My husband and I love tapas, so every time we travel, we try to include a tapas restaurant. This one was just okay. There wasn't a lot of tapas to choose from. We had garlic shrimp, smoked salmon on crostini, and empanadas. All were good, but nothing spectacular. The sangria was good, too.

Ten of us ate at Bella Maria last night and were absolutely blown away by the quality, taste, inventiveness, and price of the food. The service was outstanding. This morning I'm still salivating thinking about what we ate (tapas for appetizers, then regular entrees) and would entertain having the same thing again for breakfast!!! Wonderful find. Eat outside if you can.

My wife and I saw this while cruising 5th Ave S and saw that they served tapas. We stopped in the next night for her birthday and really enjoyed it (BTW, the desert-something turnover--was outstanding!). The paella del mar was excellent and the atmosphere was friendly.

While visiting Naples for the first time we were delighted to find The Bella Maria Café.
We would recommend this restaurant to anyone and found the food, service and welcoming atmosphere a must for anyone strolling 5th Avenue. Not slick but charming, we had a leisurely cafe lunch on a sun drenched February day. We were a party of five seated outside on the patio. There were many little inviting shops nearby to explore after our meal. The owner was clearly busy but kind in offering to snap a family photo of us before we ordered. We just had simple lunches, chicken salad, a wonderful eggplant dish, and sandwiches but we felt they did a great job with our choices. The food was fabulous and we found the fresh homemade pastries to be outstanding! We ordered fruit tarts, a cannoli and Napoleons to pass around the table and all were delicious. Our only regret was when we realized we were flying home the next day and wouldn’t have time to come back to try their tapas dishes.
It’s difficult finding the perfect little lunch on vacation but The Bella Maria Café was the perfect choice.