Trattoria Stella

We’ve been here a few times and never had a bad experience. The food is to die for, the service is great, and the staff has wonderful drink pairing recommendations. HOWEVER, last night, my girlfriend and I went to the location on 32nd. The wait was going to be about an hour. I looked online and found a reservation in 30 minutes at the Colfax location. I went ahead and grabbed and told Tom to take us off the list since I found the reservation at the other location. He asked for my name and crossed me off the list. When we arrived at the Colfax location, I gave Toby my name and he said “you traveled all the way across town to eat here?!” He said Tom called ahead to tell him we were on our way. Toby was fantastic, provided great wine recommendations, and at the end of dinner he said he was “under strict instructions from Tom to give us dessert on the house”. What an unexpected treat! Their white chocolate bread pudding was the perfect end to a wonderful date night. When your team cares that much, your guests take note! Can’t wait to go back!

The food and service were outstanding and the prices very reasonable. Highly recommend the bacon burrata for the table. Next level delicious. I had the Creamy Sausage Rigate and what a great choice. The spicy nutmeg tomato cream sauce was out of this world. Another friend got the Spaghetti Bolognese and it, too, checked all the boxes for flavor and freshness. The friend who got the 32nd St. Pasta devoured his. The only thing I would not recommend was the flourless chocolate torte as well all agreed it was quite try. All things considered, worth the 5 Star rating for sure - including great, friendly service.

We had a decent dinner, good server. The food was good, you could taste every flavor. Wine tasted a little over oxidized, which was disappointing. Overall, would go again but not itching to get back.

Couldn't even walk in the front door to fulfill our reservation on 2/26 at 7:52 pm without getting the worst customer service from the long haired guy in glasses at the host desk. If that's how the start is, I don't want to try the food. We left and went to one of Denver's other 5,000 restaurants with better staff.