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We are continuing to accept all of your takeout and curbside pickup orders from the commodity and safety of your car! Whether it’s just for a relaxing night at home by yourself, your whole family, or a fun party, we got you covered! Keep exploring the flavors of our Italian cuisine from our new combined menu that serves the best from our traditional Ciao Ristorante menu and our new modern Italian Enoteca menu. We also offer our new family meals that include some of our most popular dishes and a family pizza meal that comes from our new woodfired oven. Give us a call any time within our business hours to place your order and be assured that we are taking all precautions necessary to provide you the safest takeout and curbside experience!

The beloved local, family-owned restaurant has expanded to four times its original size to include a bakery, gelateria, pizzeria, delicatessen, enoteca, and banquet hall all under one roof!

For more information on booking a banquet at Ciao, click here.

Hooray! Pavement! Our valued guests are now able to use our newly expanded side/back parking lot and entrance! Just in time for our anticipated rainy season. Two-thirds of the lot has been completed. In approximately 2-3 weeks we will be ONLY using the new side entrance due to the other entrance being CLOSED for pavement. Other Good News! Our banquet room is available for bookings starting December 1st ! Please email catering@ciao2.com to schedule an appointment with the coordinator. Thank you for your continuous support of Ciao!

The Ciao Plaza Bakery is almost open and until it is, our new pastry chef Rodolfo Guglielmi will be hard at work in the Ciao Restaurant kitchen, creating fantastic Italian desserts. We are currently selling Rodolfo's creations by the slice for dine-in or take-out. Stop by and give them a try.

Ciao will be using old-family traditional gelato making procedures to open the Ciao Gelateria. Giuseppe’s sister, Civita, her husband, and son have been making their own gelato and croissants for more than 60 years. Civita’s father-in-law, Giulio, began the family gelato business 90 years ago when he used to sell it on a 3-wheel tricycle around the island of Ponza. Since then, Civita and Silverio have opened up a corner gelato and bakery shop there. Giuseppe is thankful to Civita & Silverio, and is excited to share his family traditions here in Vista, California.

See photos of the construction progress being made of our expansion!