Buona Vita Restaurant is dedicated to preparing deliciously authentic and classic Italian foods served with only top-shelf ingredients, charm and smile, where guests are celebrated and welcomed. With beautiful high ceilings, warm ambiance, beautiful Tuscan dcor, walking through the doors of Buona Vita takes you to an intimate and cozy Southern Italian villa right in the heart of Somers Point.
Bring your favorite bottle of wine and an appetite for classic fine Italian food and homemade desserts. At Buona Vita, come as a guest and return as family. Because we have limited space in our dining rooms, we recommend you reserve in advance for your party. Check out our list of upcoming events including holiday menus plus information about private parties.
Bring your favorite bottle of wine and an appetite for classic fine Italian food and homemade desserts. At Buona Vita, come as a guest and return as family. Because we have limited space in our dining rooms, we recommend you reserve in advance for your party. Check out our list of upcoming events including holiday menus plus information about private parties.
Reviews (10)
John Natale
Jan 05, 2022
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Martin Friel
Jan 01, 2022
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Always a great meal. I think we will find another for our future NYE dinners. They have a pre fixe menu for NYE which you order from regular menu and specials. Ordering the same dishes that we had planned on getting cost us $30 more since it was a fixed menu. We will definitely go back 2 or 3 times this year
Bob Mack
Nov 23, 2021
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Party of 6 on a Friday night. Really loud dining room but that's the way it is when there's a full house. Fellow diners were pleased with their meals. The mussels were very good. The chicken Parmesan was well received. The flounder francaise looked like the best I've ever seen (capers and all) but a big disappointment when the taste was ruined with extremely excessive salting. The bread was absolutely terrible. The service was good. When we arrived home I saw that my credit card was charged twice. I tried to call and the answering machine said leave a message..."Sorry, the mailbox is full." Called
Meisi Lau
Oct 19, 2021
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Ambience is nice. Looks like they converted the first floor of a house into a restaurant. So a little packed and we had a little alcove. It's cozy.
Food is alright. Appetizer of grilled calamari was good. Did not like the sauce that came with it though. The salmon was decent. The "risotto" is not a great risotto. It wasn't creamy like a risotto should be, more like cooked rice with a little bit more extra liquid, but it was ok.
Service was lackluster at best. We had reservations and the people got seated before us and we had to wait for a table. Waitress did not bring us menus. We waited 15 minutes
Food is alright. Appetizer of grilled calamari was good. Did not like the sauce that came with it though. The salmon was decent. The "risotto" is not a great risotto. It wasn't creamy like a risotto should be, more like cooked rice with a little bit more extra liquid, but it was ok.
Service was lackluster at best. We had reservations and the people got seated before us and we had to wait for a table. Waitress did not bring us menus. We waited 15 minutes
Chef Dennis
Sep 03, 2021
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Mark S. Smith
Aug 28, 2021
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Felice Karetny
Aug 06, 2021
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Maureen Kervick
Aug 04, 2021
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Shimmeringpath
Jul 15, 2021
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Charming old school Italian place. The staff is very understanding, I gave an extra star for them because they're nice. This is BYOB so definitely bring a bottle of wine , if it's white wine they'll give you an ice bucket. We started with the Calamari and an order of lobster ravioli which was a special. Definitely get the lobster ravioli if it's on the menu. I thought it was better than the Calamari and seemed to have large chunks of crabmeat or lobster on top with a tasty sauce. For main I got the stuffed tilapia but my Mom got the Branzino and that was definitely better so I'd get that next time
Amanda Berthold
Jul 15, 2021
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