Bella Italia - Milton Keynes Stadium

Brilliant. Gutted they don't offer mushroom starter on delivery options. Myself and friend chose 2 course option and were not disappointed. She had to have gluten free. They asked for any intolerance straight away and helped guide her choice. We both left happy and full. Great work team!

My partner and I chose to eat at Bella Italia after seeing an advert for a gluten free cookie dough dessert, as my partner is coeliac she was very excited about this as it's not something she's been able to eat since being diagnosed. After ordering our desserts, the cookie dough and the ice cream cookie dough balls - both of which are labelled as gluten free on the menu - the manager came to the table. They tried to explain that the cookie dough was gf, however it contained oats. We asked if these were specifically gf oats, to which we were told no and then talked down to with an explanation that some coeliacs/ people with gluten intolerance can eat non-gf oats depending on their level of intolerance (this is not true for coeliacs, as any gluten contamination causes a flare up). We decided to leave the cookie dough, but were told that the cookie dough ice cream balls didn't contain the non-gf oats and would be fine. We ate the ice cream balls and left. Lo and behold, the ice cream balls DID contain gluten contamination, leaving my partner uncomfortable and in pain for the following week. This mislabeling of gf items on the menu is dangerous and unacceptable, as well as the lack of knowledge by the serving staff. Bella Italia should've learned from the Pret a Manger incident a few years ago. Not good enough.