Luva Bella Bistro

I'm not in agreement with many reviews here. I really enjoyed our meal, and the Reserve wines were really fragrant and worth the bump up in price. We drove from Kent (45 min drive) for this experience. Table for two on a Saturday night, and had reservations. No wait.

We didn't feast, but left full. The stuffed peppers looked fantastic, but we passed. Started with the Reserve Cabernet which I liked, very weighty, nice fruit flavor (cherry) and oak. My wife didn't enjoy it as much and switched to a glass of Bourbon Barrel Cab Sav. It was lighter and had a nice bourbon hint which wasn't overpowering.

Dinner was the Cheese Carbonara (delicious) and Blackened Chicken Alfredo. Both were very good. The bread was light, airy, and flavorful. Perhaps some olive oil drizzle or dipping oil would send it over the top. That said, I'm not complaining one bit.

Our waitress was fairly attentive, and was patient, but not near the best. She was friendly, as everyone was, just good. overall, I liked this visit and will return.

Wine was good, service was great super nice young lady retired from the military. We ordered the filet sandwich for $19.00 I'm sorry I should've taken a picture it , it was the size of a slider , never again!!!

I wish and really really want to give this place a better rating but it just does not make it past, Ok. first off our service was great. Our server was so nice and efficient and just really did an outstanding job. My food however, not that great and quite frankly a little disappointing. What in the world is this place trying to pass off as greens, Mediterranean Greens with hummus. Its basically soggy romaine lettuce that they call greens and throw some shady spicy sauce on. Someone else in our party said don't get the greens they are terrible here, I said, its greens you cant screw that up, we live in Youngstown." Well, I was very wrong.

I ordered the tortellini and asked for a white wine sauce which was very good except for the handfuls of Kalamata olives. Ok, a few olives are ok, But 50% percent of this dish was olives, and I like Kalamata olives. The wine is VERY GOOD Here, but i really don't think i will be going out of my way to eat dinner here. Like I said, its Okay but not great. I would however give them another chance and come for the prime rib I will change my review upon that day. They did have a limited menu for covid and follow all the covid protocols.

We stopped here on our way home for lunch. When we arrived they only had one waiter doing everything. Poor guy had someone order 3 cases of wine. We just wanted to sit down to eat. We patiently waited around.

We had the Chicken Parm & Spaghetti and it was amazingly great. We have Pinot and Chardonnay with our food. They were both great. We ended up purchasing 4 bottles of wine. They have a lot of different wines. We wanted to do a tasting but it's $9 for 5 tastings in which that is very expensive. We got two free tastings. Then just went with what we thought would be good.

The only recommendation is to allow a smaller fee for wine tasting. Try a flight of Reds, Whites, and Sweets for a certain price but no more than $6 per person.

Parking is decent, but between the winery, restaurant and staff, it's usually pretty full, even if the restaurant necessarily isn't. The wait staff is friendly however, the tall, thin female hostess has about as much personality as a can of sardines. No hello when you get there, no thanks for coming when you leave. Why's she there again?

The wine is obviously really, really good, as is the Sangria, which my wife had and enjoys. There's no draft beer, only bottles and it's marked up a bit, but whatever....you're at a winery.

On to the food: Very good. The portions aren't as big as what you'd expect, but I'm totally okay with it. Most of the time when I get huge portions, I leave feeling like I'm going to bust at the seams. Taking it home really never ends up tasting the same, so why bother? In any case, the smaller portions make sense, so you have more room for wine.

What knocks this place down to a 3 in my opinion, besides the personality-less "hostess" is the acoustics of the place. I know, I know...you're sitting there reading this wondering wtf, but let me explain a bit. To equate it to anything, I felt like I was dining in a cave. It's so echoey that over time, it becomes pretty irritating and the more people that come in, the worse it gets.

All in all, I'd go back, but would recommend going AS SOON AS IT OPENS, that way you don't deal with as much noise.

I've eaten here twice now (same meal both times) and while the first time was incredible, the second was just so so. That said I'll still be back because I think it's a great place that had an off night. I would recommend the charred eggplant with asparagus and farro, it's delicious. My second go round with it the eggplant was super thin so it was chewy and tough, but the asparagus and farro were spot on. I'd also recommend the peppers in oil as an appetizer, fairly mild heat but great flavor.

I'm not a sweet wine girl, and they seem to trend that way, but the '13 Cabernet is pretty good.

Service has always been good too, no complaints there at all. Relaxing atmosphere, and I'd image eating on the patio in nice weather would make for a fun evening as well.

Pizza would have been awesome if served hot. Waitress was way to busy to pay attention to needs.

Great food, great service, and of course Excellent wine. If you're a meatball lover, they are hand rolled everyday, pizza pairs well with any wine. Panini ranks up there. Very knowledgeable staff, did not steer us wrong. Not many places you can get wines this good at a great price point.
We will be back

To all considering a visit here....waited an hour and a half for dinner that never made it out of the kitchen, ended all with a VERY rude and unapologetic manager that needs some education in customer service. Left without dinner and not compensated in any way!
Really?!?!?
Unfortunate that wait staff and hostess seem very aware of this manager's deficiencies, hopefully they pass on to owners!

The food was outstanding, the service was great! The atmosphere is relaxing and nice .
The meatballs are huge, a meal in itself. The Godfather-pizza was excellent,and the HO HO cake was enough-for four people. We cannot wait to return to tru the sausage ravioli.