Bucci’s J Bella

J Bella is one of the better restaurants in Strongsville; certainly top 3. My wife likes the spinach and goat cheese salad and loves the basil vinaigrette salad dressing. I am a big fan of the chop salad and also the pappardelle alla vodka. Their chicken Marsala is also very good. The service is usually good and there is usually a decent crowd so I know we are not the only people that like this place. My kids like it too and don’t have a problem finding something on the menu they will eat.

I went to J Bella’s for dinner and perhaps the best part about the experience was the service. The food was very good also! Our waiter was very attentive by constantly filling our glasses when necessary, bringing the courses in an orderly fashion and checking in on our table. Before dinner came, they brought warm bread and garlic butter. I ordered the strawberry chicken salad and It was delicious. The portions were huge and there was a really good amount of salad toppings such as strawberries, pecans, and goat cheese. They had a very large wine selection that I would really like to come back and try.

This place is great! I went on a Wednesday night with my mom and aunt for our usual monthly dinner out. The service was ok… Nothing special, but I am giving it 5 stars because of the food. Overall everything we had was really tasty and very well prepared. We went during happy hour and ordered an app that could have been a meal. They were Italian sliders with fries that were very filling little sandwiches. We ordered 2 meals between my mother and 1 and basically took an entire meal home. The pappardelle alla vodka was amazing! I would order it every time I go there. The lasagna was also amazing and big enough to feed 3 people. The prices are a little high, but you get what you pay for! This is our new Italian spot.

Just came back from the 4 – 7 pm Happy Hour at JBella. It was wonderful. I had the Garlic Shrimp Bella over angel hair pasta for $ 6.00. It was a nice size portion and very tasty. Size wise it was enough for me, but my husband would have needed a little more if that was his only item. It definitely had a lot of garlic and butter, but it was so… so…good. We also had wine and stuffed mushrooms both at happy hour prices. Wine selection is good and the pour is generous. We ordered a regular dinner salad which gave us bread with our meal. Happy hour entrees do not include bread. So with three glasses of wine, an order of stuffed mushroom, one dinner salad, bread and a plate of Garlic Shrimp Bella the bill was still under $ 30.00 and it was delicious and filling. Can’t beat that for two people.
The atmosphere is Italian, Tuscan style and it is a step up from a strip mall or neighbor bar. Most of the people at the bar were in business dress. It does get busy during happy hour so you need to come early if you want to sit at the bar. They also let you sit at the tables in the bar area and still get happy hour prices. The staff was fun and easy to talk with. They were kind enough to create a space for us at the bar by adding an extra chair. The food came extremely quickly and it was piping hot. All in all it was an enjoyable evening with good food and good company in an pleasant atmosphere. Can’t beat that!!! The regular menu seems to be a little high in cost but it has a lot of unique as well as standard Italian cuisine. My review only reflects my happy hour experience at JBella.

I went with a group of 10 friends on a Saturday night around 5pm. The place was doing well, fairly busy. It was nice inside — clean, what was expected.
I enjoyed a Sam Adams fall beer (Oktoberfest?), which was good. They disappointed me by having no pumpkin beer.
Started us off with bread’n’butter, which was quite nice — crispy crust and very soft on the inside.
I ordered the Lasagna, which is a meal I’m picky about — I love lasagna so am easily disappointed. This lasagna was solid. I quite enjoyed it. I believe I also ordered a side salad, but don’t remember. If I did, it was probably good (I am also easily disappointed with side salads that are basically a hand full of spring mix and would defintiely remember to complain about it.)
Overall, nice place and totally appropriate quality-​wise for the price. It were less expensive, would’ve given it 4 stars.

I came in for happy hour and was the only one at the bar. Both TV s were on something like nothing. I asked the bar tender to put on espn. She did. She put espn on one tv and her daytime show on the other. Then she cranked up the volume on her show. Guess I should go home to watch my channel. After all, she is at work, so she must be entitled. I’m just a customer…

The food here is amazing every time! We used to go for dinner quite often, now that we have a child we go less frequently but still manage to get there often enough. For food, my hubby always gets the cavatelli. For me, it’s the chicken Parmesan — it is the BEST I have ever had. It is enough to take half home and makes a delicious lunch the next day. The salad to start is very good, and the bread with the garlic butter is outstanding! The only con I would say is the old style dark maroon textured paint on the wall, it’s very early 90’s color if you ask me.
If you can get past the décor, you will not be disappointed with the food! Also I saw some negatives on service, I have always had great service so I would have to disagree there.
Omg I almost forgot… when not in the mood for pasta I get the spinach and goat cheese salad. If is soooo good!!!

My wife and I are originally from Cleveland, but now live in the Chicago area. In the past few years we have been back and forth, often every month, and we often frequented J Bella’s with our family when we visited. We have had many good experiences there, but it has seemed the restaurant has been on a steady decline the past few visits. Our last visit earlier this month will definitely be our last! There were eight of us dining, and three of us, including myself, decided to have the lasagna. Two of the three dished were fine, but mine fell far short in comparison. It was burnt, small, cold, and looked like a piece that was sitting around for quite some time. When I showed this to our server she agreed that the dish was sub par and would bring out another order. She asked if there was anything I would like while I was waiting so I had a glass of wine for my wait. After a lengthy wait my food finally arrived, which was better than the first round. My problem lies in the fact that everyone in our party had finished there meals and had their leftovers wrapped to go by the time my food arrived! To make matters worse, I was the one picking up the bill and when it was given to me I was very disappointed to find that there wasn’t any dollar adjustment for my inconvenience. I was ALSO charged for the wine that I was offered for my wait! I asked our server to speak with the manager/​chef/​owner. When she returned I was told that he didn’t feel there was anything wrong and that he wouldn’t make good on any compensation for my meal or our table. When I then asked to speak to him personally I was told that he just left the restaurant… «REALLY???»
I was taken aback by the cowardly, arrogant, and ego driven stand taken by the «owner» that evening. He obviously needs to learn what it takes to maintain a good relationship with frequent customers. He also needs to learn that his actions… or lack of, are not a formula for success in a competitive business.
Needless to say, my wife and I, our families, and any friends that I can reach out to, will never visit your restaurant in the future.
Congratulations on losing valued customers… but, hey, maybe you can put a sizable chunk of your ego in the paychecks of your employees to help feed their families… it sure seems like there is plenty to go around!

Food was pretty good. The Chicken Marsala needed tons of salt but the chicken was tender. The service could have been better. I know that they have tons of better servers but we got the most timid one. We had a few bottles of wine and we consistently had to pour our own glasses. At the price of this restaurant we should not have had to do this.

Been awhile since last ate here. Went there tpnight as aparty of 4 and did not wait for atanle at 5:30 pm. Prices seemed higher than i recalled. It was a busy Saturday night, and noise level made it difficult to converse at our table. Service was timely and efficient. Food was plenty hot but taste was just average. Probably be a good while before I go back!

Pros– chicken Parmesan is delicious, bread and butter is awesome, fan of their citrus/​buttery risotto yummmm, large portions you can save for lunch, friendly staff, cod melted I my mouth
Cons– unorganized/​slow service in the beginning we waited for almost 5+ minutes before anyone offered us drinks, Italian dressing was unappetizing (too much oil or something), sort of pricy though you get large portions, restaurant seems stuffy and depressed — just kind of dark and dirty feeling.
Overall, food was pretty good, restaurant needs to freshen up its décor so it feels more comfortable and inviting, staff was friendly, but service was spotty in the beginning.

Food and service was outstanding. Went the day after Valentines day and it was busy yet our server was on top of everything. The girlfriend had the salmon and I had the sea food pasts. Both were amazing and I am a seafood snob. The only fault was the bread they give you wasn’t warm, but that is being super picky. The garlic butter for the bread was wonderful. Overall I know we will go once a month.

This review is based soley on their party room. This is my Aunt’s go to restaurant for all of her larger dinner parties or private room events. The party room is definitely cozy, but it’s also inviting and warm. Plenty of room for 50 of your closest friends and family to join you in celebration.
The staff has always been great, even when sometimes I don’t know how they do it. The portions aren’t huge, but I think that’s a smart way of avoiding those tacky take out boxes. I know I alway enjoy my meal, only thing I didn’t care for was their roast beef. A common package would include soda, bread, salad, choice of 3 entrees (fish, chicken or beef) and we would bring in our own desserts and cake.
I would definitely recommend this place for large groups!

got a bite to eat Friday night, sat at the bar, ewww why does it have to smell like some one just threw up in the corner by the hostess stand behind the bar, you got a serious problem there. Salad was good, bar maid seemed miserable.

My boyfriend and I stopped in and sat at the bar for some drinks and an appetizer. I was greeted by a woman behind the bar with no smile. She had the worst attitude! The service was terrible. After a long wait for our food, I had to actually get up, walk over to our server who was in the other corner talking to another worker, to ask her to get our food. She retreived it from the kitchen immediately, meaning it was sitting back there getting cold. I used to be a server and I always tip well because I know what a hard job it is to serve, but this time she was so bad I left nothing! I will never go back there.

I always have a great meal at J Bella. Their Chicken Parmesan is the best anywhere. I just recently tried the beef short rib and it was absolutely fantastic. The prices are reasonable especially for lunch. When I consider the price and value I have to give J Bella high marks.

The food was OK but the service was terrible. I went here with an other couple things started bad and never got better. The place was moderately busy but no line to get in.
When we were seated our menus were covered in tomato sauce. When our soft drinks arrived they were wrong. We ordered the Brushetta, which was very good! The salads came next and they were also good. When the entrees came, no one took our plate from the appetizer or salads. So as we struggled shuffling plates around this small table. We finely got settled to eat, when the waitress came around to check on us. She said she would get us more bread and refill our drinks. She didn’t offered to bring us Parmesan Cheese for our Meals. When she brought our drinks she disappeared and we didn’t see her for about 20 minutes (No bread). When she brought us our check she kept getting it wrong. She had to change the check three times. Over all not that great! Prices are a little high, food is average and service is bad.