Vela

“We had such a great experience trying Vela before booking for my baby shower in a few months- super picky with our Italian. Ordered the white pizza and meatballs, both solid. Also got gnocchi and their veal chop special. Both were excellent! Robby was a kind and attentive server. Excited to be back for the shower!”

“Such a wonderful place. Every time we've come here the service, food, and atmosphere has been top notch. The chef, Donna, is phenomenal. Tonight's special of cod in a seafood broth with shrimp, clams, and potatoes were finger licking good! Date night, friend get-together, whatever special occasion to celebrate, go to Vela!!”

“Beautiful interior and great service! The design is stylish and modern, and the staff were very friendly and attentive. If you’re around 30, though, this might not feel like the most comfortable place for dinner — most of the guests were around 55+, so the atmosphere felt a bit more mature. The food was decent with some interesting flavor combinations. Salads were very light, and desserts seemed more like semi-prepared items. I’d love to see the taste and quality of the dishes match the amazing look of the place and the wonderful service.”

“Not bad, but no compelling reason to try this place again any time soon. Large, modern dining room and outdoor seating. Plenty of room and high ceilings. Most comfortable chairs. Bread was fresh and warm, but not abundant and not refilled; really just enough for one person. Bread is better than Paradiso, but not as good as La Voglia. The olive oil served with the bread was excellent – strong flavored, the best I’ve had at any Bucks county Italian restaurant. Burrata and heirloom tomato appetizer was pretty good, as was the Mesclun salad, though the latter maybe could have used more salt. We ordered bucatini as our pasta course. Menu says “Tomato, Guanciale, Herbs, Sheep Milk Cheese”. What we received was not what I expected from the description. It was pasta with a very rich and delicious, though somewhat oily tomato based sauce. Sadly, the pasta was very overcooked. The dish was topped with a nice large strip of fried pork that I would have guessed was pork belly rather than guanciale, though it was tasty. I would have loved some more bread for the leftover sauce, but our empty bread basket was not refilled. Main courses were branzino over escarole, and chicken with mashed potatoes. Portions are small enough to justify getting a pasta dish before the main dish. Both dishes were fine, but not memorable. The branzino would have benefitted from a larger portion of escarole. Service is slow. Waitstaff was professional, if not particularly enthusiastic and friendly. Bottleneck appears to be the kitchen. We did not order dessert because we had already been there over 90 minutes by the time our dinner was complete.”

“Massive disappointment. We were the first table to be seated. It gradually got semi busy. Service started off great but quickly nose dived. Clearly something was wrong. Food took forever. Our waitress was in the weeds and disappeared. Manager was behind the line trying to catch things up but never came to the table. At no point did anyone inform us that there was a problem. We were just left to wait. If someone had come and explained that there was an issue and at least informed us, I could have been patient. Instead I had to demand a check at which point I was told dinner was on the house and it was rushed out to our table. My gnochii was not good. This is suppose to be a higher end restaurant. It was a complete disappointment and judging by other reviews…..this is a common theme at Vela. I will not eat here again. I would not recommend eating here.”