Stellas Italian

T-H-E WORST SERVICE EVER!!!.... Let me TELL you.

Went there after a long eventful day with six fantastic friends....

We sat, order our drinks... and waited... and waited.. and 'then' ordered our entries...

*looking at watch..... still looking at watch*

We finally received our drinks (well most of us did).... and continued waiting for another hour for our food.

Once some of us got our food... one friend noticed her meatball was undercooked and pink in the center.  We addressed this and the guy, without acknowleding if it was okay to take a look swiped her plate and walked away and proceeded to "finger" the food with his index finger...and return to say "oh.... you're mistaken - it's cooked."

The rest of our entries come out and we all finally 'try' to enjoy dinner with friends. Except for my friend who's plate was fingered...

Well our waitress then comes back flustered and we share the "fingering of food" with her and she says, "I'm sorry but some of us in the back is "SLAMMED"."

I ask, "Drunk or on drugs?"

She says, "Prolly both."

We began to question our plates and she replies... "Well, I can only comp only three of our plates...and that's all I'll do."

We then witness the employee getting escorted out of this septic tank by the head cook.

We recieve the bill, $93.00... and we begin to split the bill... but then we begin to protest.

Long story short..... this place is a complete joke.

(Unless you're into getting your undercooked meatball fingered...feel free.)

After a long, hot day of hiking, my husband and I just wanted a place to sit down, have a beer and eat some pizza.  Stella's was recommended to us by someone in the hiking store on the plaza.

There is a nice little outside seating area that is perfect in the evenings - just let them know you want to sit out there and they will set it up.  

We went two nights in a row.  The pizzas are 10 inches - about the size of a dinner plate.  The crust is obviously handmade - crispy with an almost cracker-like taste.  Fresh ingredients on top (we chose tomato sauce, onions, jalapenos and mozarella).  The arugula salad is incredibly delicious.  

Staff is attentive and very friendly.  Highly recommend if you want somewhere to sit and enjoy a nice meal outside (they also have indoor seating if you prefer) without listening to the traffic on the main drag in Taos.