Bella Pizza E Trattoria - Stuart

The pizza and service (Stacey) at Fantini’s was awesome. The flavor of the sauce was perfect with the right amount of spice, and the pizza was cooked perfectly. It is obvious that they are pros who have been doing this for a very long time. The owner, Jimmy, was very kind to my 6-year old son and let him watch them in the kitchen and even gave him a little dough to take home. Super cool. The restaurant is beyond swamped these days because of Dave Portnoy’s glowing review. People should appreciate that it’s a very small shop with just a few employees doing their best to handle unprecedented interest in the wake of the publicity. So, you should keep that in mind and be understanding if you intend to visit in the near term. Complaining or leaving a bad review for having to wait or not having your phone call answered under the circumstances is simply wrong. We will definitely be back. Thank you Fantini’s!!!

What a gem! Authentic “up North” pizza! I’m an Italian Jersey girl, from a restaurant/pizzeria owning family, so I know a thing or two about good pizza. Thin, crispy, not too saucy, not too cheesy—all QUALITY ingredients. So flavorful and cooked perfectly. We had a plain cheese to really test how good it was, and then a spinach/Gorgonzola/mushroom pie. We enjoyed them both. The service was great (grazie Anthony! and the owner Jimmy was so genuine and personable. We live 2 hours from here but we’re already planning our return to try their dinner menu. This is the real deal Napolitana pizza!

Been in this area what feels like forever, but has only been a short few months. In that time, I have been trying to fill this pizza void being from the Naugatuck valley and having gone to college in Hamden where the night life was all in New Haven, CT. That said, all my expectations when ordering and eating pizza in FL has been set to NY and New Haven styled pizza by default. Nothing has come close though. Not that the pizza I had wasn’t good, but nothing was quite the same as home…. That is until I ate at Fantini’s. My mind is still blown with how they have the taste of home transported all the way here in Florida. I have nothing negative to say. You get what you pay for and they are incredibly inviting, friendly, the food is magnificent and they even go out of their way to have Foxon Park beverages imported and delivered to the restaurant for the full New Haven, CT pizza experience. The family and its staff are honestly so inviting and wonderfully nice. If you’re looking for an ambiance being from CT originally that makes you feel right at home, you might just find here. I know I did. They have all the significant pieces that make New Haven stand out along the walls in black and white and as well as a Yale University banner, before walking in to the restaurant they have a mini sign up that pays tribute to one of the streets known best for New Haven pizza too.

My husband and have been waiting to try Fantini's but, every time we tried calling the lines were busy and there was a line outside. On Saturday May 7th we enjoyed a movie and decided to give Fantini's a call to see if we could get in (this was around 8PM we spoke with Jimmy the owner and he said come on in and we will get you seated. We arrived and were greeted by Jimmy and his mother sat us at our table, Jennifer was the waitress, the restaurant was beautiful, atmosphere was great and the food was delicious! We did get to enjoy the company of the couple who sat next to us, there was a mix up on our pizzas but, the experience was great none the less and we will be back again! Thank You :

Hubby has been raving about the New Haven style pizza he had in a road trip thru CT, and when he found out there was one in Stuart, Fl he drove out to pick some up for me. We got the Esther's Eggplant, Jimmy's Favorite, and Spinach/Mushroom/Gorgonzola. Our favorite was the eggplant one we could not stop eating it. The other 2 were also great but we could only handle a slice of it. Jimmy's favorite was spicyyyyyyy (I loved it, hubby's taste buds couldn't handle it tho haha). The Gorgonzola (aka blue cheese) pie was very rich, but you'll enjoy if you love blue cheese. Hubby said he was expecting the pizza to be a bit thinner. However, as someone who never had New Haven style pizza, I thought they were absolutely delicious toppings were plentiful, sauce flavored perfectly, and crust super crispy. We also got tiramisu and cannolis the top of the tiramisu was a bit frozen..? Not sure if it was still thawing from freezer or if it was just an issue with their refrigerator? Regardless it was still delish.