Casa Bella - Amityville

The door man/singer lured us in just after entering little Italy. The air condition was non existent where we were seated (near the out door entrance/sidewalk, but the food was pretty good. I'm not mad at eating here, but there may have been better options.

Very popular place right in Little Italy. Food was excellent and service was very good as well, busy corner to eat and watch the world go by

The hospitality was nice. Food was fresh and the drinks were good. We traveled from Michigan and I’m happy that we stopped here.

We came to this restaurant in little Italy in New York City with the hope of enjoying a fast, filling and affordable dinner. To be honest, the restaurant acomplished this perfectly. The food here is decent, but this is not the aim of this review, this review is one of honesty and human nature. But let 's start with the food, that is, forgetable. The portions are quite generous, the pizza crust not home made, neither the marinara sauce that barely covered the pasta dish. But this was expected, and even though overpriced, did it 's job in providing our bodies with calories to pass the night. This restaurant was meant to be forgotten by the next day. Now for the review, for the sad and sickening story of attempted theft and dishonnesty. When the bill came, tax was added as was a 20% gratuity with the toal of this added up at the bottom. Adding the gratuity is sometimes done and this is not the point. We used a large bill to pay and a lot of small bills were returned to our table, without the check. We counted our bills, counted again and noticed that 10 dollars were missing. Probably an honest mistake. We asked our waiter who took the money and disapeared for several minutes. He then retunred with the check that had seen it 's total modified, by 10 dollars. How stupid do you think we are? We 've caught you once, we are now going to pay extra attention to this check! After a short exchange, some quick maths and a ridiculous attempt to con us again, a I must have made a mistake was mumbled and after several long minutes, he returned with the correct change. Not so much as an apology was uttered from this man 's or anyone else 's lips. This is a truly disgusting diplay of dishonnest work and I dare not imagine how many clients have been conned by these revolting people. I add that we were a party of 4 with 2 small children and it makes this story only sound worse. If you want average italian cuisine, please go here by all means, it is not a bad restaurant, but count your change before leaving and remeber that the tip is included in the check!

We ate here after a whole day of exploring the city around 7pm. The food and service was excellent. Around 10:30 pm I realized I had left my purse there. I called the restaurant to see if they had it and sure enough they did. The next day I went and got it and was happy that my money was all there. Just so happy to see there are still honest people. I would definitely recommend this restaurant with experience we had.