Ciao Ristorante Italiano is a second-generation family business in Vista, built on handcrafted Italian cooking and run with two chefs in the kitchen alongside a full bar. The dining room covers sit-down dinners, private events, and take-home pasta trays.
Next door, the restaurant expanded into the Ciao Marketplace: an Enoteca wine bar, a delicatessen with imported and house-made items, a pasticceria, a panuozzo sandwich counter, and a gelateria producing 14 house-made flavors. Wood-fired pizza is part of the marketplace offering, along with a banquet hall for private events and catering.
San Diego Magazine named Ciao Ristorante Italiano one of its best of 2025.
Next door, the restaurant expanded into the Ciao Marketplace: an Enoteca wine bar, a delicatessen with imported and house-made items, a pasticceria, a panuozzo sandwich counter, and a gelateria producing 14 house-made flavors. Wood-fired pizza is part of the marketplace offering, along with a banquet hall for private events and catering.
San Diego Magazine named Ciao Ristorante Italiano one of its best of 2025.