Pappardelle Bolognese Lunch
Ciao Bella

Ciao Bella

1514 US Hwy 41, Schererville, IN 46375, United States

Cafés • Pizza • Italian • Vegetarian


"Ciao Bella USED to be good. I used to enjoy it. However, they CANNOT handle holidays. I just left (without eating dinner!! the restaurant for Mother’s Day and I will never be back. Business lost forever. Now this is not my first rodeo with Ciao Bella for holidays. They’ve ruined a NYE and a Valentine’s Day on me. I have not been back since Valentine’s 2018. I thought we’d give them another whirl to redeem themselves and damnit was I wrong, big time. Mother’s Day at Ciao Bella was probably my worst experience in dining out in recent months. I knew it was going to go south when our reservation was running “a half hour late”. Well, an hour later we were seated. Took another 20 minutes for us to just get water. Another 10 for bread. Eventually the waitress came and took our order. Well. Took about 30 minutes to get our apps. No one was clearing plates. We had STACKS of them at our table. Eventually they came to tell us half of our entrees were out. Which means our order never even got put in. We gave up and asked for the bill. Everyone in our section was being treated poorly. No service, late food, messed up tickets, checks calculated wrong. This was a horrific dinner and I won’t be back. I literally took my family to McDonalds for dinner after this poor showing from Ciao Bella. DO NOT BOOK CIAO BELLA FOR HOLIDAYS. They simply are not equipped to handle it. Do yourselves a favor and go to Cafe Borgia instead, you’ll be happier."

Vito

Vito

10249 York Rd, 21030, Cockeysville, US, United States

Wine • Cafés • Pizza • Salad


"My dinner at Vito's was delicious. The atmosphere was nice and fairly quiet, which was enjoyable. The music was not so loud that you couldn't hear yourself think but still there for a bit of background noise. Service was nice as they filled up water quickly and the speed of the food delivery was excellent.For starters, they had a very nice caprese salad, delicious clams casino (from someone who doesn't like clams, but throw bacon on something and it's good), scrumptious calamari and garlic shrimp. The calamari was a bit odd, as you also get some prawns and zucchini, which are fine enough, though if you just want the squid you'll get more than that. They also serve it with a horseradish sauce instead of marinara. Which was tasty but just unexpected. The real standout was the garlic shrimp. If there was an issue with it, it was that there weren't many shrimp served. Other appetizers could easily be spread amongst 5-7 people, but our party of 7 definitely was happy we ordered two servings of the shrimp. The garlic butter was maybe the most delicious thing I ate for the appetizers, I happily would have eaten that by the spoonful.Their main courses were excellent. Most of their menu was certainly fancier affair than you might find in a less-pricy Italian restaurant but they do have a small classics menu with things like lasagna, chicken parm, or spaghetti and meatballs. But I recommend trying something else. If you do get the chicken parm you will get a gigantic slab of delicious, juicy chicken. Definitely worth it. Their crab meat pasta does not skimp on the crab meat, the fettucine with burrata does not skimp on the burrata, and the portions over all definitely mean you'll have leftovers, unless you refuse to leave any bits of crab meat behind like I do.Even when stuffed to the brim, the desserts are excellent. They had a nice, crisp, freshly-filled cannoli or a good slab of cheesecake. I'd recommend either the creme brulee which is served in a nice, shallow dish so you get lots of caramelized sugar, or the profiteroles which are creamy and just decadent. All of the main courses were more than $20, desserts and appetizers were between $10 and $20, but, I'd say it was absolutely worth it for a great Italian experience."