Sunday, January 3, 2010

Luna Bella Ristorante

Luna Bella Ristorante. Serving Italian & Mediterranean cuisine in an elegant yet comfortable atmosphere with a full service bar. The restaurant is family-owned and operated and is located in the south east corner of the Town Center. Indoor seating or "Al Fresco" Dining on the Lake Terrace. Reservations are accepted, but not necessary. Please call 423-LUNA (5862).
My wife and I dined there in December, we both had Pasta Alfredo, mine with shrimp and hers with chicken. The portion sizes were quit generous with several large shrimp and very tasty. The pasta prices were very reasonable, however the main entries were not. Prices for the main entries are in the mid twenty's and that does not even include a side let alone a salad. I fear there will not be enough return customers to keep this place in business for long.
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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was visiting a good friend of mine in New Smyrna Beach and he took my wife and me to one of the greatest dinning experiences I have ever experienced. Luna Bella Ristorante. The food produced by their head Chef is enough to guarantee anytime I am in town I will be eating there, but the staff is outstanding. Our waiter Anthony was fantastic. The owner Jane sat and conversed with us at our table, and at the bar with us on many occasions. I was blown away by our experience. I stayed in Florida for 5 days, and I ate at Luna Bella 4 times. Everything is good and there is something for everyone.

Anonymous said...

We had dinner there on a Saturday.
Food was ok but the service was really slow. Acoustics in the place are terrible . Very noisy.Did not like the DJ music. Very strange!

Anonymous said...

Well if anonymous ate there 4 times God bless. I was there last week and it was a disaster went back this week just because of Michael T. He was by far the only good thing. The food is over priced and mediocre at best. Restaurant is beautiful but location is everything and it has it. The food does not warrant the price. Went to enjoy the music and were told we had to sit inside what sense did that make. This place needs to change their menu to suit the location and the prices. It should be a gold mine. Should be a great place for brunch or lunch for a nice evening out but I would not go back. Be wise check out some of our other local restaurants and see what good food is all about. Michael T was the only reason we stayed. Wise up or you will close up. I would not recommend this place to anyone

Anonymous said...

went there for the first time last night, boyfriend had planned a romantic dinner under the full moon so that he could present me with a ring. It was a near disaster, so glad we were able to laugh it off and enjoy the evening anyway. While the "busboy" Andrew was fantastic, seating us quickly and bringing menus and water, the waitress Shelly didn't show herself for a ridiculously long time. We had to request a wine list, asked for water refills three times. Our entrees arrived *before* our soup & salad and we had to remind Shelly to bring them. She was too busy (loudly) chatting up other patrons to bother with us. Our entrees were very good, generous portions, but by the time we got the soup & salad we were too full to eat them, just packed the salad to go. This was 9 pm on a Friday night and the place was dead yet we got subpar service. Unless things change we definitely won't be back.

Anonymous said...

Food is disaster. Lady- owner never close her mouth. just bla bla bla. Is anyone good in your life? Why did you choose your partner if he is that bad? never will be back

Anonymous said...

Are they still in business? Service was abominable and very loud acoustics. Poor service and only ok food.

Anonymous said...

WOW! Had our Christmas party at Luna Bella this week and it was great!

Anonymous said...

It must be under new management- the food was great, service was out-standing!

Anonymous said...

Delicious meal,great service and friendly efficient and very friendly staff!!! Great to see!

Anonymous said...

Very nice time, staff friendly and good food & Service...Manager nice blonde haired lady checked to ensure everything was good!!!

Unknown said...

Luna Bella is a wonderful atmosphere and the staff truly loves their workplace they worked as a team to provide personalized service that was from their hearts the owner greeted us at the door and immediatly made us feel welcome the chef luke talked to our party about our entrees and his vibrant personality stole the show we r having our 25th aniversary there we were very pleased!!!

Anonymous said...

is that place still open ?

Anonymous said...

Just had a meal at Luna Bella and it was excellent. Great service, great food.

Anonymous said...

No just closed a month ago