Great waitstaff, great food, ample menu, beautiful interior and vibe...
Bella Luna is a great place to have a nice meal in Ludlow without getting too pricey. You feel as though your eating at a high end restaurant without hurting your wallet too badly. You must call for a reservation if you don't want to wait an hour. Even in the fall, it's packed. The butternut squash soup is like a dessert. I get it every time. It's not on the regular menu, but almost always on the specials. Every entree comes with salad. This place is a must visit when in Ludlow!

We've eaten several times at Bella Luna and our experience each time has been very good. Yeah the salad could be better but each main course we've had has been tops. After tasting the eggplant parm, for instance, my wife declared that she'd never make it at home again (and her's is good!). Service is good too. We're heading back there this week for the fifth time.‎

I love the Bella Luna! I live in California, but fortunately my parents live in Ludlow about a mile from the restaurant. We all watched it being built, and I was lucky enough to be visting the day they had their grand opening. We had a wonderful time, and immediately made dinner reservations for the next night.

Even the opening night dinner was great, and it's only gotten better every time I've been back. Now I plan going to Bella Luna into any trip to see my parents, and they often eat there once a week because they enjoy it so much.

The owner is very friendly and the waitstaff is some of the best in the business. The prices are extremely reasonable, and the food is all fantastic. I can't recommend this restaurant highly enough, and I've gone to a lot of fancy restaurants all over the world. This place should get 10 stars!

Bella Luna in Ludlow reinforces what I have felt for a very long time, Vermont is not the place to eat Italian food.

Our dining experience started off very well, the establishment was very attractive and spotlessly clean. Particularly enjoyed watching the stars on the ceiling twinkle and the occasional shooting stat pass by. Over all a very relaxed and inviting atmosphere.

We ordered our diners and a couple of bowl of the squash with maple syrup soup. bread arrived at the table nicely warmed and was followed shortly by our soup and a house salad which was part of the entrees we had ordered. The soup was quite good and was thoroughly enjoyed, the house salad however arrived with an oil and vinegar dressing, which is fine if you enjoy oil and vinegar, I do not. It would have been a bit more accommodating had the restaurant offered their patrons a choice instead of taking it upon themselves to decide what we should be happy with.

Our entrees arrived, one Chicken Marsala and one Egg Plant Parmesan. The Chicken Marsala was acceptable with the pasta being properly done aldente.

The eggplant was a completely different matter, the egg plant was breaded and fried without the skins being removed, there is only one reason to leave these tough skins on an eggplant, laziness. This was only the tip of the iceberg, the sauce reeked of oregano, it was so overpowering than no other flavor could be detected. The absolute worst brand of bottled sauce would have been a vast improvement.

When we spoke with the "manager" about our complaints he answered us by stating that no one else had ever complained about the skins on the egg plant and that the "chef" personally sliced, breaded and fried the egg plant himself. Perhaps if the "chef", his word, not mine, would let a helper prepare the eggplant, as all other restaurants do, he might find enough time to learn how to make sauce, or at least how to open a decent jar of commercial sauce.

Part of the problem seems to be the management, the manager went so far as to admit he knew nothing about food preparation, several of his answers confirmed this. His main argument was that the chef was Italian, I can only assume that if you are Italian you are a automatically a master Italian chef and a world class opera singer. My wife is Italian, I consider myself an accomplished cook and we are from New York City where there is at least 1 Italian Restaurant on each block. The owners of Bella Luna should thank their lucky stars that they elected to open in Vermont & not NYC, they would have lasted at best 2 months.

This is one fantastic place.If i can,t get to visit every week,I did not have a good week. In NYC this is a bargan at 50$ per. But a great meal can be orded for less than $14.When you step inside you find a beautiful place, That makes you say"WOW ,THIS COULD BE JUST ABOUT THE MOST FANTASTIC RESTURANT I HAVE EVER BEEN "
Not only that,the food could be the best you had in a long,long,time.The wait staff is very special.They make sure that your every need is met.If you miss the best place to dine in New England,then your visit to Vermont has something missing.