Stella Barra Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Jun 15th, 2023

Loved the pizza both times Ive stopped by. Great location to grab a pizza and walk to the beach to watch a sunset
Jun 15th, 2023

A five-star experience. Beautiful restaurant and great atmosphere, and the food was incredible. I ordered the classic pepperoni pizza, and the crust (the best part, in my opinion) was buttery and airy. The marinara sauce also tasted very fresh. Couldnt have asked for a better pizza. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but I was too busy eating it. It was expensive, but definitely worth it for the delicious pizza. The quality of service matched the quality of the food, 100%. Our server, Nicole, was very kind and helpful, and helped to match my father with a dry wine which he had specifically asked for and appreciated afterwards. My sisters pizza took a little longer to come out of the kitchen than did the rest of my family and Is food, and the staff were very apologetic and even gave us a plate of free chocolate chip cookies to apologize, which was completely unnecessary. They went the extra yard and deserve every star on this rating!
Jun 29th, 2023

How lucky we were to find ourselves in Santa Monica on a Sunday (pizza night in our world!) We walked over from the pier for dinner at Stella Barra, checked in, and were seated quickly (although we later got a notice from Open Table about not showing up for our reservation which is always humiliating, especially when it's not true. :/) It's a comfortable space with really delicious Neapolitan-style pizza options. I had a glass of the Chianti D.O.C.G. wine to start (when in Rome...) which helped from the experience nicely. And for my pizza, I ordered the Spicy Giardinera & Olive Pizza. This was a little out of the box for me as at a new-to-me pizza place I typically order a margarita or basic cheese pie to get a baseline of what they can do. I'm glad I ventured out as this was super tasty with a perfect crust. Saved a couple slices for lunch the next day and felt like a millionaire. My wife had the Shaved Mushroom Pizza on Gluten Free Crust. Also really tasty and with just about the best gluten-free crust we've had. Most places have a token, probably frozen standard gluten-free crust that is used so they can cover their bases. This one is made in-house, and although not quite the same as their regular crust, was crispy, chewy and a really thoughtful offering for gluten-free folk. Our kid had buttered pasta and fries (dinner of champions.) The fries were super guided and we helped ourselves to our share of them. We'd order from her a lot of we lived in Santa Monica. Really really well done Neapolitan pizzas.
Jun 19th, 2023

Jun 13th, 2023