Bucci's J Bella

We had a surprise party for my Dad and had such a wonderful experience at this establishment. The food was spectacular (kudos to the chef) and the waitstaff were outstanding. Charles went above and beyond for our party and was very attentive to make sure we were all taken care of. He was very kind and professional.

Stopped at J Bella after hearing good things about their thanksgiving dinner take out from a coworker. She raved about how good all of their menu is. I enjoyed my meal. Service was a little slow but I think that our service might have felt that we weren't ready to order or needed to talk so he didn't approach us except for beverages. Once we ordered our salads and entrees came quickly. Salads and dressing were good a tasted fresh. My friend enjoyed chicken parm with rigatoni and I had chicken Marcella with Angel hair pasta. Food was good with enough for leftovers to take home. Cost was not bad. Specials looked very good. I'd come back.

When I first walked into the restaurant, I was a bit deterred because it took a good minute for me to be greeted and seated. It wasn't an excessively long amount of time, but it was just enough for me to start considering finding another place to get lunch.However, just as I began looking toward the exit, I was greeted and seated, and soon enough, the friendly and attentive service from my waitress made up for the initially cool reception. She was quick to bring me a glass of water with a lemon wedge, which she was also quick to refill often.As for food, I started with one of the specials the restaurant was offering for the day - New England clam chowder. The tasty chowder came out piping hot, and it was creamy with a good amount of clam meat and potatoes. Along with the chowder, my server brought me crackers and a basket of complimentary bread.For my main course, I decided to get the pappardelle alla vodka. When the dish arrived, I was pleasantly surprised by the generous portion of pasta. It would have been a good amount of pasta for dinner, but considering it was off the lunch menu, it was especially generous.In addition to being filling, the pasta was delicious. The pappardelle noodles were well-cooked without being overly soft and were covered in a rich, delicious, creamy vodka blush sauce. Between the clam chowder, butter that accompanied the free bread, and blush sauce, my lactose-intolerant body would later be struggling, but the struggle paled in comparison to the deliciousness of the pasta, which I absolutely devoured.For the sake of my waistline, I should have stopped at the pasta, but I asked my waitress what was her favorite dessert from the restaurant. When she said, "Oh, the bread pudding," I had to get it because I'm a sucker for bread pudding.And I was definitely a sucker for J Bella's bread pudding. Like the pasta, the portion of bread pudding was generous and big enough to share between 2 people (but my gluttonous self ate it all by myself). The bread pudding was warm, soft, and inviting. It had a few raisins, which I confess aren't my favorite, but the presence of them was overshadowed by the overall deliciousness of the dessert, which was topped with powdered sugar and strawberries.Overall, I thought my meal was fantastic and reasonably priced, considering that I wasn't charged extra for the clam chowder (at J Bella, your main course comes with soup at no additional charge; you can also get a salad instead of soup). Note: If you pay for your meal with a credit card like I did, it does come with a 3% checkout fee.

Beaucoup Bucks at Bucci's. Prices were kinda high for quantity not necessarily for its quality. We had 14 person bday party on a Sunday afternoon. Pretty busy in there. Nice ambiance but really kinda loud probably since it's so tight in there. We had 2 servers, & were great. They let us bring our own cakes in & servers brought it out w/ candles so that was perfect. My Buccis burger was tasty & a large size. It only came w/ chips so I subbed salad for $3 so it was $17 which was a bit steep. The bruschetta was good but the toastinis were super hard - all crunch & no chew so it exploded as you bit it. Not many of us ate them therefore. Others got the French onion soup & calamari which were unfinished so not sure they loved em. The steak was reported good but a pretty penny. My two cousins next to me got 2 apps 2 entrees & 2 sodas and their bill was $90! Wow. Although the kids meal chicken tenders was huge & a great value. Nice place & good food w/ robust prices.

Awesome food! This place was pretty busy on a Saturday but worth the wait. The calamari was my only complaint, it was very greasy. Everything else was amazing.

Brought my grandma to dinner here tonight with my son and boyfriend. We arrived around 5pm and it was already pretty busy. We were sat at a table in the back dining room. Greeted and served very quickly. We tried the eggplant Parmesan, the cavatelli, and seafood Alfredo. Everyone enjoyed their meals, plenty of food so we all had leftovers. The salad and bread that were served with the meal were good too. We ordered the cannolis and tiramisu for dessert. Both were delicious. Good value for the portion sizes. We will definitely come back again!

On Sunday, Dec 29, 2024 we had a party of 9 at 6pm. Our food was great, as usual, but the reason I'm writing is to tell you how terrific Sam was. She was extremely pleasant and attentive to everyone in our party. Thank you Sam for making our celebration amazing!

The best, Italian food and service and atmosphere in Cleveland. just wonderful. Took the family there for the first time for a birthday party could not ask for a better prices are extremely reasonable for the amount of food and quality that you receive.

J Bella's is always our go to date night. A little pricey but worth it when you dine in. Ordered take out today after a long day at work. We ordered the Osso Bucco and Veal Parmesan x2 and asked them to separate one of the veal Parmesan so I can take that to my son (who was actually ill and not feeling well.) My only complaint is that I didn't get any bread (the bread is delicious) and you have to have some sort of bread when eating Italian so you can sop up the leftover sauce. The 1st was to pick up my order. Of course I had to check to make sure everything was there. No bread in either of the 2 bags. I had to go in 2 more times because the first time, they gave me enough for one meal of which I ordered for my son to drop off at his place. I went back in with a bag with 2 salads and butter, no bread. The hostess went back with that bag but did not put any bread (this order was for myself and husband) and gave it back to me with an empty bag they usually put the bread in!! She did offer for me to go back out in the car and take the bread out and put it in the empty bag she gave me. Have to say I was disappointed with this experience. I don't want to seem petty with the bread but this isn't the first time something was missing when we've ordered take out.

Had a terrific meal on Tuesday! We really enjoyed it and took home leftovers!!Our sever Jessica did a wonderful job! She was knowledgeable and willing to help with all aspects of our meal! If you go to J Bella ask for her as your server.You will not be disappointed with your meal or her service and help!!!!