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Ciao Y’all! A hidden treasure in NW Iowa, where we treat our guests like family. We are a unique blend of Italian and Southern comfort foods. Currently serving breakfast (all day) and lunch. Open late (10 pm) on Fridays for our Friday Flatbread Pizza Bar Night. We specialize in made from scratch dishes, sides and desserts. We feature recipes that have been passed down for generations, like Lazzeroni spaghetti, Grandma Armento’s potato salad, and Mom’s meatloaf. Biscuits and gravy available all day! Our desserts are the best around, best known for our made from scratch pies and cannolis. We feature BBQ smoked ribs on Friday’s, smoked in house, long and slow! Take home a rack or dine in for our half rack rib dinners. We feature a full bar.
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sheila baker
The food was wonderful. Be prepared to share a meal or take home leftovers if you don’t normally eat a big meal. Skip buying fast food for the family, get a couple of meals and divvy them out.
… moreJoyce Fedders
I have never had a bad meal or sweet treat from here since I started going there. The meatloaf is awesome,as are the potatoes served with it. The flatbreads are out of this world and I usually take half home. The caramel cinnamon rolls are heavenly and melt in your mouth. Have also gotten their smoked ribs and tasty and tender. Love the friendly staff and quiet atmosphere. Will keep supporting them. Try it, you will like it!!!
… moreKarla Schnepf-Hanna
Alfredo pasta was great. Large portion. Had a side salad and bread. Plan on taking some home. Nice and quiet when we were in there. Great staff !
… moreJayd Soule
Food is pretty good. Portions are pretty big. Food has always been fresh. Left with leftovers to take home for later or the next day. Their cobbler is pretty good wish they would do cheesecake. Wish they would offer more choices for soups. It’s very spendy in this town. Both times I’ve went with a coworker, our ticket was over 70 dollars. Pricing definitely could go down a little bit. That’s the only complaint is prices. But otherwise keep up the good work.
… moreAshley L
We waited 40-45 minutes for our food. Waiter was great she deserves a raise. BUT Chicken Cesar salad the chicken looked like tuna! The lettuce tasted old NOT crunchy like a Cesar salad normally is. Took 3 bites of of my seafood pasta didn’t taste right was super duper watery. O and the brisket was swimming in grease. The guy that was a manger or whoever he said he was offered to only take $5 off our order because we “ate it (more like 2 bites out of the brisket and 3 bites out of the pasta and 1 bite out of a Cesar)” the child ate their food (so yes can see being fully charged for that plate). But apparently that’s how the brisket is suppose to be and that’s how pasta is made. First time trying and will be the last time. So if you like a brisket swimming in grease and super duper watery pasta and chicken that looks like tuna then this is the place for you.
I agree Sheldon needed something different but this isn’t it…my personal opinion (everyone is entitled to their opinions). Have a great night and hope everyone has better food then we did.
… moreI agree Sheldon needed something different but this isn’t it…my personal opinion (everyone is entitled to their opinions). Have a great night and hope everyone has better food then we did.
Jill Coulander
My family and I enjoyed the atmosphere and food. The food was very good all the way around, if you leave hungry it’s your own fault because they give a ton of food! My son love his chicken soup (pre meal soup or salad option) he cleaned up the whole bowl and couldn’t eat much of his meal! That is not like him. Waitress was really attentive as well.
Very delicious! Looking forward to going back! And we almost didn’t come because of the other bad reviews. Ridiculous! Make your own judgement ;).
… moreVery delicious! Looking forward to going back! And we almost didn’t come because of the other bad reviews. Ridiculous! Make your own judgement ;).
Alison Pauley
This is our first time visiting this place since a rave review from a friend. Decor is awesome, so very pretty. Waitresses are wonderful. Quick (maybe a little too quick with appetizers and salads vs when we got our meal.) The menus are pretty basic. Lots of typing errors and we’re literally printed off and stapled together. Wish those could have been a little more upscale.
The food is the reason the the ⭐⭐. It was terrible. I got chicken Alfredo (wanted it with broccoli but they were honest with me that they didn’t feel comfortable serving it.) The chicken was all dark meat and didn’t taste good at all. The Alfredo sauce was very bland. More like a cream sauce and no garlic in sight. My husband got the lasagna and it was okay, incredibly cheesey. We got mozzarella sticks and they were JUST done (could have gone a little longer in the fryer. Barley any crunch.) The bread and butter served were okay, bread was more dry in the outside then toasted and it was a very pale white. Expected a little garlic taste with either the bread or butter and there was neither. Prices weren’t bad but won’t be coming back again. Even fast food is more enjoyable then this meal.
Eta: after seeing your other low star review and your response, I figured something like this would come along. I normally don’t write low star reviews and if your business is booming, one lowly review from me isn’t going to make an impact.
As for the food arriving quickly, it was the bread, salad and appetizers WELL before the meal.
“Pretty basic” just that. Printed sheets of paper, hard to read with needing to flip to see the back side. You have your reasons for doing it as you stated, but I still made the observation.
*As for the food, it definitely wasn’t just the fact that I didn’t get broccoli. As I stated, never had dark meat in the dish and definitely wasn’t to my taste. I wasn’t even really sure what was up with the meat until a couple of bites in (mostly noddles) and that it didn’t taste right to me personally. I never said the food was beyond disgusting or you guys don’t know what you’re doing. As for the garlic comment, you are correct. But not tasting really anything in the sauce (besides blandness) was a big bummer.
The lasagna, yes. When you can’t taste any of the other ingredients, cheese does become too much.
Fast food is definitely not all I know but it says a lot when it’s more appealing.
As for the “nothing you could have done would have made us happy.” You waitresses certainly did and the decor was great.
I will state again, my lowly 2 star review won’t deter anyone, so I guess it doesn’t matter, huh?
… moreThe food is the reason the the ⭐⭐. It was terrible. I got chicken Alfredo (wanted it with broccoli but they were honest with me that they didn’t feel comfortable serving it.) The chicken was all dark meat and didn’t taste good at all. The Alfredo sauce was very bland. More like a cream sauce and no garlic in sight. My husband got the lasagna and it was okay, incredibly cheesey. We got mozzarella sticks and they were JUST done (could have gone a little longer in the fryer. Barley any crunch.) The bread and butter served were okay, bread was more dry in the outside then toasted and it was a very pale white. Expected a little garlic taste with either the bread or butter and there was neither. Prices weren’t bad but won’t be coming back again. Even fast food is more enjoyable then this meal.
Eta: after seeing your other low star review and your response, I figured something like this would come along. I normally don’t write low star reviews and if your business is booming, one lowly review from me isn’t going to make an impact.
As for the food arriving quickly, it was the bread, salad and appetizers WELL before the meal.
“Pretty basic” just that. Printed sheets of paper, hard to read with needing to flip to see the back side. You have your reasons for doing it as you stated, but I still made the observation.
*As for the food, it definitely wasn’t just the fact that I didn’t get broccoli. As I stated, never had dark meat in the dish and definitely wasn’t to my taste. I wasn’t even really sure what was up with the meat until a couple of bites in (mostly noddles) and that it didn’t taste right to me personally. I never said the food was beyond disgusting or you guys don’t know what you’re doing. As for the garlic comment, you are correct. But not tasting really anything in the sauce (besides blandness) was a big bummer.
The lasagna, yes. When you can’t taste any of the other ingredients, cheese does become too much.
Fast food is definitely not all I know but it says a lot when it’s more appealing.
As for the “nothing you could have done would have made us happy.” You waitresses certainly did and the decor was great.
I will state again, my lowly 2 star review won’t deter anyone, so I guess it doesn’t matter, huh?
Haniel Ortega
Nice staff and tasty food. The theme was an unexpected mix but they have pasta and country food under one roof. “Ciao Y’all” in deed. I was pleasantly surprised by their buffet option. The (red velvet?)cake was really good and milk is recommended. P
… moreAaron DeBoer
Fantastic experience here. I must say I was skeptical at first, but do not judge this book by its cover! Our waitress was fantastic even though they are short staffed, beer was good and food was even better! I got the “shut the front door flatbread” and who knew pineapple Cole slaw on bbq pizza would be so good! I hope this place sticks around as it adds much needed variety of good quality food to the dining options of the surrounding towns.
… moreDoug De Groot
Unfortunately, we did not have a good dining experience. We arrived at the end of the noon rush. The server took our order, and we waited and waited and waited. One couple who arrived about the same time as us left before their food arrived; stating that they couldn’t wait any longer. My wife’s food arrived and mine arrived about 5 minutes later. I asked our server where my salad was and it was brought after our food. Food tasted fine, but we will not dine there again.
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