Nauna's Bella Casa

06/18/09

Fabulous time at Nauna's!

by RangersFan31

I'm from South Jersey and went to Nauna's for a family members birthday party. There was about 60 of us and they took care of us like we were family! The food was delicious and plentiful and the wait staff was sooo nice I think we ended up leaving about a 40%tip! They deserved it because they took care of our every need. I just wanted to give a thumbs up for Nauna's. Anyone looking for a place to host a family gathering and live in the area should consider this place, they do a great job.

• Pros: Great food and really nice staff.
• Cons: I live an hour away!

06/14/09

The Food & Service is amazing!

by Beaner17

I have been going to Nauna's for years and it never disappoints and keeps getting better. You can stop by for a slice of incredible pizza or a sandwich or choose to have a more formal dinner in the dining room area. Regardless, you will not be disappointed - the food is just delicious. Amazing food, friendly staff, BYOB, reasonable prices, PARKING, what more can you ask for! For anyone who has not been there, you need to try it... You'll thank me later!

• Pros: Best Italian in North Jersey

06/11/09

Wow, great place!

by LoveToFly

I've lived in Montclair for a few years but never tried Nauna's. I wasn't avoiding the place, I just had gotten into the habit of going to other Montclair restaurants because there are many good places. My friends wanted to go out and one of them recomended Nauna's so we had a table of 8 meet there on Wednesday. I'm soo happy I went there! The food was awesome (everyone agreed) and the prices were really resonable. We brought a couple of bottles of wine so we didn't order any drinks but $137.00 for 8 people and we all had appetizers, dinners & desserts? Awesome! It wouldn't be worth it if the food was bad, but that wasn't the case at all. I had stuffed rigatoni in vodka sauce with peas and fresh mozzarella for dinner, fried calamari for an appetizer and cheesecake for dessert and everything was wonderful. The dining room (in the back)is really well decorated and the tables aren't right on top of each other so you don't feel like the table next to you is listening to everything you say. Everthing about the night was really good, we'll be back for sure!

• Pros: Great food, prices

04/12/09

Best Pizza Around!

by SteveSutherland

Nauna's had the best sicillian pizza in town. They are also the only place that has whole wheat crust that actually tastes good and not like cardboard with sauce in it. I usually only get pizza there but the few times I ordered pasta it was very good also. The sauce wasn't watery and the pasta was firm and not overcooked. (Not like the pasta they sell at Enzo's next door to Nauna's, I made that mistake once!) The big parking lot is also a bonus when you want to make a quick pick up and not have to search for a parking space.

• Pros: Awesome Sicillian Pie!

03/27/09

Nauna's is the BEST!

by SurfingMom

I have been bringing the family to Nauna's for about 12 years (since they were at their previous location across the street) so I can speak with experience here. Nauna's has really good everyday food; pizza, pasta, salads, dinners etc. and they are all reasonably priced. The owner, Tommy is always gratious and seems to really care about his customers and that's important in any restaurant, but particularly in a local family-restaurant with lots of families and repeat customers like Nauna's has. So often my husband and I know half the patrons in the dining room when we get there and that's part of the atmosphere you get there, a real "family" feel to it. If you haven't been there you should at least give it a try, Nauna's does a really good job that's probably why they are so busy all the time.

• Pros: Great pizza & pasta! Reasonable pricing & good service
• Cons: Hard to get a table on weekends, wait staff can be slow.

02/19/09

Great Pizza & Pasta!

by MontclairMom

Nauna's really is a great place for the family. There are delicious dishes for adults, kids sized pasta chioces and great pizza. They really understand what a family wants in a restaurant. The wait staff is friendly and the portions are very generous (we usually take home as much as we eat) they have a wide variety of dinners from $9.00 to up to $20 for steaks & seafood entrees. Everyone I know in town eats there, Nauna's is practally a landmark in Montclair for the past 30 years.

02/14/09

Food was amazing at Naunas!! Montclair best Italian YUM

by RyanandAnthony

First off, I'd like to say that we found this wonderful restaurant online. I saw rave reviews about it & decided to give it a try...boy, we sure made the right choice that night!! When we arrived we were greeted by someone who actually cared which table she was placing us at (A lot of restaurants don't, they just say "Follow me") We sat in the Piazza room which was just beautiful. Nice & clean with pretty decor & all of the staff working seemed to be doing such a good job. Fast paced yet accurate....everyone was so polite as well!! We ordered two house salads which came with the most amazing Italian dressing I think I've ever had!!! Everything we ordered was amazing...From the stuffed mushrooms down to the Eggplant Parm ;) YUM. You can tell that the food is fresh and they take pride in the business they own. Even the friggin soda's taste clean & fresh (Which we all know some places they come flat sometimes) Everything & I mean everything was more than we expected that night. Raymond came over to greet us & ask how everything was and we couldn't of been happier. We came back a week later (I didn't know it would be that busy so we showed without a reservation.....OUR fault, and they still treated us great) I think we may have found a new favorite restaurant!!! ;) Thanks Naunas!

• Pros: pretty much everything, great food, great people & service
• Cons: seem to be always super busy, okay if you don't mind crowds

02/11/09

Good food, but horrible service for delivery

by wolverinenj

Ordered a pizza from here couple of times based on great reviews. Lets just say he pizza is very lacking a quality crust and their food could be more flavorful. Great food for people with no sense of taste and want o be lulled to sleep with mediocre quality. Both times it was cold and flavor was lacking. The male who sometimes answers the phone is quite rude and needs a lesson in professionalism and manners. Hopefully heis proactive about reading his reviews, but then again, this seems like a place that might build up their own hype. If they were a bit nicer, the delivery guys would make out better for tips.

• Pros: None
• Cons: pricey, poor quality and bad service

08/20/08

The best pizza & pasta in the area

by Sportsdad

Nauna's is one of those places that when you go there, you see 4 or 5 other families that you know in the dining room. It's like a meeting place for local families. We go there at least once a week and love the pasta and fresh salads. The mandarin orange salad with grilled shrimp and raspberry vinegarette dressing is the best salad I have ever had anywhere! The waitresses are always freindly and do mostly a good job and the management is always responsive if is there is a problem. They have two dining rooms, one that is casual and filled with families and the back room is more formal where they only serve entrees and daily specials. Nauna's is a great example of how independant restaurants can compete with the big chains that are opening up everywhere.

• Pros: Mostly everything about the place
• Cons: sometimes they are so busy it's hard to get served qiuclky

08/18/08

Nauna's rules!

by johnwaitkus

Nauna's in Montclair is a really great place for casual Italian cuisine. They have great pizza, but we mostly order one of the many pasta dishes they have or we order off the daily specials menu. The stuffed rigatoni and the cappellini portofino are our favorite pasta dishes, and when they have the seafood lasagna on special we always order it, they should put it on the everyday menu it's so good. Besides pasta I would recommend the Hotsy Totsy Shrimp and the calamari balsamico for seafood and the chicken salminbocca is my favorite chicken entree. The service is always friendly and competent (although not top notch). Overall I find Nauna's to be above average in food, service and value. No wonder they have been in business 30 years, they do a great job there.

• Pros: High quality food, good service, fair pricing, ample parking, open 7 days
• Cons: Always busy, sometimes you can't get a table without a reservation.