Ciao Bella

Their front and back of the house staff are second to none! Highly recommend dropping in to see the new features they have every two weeks.

Ok first off this place has a very nice atmosphere and great food… but the customer service is horrible.
We sat at the bar and the bartender was sort of «matter of fact» and blunt. Which is fine but she wasn’t overly friendly and that was fine too. So the food was great and their featured cocktails were great! We got the bacon wrapped dates which were sweet and very rich. Then we split the lobster al forno and that was fantastic! That being said once my girlfriend was about to finish her drink, she had to spit it out. She notice not one but three LARGE fruit flies. We told the bartender and she was not too appalled or apologetic. She did take the drink off our bill but we had to wait on a manager to approve it. The manger did come approve it but she did not apologize or even say anything to us at all. Then the bartender didn’t hand us a check she just shouted out our total. So now everyone knows how much we spent and we never received an itemized bill.
It was just a nice meal, followed by a bad experience compounded by worse customer service. They handled it so calmly that I have a feeling this isn’t the first time this has happened and it probably won’t be the last.

The place was beautiful… outside had the nice water. it was too cold to sit outside when we went. Plus we had the kids with us. The appetizers were so good. love the mussels. my friend like her salmon soup. but she didn’t like her entrée she said it was too salty which made me try it. yea it was salty. and her husband had the ribeye he said it was a small portion but it was okay. I had the linguini with clams and I loved my dish. overall it was okay. the sangria didn’t taste like sangria it literally taste like white wine with a sliced of orange… like come on…

This place is absolutely a must. First of all our server had such a great personality and he was very friendly. The bread is great and the salads are hearty. I got the spaghetti and meatballs which was delicious. We ended the night with the chocolate caramel cake which I posted a picture of. I highly recommend sitting outside by the water if there’s space available.

This place is elegant and oddly enough affordable. More beautiful and romantic than any restaurant in the area. Outdoor seating on the water polishes off the experience.
Two observations I find worth mentioning…
1. A low grade of light green almost yellow tasteless olive oil is used with dried herbs for the 10 Star bread which is plentifully served. This is astonishing!
2. Only two toilets in the elegant and spotlessly clean bathroom in this huge and gorgeous establishment. Which I understand is most often standing room only most nights.
CB will give Mon Ami’s run for it’s money since Caio Bella serves lunch and Mon Ami’s does not.

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
Started off with great ambiance. Dark wood colors, beautiful bar, and amazing atmosphere. Had drinks in bar with the fabulous bartender, Lisa. Had a CA Merlot & orange/​lemon martini. Amazing!!! Had French ginger liquor in it!
Appetizer was fresh tomatoes from their garden, HOMEMADE mozzarella, and fresh basil.
Met the general manager, Mary Ann, who was such a dear. Kind & professional.
On to dinner, we ordered the Pancetta & Peas & Shrimp, which was unbelievable!!! Mouthwatering! And I had the chicken piccata which was lemony! But shrimp and peas was amazing!!!
Wonderful place! Highly recommend!!!

Never have I ever left a restaurant before getting a chance to even order because of service. The hostess seated us outside for what we thought would be a nice lunch. The server came to our table after five minutes. Brought a plate with seasoning on it and then proceeded to put olive oil on it. That would have been wonderful if we would have gotten bread. He took our drink order and we then waited another 10 minutes to receive our drinks. He dropped off our drinks and said I need to get you bread. Well we never received that bread. After waiting another 15 minutes and he never came back to take our order. We watched him waiting on other tables and never acknowledged us. After we finished our drinks and never got the chance to order, we got up and passed our server and he said nothing on our way out. We went to the hostess and said we would like to pay for our drink. We had to then stand around the hostess station to wait for our server to get us a bill. We paid for the drink and left. The hostess never once said let me get a manager. She said the server was new and she overloaded his section. When the server brought our bill he said it was him and not the restaurant. This was a late lunch and the place was not that busy. This was a waste of a ½ hour of our lives!!! Went to the Mexican restaurant around the shopping center and got impeccable service!!!

Great Italian food in Port Clinton. Since we live in the area during the summer, we make Ciao a consistent stop. Great food and service. The staff makes u feel welcome with very nice menu selections. U will not be disappointed.

I wanted to give them a good review. It’s a very pretty restaurant and I love the ambiance, but the service we got when we came for lunch a couple weeks ago was crappy. Our server barely checked on us, didn’t refill any drinks, asked if we wanted freshly grated cheese on our entrees, and then took forever to get it. We sat with empty plates for at least 15 minutes and couldn’t find her anywhere to order dessert or get the check. We would’ve ordered dessert if she’d asked, but she didn’t.
I felt like the food was pretty good and prices weren’t bad.

Located in what appears to be a relatively new commercial development. After being seated by the hostess who brought our water and bread and olive oil, we waited for 10 minutes or more before a waitress arrived. She apologized for the delay and took our order. The orders arrived much quicker than we expected given the longer than usual wait to be acknowledged by the wait staff.
I had the Lobster Al Forno — a house specialty — which was very good. My wife had the rigatoni which she said was also very good. We were happy with the experience, even with the long wait. I would recommend the restaurant.

We stopped in for an early dinner today and it was not busy and we were seated immediately. Our waitress was at our table quickly and had a big smile, was super friendly and very lovely. She took our drink order and brought that along with the delicious bread with olive oil and seasoning quickly.
The bread was warm, soft and yummy… the olive oil and spices were perfect.
I ordered the Lasagna and my husband ordered the Portbobello Ravioli. He had eaten there in January and loved the ravioli. Food came out quickly and was very delicious.
My Lasagna was one pound and I ate about ¹⁄₃ and brought the rest home. My husband savored his ravioli because it was that good.
Overall, we loved it and we will be back!
Good job!

This restaurant was excellent. I ordered Spaghetti Marinara. They have great bread and oil for dipping. Our waitress was wonderful. Had the Red Velvet Brownie for dessert… yum! Everthing is made fresh and customizable. We’ll definitely go back.

We are so lucky these days to have some good restaurants in the Catawba/​port Clinton area and Ciao Bella can not be missed! They have inexpensive, pared down lunch specials for us working folk and they have a great outdoor patio for seating in warm weather.
You can get fantastic, authentic wood-​fired pizzas or you can get Osso Bucco. I highly recommend the bacon-​wrapped dates appetizer and please save room for dessert. I generally don’t order desserts at a restaurant but here I make an exception as they have a pastry chef who’s creations are worth the indulgence.

I’m going a bit out on a limb with a five star since we ordered take out, but my gf assures me the table service is superb. We had a party of four, and got the mushroom appetizer, chicken and spinach salad, sausage and white bean soup, lobster al forno, some seafood with angel hair pasta thing that’s not on the menu anymore but my gf talked to the chef (super nice guy) who said he would whip it up for her, and my order. Spaghetti and meatballs. The gf said no, you can’t be boring here, everything is fabulous. Order something else. I said honey bunny, I’m really in the mood for spaghetti and the only way to really judge an Italian restaurant is by their red sauce. Everything was fabulous. This place is a gem! The only sounds you could hear when we were chowing down were moans and groans and the occasional oh my God! Great place.

Maybe the best italian meal I have ever had in Ohio. Absolutly wonderful!
Had the eggplant regatoni, wife had the salmon salad.

We have dined here 3 times, the food is delicious and hot! The atmosphere is great. Service is typically very good, but we actually had poor service on a slow night. Server and others seemed to just walk around without purpose, while we had empty glasses and finished plates.
Fully plan on going back again, as stated food is amazing.

The food is incredible! Fresh, delicious, great setting! Total package. Great customer service

Good wine selection, the house Cabernet — «Indian Wells» is very nice, deep fruity, jammy and served by the glass. The Italian sausage stuffed mushrooms are great. The Caesar salad was made the right way with anchovies. I highly recommend the lasagna, my son and I both enjoyed it. The meal ended with a great peach and cherry cobbler made from local Bergman’s peaches.
Our waiter Brad was informative, accommodating, conversational and really on top of things. Overall a great dinning experience.

We decided to try this place based upon a few recommendations. Our server, Susan seemed to genuinely enjoy her job and provided excellent service. We agreed that we would ask to sit in her section on our next visit (have already made a future reservation).
Susan encouraged us to try the bacon wrapped dates and they were just as delectable as she promised (very rich… an amazing flavor combination). The wedge salad had several fruits mixed in making it unique. The chicken piccata and Sicilian pork were both very good (I preferred the piccata). The chocolate caramel cake with sea salt sprinkled on top was sinfully good.
The servings are plentiful and leftovers were placed in microwave safe containers (a real plus for such a touristy locale). Definitely make a reservation as this place appears to be steadily gaining in popularity.

Went on a Wednesday night… so the place was not busy, but our service was still very very slow. NEVER tell the waiter/​waitress you need a little more time to make your order, as that could turn into an hour. Wine selection and prices given it was half price bottle night, along with solid food quality, saved it from being a total wash-​out.
One of our group had previous poor service but it was on a holiday (NYE), so we had ignored that as being a one-​off, but after our experience on a slow night, this place really needs to focus on it’s service standards and training.