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25 minutes delay on seating. Food was mediocre at best. Very oily and overseasoned. Bar was understaffed. The server was nice and they tried, but not acceptable for a supposedly top tier restaurant.

Ciano's problem isn't with its food or ambiance, it's with the concept that the quality "rustic" italian cuisine the restaurant prides itself on needs to cost an arm and a leg. On the night we came, we were promptly seated upstairs and the atmosphere was very comfortable. The waiter was very attentive, but made sure to point out several times that the "pastas" were only an appetizer portion and we'd need to order an entrees and extras, to be satisfied. We settled on a few apps (Prosciutto, Crostini, Meatballs,), a modest bottle of wine, and 2 pasta "apps" for dinner. While the food was flavorful, fresh, and met expectations (including being small as advertised), after getting the bill you can't help but feel a bit underwhelmed at the whole experience after dining with the competition.

Personally I thought the food was very good and I liked the atmosphere and service. That said, I thought it was overpriced and one could do better in the city for less money.

The pasta is super fresh and those veal meatballs are out of this world! Even the bread they bake in a brick oven right on the premises is fantastic! I plan on going back again and again!

After all the great reviews I was anxious to eat at Ciano. Even though the food was very good I doubt I will return. The service was terrible and when the bill was presented one of the pasta dishes was double the price on the menu. It was explained that it was a second course ergo the price differential (there was no indication of this on the menu).

The food was incredibly average -- it was indistinguishable from a more moderate restaurant. The portions were tiny and certainly not worth anywhere near what was charged for them. And the chef was entirely inflexible when asked for small changes, which given the price paid, we would have expected a better result. We felt like we were working for him. It was entirely not worth the night or what we paid for it.

I was a little hesitant booking at Ciano based on some negative reviews but I felt reassured once I entered to see a hip environment with a very friendly host. The cocktails we started with were great but once we were seated it seemed like the service went in slow motion. It took over twenty minutes for us to even order and then the courses were spaced out incredibly long. In the end we ended up eating so much of the bread (which was delicious), we couldn't even eat our mains and had to take them home. The food we did have, the veal meatballs, the gnocchi and the papardelle with duck were all excellent and worth the pricetag. I would definitely return to Ciano but not when I was tired or had somewhere to be afterwards.