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| - Visited Mia Bella last Saturday to celebrate my wife's 40th birthday. Arrived a little early at 5:00 p.m. and our reservation wasn't until 5:30. We were still accommodated immediately even though the restaurant was packed at this early hour.
Mia Bella is a restaurant that I have wanted to visit for years, so I was very excited to finally make it here. One thing thing that really surprised me immediately was the volume in the restaurant - very loud. For some reason I had it in my head that it would be quiet, relaxing, and intimate, and this definitely wasn't the case. Nevertheless, the atmosphere was still very good, just not what I expected.
My wife opts for a pepperoni and mushroom pizza on gluten-free crust. I order the award winning cheese tortellini. For drinks I try the water (I'm quite the party animal) and my wife orders a Mojito which she thought was solid. About 10 minutes after ordering, our waiter brings three slices of some of the best bread I have ever had to our table - the herb butter really pushed it over the edge. The bread was so good that I felt a bit guilty devouring it in the company of my poor gluten-free wife.
The food comes around the 30 minute mark and is damn good. The cheese tortellini is spicy and everything about the dish is just right (the portion size was crazy too). Typically I am turned off by extra-sized portions, but in this case I was happy to be taking leftovers home. My wife RAVED about her gluten-free pizza declaring it even better than Borgata's Pizza Cafe in Columbus, which had been the previous standard to measure other GF pizzas against. We didn't care for the flavor of the meatballs. I think these may have been a veal / beef mixture. Texture was wonderful, flavor just wasn't our thing.
I can't remember what kind of financial damage I did here, but whatever it was I know it was well worth it. Our waiter was very professional, but a little dry. I honestly have nothing bad to say about Mia Bella's. It lived up to the hype and unfortunately I probably will be unable to talk my wife into trying any of the other restaurants in the area. ***One final note: parking is nearly impossible in Little Italy unless you use M.V.P. Valet Parking - look for the signs on Mayfield road very close to Mia Bella's. You will see guys all over the place with M.V.P shirts / vests on. We arrived at the early hour of 5:00 p.m. and still couldn't find a spot anywhere. After driving around for fifteen minutes we parked at another restaurant and the lot attendant took pity on us, and when I say "us" I mean my wife, and let us park there for $5.
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