Ciao — Restaurant in Scotland

Long overdue review of Ciao. So friendly and truly Italian - run by a Italian Scottish family who are passionate about their business. The food is delicious. And not pricey. This is probably the most authentic piece of Italy in the Stirling area. Once you’ve tasted what a pizza should really taste like, you’ll not go anywhere else. They have delicious naturally gluten free brownies (white chocolate & pistachio; choc & orange) alongside the others; amazing homemade Italian bakery items, and genuine Italian gelato - a wonderful alternative to ice cream. Most of it is naturally gluten free, and it is in great flavours like Nutella, Tiramisu (not gf), as well as vanilla, and strawberry (which can be made into dairy or coconut milkshakes. Yum). They are so friendly towards their customers. It’s a pleasure, always, to visit this place. Great for take out. And some bar chairs at a long high table by the window, to sit on during the day for a tasty coffee, or a home made Italian lunch of salad, meats, pasta, pizza slices...

Insanely good. Everything from the food to the atmosphere is great! They do the BEST pizza, all sorts of pasta, lasagne (incredible lasagne…), around 5-7 different filled baguettes (one very good vegan one), bruschetta, pastries, brownies, cannoli, homemade gelato, pasta sauces, and the list goes on! If you’re vegan, they have a convenient menu to the left listing your options.

Another aspect I love is that they sell their pizzas part baked as an option, which is great for finishing off in the oven later for dinner or if you have people round. Just ask the staff how to heat or prepare any of their dishes and they are very helpful.

Personally never sat in to eat however they have enough space for a fair amount on their high stool seated areas.

Very welcoming. You won’t regret your visit. Very happy I’m only a 1 min walk to this...

Ciao opened recently but its taken a few weeks to actually visit the place. I wish I'd gone before because I was served the best bacon buttie I've ever had. High qualities smoked bacon and the morning rolls didn't come in 6 packs from bloody tesco - they were way better than that. The roll actually tasted of what bread is meant to taste. I also had a Danish pastries. That also was better than expected, it was all washed down with a coffee.

Unfortunately, this was 50% froth. While the other half was very drinkable, I don't understand half the product needs to be wasted for what is actually a gimic. All I wanted was to wash my brunch down with a decent coffee and what I got was a mouthful of warm, wet air.

Very good buttie, though. I'll be returning at some point...