Ciao Pasta Bar

Stumbled into this restaurant with my sister and a friend. What a pleasant surprise!
The ambiance of the restaurant is warm, elegant, beautiful and comfortable. Food was delicious –fresh, home made and full of flavour.
Service was attentive. Amanda was incredible!
We will be back!

Gnocchi was amazing ! Such awesome atmosphere. Décor was beautiful. Recommend to anyone for a date night !

Cool concept as a build your own pasta bar. Kind of expensive if you aren’t careful! The small size serving is probably plenty if you are ordering an appetizer.

Nice and modern décor, average food (the homemade pasta is a selling point). Didn’t try desert but probably should have as they have an authentic italian bakery in the back of the restaurant.

When I visited this place again after a great first experience, and had an encounter with the chef/​owner, I was truly disappointed how unwelcoming and condescending she is. What a true disappointment. Still great good (hence the 2 starts), but the experience is ruined after dealing with the owner.

One of the friendliest staff members I’ve talked to in years. Great atmosphere. A bit pricey in food. The dishes were great — quality at its best. This is the first restaurant that I’ve eaten in Little Italy so I can’t say if this restaurant is better or worse than the others in the area but as my first one it’s pretty good. Recommended.

It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t great. Nice décor, great staff.
We ordered salad, bruchetta, pasta, and drinks.
For the good: my drink was amazing. I ordered some fruity cocktail and it was delicious. My boyfriend ordered Coke and was impressed that it came in a glass coke bottle.
My caesar salad had a strange taste. I’m assuming that they make their own dressing, but something didn’t taste right to me. Don’t get me wrong, it was good, but it didn’t taste like a caesar salad.
Bread stick were good.
Bruchetta was ok but I would not order it again. I do not like warm tomatoes on brochette, I prefer it to be cold.
My boyfriend had lasagna, he liked it, but does not think he would buy it again.
I created my own pasta. I liked it, but did not love it. I can’t blame the chef, because I decided what went in it.
Will not go back for a date night, but might try it again with some girlfriends and see what they have to say.

The place has a nice interior, but that’s about it. The waitresses are inexperienced, the place is very loud. We had to yell are each other. The food was not good but pricey. My wife had spaghetti bolognese and she loves pasta, but didn’t even finish. I had salad with salmon. The salad wasn’t fresh and the salmon was breaded, though the menu didn’t say that. Overall the food was rather bland. Two meals, one bruschetta, $ 40.- no drinks. They try hard and have a fun concept, but they fail at the basics.

This place is a lot of fun! I’m also a huge pasta buff and love my Italian food (and men ;))
At this restaurant you build your own pasta dish. Starting from your noodle, sauce, protein, veggies, and cheese. You get all your favorites in a dish.
The décor is great too. It has a very modern, homey feel to it. It is a bit pricey, but totally worth it.

Incredible food, great atmosphere and amazing staff! I was blown away at my first visit to this restaurant. Our waiter was so friendly and helpful and my water glass was never empty. The homemade pastas and sauces definitely make this restaurant a cut above the rest. The «create your own» combinations are endless and include vegetarian and gluten free options. The portions are perfect and although the food may seem pricey, its worth every penny! I had the «full» portion of the sweet potato gnocchi in a blush sauce with a side of Osso Bucco. The gnocchi was absolutely amazing and the portion size was perfect. It was one of the best pasta dishes I’ve ever had and coming from an Italian, you know I mean business haha! The Osso Bucco was large enough to share with someone and was well worth the $ 8 add-​on cost! I also had a chance to taste the meatballs and was very impressed! Extremely lean and the size of baseballs, these will not dissapoint!
If you have room after dinner, they also have an impressive and very affordable dessert menu ranging from $ 3-​$ 7 per item.