Stella's
17 Monarch Bay Plaza, Dana Point
(949) 234-1679
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Thanksgiving at Stella's Italian: Although they were serving a full Thanksgiving dinner, my son and I chose from the menu. It offered some delicious sounding choices and we enjoyed our meals. The last minute request to sit on the patio was fully accommodated with a dog. Our waiter and staff were wonderful .
The only thing better than the food was the service we received from Gage our waiter. Great saxophone music played with requests. Excellent wine list and awesome cocktails
The service, food and music was great . We had a wonderful evening celebrating an anniversary.
Menue selections were good. The food we selected was good. Service was good. They had very good live music which was contemporary but not so loud that you couldn't talk.
Everything was excellent; the service, the food, the live music! We had a wonderful family evening out! Thank you!
Wonderful early dinner experience with six gals from my Bible Study. The waiters were very attentive and the food was great. Stella continues to be a go to place for my friends and I.
Stella's never disappoints . It is consistently delicious and I think it offers some of the best , reasonably priced dishes in town .
Food and service were very good. Think the kitchen got backed up and there was a long wait for desert.
Stella's is a family favorite. The food, service, atmosphere are very consistent! Last night we had: pizza, salads, cooping, pasta, and the seafood special. WONDERFUL!
Dine there twice . Excellent environment, good meals and great service. Strongly recommend it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
All around not great.
We had reservations on a Saturday night. We arrived about 20 minutes before our reservation, however 2 of our party of 4 wee arriving a little later. However we checked in and were told our table was on the sidewalk outside of the dentists office next door and we could sit down. We waited a few minutes for the other 2 in our party to show up, but decided to sit when they texted us and told us they were less than 5 minutes away. The hostess then walks out and brings us 1 menu and 1 wine list. I expected her to come out with the additional 3 menus when the rest of our party arrived, but she never did. Our server, who seemed as if he had just woken up from a nap arrived and takes our order. But had to come back to the table on at least 2 occasions to confirm our order.
Our food arrives, and it was very sub-par. 2 of us got the spaghetti bolognese, and it was TERRIBLE. The meatballs were obviously non homemade.... They were clearly purchased frozen and were like 2 hard little golf balls sitting on my pasta. The sauce tasted very bland. The lasagna had burned pasta noodles in the bottom and seemed to have the consistency of something that was cooked previously and then Frozen and then reheated in a microwave
Really a nice looking restaurant from what we saw from outside the dentists office, but the food and service was just awful!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
We had an early dinner at Stella's and had a good time. We had the special coop pump and spaghetti bolognese. Excellent. The appetizer meat ball and the bruschetta also fantastic! The service was friendly and efficient. We will be back.
The atmosphere was very cozy and the noise level was very low. We had the seared salmon special with tomatoes, brocolinni, potatoes. It was absolutely delicious. We also had the pistachio cheese cake. It was very light and delicious too. Great service from our waiter Larry. He was great. We will definitely be back.
The service and the view make Stella's a place worth visiting. The food was ok. We started with the meatballs which were good. The bolognese did not have a lot of flavor and pasta was mushy. The mussels with tomato sauce was what you would expect. The chicken Parmesan was probably the best order out of the three of us and not only looked quite tast but also got a good review by my friend. Entrees are quite large so a good bang for your buck.
When we first walked in the hostess was on the phone and didn't say anything. It was a long call and the buss boy told us she'd be right with us. She barely spoke to us and took us to a table in the covered patio. It was really sad that there was no view. The harpist was heavenly. We loved it. The waiter was so wonderful, he greeted us in Italian. He gave us the specials and his recommendations. We got the pizza-like garlic bread and topped half of it with the bruschetta and it was divine. I was full after that. Sadly more people started coming in and then our quiet table in the corner became noisy and very close. I ordered the chicken piccata with a side of oil and garlic pasta, it was SO garlicky I really couldn't eat it. It was very yummy but way too much garlic. We enjoyed the service very much, but sadly no one obviously read our reservation notes. It was our anniversary, I put it in the notes and thought they would surprise my boyfriend with a dessert but they didn't. I saw pictures online of other anniversary desserts and they looked amazing. So I was very disappointed.
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