Review Ciao Bella - Balnarring

Very happy, service was great. Asked for a recommendation with wine and they let me try as they had a bottle open which was very kind and they didn't push me to the most expensive bottle. Very knowledgeable on the Italian wines and local olive oil. Food was delish. Calamari to start was cooked perfectly and dressed with a fresh yummy side salad. For main we had a spaghetti carbonara which was tasty and not too creamy and spaghetti marinara, the seafood tasted fresh and full of flavour. Meals were generous. To finish we had lemon gelato served in a lemon and it was a nice refreshing was to finish the meal. We will be back

I ready don’t like to leave bad reviews and sport that I can’t go over 1 start. Went there after diner for a desert tonight 11/6/2022.(4 People ) Blond lady wasn’t Freddy at all and we didn’t feel welcome. Anyway,they said they have 3 special Italian cake which actually been baked in Italy and imported from Italy frozen and they must to try. We order all 3. 1 pistachio and ricotta cake, 1 orange and chocolate cake and one lemon tart. Also order some tea and coffee. Cake were so bad we even could not finish them. pistachio and ricotta cake was below average, lemon tart was average and orange chocolate was awful. Paper-mint tea came in a little cup with a teabags. Cup want even full! So bad for 4$ plus public holiday surcharge. Coffees the same. 14$ for each cake for a small pice. Overall want a good experience. + nothing I can remember - over price - not friendly service - low quality desert - low quality tea and coffee Unfortunate wasn’t good at all.

I had been here before and rated it very high. I booked again and had been telling my friends I had invited to dine with how great it was. Unfortunately I was embarrassed by the reception we got by who I believe is the owner. Quite unpersonable. Gave us nothing and was rushy. I get it’s holiday season, but It was a classic example of “eat quick because we need to book the table again”. The pizza’s we’re good but not great for the price. The ambience it’s fantastic. The other staff were very nice and not rushy. I would have been a lifelong customer but the vibe has gone for me.

Didn't know this place existed. Popped in on a random day trip to Balnarring. We had the Tartufo & Ciao Bella. They were both delicious! The truffle oil on both was a great touch. Nice ambience, felt like being in an Italian home. Lovely staff also.

Absolutely loved the decor and atmosphere of this place. It's gorgeous! The pizza and wine were perfect but they did forget my order of oysters even though they weren't busy. Wouldn't stop me from going back though. The staff were friendly and the vibe was fantastic. I could happily spend all day here drinking wine on the deck.

Fantastic find. They took a late booking of 9. Staff very friendly on arrival and sat us down promptly. We ordered pizzas to share and were not disappointed. Super thin and everyone of them packed delicious flavours. Stocked great local wines and the usual beers. We're happy to obliged withy managing birthday cake that we bought ourselves for a very reasonable charge. I'll be back to try some of the specials that were on the board.

Finally Italian Pizza made just like in Italy. Nice thin crust baked in a woodfire pizza oven with fresh ingredients and simple combinations (no show off mixes). The fitout and amazing parphanalia give you a taste of what Italian's can be proud of. Really friendly service that has literally been imported from Italy, lovely charming staff. They have won best Italian restaurant awards year after year and you will taste/see why. Well done team, don't change a thing!

Great food. Lovely ambience. Awesome Italian restaurant. The wood-fired pizzas we had were absolutely delicious on beautiful thin bases. They are of a good size which we probably could easily have shated one rather than ordering the two we had. We had the special - prosciutto with RedHill figs along with the White Anchovy pizza. Both highly recommended. What I also like is there were plenty of other items on the menu which i would love to try which has me looking forward to my next visit. The service was very friendly and efficient. In all a great place for a nice relaxing dinner.