Ciao Italia Trattoría y Pizzería — Restaurant in Oaxaca

I came here last year and hated it, but my sister wanted to give it another chance so I did. The food is astronomically better. The pizza is above average, but all the other dishes are very, very tasty. The waiters and waitresses are much, much nicer. I believe its because the owner was there this second time I dined here. Although the tables are flimsy and the staircase to the terrace is dizzying, there is a very nice ambiance on the terrace. I like that the tables have Italian figures printed on them and even though the space upstairs is small, it truly adds to the dining experience. The waiters do not blast their music anymore either- something that had bothered me last time. I was very impressed with the progress and I applaud the owner for prevailing in these trying times. I will definitely come back here to enjoy a nice dinner on...

Really incredibly poor quality ingredients. There is a big wine rack but the only a couple options on the menu, which were bad. Just very poor quality. Salad greens were limp, beets in the salad were cooked to be very tough. Food took a looong time to come out. Pizza dough was very cracker-like and hard to eat. Service was slow and it wasn't very busy. Lastly...they put the pizza in a paper sack for para...

Lovely service but seriously average food, in my humble opinion. All the high quality ingredients on the salad I ordered were scarce (goats cheese and walnuts), Mexican Red Cab. Sauv. was palatable, Pizza (arugula and Parma ham, with a balsamic reduction) was the best thing I ate but still just pretty average. I did like the nice thin crispy crust on it though. Sorry to write this. I was looking forward to...