Cafe Bello

Solid place. You will always get a good meal. The Joe's Pizza with prosciutto, tomatoes, shaved parmesan was awesome. Son's chicken parm dinner was solid. Wife had a chicken dish, but forgot the name and didn't take a pic, but it was a crispy breaded chicken cutlet topped with arugula, onions, tomatoes & balsamic and she really enjoyed it. My daughter got the shrimp, vodka pizza and it was average. She just finished my pizza because it was so good. She also enjoyed her cocktails lol. If you're in the neighborhood, worth it to stop in!

wow, this place was fancier than expected, with amazing pasta and pizza and incredible food and service! they also serve some of the best (free) bread i’ve ever had and all of the food was great value and serving size. also fantastic and friendly service, and they even physically displayed all of the desserts for us to choose!

the food is OUTSTANDING!! the ravioli is worth all the rest. the chicken Mona Lisa was great! the bread basket comes with garlic bread and a dipping sauce. do NOT accept the table for two in the center isle. the wait staff passes behind you to the tables near the windows and pushes your chair each time. we needed to ask for them to go around the very small dining room. we waited quite some time for our waiter to come back after we ordered drinks. there are no women as servers there. the place is very loud and it's nice that it's a neighborhood haunt. it seems as if everyone knows everyone else. there is one door going in and out to the kitchen and there were lots of near misses as the staff tried to serve the very busy place. there are lots of choices in Bayonne, this is worth the trip

If you're craving incredible Italian, this is the place. The meal began with warm, fresh focaccia (a huge highlight). The seafood shone here—the lobster ravioli was packed with flavor, and the shrimp and scallop risotto was perfectly creamy, not too heavy. The filet of sole was delicate and delicious. Highly recommend!

We visited Cafe Bello for my wife's Mother's Day dinner because our son lives in Bayonne. We made our reservation a little too close to the weekend so the only available seating was in their rear patio enclosure/tent. This wasn't the greatest experience for a first visit to what seemed to be a very nice restaurant. They have two a/c units, one in each of the rear corners. One of them was blowing cold air on the back of my neck, which wouldn't have been so bad if it was 90° outside, but it was 60°. Also, the acoustics are nonexistent and one table had a group of women that seemed to be competing with each other to see who could be the loudest. In any event, we also did not know that it was going to a limited Mother's Day Menu, but Oh Well... we made the best of it. The saving day of the whole experience was the actual service and the food. The waiters are extremely attentive and informative. The bread seems to be homemade, warm and plentiful. The anti-paste was interesting and more than enough to share. We also ordered the fried calamari which is has a nice light breading with a sliced pepperocini topping. I ordered the Sunday Sauce with the only disappointments being the meatball and the ricotta. The meatball was small and bland looking and the dollup of ricotta was a little lacking. On the other hand, the sausage was perfect and braciola was more than ample. The portion of spaghetti was more than enough to bring some home, and the all important Sunday Sauce was indeed just like Nonna's. My wife had the Penne Vodka which was spot on. At the end of the day, we will revisit Cafe Bello, but only when we know we can be seated in the actual restaurant. Btw, the interior of this restaurant is absolutely gorgeous. They have a very nice bar, and a wood fired pizza oven..