Lo Stella Ristorante

I was super excited to eat here because I had seen a video of them putting the pasta in the cheese wheel and I’ve always wanted to try that!! The food itself was good albeit expensive! I wasn’t impressed overall with the restaurant. When we arrived for our reservation we were quickly seated but then sat there for 10 minutes while servers continuously walked past us without acknowledgment. Finally, a waitress came up and expressed her apologies that no one had attended to us and though she wasn’t sure who was supposed to help us she would take our table. The guy who was supposed to take our table ended up coming by a few minutes only to tell us he’d be “right with us” before walking off for another 5 minutes and when he finally returned we told him we’d already been helped. I then saw him walk back and make a comment to the girl that she had stolen “his table.” Super unprofessional and rude on his part, in my opinion, because had she not helped us when she did we probably would have ended up leaving. We went on a Saturday night around 6, it was super busy and loud. We had to yell to talk to each other and the waitress. So if you’re still wanting to try the good food I recommend not going on a weekend! Edit: I was going to give a higher rating to be understanding of the fact that it was a busy Saturday night, but then I went and read other poor reviews and whoever runs their Google account and responds to poor reviews is rude and snarky so I’m editing my ratings to reflect the true ratings I wanted to give so people are warned before going here Vegetarian options: Limited choices, but the 2 dishes we tried were good

The food was wonderful! It’s a little restaurant with a homey feel. Jake, our waiter, was absolutely amazing with his service and recommendations. We will absolutely be back!

Our first time was amazing! Jake was an excellent server who had great recommendations for wine and pastas. The 140 year old fish ravioli was amazing. You also can’t go wrong with their vodka rigatoni. Chefs kiss.

Was able to walk in on a Saturday and sit at the bar! Jake gave use amazing service! We had both of the cheese wheel dishes and wine, the food & wine were amazing! Took us back to our cheese wheel experience in Florence! Vegetarian options: Delicious filling vegetarian options!

In my opinion, this is the best Italian restaurant in Denver!! Shayla at the bar is so personable and Jake and Luca were so knowledgeable and FUN!! Best pasta cheese wheel this side of the Atlantic!!

This is a gem of a place! Started off with clams in a delicious lemon garlic broth. Clams were pretty small, but the broth really made up for it. For pasta we got the bison ravioli and the pancetta rigatoni. The bison was super tender and the red sauce was great. But the star of the night was the pancetta rigatoni with the most delicious creamy vodka sauce. It had a smoky flavor to it and the pancetta was cut perfectly. You could literally drink the sauce it was so good! Our waiter Luca was also super friendly and honestly made the whole experience great. Before we left, he gave us homemade Limoncello shots, some of the best limoncello I’ve ever had. I know people have complained of service being slow, but it truly is worth the wait. This place is a labor of love.

Best restaurant ever - the staff are amazing, the food is to die for, and the atmosphere is inviting and romantic. Perfect for date nights! Every time we go, we book our next date night while we are still sitting there.. 10/10 recommend. Ask for Luca or Leo - you won’t regret it!

Best Italian restaurant in Denver! My wife and I were celebrating date night after 1 year of having a baby. This place was exactly what we needed! The food was fantastic, the location and setting was beautiful. But what stood out the most was the service we received from Jacob. He made us feel welcome and taken care of. We will definitely be back for date night!

Very nice authentic Italian restaurant. Very reasonable prices. We enjoyed every minute!

Very disappointed with what I got vs what I expected. Booked an 8:30 reservation for a Valentine’s Day dinner the night before. They had very weird pop music that didn’t fit the atmosphere playing very loudly. We ordered 2 glasses of wine and the pour was very small compared to the table next to us. Our server was extremely rude and would walk away from the table before we could finish ordering so we only ordered bread as an appetizer. We were never offered any of the specials of the night and only found them out after we ordered from overhearing a different server. Overall ruined the romantic experience and service seemed incredibly rushed. Food does not fit the hiked prices either. For advertising this being authentic, it didn’t come close to anything I’ve eaten in Italy