Ciao Pizza

This has been my favorite pizza spot since moving to my new office building. However, in the past couple of years, a slice of pepperoni pizza and fries has gone from $ 4.50 to $ 5.00 to $ 5.50 and then today $ 7.00. Ciao has now become too expensive for me.

Okay, so I said that I would not come back here unless I had to. Well, there are only so many places to eat in this area, so I ended up coming back here again.
I am not giving Ciao’s 4 stars because of the pizza. I have not, and refuse, to eat their pizza here ever again because of my last experience. I am still EXTREMELY skeptical of their pizza.
I am giving Ciao’s 4 stars because of their customer service, salads and chicken fingers and fries platter. The salads are HUGH!!! I can never finish eating either the salad or chicken fingers when I purchase these for lunch. The chicken Caesar salad comes with chicken, obviously and it comes with A LOT of it. Would I like any salad with my chicken? It is still very tasty and delicious nonetheless. The chicken fingers and fries are $ 9.00 but the price is so worth it for the large portion that you get. Unfortunately, the fries could use a bit more spice but other than that, I have no complaints. Lastly, the customer service has vastly improved over the past few months. The employees are quick, accurate and friendly. Also, there does not seem to be a huge, messy line anymore… At least not when I have been there.
Keep up the good work, guys!

Portobello pizza and four cheese. Both edible. Portobello was not as good as four cheese. At $ 4.50 a slice with same medium pizza $ 12, if you like the pizza then you may want to get medium pizza instead. It is very overpriced for an okay pizza. Not worth coming back forth. Go to Bagel Shop next store instead.

Ate here once a week past 6 weeks, working across the street doing construction, we get there at 10;50 am. … the pizza slices are piled on top of each other, like 3 different pizzas piled 3 high, all different slices and they look like they were from the night b4, hard and cold at 10;50am??, they always say its from today when we ask, sauce has no taste, i dont get it, they never pull a hot plain out of the oven in the 45 min were there, always grabbing slices from under the counter, ive eaten enough slices to know it wasnt made that day, save your money n go to Di Bruno Bros around the corner n go upstars and get the fresh made pizza

Food is good, but I can’t get over the fact how rude the girls working there were. They had no manners and did not even apologize or look in my direction when they messed up my order. I had to essentially argue to get the rest, since they refused to give me a receipt. The girls looked like they didn’t want to be there and it was a horrible customer service experience. The men working there were the complete opposite and gave great customer service.

This place hands down is the best I’ve had in the city! Their margarita pizza is amazing! I can eat here every day and never get bored. Oh and you have to try the tomato and spinach. No meat and it’s so delicious! And everyone is super nice!

Best pizza slice in the city! I have been searching all of center city for a good classic, no frills, slice of pepperoni and Ciao Pizza delivers!
Admittedly, Philly’s pizza scene is really lacking. But I have sampled Pietro’s coal fire, Joe’s Pizza, Dolce Carini and Ciao Pizza comes out victorious.
So, for a good and well-​priced slice or pie of pizza in Center City, Ciao Pizza is your place!

Friendly staff, food is pretty good! I always go here bcs their prices are reasonable to me. Always clean.

The food is good, but the ladies that run the counter leave a lot to be desired. This is the 2^nd time this week they got my order wrong

Philly, I hate your pizza scene. I’m over it. I want to move back to NJ or NY.
While this would likely get a 2 at home, it’s definitely better than Joe’s on 16^th and the service is definitely friendlier than the aforementioned.
I do appreciate the following: crust is not too thick, the toppings are interesting (i.e. they have a bacon pizza), and the staff is nice.
I question how long the pizza has been sitting out here (similar story across Center City). That said, I haven’t gotten sick.

Had the cheese steak here with the cheez-​whiz… big mistake. Was overly laden with globs of ‘cheese’ and mayo. Hot steak meat with coldish ‘cheese’ and mayo just didn’t sit right with me. Maybe next time, if there is one, I’ll try the pizza instead or just order the cheese steak with good cheese rather than what ‘most people order’.

This place is always full of people during lunch time. Having limited time during lunch I ordered my food ahead and it only took about 15 minutes for it to be done. I ordered a cheesesteak as well as cheese fries. When I picked up my food I was pleasently surprised of how cheap my order was! Only $ 8.50 for the whole order, compared to all of the other places in center city it was a bargain. The order of fries were huge as well and they were delicious. Me and a coworker shared both the fries and cut the cheesesteak in half and it was perfect. I would highly recommend this pizza place for lunch as well as for a good cheesteak. So good!

Even by the low standards of local pizza, this is outrageously bad; one look at the slices let’s you know how long they’ve sat around, and one taste confirms it. The ricotta on my pizza was too thick and totally flavorless, the crust was thick white bread and they need to change cans on their red sauce… totally putrid.
They should be embarrassed to serve this.

The lines are long at lunchtime during the work week but they are surprisingly fast. The pizza is good as are the stromboli’s and other sandwiches. They will deliver to office for a catered lunch on short notice. I like to go into the restaurant, eat my food and surf the free wifi. They have a wide variety of slices of pizza, but, feel free to order a whole pie. My faves: spinach Stromboli and veggie pizza slices like portobello mushroom, margherita, and white pizza with spinach, tomato and ricotta cheese.

I’ll be honest, I’ve never actually tried the pizza…
I literally only go here on bad days when I crave cheese fries!
They’re so good and only $ 2.50.
(Ask for ketchup on the side)
Try to avoid going here after school lets out.

I come here often because I love the Grilled chicken salad. Great huge salad with huge pieces of chicken. I have gotten pizza here but it’s been a while but there pizza is pretty good. I’ve never had any problems with this place.

I can’t say enough good things about this place. I stop here whenever I’m in the area, which is so often the people even know me. And my family loves the pizza I bring home.
Two favs: tomato pie and whole wheat crust pizza. Veggies are always so fresh.

Decided to venture in here after a trip to Buffalo Exchange as I hadn’t eaten all day and it was starting to rain. While I was little peeved at the $ 5 card minimum at first it wound up being worth it. A nice, fresh hot slice of sausage pizza, a Snapple, and a bag of chips came pretty cheap and was legit. The staff was friendly as well. Made sure to grab a menu on the way out.

The sky is blue. Winter is cold. Lou Dobbs is an idiot. Philly has no good pizza.
Yep, some things never change.
Went to grab some take out here because apparently the six block hike to 23^rd is too far for delivery. Whaaaa??? Anyway, picked up two medium pies for $ 24. The price proved to be the best feature of the experience. Service was friendly and competent. Pizza was, «pizza that could have come from anywhere» pizza. Blah crust. Blah sauce. Canned mushrooms (Gah!). The spitfire pizza was decent at least, but insufficient to justify a return trip. Honestly, I think Round Table does a better job. Clearly I’m alone here. but there it is.

Great service, great food!
Cheap, quick and mmmmm good.
A coworker recommended this place and although I was skeptical at first, I was impressed by the restaurant. Very clean in the inside, and the service is wonderful, (and fast!)
I love their turkey hoagie, you get a whole meal (turkey hoagie, fries (or chips) and a soda) for $ 5.75, that’s it. And if you know like I know a deal like that is hard to find downtown.
It’s good and fulfilling and I haven’t been disappointed yet, in fact I’ve been there at lest 5 – 6 times in the last 2 working weeks!