassing for us (as we had recommended the place to our friends).... and we won't be going back!We definitely wouldn't eat there again - and wouldn't recommend it to anyone!!! We'd have been better off having an honestly microwaved "pub grub" at the local (The Nightjar) - meals cost far less and were just as good as the very poor quality ones that we experienced at Bella Rose in the summer.... and the drinks are miles cheaper too!!!!