Ciao Bella Ristorante

Thomas Sisco

We have been Two Ciao Twice now, Food was Ok, needed seasoning, Not great for the price. Drinks were to expensive w/ Chicago Pricing. Service was very good. We walked off the street on a Friday and we’re seated at 7:pm. Not a good sign for an upscale Italian restaurant. With that all being said The One Thing That Drove Us Crazy was the added Tables it’s like a School bus, People our on top of each other, The staff can barely walk and serve, I feel sorry for the staff. I hope the owners know , Make your customers feel welcome . Just My Thoughts.

Jenna Holzhauser

Ciao Bella USED to be good. I used to enjoy it. However, they CANNOT handle holidays. I just left (without eating dinner!!) the restaurant for Mother’s Day and I will never be back. Business lost forever. Now this is not my first rodeo with Ciao Bella for holidays. They’ve ruined a NYE and a Valentine’s Day on me. I have not been back since Valentine’s 2018. I thought we’d give them another whirl to redeem themselves and damnit was I wrong, big time. Mother’s Day at Ciao Bella was probably my worst experience in dining out in recent months. I knew it was going to go south when our reservation was running “a half hour late”. Well, an hour later we were seated. Took another 20 minutes for us to just get water. Another 10 for bread. Eventually the waitress came and took our order. Well. Took about 30 minutes to get our apps. No one was clearing plates. We had STACKS of them at our table. Eventually they came to tell us half of our entrees were out. Which means our order never even got put in. We gave up and asked for the bill. Everyone in our section was being treated poorly. No service, late food, messed up tickets, checks calculated wrong. This was a horrific dinner and I won’t be back. I literally took my family to McDonalds for dinner after this poor showing from Ciao Bella. DO NOT BOOK CIAO BELLA FOR HOLIDAYS. They simply are not equipped to handle it. Do yourselves a favor and go to Cafe Borgia instead, you’ll be happier.

Eric Farner

My wife and I came here for dinner Sunday. We usually love Ciao Bella’s food and service but this year they have been very poor to the point that I feel the need to leave a review. Service was so poor. We had arrived at 5:30, ate, had 1 set of drinks, and skipped dessert. Spent $130 and left at 7:40. First set of drinks and appetizer took nearly 45 minutes to get to us. Dinner took an additional 45 minutes. Our server forgot our second set of drinks. It took 25 minutes to get a carry out box. My filet mignon tastes like a charred shoe at medium rare. And yes I DO cook my own steak and it would cost me significantly less and taste much better. The only thing that came quickly was the check… My wife’s gnocchi was good but everything else was just so off. I usually tip very well for good service but I felt so devalued by the waitress that I just don’t want to come back here again. It’s a shame because we used to love Ciao Bella.

GinaSueWho

Went for lunch. We each had a bowl of soup. I had the Pasta Fagioli. It was delicious and creamy and hit the spot on a cold winter day. My husband had the Minestrone which was tasty too. We split the zuppa di pesca as our main. It was plated well and the perfect size to share. For dessert we shared the Limoncello Tartufo. It was the perfect blend of tart and sweet with the fresh and pureed raspberries and cream. Our waitress and runner were attentive and pleasant. Great experience.