Ciao Italia
Jan 14th, 2008 under Food (Hanzhong Road Stretch)
Ciao Italia sits close by the Sheraton Hotel, has a tacky decor and simple furniture. But it’s run by an Italian from Napoli. I think that made the difference. Pizza, Seafood and homemade pasta are part of the huge menu you get.
This place is huge, that’s why it sometimes looks empty. But you have to try to food to at least have an opinion…
Address: Shigu Lu 193-2 (Behind Sheraton Hotel on the left) —- 石鼓路193号2号楼（金丝利酒店后左拐）
Contact number: 86-25-86608801
Opening hours: 11:00~22:30
Great, I’m sure those who were upset with the place now feel much better now that you’ve insulted them
when you speak of giuseppe and about ciao italia please wash your mouth and clean the brain,stupid people.ok?
It’s Giuseppe’s fault for being rude to his customers; now a lot of foreigners are talking about it and refuse to go their anymore.
Great job, Ciao Italia, losing customers like that.
I used to like this place (for take away pizza, despite the bad delivery service) but having read about the boss(Giuseppi) I don’t tthink I’ll be going back there again.
NB if you’re Chinese…definitely DON’T go!!
definitely the best italian of nanjing, only problem the price of drinks
please.tries to connect the tongue with your poor brain.
thanks so much.
i’ve had good ones before, e.g. with bill’s pizza it was good enough. but yeap, i had horrible delivery from ciao italia and was not too impressed that i had to exceed a certain order price before they’d deliver.
I made sure on the phone that they had my number, and that if they had any problems to call me, as I could go outside to meet the delivery person if need be.
Anyway, real classy establishment for sure - guess the guys running it are Romanian and not real tainted Italians huh
I ordered food from this place at 9:52. I was called back about 5 minutes later to be asked if I had change for the 141RMB bill, cool.
Anyway, after an hour of waiting for a blimmin’ pizza and salad (and yes, they know where I live, confirmed it on the phone) I called the place to ask what was going on. Spoke to the owner, was told it is raining (slight drizzle in my view) so it is hard to get a taxi. I know, trying times, always hard to grab a cab near the Sheraton.
So I wait. And wait And wait.
Where is my food, fat Italian asshole? Okay, I shouldn’t have said that - hey man, I know your place gets busy and thus you don’t have to care about us little guys that have been bed-ridden all day with a broken ankle, ugh - never mind - the point is, well, where is my food?
11:24pm now, jesus I’m so pissed but trying to restrain myself lest I say ‘racist’ fascist Mussolini-esque things.
Love it! Never had a bad dish there, and I’ve tried a lot of them!
Of course it’s a little bit expensive for China, but still about 1/10th of the price of eating at a similar restaurant in America (which means about 1/100th the price of Europe, these days).
Also the pizza is not only the tastiest in Nanjing, but also the best value for “real” pizza.
I’d recommend bringing your own water though (if you can get past doing something tacky) because all they sell is the expensive, glass bottle stuff.
Staff is friendly and the atmosphere is nice.
Great date spot!
good point you have there, but perhaps she didn’t mean it that way and it just came out that way in english?
let’s not get acrimonious here. there’s been alot of talk about italian restaurants lately…
how about talking about music? like what you guys think of mazzo or
soho’s hip hop r&b music. These are places with less foreigners, and hence deserve a comment or two…
Or other types of food: estaminet’s ambience, swede & kraut…
Hey, if you like to read other peoples opinions of restaurants, then don’t read web articles about restaurants and don’t tell people to shut up just because you don’t agree with them. Not everyone can like Italian food you know. I happen to think Ciao Italia is excellent and I love going there, eating and chatting with Giussepe - but it’s not for everyone.
I’m guessing from your ‘English’ that you’re Italian, there’s also a good chance that you’re Giusseppe’s son? How so very typical of Italians to get very defensive of anything Italian. If you like it, that’s all that matters. Ciao.
Please,if someone don’t understand about food….please shut up!!!!I ve been there maybe 4 days ago,and i go there very usually….i m sure that it s the best italian restaurant in nanjing,the best pizza and the best pasta!!!the mozzarella cheese is fantastic…and the limoncello too!!!!great giuseppi!!!
Great Calzone, but not meaty enough. The dough-to-stuffing ratio is too high. Definitely need some better beer to appreciate the food more. Need a good baker too. The bread toasts don’t do the Italian tricks. Ciao!
Nope…I’ll never go back again.
I’ve been here, and eat mozzerella pennes… but I couldnt finish it, the mozzeralla was stuck all stuck at one piece… ( although its genourous to give much mozzeralla, put it in too early and it will be one piece again) and it was really too oily… I couldnt finish it, the amount of oil was simply too much especially afterhalf way… it was just oil left… Hope it was a one timer….
I totally agree! Been there on wednesday for lunch with 2 friends. Great food (best pizza in town) and drinks (thx for the Prosecco and Limoncello
) Will be back soon.
simply the best italian restaurant in nanjing……i suggest to every one to go there…..