Cuisine: Buffet, Italian
Prices: n/a (all inclusive)
Credit Cards: n/a (all inclusive)
Food: 8
Service: 9
Value: n/a
Environment: 8
Frequency: Common
Ciao was our regular meeting place because most of the time, we didn't have a fixed schedule and just needed to round everyone up to eat. Since it's a buffet, there's no wait time and enough variety that everyone can enjoy their meal. Services all around were great despite the high volume of guests they get each day.
Breakfast
Though it was always good, I think the breakfast services were the best. The guy at the grill was friendly and efficient. He handled all custom orders with precision. The end product not only tasted great, but looked good enough for a photo ad. I think he should move to NY if he wants to make the big bucks! Oh... he's a Yankees fan too. Outside of the grill, the readymade items consisted of generic breakfast foods (scrambled eggs, French toast, pancakes) as well as Dominican specialties (plantains, fajitas, various sausages).
Lunch
Lunch was the same no matter which buffet place you went to. We tried out Isla and Toro by the beach. The burgers are tiny and dry. The pork chops were great. Pasta was good too. The thing that made Ciao more appealing than the other buffets for lunch was the environment. Even though it was a buffet, the space and cleanliness had a restaurant feel to it.
Dinner
For dinner, Ciao became an Italian restaurant with a menu rather than buffet. The neat thing about the dinner style was the appetizers were still buffet style. So if you wanted to try 2 soups, you can get a little of each and not waste anything. For my entree, I had a mushroom fettuccine. I wanted to test this dish out because Pizzeto reused the buffet mushrooms for their pizza topping. I thought Ciao would too, but to my surprise it was a better mushroom and even the pasta was different than the buffet version.
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