Ciao Italian Restaurant

Maui Pizza? HELL YEAH! This place is such a cozy and cute place! Delicious Italian food + seafood. I could not pass by the Maui Pizza and i almost ate my fingers with it :D Very good! Hubby got seafood in tomato broth and also liked his food! I loved the coziness of this place in heart of Balboa island and will definitely be back next time im in Newport Beach

Visited Ciao after my girlfriends agreed to try it out--it's probably been 8 years since I ate there with my family. The food was so good at that time, I remembered it after all these years! This time it didn't fail to impress as well. We received excellent service and all four dishes we ordered were delicious. We agreed they were reasonably priced as well. We dined there on a Monday night, so no reservations were required, but it got busier around 7:00 p.m. You can tell this is a very popular dining destination!

We had a great dinner at this cozy little place.  The service was great and we all enjoyed the food.  Loved the calamari and garlic bread appetizers; our entrees of chicken parmigiana, tutti de mare and scampi were all delicious.  

A huge shout out to the hostess who chased me a block down the street to give me the Amex card I inadvertently left behind.