Restaurant Information:

Hours

Mon-Sat 12pm-3:30pm; 5pm-10:30pm Sun 12pm-3:30pm; 5pm-11:30pm

A fun Italian restaurant that's worth a trip.

The Scene
Bella Blu is the sort of casual place where you can be comfortable reading the New York Observer or striking up a conversation with a nice-looking stranger. The crowd is made up mostly of Upper East Side locals, and the room is almost always boisterous.

The Food
The Italian food is worth travelling for. Crisp, thin-crusted, wood-oven pizzas are a good place to start. From there, try warm lobster salad with potatoes and haricots verts. Chestnut pasta with wild boar smells and tastes comforting; and sweetbread ravioli (chopped up with veal) is divine.