Bella Italia Pizza Restaurant

Yeah, um… went in around 8 pm one night. I feared this might be a mistake because they were really ready to go home, but, we decided to stay. A family next to our table had pizza and it looked pretty good. But, we wanted something different. My girlfriend got chicken parmesan and I went with the lobster ravioli. We were so hungry. In the meantime, they were cleaning to hurry up and go home. The intense smell of bleach fumigated the entire restaurant. How appetizing! That was the highlight of the evening because from there, it went way downhill. My girlfriend ate about ¹⁄₃ of her chicken parm and said, «This just doesn’t taste fresh.» To their credit, she offered to make something else. She gave us some appetizers for free. My lobster ravioli was a joke! It was basically runny, thin sauce with tiny, tiny bits of something that had the texture of a lobster. The «ravioli» part… I mean, come on. Once you have real lobster ravioli, it’s easy to spot non-​sense and this was it. Unfortunately, it didn’t end here. My poor girlfriend got up about 3 a.m. with vomiting. I am still mad about that. I can’t fault the waitress at all… in fact, I left her a $ 10 tip. She was a really good waitress. But, this place just needs to go on ahead and shut the damn doors before you hurt somebody. Until someone with some passion about food and customer service comes along, do yourself a favor and keep on driving past.

I used to go here at least once a week, but lately when I call in my order they say 20 – 25 mins I give them 30 because I figure 30 mins should be plenty. The past few times I’ve come to pick up my pizza and they don’t even have it made. I gave them a couple chances and thought ok they are just busy. However last night I ordered two small cold sandwiches I gave them 30 mins stopped to pick up my order told the one gentleman I was there for a pick up for 2 cold sandwiches, he said ok then turned away and started making pizzas. Another young girl then came up and I told her I had placed an order for two cold sandwiches, she said ok went into the kitchen came out empty handed then looked for my ticket and told me they weren’t done yet but I could pay a while. At that point I was very upset it takes all but 3 minutes to make an Italian sandwich and they haven’t even started. I left without getting my sandwiches and called back to talk to the girl about what had happened and of all things this girl hung up on me!!! No apology just a hang up. This place has really gone down hill I will NEVER return to this shop, I will go to the M&M sandwich shop instead and I will let everyone I know how rude and ignorant these people at bella Italia are. Terrible terrible service!

The pizza had a nice thin crust the lunch special of two slices were the largest slices of pizza I’ve ever seen.

Low quality across the board. No one here cares and it shows in the food and service. Olivas up the hill on 662 is a much better choice in this area. Review in a word AVOID.

Best Restaurant in Oley? Sure… why not?
With the demise of the Oley Valley Inn, Bella Italia is the current recipient of the Greg P. Award for «Best Restaurant in Oley.» A somewhat dubious honor in that Oley is a culinary wasteland. Yep, if you’re hungry and in Oley, your choices are pretty much limited to sandwich/​pizza shops or Chinese. Or the fried chicken from the Weis (which surprisingly doesn’t suck).
Hey, four years ago we didn’t even have Chinese and now we have two, so who knows? Maybe some day we’ll have Moroccan, or Thai, or maybe even sushi. I can dream, right?
In the mean time, Bella Italia is your best bet in the sandwich/​pizza category. Pizza is a very personal thing indeed, but for my money, their pizza is the best in the valley. Thin crust, more or less in the New York Style.
They have a 2-​slice pizza lunch special that is a very good deal. Quite delicious and the slices are ridiculously huge. As they should be. Try it.
I’m also a fan of the antipasto salad. They now offer a smaller size salad that is more appropriate for those days when I’m concerned about such things.
They offer the standard variety of sandwiches that seem to cater well to the philistine tastes of the Oleans (Oleyites? Oleanos?) Really, their sandwiches aren’t bad. Not as good as V&S, but not bad at all.
I should point out that they also offer a range of Italian dinner items. I have to admit that I’ve not been there for dinner but have noticed that they seem to draw a pretty good dinner crowd. They are BYOB, so if you go for dinner, bring a bottle of your favorite vino if you like.
One thing that sets Bella Italia apart from the other sandwich shops is that it’s a fairly large and spacious restaurant. It’s easy to get comfortable here.
Four stars for good food, good value, and consistently good service.

I’d have to agree with fellow reviewer Joe for the most part.
Pizza is good but the sandwiches are just OK from my point of view. Good french fries and other appetizers.
I usually eat here when I’m in the mood for pizza and don’t want to make the trip to nearby Reading during a snowstorm.

I used to go there for their lunch special until I kept. Getting overcharged. Good food though the pizza is better elsewhere, dinners are good and the prices are reasonable.