Bestia

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Great great. Definitely recommends. Amazing food

We were looking for an open place good with kids, open at 11pm, and serving drinks. The only search criteria we put in Google Maps was Arts district and this came up. Great recommendation Google!

I have been to Bestia's before and have always been pleased. It had been over one year since the last visit, and all the things I loved about it before remain in place still. I brought my nieces for their first time. Our waiter was so cheerful and pleasant. The food came out and all was delicious. We were allowed to take our time and at no time felt rushed. They allowed us to share dishes and even split the spaghetti and meatballs for us. I can't say enough good things about the restaurant and the staff. My nieces were so enthused and happy with our meal that we are already making plans to go back. Don't miss this gem!

Second time at Bestia and we enjoyed our time at the counter. If it's just two of you, you should really try the counter and watch some of the appetizers as they're being prepared.
We ordered the calamari to start with, mostly because it sounded really good on the menu, but the cooks were preparing the tomato salad over and over again. My wife and I just stared. Over. And over. Again. And again. Obviously almost every table was ordering the tomato salad. Mind you. We walked in as soon as they opened the door and we were waiting behind a line of 20 or so customers. We ordered the calamari, a pasta w/ homemade sausage, and the ribeye.

Before the ribeye made it out, we gave in. We ordered the tomato salad after watching the 20th salad plate go out. With burrata and other things on the dish that we couldn't figure out... We absolutely loved it.

In the end...Happy birthday to me!

PS. Parking isn't easy. About $8 if you want valet. Also, reserving ahead of time is HIGHLY recommended.

The bone marrow nochii is a must. The branzino is delicious. I wouldn't recommend a business dinner, as it is on the noisy side. However, it is a great place to meet and eat with friends. The food is fantastic.

We were lucky enough to book a 5:30pm on Friday night a month in advance and it was worth the wait. We shared two appetizers, one pasta, and an entree and all of it was spectacular. Our favorite was the Bone Marrow which came w spinach gnocchi-like pasta - so good can't stop thinking about it. A close tie was the cavatelli pasta w sausage and truffle. So yummy that my fiancé didn't offer me the last bite as he usually does, ha! We had the duck w kohlrabi which was also excellent!

Awesome food..best restaurant in the alley. Its hard to get a reservation there is at least 2 month of wait time :) Its totally worth it..

Serving: Serving is fast and prompt.

Food: I expected nothing for a vegan in Italian restaurant. But they made a special spaghetti upon request and thats yummy!!!.

Salad is delicious.

I only remove one star because it's so loud in there it's tough to have a conversation - and there's a lot to talk about in terms of food. Some of the best pasta I've ever had. The burrata pizza is insane. Never had better. If you can ever get a reservation, it's total hipster and again, hard to hear, but the food is really worth it.

Excellent food. Very crowded and hard to get a reservation.

The pork chop was juicy and succulent, the Belgian beers are great. Get the cavatelli with black truffles, it's fantastic.