Ristorante Imperatore at Blue Bell

Excellent dining experience Great food and service. BYO which makes it that much better.

Made a reservation for an early dinner on a Saturday night for 4:30. We had the restaurant to ourselves until about 5:15 - it fills up quick so reservations are definitely the way to go! Our waiter, Luis, was absolutely fantastic - explained everything, answered all our questions, and even had a sense of humor. It's BYOB so I definitely recommend bringing your favorite wine. Loved that it was a smaller Italian restaurant with a more limited menu. We got the burrata salad special (fantastic), the shaved filet minion appetizer (meh), pancetta pasta (said it was great), mushroom pasta (loads of fresh mushroom and also great), tiramisu (fantastic), and lemon marscapone cake (meh). I have a gluten intolerance and they were able to make 90% of the menu gluten free! I got the gluten free hazelnut sauce pasta and it was amazing (would definitely add chicken next time and didn't get sick at all). Since it was my grandmother's birthday, they put a candle in her dessert and she was quite surprised!! Will definitely be back and looking forward to trying more dishes off the menu.

Beautiful restaurant with even better food and equally wonderful service! I cannot believe we have lived so close and have never been.Service was impeccable! We were seated right away and tended to immediately. Service was consistently timely, attentive and friendly. Each staff member that helped us was kind, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Ambiance was wonderful - the restaurant had beautiful interior and cozy. Don't judge from the shopping center that it happens to be in! The decor is classy with white linens.Finally, the food was delicious and fresh. From the warm dinner rolls to our starters and entrees, everything was great. There was a wide variety of specials offered including a soup of the day, appetizer specials and also various fish specials. We opted for the grilled artichoke hearts appetizer, oysters Rockefeller, risotto pescatore and one of the fish specials (corvino). Everything was great - I look forward to trying more from the menu.We did not opt for dessert this time, but will next time. Also, BYOB!

I wish I could give it 10 stars. Don't be confused- this lovely restaurant is in a strip mall between my grandsons fav pizza place and a paint store!But omg this was by far one of if not the best meals we've had. It's byob and to do the food justice make sure it's good. The chef is amazing and the food preparation- menu creation was beyond. My husband and I shared an appetizer of clams muscles and scallops in red sauce I had lobster stuffed Ravioli with crabmeat in delicious delicate white sauce While my husband had tortellini stuffed with ricotta and pear and seared scallops in an amazing cream sauce Dessert a limoncello cake with cream topping - so light and tasty! Beyond our expectations!!!The service was excellent and caring - the chef is brilliant!!!

Went here for my moms birthday dinner. It was my 3rd visit to this restaurant. Everything started out fine. Our waiter started out very friendly told us the specials snd gave us a few minutes to look over the menu.He came back and took our order. my kids wanted padta in a pink sauce. When my second daughter ordered her fettuccine either pink sauce our waiter said no problem we can do it in a bolognese sauce. My daughter had no idea the ment a meat sauce. She doesn't eat meat so i clarified to our waiter no just fettuccine in a pink sauce not a bolognese sauce. He said ok no problem. Well the meal came out in a bolognese sauce. Ok stuff happens i told her i'll ask him if he can get u what we ordered. Easy enough i figured. Apparently not, he heard us talking about the food being wrong and I guess he didn't want to deal with it so he just ignored our table the rest of the night. as the restaurant filled up he just waited other tables and looked the other way when he walked past our table. He sent the other waitress to ask us if we wanted boxes. i said well this meal wasn't even what she ordered and he wouldn't even come over to ask if everything was ok. The waitrsss looked at me with a blank look I said just give us a box and someone will take it home we just want to leave my kid was so annoyed at how rude our waiter was. we boxed up the mast meal and my 16 yr old yelled to him to bring the check and he gave it her and walked away.I really don't know what his problem was we are pretty easy going and weren't looking to give him a hard time over a mistake but he just decided to ignore us instead. I don't have it in me to not tip even though he didn't deserve one but I can assure you I'll never be back here. For $23 it would have been nice to get a bowl of pasta the way we ordered it! The food was honestly just mediocre so I don't feel like i'm missing out on much. Our waiter was not a young kid who was inexperienced he was an older gentleman who acted like a total jackass for no reason.

Amazing food. Super cute set up inside and very friendly staff. Gnocchi was homemade and cooked to perfection!Place is a bit dressier.

First time here and everything was fantastic.We were seated and greeted by a friendly, classy wait staff. All servers performed their job like a true fine dining restaurant. Our wine was opened right away and they shared the specials.We had the pasta Bolognese and the salmon for entrees- both were excellent; flavorful and served at the correct temperature. Portion size was perfect.Had the hazelnut gelato for dessert, which was comparable to all the gelato I ate in Italy- true flavor and bits of nuts. Ambience is really nice. We'll definitely be back.

This was Garbage- supposed to the chicken caprese over rigatoni! It was 3 tough chicken tenders smothered in globs of tasteless cheese... never saw rigatoni like this ... entire dish was tasteless... I left my leftovers on the table!!! Save your money!!!

Best meal I have had in a long time. The food was delicious and came to the table hot, which to me is the sign of a good eatery. The wait staff was attentive and pleasant. Will go again and again!

I am a big believer in giving positive feedback due to everyone is quick to complain. Coming from a culinary background, I can not say anything enlightening, weather it's the service, food, or owners sadly. Anyone can copy a paste pics of food on their website; the bread looks nothing like the pictures they show and far from homemade, more like rolls from a large bulk store. The chicken was not pounded and chewy, the server was nice but clueless and the worst was charging us different prices for our food then the menu said and did not think we would notice. Look out large parties and be mindful. This is me being kind and giving a short version of a proper review.