Bella Pizza and Pasta in Shepway

This authentic Italian restaurant is hands down the best restaurant in folkestone. The staff are friendly and the food is to die for. And the food is a good price and I will recommend to every person reading this review. I 100% will be coming back.

Quarter of a container full of pasta for £11 a. Portion it’s not as if pasta is a delicacy no thanks won’t be ordering again had to order other food elsewhere to fill me up

Terrible! Insanely expensive for small portions, once again cancelled order without warning! Probably couldn’t be bothered to deliver it. Avoid at all costs.

Spent a very dissatisfying evening here celebrating my mums special birthday. Our evening started with asking very politely for a second round of drinks and being greeted with the response of “do you want anything else because I don’t want to have to come back”, without any hesitation to consider any further requirements the man walked away making us all feel apprehensive to ask for any more. When he returned, my mum asked if she could add a drink as he had ignored her reply initially, he went on to huff and puff and roll his eyes as if it was too much for his customers to want a drink with their food. Fast forward an hour and 45 minutes and we are all still waiting for our mains, he was asked twice by my family members as the young children were beginning to get tired..The potato’s and steaks were completely unacceptable, none of the food was particularly appetising however we aren’t a family to complain so we only put forward the two items to be retuned to the kitchen. There was not an apology in sight, instead we were questioned why they weren’t good enough, I would even go as far as saying he argued our opinions. The man was rude to say the least, dismissive and in denial of the poor quality. To round off our evening we asked for the two items to be removed from the bill as well as the service charge of £15 as it wasn’t worthy, to be told “that’s how much the breadsticks were, It would of been more but I’d only charged for a few” again no apology to follow and personally I’d expect breadsticks to be complimentary if not atleast removed too from the balance due our disappointing experience. Absolutely baffling and not a birthday to remember for my mum. Do not waste your money.

I'm looking for a new pizza place for Cheeky Tuesdays, so trying all local pizza places. Not so many ingredients on quatro pizza compared to vegetarian, only come in one size. No size on JE website. The base was strange and I didn't eat the crust of the pizza. The driver didn't park outside my place! Took 5mins to deliver after parking! I may order from them again.

Caution is required! If you don't find anything suitable on the menu and leave, you'll get a raw egg pressed onto the door handle as a farewell.

Had a lovely meal with my husband on Sunday night. Good food and friendly service would definitely go back

Fillet steak £26 but no veg which we had to pay extra. Definitely very expensive and won't be returning. Very disappointed but we learnt the hard way. Try the Turkish restaurant instead.

Initially served up small bottles of peroni in pint glasses - had to ask for smaller glasses. And the beer was warm. The bolognese was mushy and one of our party guests was served up a dried chicken Kiev together with a small dish of dried up vegetables. Very expensive poor quality food and drink - could have done better myself.

Food was ok but we were rushed and the manager was so miserable and atmosphere was awful had better Italian food elsewhere,wil definitely not be returning.

Absolutely perfect place for dinner 🤩 Truly Italian food😍 Portions are huge!

Excellent well-cooked pizza with excellent ingredients, you spend the right amount and what is important (at least for me) you can communicate in Italian. Advised.

Every time we go, the experience is lovely

Good choice of menu, delivery time given when order was accepted. Happy it arrived 5 minutes early but was informed when it left the restaurant. Food was delicious and good size portions. Would definitely recommend 😀

Time stands still here. The ambience probably hasn't changed since the early 1980s. The plastic tablecloths are very old school. The food was okay, but nothing more. The female waiter was very friendly, the gentleman was rather grumpy.

An authentic Italian restaurant with an extensive menu (though pizzas not available when we went). It was quiet on a Thursday evening and we could talk about Italy with the Manager and enjoy veal and Dover Sole dishes.

Lovely Italian restaurant, a short walk from the coast. Great food and service. Would recommend a visit.

We had an amazing meal here last week. This was the first time we had come here but definitely not the last all of the food was delicious and the service was excellent would highly recommend I could tell that the owners care deeply about all of their customers

Excellent traditional Italian fayre, excellent service, nothing hipster, can't rate highly enough. Tiramisu best I've ever eaten in UK

Lovely delivery driver. Food exceptional

Absolutely amazing as usual. Thank you Bella pizza and pasta

Food was ok but not worth the price paid. £12 for a lasagne which was quite bland and pasta overcooked. Garlic bread had the smallest amount of Mozzarella and a smear of tomato sauce on a 6 inch or so piece of baguette cut in half. The chips were ok. Just disappointed with the quality for the price paid.

We went for a pre new years eve meal and was not left disappointed, I had a perfectly cook large Dover sole for the size was great value. My wife had a juicy fillet steak that she said melted in the mouth. My son had a freshly cook pepperoni pizza that he said was the best he has had in a long time. With all the new restaurants appearing in Folkestone, do give this restaurant a try as it is one of the best value and family run restaurants in folkestone offer great food. Well done Stefano and team for another great night.

Thank you oncle for these beautiful moments with you. Your restaurant is the best of all England. Your pasta and salmon are delicious... everything is perfect. Love you ❤️

the food was inedible and waste of my pension

Food was ok although no enough for £9 would of liked more pasta

The food was raw and not cooked properly and I asked for a refund got told no staff are rude don't card or anything I found spit in my drink

Good place for a lunch with house special for £12.5. Food excellent but restaurant itself a little dated.

Price-performance ok, our dog was allowed in.

Classic old-time Italian restaurant. Wonderful! Friendly, down to earth, good prices, what more could you want.

Do not rate this restaurant sadly. Food bland but service was speedy

Very friendly staff and authentic Italian cuisine. Reasonably priced and a very nice atmosphere.

Perfect Italian restaurant if you want to taste the Italian kitchen.

I got the rudest delivery driver. Shouting at phone to me. I asked did you reach to gate no 14 but he said no but just come on gate to receive. He was arguing with the security on gate. No manners at all.

Very good food and it was delivered on t

Amazing!!! Just as good as a take away as it is to eat in. Thank you for making my special. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A true authentic Italian restaurant. Please try this little place out, you won't be disappointed. And, dog friendly in a small area ... check availability when booking your table.

Myself & friends had dinner tonight the food was amazing. The staff were soo welcoming & the lovely waiter even showed us his magic tricks he was fantastic. Thank you to all staff tonight we will certainly be back soon 🙂

Shortage of staff which made the experience of service poor.

I’ve been in a few times but enough is enough.The owner has a really bad attitude and the staff don’t seem interested in making your experience pleasant. The food is shocking and over priced.

We ended up having to walk out of this place before we were rude back as the waiter was dismissive and very rude about my coeliac disease and my partner's egg and dairy allergies. For goodness sake don't attempt to eat here if you have any food issues.

Simpel maar goed lekker eten vlak voor de veer pont naar dover, piza s zijn hier heerlijk Gastvrij personeel, een fooi wilden ze niet hebben. Maar uiteindelijk toch aangepakt

The atmosphere and the quality of the food are excellent, I went with friends and had a lovely time. Simply can not fault this place

Can’t fault the pizza or pasta but when my chicken wings come with one already eaten and the bone sitting in the bowl it completely put us both of our meal. After asking to speak to the manager the Waitress was polite and offered us a free drink but the manager couldn’t give us the time of day.

Food was all spilt out of the containers all in the bagS

Delicious food and good selection on menu.

Sadly very disappointed with our meal tonight. No flavour and poor presentation and was very cold !

The pizza was tasty and well cooked but everything else was awful. No atmosphere, terrible service, tiny portions, rubbish salads and appallingly over priced. £75 for one starter, two mains and four drinks.

Good was marked delivered but never turned up

Food was unfortunately not very good. Little tiny pieces of broken shell in the risotto with seafood. No apologize and long wait. Cannot recommend unfortunately.

Always the best, hot, well flavoured and just lovely to eat

What a delightful experience. Food was exceptional and the Chef is a real credit to this Restaurant. Beautifully presented Italian food and a tranquil atmosphere. I will definitely visit this place on my return from Europe. Excellent staff and attentive to all my needs. 5 star 🌟 plus 🌟

We live by the seafront and getting pasta like this with mussels and seafood is amazing. I Can’t tell you how much tasty it was but let’s say you could smell the sea on the plate very well done to the team, tagliatelle was on point and that’s hard for takeaways, mussels were perfect and the salmon was very appetising. I know what you gona say it’s over priced but what isn’t this days go for it it’s a taste of Italian and sea all together.

Authentic Italian pizza 🍕and pasta 🍝👌

Lovely staff, great food, best steak in Folkestone.

Came down from birmingham to have a break with family & had my 2nd visit to (Bella Pizza & Pasta) unreal food and friendly owner & staff. I had my best pizza to date which was all freshly made there and then. Fully recommend this place to anyone....✨️👍🏻✨️ Thank you Bella pizza & pasta.

Always delicious food from Bella Pizza. The order was delivered on time and by a very friendly and helpful person.

Ordered...waited....waited. Didnt show up at all. Showed as delivered. I realise this is not the restaurants fault but still...dont use a service if its unreliable.

The waiters were very rude and seemed like they were really annoyed to have customers

I had an excellent seafood pizza which had plenty of seafood on it.

Took partner here for valentines day and it was lovely. Great food great drink

Food was absolutely amazing and quick service. Prices are very good for the quality of food you get. Good variety of food available, already booked a table again for April

This place is a great meal out option. Prices aren't insanely high at all. The staff are friendly and the pizzas are the best!

Went for celebration lunch with a party of eight. We obviously outstayed our welcome - owner tapping his foot , did everything except throw our coats at us and turn the lights out . Refused outright to serve any more ( not cheap ) drinks.

Lovely ambience and service. Delicious food. Thoroughly recommend.

Old interior but good food and service.

The pizza was fantastic, traditional Italian, the mozzarella was amazing. I will never use another pizza venue while Bella is open .

Lovely food as always. Very friendly staff. Good service. Enjoyable atmosphere.

Badly cut pizza, all of the toppings fell off

Always 10/10 taste and on time/early

Empty and cold at lunchtime but the food was good.

Having walked out of the Portman pub (serves beer, can’t manage food) I walked into here. Wonderfully Italian. Cringeworthy Christmas tree, proper Catholic carols on in the background, and just sublime Italian food. Prawn cocktail, Pizza Napoli and home made crème caramel. What’s not to like?

I ordered a sea food pizza and everything was on the box not on the pizza.

The food was lovely. I had scampi provencale. The actual restaurant is a bit dated and "tired", but the food and service could not be faulted.

My family and I booked a table for lunch and were greeted by a very friendly gentleman who was running the restaurant. The decor is very welcoming, like stepping into a family dining room. The menu is quite broad covering standard pizza and pasta dishes as well as other traditional meat, fish and vegetarian options. The dishes tasted great! Hand made pizza cooked to perfection, nicely seasoned chicken, deep and rich sauces! The only things I could fault were: asking at booking for a high chair for our daughter and not having one available (not a big issue as there was plenty of space for her to sit in her pram) and the somewhat dated table covers. But they're really minor issues.

Very nice food, great pizzas and pasta

Food lovely but missing Coca Cola drinks which we ordered.

The pizzas we ordered were all smashed up.. all the toppings were in one size the rest have just bread. Really no good service

Beautiful and just as ordered.

Great food reasonable price nice staff

Very nice and more than enough. Well done !!

A little keep secret in Folkestone, lovely staff and always friendly when collecting orders, I must eat in sometime, a great traditional Italian restaurant, no frills or gimmicks, just great food.

Our final night in Folkstone and after having a really overpriced two course lunch at a rip off restaurant elsewhere we were on a bit of a budget, the prices looked reasonable, so we booked a table. I had read reviews beforehand and noticed complaints about poor service and rudeness by staff, we certainly found this not to be the case, the place had a very good atmosphere, it was very busy for a Thursday night but the manager found time to come and chat to us, there was a large party there for a birthday and nearly everyone in the place sang happy birthday to the person celebrating his special day, this got us talking to people on the neighbouring tables, which was great. The food was outstanding for the prices charged and for both courses we were spoilt for choice, the seafood and the pasta that we had were very tasty and beautifully cooked, we had a bottle of pinot grigio and that was of good quality too. Recommended without a doubt.

Lekker gegeten, gastvrije bediening en smakelijk eten. De risotto is rijkelijk gevuld en smaakt top. De verse pizza is belegd en smaakt eveneens erg goed. Een ideale locatie als je voor vertrek met de trein een hapje wilt eten. We konden voor de deur parkeren.

The pizza were shocking , I was expecting Italian quality but they were thick and quite frankly disappointing. We won’t visit the restaurant based on this delivery

Absolutely delighftul pizza. We thoroughly enjoyed it 😊

Lovely meal and service - what else could you ask?

This was a really awful experience. The restaurant forgot my pizza so only half the meal came. The steak was cold, though had beeb cooked properly at least. Potatoes were cold also. I would not order from this restaurant again

Incredible gluten free spaghetti bowl Super friendly staff abd great service My family had pizzas that’s looked insane and homemade 100% recommend and family traditional Italian Will be back

Your a typical authentic Italian restaurant. Very friendly staff and delicious fresh food

This is a truly authentic Italian Restaurant. The name Pizza and Pasta had rather put me off ... until I looked at the menu in detail. What a treat. Perfect fillet steak and veal, both of which are a good test. I can't wait to try the rest of the extensive menu.

Delicious lunch out with my brother. The food was delicious and served very quickly. The waiter was not the most friendly and they did not have a wide choice of drinks

Authentiek Italiaans restaurant. Heerlijke gerechten en vriendelijke bediening. Prima locatie in een relaxte setting.

Lovely meal . Friendly staff .

Food very bland and poorly cooked. Charged for a large glass of wine but only received a small glass. Disappointed as we had high hopes for our anniversary, shame.

Gorgeous food as always it was a shame that it arrived lukewarm.

Had a steak dianne...steak and especially sauce to die for

We were not sure about going into this restaurant as the decor looked really dated but we are very glad we did. The food was really homely and delicious and the service was quick and friendly. Highly recommend.

Do not read the below negative reviews. Myself and my partner love going out for food and have such high standards. This restaurant is lovely and cosy and the food speaks for itself. So reasonable and great size portions. Please support this lovely local restaurant!!!

1st visit here. Very friendly and nice service and excellent food.