2 Stars at best for the food and 4 stars for the service...
We came into Bonterra sans resos and it was quite busy... we were just in time to snag a table for 2 that was being vacated. They have a nice bar and we would have been totally fine being seated there as well.
Our server was great, he was knowledgeable about the menu and was open to discussing his fave dishes.
We started out with drinks and appies which included the meatballs (wow, you get a load of them so keep this in mind) and also the tomato and shrimp bisque which was on the Specials menu for $8. Both were very good and we should have stopped there.
Ordered for mains were the sausage pizza on Special ($17 - yikers!) and the gnocchi which was the waiters' fave dish.
The pizza was OK. Nowhere near mind-blowing. The gnocchi was horrrible and while I almost never send a dish back, it was inedible,- so I did return it. The texture of it for me I guess was what it was. The dumplings were huge and just kind of sogged in the mouth with a nothing ricotta-supposed-to-be there-ness. Yuck. This was of course taken off the bill and almost the entire pizza was packed up to go. I was offered another dish and I just could not choose anything. The menu itself was minimalistic which at times is great but in this case I found the pasta options to be few. EX no fettuccine, no alfredo, very little seafood.
The atmosphere was very classy and authentic Italian. It was worth the trip just to experience the restaurant, the great red wine and the service but the food was not up to par.
Would only return if invited.