Ciccanti Ristorante — Restaurant in Jefferson Hills

Best Rack of Lamb in Pittsburgh... They are easily better than many upscale expensive restaurants in the entire Pittsburgh area.

The New York Strip is seasoned and cooked to perfection. The cuts of meat used for the Strip and Filet Mignon are top of the line, and for a Italian Restaurant, the owner and top chef; Frank Ciccanti, his family, and the cooks can really make a delicious steak.

The Fried Zucchini is the best I have ever had. It is cut razor thin and lightly breaded and served with a delicious homemade marinara.

The dinner salads are even great. It's much more than a bit of greens thrown in a bowl. No sir, they are loaded with garbanzo beans, beets, carrots, an assortment of greens and tomato. Very good!

The soups are amazing too. I've never been a big fan of Minestrone, but Ciccanti's is delicious. The soups are never stewed too long and are loaded with vegetables and noodles. You can taste the care that is put into it.

The Sole Almondine has been changed to Tilapia Almondine, but is still a delicious dish. The fish is skillfully cut very thin, lightly breaded or baked and encrusted with almonds and other seasonings. I preferred the Sole more, but this still is an excellent fish dish.

Overall, I've been eating at Cincinnatis for over 30 years now and it is still one of the best restaurants in Pittsburgh. The price is fair and the food is always well-prepared. The atmosphere is great for a special occasion, or for a nice Sunday dinner with the family. Many of the recipes I enjoyed 30 years ago are still preserved and served in the...

We came with a group of 10 early on a Friday night. We had reservations so our table was ready when walked in the door.

Our orders were quickly taken and we started our journey into a food coma. My husband and I ordered the chicken Marsala. But first my mother in law ordered fried zucchini as an appetizer. It was thinly sliced and lightly fried. Served with marinara sauce. She ordered two orders of it. Unless you are massively hungry you could skip the appetizer. It was delicious but there was so much food.

They brought out two big baskets of freshly sliced breads. Half plain and half garlic bread. Then we got our soup. You could get minestrone or some kind of clam soup. The minestrone was full of flavor and vegetable chunks. Very tasty. After the soup they brought out large salads. Very fresh and with plenty of dressing and toppings. By the time our entrees came out, I was full. My chicken Marsala was two large portions in a brown mushroom sauce. You could get it with pasta, French fries or spinach. I opted for the spinach. It was full of garlic and lots of flavor.

All ten of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals. Come hungry. There was so much food.

Our server was the daughter in law of the owner. She is a teacher but was helping out. It was so nice to see all of the employees working together to make sure all the tables received wonderful service. I haven’t had this great service in a long time.

We had a wonderful evening and I would highly recommend...

Very disappointing. I haven’t been here for about 10 years and it used to be a good Italian restaurant. Now it is just plain awful. Let’s start with atmosphere - has never been renovated so it is dark and dreary. Menus are straight out of the 70’s. The garlic bread was hard enough to pound nails and what you could eat was bad. The garlic was very bitter tasting. We had ordered fried zucchini for an app and they were very bland with the breading having been fried in dirty oil. My wife had ordered the manicotti - which are supposed to be stuffed pasta tubes. These were lasagna noodles rolled around cheese and the sauce was a burnt red. It tasted bitter, burnt and old. I had the ravioli, which were straight out of the freezer section at GFS with identical terrible sauce. I am really sorry to say nothing here was any good. This place should have closed during COVID. Frank used to make really good sauce with consistently good Italian food, but now I recommend going to Olive Garden instead for your Italian -...