Best Contemporary Italian Restaurants in Pioneer Square

We flew from Georgia to visit my daughter and to try the pasta flight at Messina! Sadly around 21 minutes before our dinner time they cancelled the pasta flight service for the evening. However the food was amazing!! Every single dish was EXCELLENT!!!! The wait staff was phenomenal and fun to talk to. 10/10 would recommend!!! I will say that the host was kinda rude and a little short with us when we were asking about the discontinued flight service. Not what you expect at the front of the restaurant greeting people and setting the tone. Everything after that canceled her out thankfully!!

Excellent service,appetizers were tasty and pasta delicious. Thx

Dinner was absolutely fantastic! We started with the meatball plate then had the bolognese and Sunday gravy for dinner. We heard the portions were generous but holy cannoli they are HUGE! The bolognese was easily the largest portion I've ever had at an Italian restaurant and triple the size of Pink Doors portion. The Sunday gravy was not just in a bowl, this was the size of a punch bowl. My husband couldn't even finish half of it. Considering the quality of the food with the portion size and the price point our dinner was phenomenal. We have found our new fav Italian restaurant and are truly looking forward to visiting again.

We have been to Stella’s before for their holiday offerings and have not been disappointed. We decided to try their Christmas Eve dinner and we were served 4 courses of very delicious food. The prime rib dinner was particularly outstanding. What was different this time around was the service, however. They seemed to be short staffed and it took some time after we sat time for us to be acknowledged. After we received our food, no one bothered checking in with us to see whether it was to our liking. We ordered wine and it finally arrived after our dessert! My wife and I have eaten at Stella’s many times. We have always enjoyed the food and the service as being outstanding! I will just chalk this up to being a one off.