d'anna's cafe italiano

worth the trip!. drove down on sat. night from richmond to enjoy a fabulous meal. the food is scrumptious, service a delight and wonderful environment. the seafood pasta was excellent, the spicy sausage delicious & their attention to having one patron with a garlic allergy - amazing. we'll be back!

great go-to italian in bellingham. this is my favorite italian restaurant in bellingham. great food, though prices are a bit higher than elsewhere. the space is broken up by rooms, which creates a more intimate feeling.

my family and i had supper here this afternoon. what a disappointment! my son had a salmon which was really bland and he did not even finish it. my wife's soup tasted like canned soup. my turkey breast sandwich was processed meat which you buy in a grocery store. my daughter had a good burger and our cappuccinos were good. never see me again

my wife and i love this place! we had out first date here in bellingham years ago, and to this day it is still one of our favorite places to go. the only reason i don't give it a 5.0 is the last few times our service has been borderline awful. most of the people there you recognize everytime you go in but the last 2 times we have had an unfamiliar face which is expected . but we just left minutes ago and it is the first time i have ever left a restraunt without tipping my waiter atleast something! the funny thing is i don't feel bad about it, every other single person that helped us was so wonderful and the one waiter we had said less then 5 words " okay, okay, anything else, sure" .. we were there for over an hour. he ignored us for atleast 20 minutes as we patiently waited to ask for the check and boxes to go - best leftovers ever - and my wife asked another waiter who boxed our food and brought us our check within literally 2 minutes. other then tonight i would say hands down i recommend this place to anyone wanting to try a new place to eat, or go back to enjoy your favorites

accept no substitute. want italian? like red sauce sicilian italian with fresh in house pasta? i worked there for many years, and most dishes are tip-top. try creamy pesto and shells with their in house made sausage. more upper priced selections are excellent- such as the duck,chicken marsala and thee pork chop. everything is made on site same day, so freshness is a priority. oh yeah, get the kalamari for an app.
-bobby,
    cook & kitchen manager 10+yrs

the number one best in bellingham... awesome wait staff they get to know you. seen allot of the same people still working there for years. you can customize your plate with different sauces, pasta whatever you choose... love it! !

we've been to d'anna's several times, but not for a while, so it was time to visit again. they have quite an extensive menu, perhaps too large to pull off perfectly. most everything we have tried has been good to excellent.  some of our favorite dishes in past visits include the minestrone soup, the aglio e olio, which has garlic, walnuts, white wine and olive oil served with anchovies and house made spaghetti, the bruscellone (flank steak with garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, hard-boiled eggs, walnuts and cheese), and the spicy scampi appetizer, which had a very complex tomato based sauce but wasn't quite spicy enough for me. that was easily remedied with the red pepper flakes provided on table.  we also like the puttanesco, with black olives, anchovies, capers and marinara sauce served over spaghetti.  all their entrées come with a complementary house salad, which includes a little italian style bread.  the bread is good but the salad dressing is way too acidic for my taste.
we once did have a disaster:  grossly overcooked pasta. it was cheerfully replaced immediately. it's hard to forgive an italian restaurant for overcooking pasta, but i've been here enough that i can overlook this one misstep.
our most recent visit was a little less successful.  my calamari appetizer was a bit limp, and the dipping sauce was really bland.  i would not order this dish here again.  my gnocchi with shitake mushrooms, peas, tomato, pancetta, spinach and cheese was good, but i’ve had many better gnocchi dishes.  my wife’s spaghetti with meat sauce was simple but fine.
one other complaint:  please serve the wine at the proper temperature!  it was 77 f the last time we ate there, and we ordered a $27 bottle of pinot noir, which arrived at room temperature. many people think that red wine should be served at room temperature.  any wine expert will tell you that 60-65 f is the proper temperature, not 77 f.  it makes a difference.
this is a very informal place and not the really the spot for an intimate dinner.  i rank it as the second best italian restaurant in bellingham, bested only by giuseppe's.  however, it serves very good informal italian fare and is well worth a try.

we stopped in about 5:30pm on a monday and there were plenty of tables open.  an hour later there were people waiting.  the dinner salad was a very nice start to our meal.  my wife had chicken d'anna and loved it.  i had puttanesca with prawns and it was very flavorful and quite good with 6 prawns.  the pasta was obviously fresh, as was everything else.  we decided to have dessert.  my wife had the chocolate caramel nut torte and it was very good.  i had the cheesecake, blueberry this day, and it was also very good.  the desserts felt very european, which we like.  the decor is funky and the service is good.  we would definitely eat here again.

great food, weird help. i ordered a meal to go and the dishwasher came out and started talking to me. odd, that.

super. food: a+
portions: a
presentation: b
service: a
ambiance: b
prices: c
overall value: a-

best quality italian fare in b'ham, at fair, not cheap prices. excellent service. not fast food, because everything is made fresh to order. very accommodating to groups. if you are patient, you will have an outstanding and bountiful meal. downsides: always busy and can be very crowded. small rooms. can be noisy.

we found this little treasure this weekend and it was such a wonderful find. i can't believe we had never been there. we will be back again and again. the food is delicious. pasta is homemade everything is great down to the kids food. the bread they serve is to die for!!!

another weekend, another dinner in bellingham. i was craving pasta, so we decided on trying d’anna cafe italiano. when we got there, it was quite busy, and we had to wait for about an hour to be seated. it smelled awesome in there though, so we had to stay and wait it out i ordered the chicken d’anna, while my friends ordered linguini with fresh clams, and spaghetti with meatballs. after our order, we each received a small plate with salad, and their cheesy bread. the salad was fresh and nicely dressed. the cheesy bread was light and airy, but although there was a lot of cheese, it wasn’t very flavourful. i ordered the chicken d’anna with a cream sauce since that was what i was craving, but you can also order it with an extra virgin olive oil sauce. it comes with chicken breast, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, shallots, artichoke hearts, pine nuts and basil with garlic and white wine with fettuccine. there was plenty of garlic in the cream sauce and i really

arguably one of the best italian restaurants in bellingham. the ambiance is stimulating, the staff friendly, knowledgable and efficient but its the food that really shines! be ready for rich, complex flavors that will knock your socks off. this place is just plain delicious.

consistently awesome. :). we love d'anna's! we go here for every special event. it is on the higher price end, so it's a special event thing, but the food is just amazing.

the gnocchi is my favorite, delicious and it just melts in your mouth. mmmm :) big portions, good wine selection, rich delicious italian food, and the bread they serve with the salad is great.

it is a little loud in here usually, as it's a small space and very busy, but the food here takes center stage, not atmosphere. i can't say enough good things about d'anna's, it's the ultimate pasta comfort fest. :)

love this place! it's best of you get there earlier in the evening or at lunch, but even is you have to wait forever the food is totally worth it! i'm a cheapskate and think this place is pricey but i always come back when i can. their pastas are wonderful and so are all the sauces. they make lots of seasonal dishes and the atmosphere is nice. definitely wouldn't bring my kid here. this is more of a date place/ classy get together that kids don't seem to mix well with.