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Cozy downtown Flagstaff Italian with house-made pasta and a loyal following
Cafe Stella is a cozy Italian spot tucked into an alley just off Aspen Avenue in downtown Flagstaff, about 80 miles south of the South Rim — a solid dinner stop if you're staging out of Flagstaff rather than Tusayan. With a 4.5 rating from 600 reviews, it's built a loyal following for fresh pasta made in-house and a warm, charming dining room.
Reviewers keep coming back for the same handful of dishes: sausage and mushroom pasta, chicken alfredo, mushroom ravioli, and a Tuscan salmon pasta that one diner said made the table go quiet for a minute. Start with the garlic bread or house salad, and save room for tiramisu if you like your dessert heavy on espresso. Portions run on the smaller side for the price, so this isn't the place to show up starving and expect to roll out.
The outdoor seating sits in the alley itself, which has its own scrappy charm after dark but is worth a quick look before you commit to a table there in daylight. Inside is the better bet if ambience matters more than people-watching.
624 reviews
in the last week
Food is not as advertised. Service was terrible!! I had to go and remind them about our drink order. The waitress was sitting at the bar and forgot our order!! Place is very dirty:( Food took forever.. we were a party of 5. Food took at least 10-15 minutes apart:( Not good 😌. We will never have to eat there again!! Sorry to give this review.
in the last week
in the last week
Yummy home made pasta
in the last week
Some of the best Alfredo I've had in a long time. All their pasta is made in-house, and it definitely shows. Highly recommend this place!
a week ago
I chose this restaurant with my family for dinner. The food was okay, and the restrooms were dirty. For the price, the quality of the food wasn’t worth it. One pasta dish had so much watery sauce it was almost a soup. The positives were the great attitudes of the woman who greeted us upon arrival and our server.