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My friends love casual dining and I had a lovely experience of tasting some high quality foods, including classics that have been polished to perfection using complex European techniques and ingredients.
Ciao Cielo gives off a rustic yet cozy vibe with their industrial yet elegant decor and nice fireplace, which stretches out to their garden where families and friends dance the night away. Only issue is it's a bit hard to see what you're eating.
Give attention to their nicely cooked barramundi, spaghetti and crabs. These were my favourite dishes of the night.
Beef tartare: truffled egg yolk, horseradish cream, accompanied by pane carasau (baked flat bread). The diced raw beef has been moulded by its special marinade, which goes so well with the horseradish cream and the flatbread although it was a bit tough and dry.
Salads are definitely a well-seasoned and balanced refresher in between or during your hearty mains.
Caprese salad: the sweetness from the fresh ripened tomato danced in harmony with the balsamic vinegar, and balanced out with the mozzarella.
Lightly fried calamari: not greasy NOR chewy at all. The slight crisp absorbs the drizzle of lemon, which is dipped into their aioli and creates an incomparable fried calamari experience in relation to fish and chips.
Chilli spanner crab spaghetti: confit tomato, garlic, chilli. The perfect balance of spice, sweetness, tanginess and umami. There was minimal crab but flavour was spot on.
Same goes for the Ciao Cucina Beef Bolognese Ragu.
Gnocchi was so creamy. I don't like peas, but I would eat it if it was in this gnocchi dish. With the mozzarella, the dish has a whole new playground of flavours and textures.
The steak was amazing and perfectly cooked to medium rare, just how I like it. The seasoning on the steak was already delicious, but the spring onion oil somehow elevates the dish to another level.
Overall, a whole funfield of flavours at luxury standard.
Food: 4.5
Value: 4
Ambience: 4
Service: 4
Overall: 4.5
Caroline Caz Lloyd-Stephens
+5
Love the atmosphere, the service, the food... this place is a little gem we keep going back to every second month at a minimum... the desserts are incredibly good and original. This is the place to recommend in Port Melbourne!
Had a birthday dinner here for 10 guests and the staffs were very friendly and accommodating. The food was amazing too especially the steak ! Would definitely recommend and come back.
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