Ciao Bella review by Delia Martini
I have been coming to this restaurant for some years. It is always consistent in both food and service. A welcome is always made by Fellicio the owner and I have never been turned away no matter how busy. At the most busy times and with no booking...how many proprieters would buy you a drink in the pub next door then come and get you personally when a table is available?!
As from an Italian family, I have tried many restaurants around London. What I look for is a taste of home made traditional Italian food. This I have only found at Ciao Bella. I have yet to find another restaurant in London that has Fegato (calves liver) that is so tender. The likes of the swish upmarket restaurants in my opinion can not beat this place. As a rule, no matter the day, it is busy from lunch time to midnight. I think that speaks for itself. They welcome children and families as well as parties and It amazes me when they are packed out to the brim how they keep up such a standard.
If I had a critisism to make it would be that some of the staff that you can get used to seeing over the years have been replaced, and obviously it takes time as a regular customer to build up that rapport with again. However that is not to say the service ever falters.
I eat out often and get fed up with some of these high cost pretentious restaurants that lack everything except decor. Ciao Bella is not the most fantastically decorated place and as an Interior Designer I cringe at the amount of photo's on the wall... But then again I am there to eat and have a good time not examine the wallpaper!
It is in the heart of a big Italian community and I maintain that if Italian's can come and eat here with no complaint then I don't know what the negative comments here on this site are all about. The customers that know Ciao Bella and it's owner are a very loyal bunch and will remain so coming back for many years to come and will spread the word at what a fab time can be had by all.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Overall rating 
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
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