Cibo Wine Bar

Came here for Happy Hour between 4pm — 7pm where the drinks are half price. Cocktails, Rail, and Beer are all half price and we chilled on the patio. The restaurant itself looks very nice as does mostly everything in Yorkville does… but do not come here for the food. We ordered 3 different types of pizzas and they all tasted bland and the toppings were not fresh at all. I could compare it to Delissio pizza but that would be an insult to Delissio because Delissio is much much better. We had some fries which were decent but nothing special. The bread was delicious because it was coated in some special sauce.
They have a ton of wine selections and tons of drinks which was the main reason why we came here. Our server was hilarious but she openly told us how poorly this place is managed when she was the only one responsible for all of the tables and her manager was really not helping out at all.
Anyways, come here for the drinks and make sure you eat a big meal before you come. I should have listened to the Unilocal Reviews… oh why do I ever doubt my fellow Unilocalers? I guess I like living my life on the edge thats why! Haha!

Had great food and drink. Ordered the short rid and steak they were great. Love this place.

Attended for a bachelorette this past weekend (party of 10).
Worked with Alexandra who put together a wonderful menu for us and customized headings on the menus.
When we arrived the hostesses at the front had some confusion with how many guests there were but once I advise them that I had confirmed 10 everything worked out.
The food was amazing. We had such a great selection and everything was wonderful.
The polenta fries are off the charts… an absolute fav!!!
Two complaints from my crew was that the sauce on the chicken Parmesan tasted like right out of the can and it did not taste homemade and that there was too much truffle oil in the risotto.
At $ 55 a person I think that this is a wonderful price point for all the food that we received.
The wine selection was amazing and we bought a bottle of Chilean wine which was delicious.
I would definitely come again.

After reading all the reviews I was very skeptical but once we were done eating I was pleasantly surprised. While the hostess with short pink hair was just lazy and carefree (can come across as rude), but the waitress was wonderful and sweet. What to order: calamari, baked eggplant (ask for extra salt and pepper), and order the Quartro Stagioni pizza.

Nice ambiance but a little loud. The service was strong and made for a pleasant experience.
I had salad and pasta which was good yet unspectacular.
The dessert/​tiramisu was pretty good as well.
Food — 3.5÷5
Ambiance — ⁴⁄₅
Service — 4.5÷5
Price to Value Ratio — ³⁄₅

The overall atmosphere of cibo is really nice. Sort of rustic and lively. Our server was good, but not super nice or helpful. I’m giving it 2 stars because I ordered the fettuccine alfredo. The cream sauce was a little runny, not a nice thick cream, as one would expect. BUT the worst part is that not only was the pasta NOT al dente (which it should be), it was really overcooked. It was mushy, flavourless pasta. I only ordered that, and my bill came out to 25 $ Definitely not worth the money. I had a better experience when the restaurant used to be ciao wine bar. The only good think was the bread; it tastes great. But it’s not enticing enough for me to want to go back.

Third time here and I can honestly say I’ve tried everything on the menu (not that there’s much). So here it is.
Pros
Drinks taste good (especially mimosa)
Good ambiance
Make your pizza in front of you in minutes
Cons
Food is honestly tasteless (other than the pizza and the pesto pasta)
Pricey ($ 35/​person for Sunday Brunch) especially given there are other restaurants in that area with auxh better bang for your buck.
Very limited selection of food.

Oh, Cibo. How does one write a review when in general, the place is pretty good, but then there’s this one really bad experience???
My general review of Cibo is that it is a solid 3 stars. The pastas are delicious and I have enjoyed the antipasti, polenta fries and salads many times. If you like pizza, well, that’s usually pretty good to. Nothing is mind-​blowing, but generally, it’s good.
Today, I’m giving Cibo two stars (it would have been one star, if not for what I wrote above). I visited with a larger party of 13 people. I ordered the italian club sandwich. It arrived without the pesto. I notified the waitress and she went to go and get some. She was gone FOREVER. Once she returned, almost everyone was close to finished. It was then that I noticed there was also no pancetta on my sandwich. She told me she’d have a new one made for me. Seeing as we were almost done, I asked for it to be packed to go.
I sat there for over 1.5 hours, waiting for food and then watching my companions eat. When the sandwich was ready, a manager (presumably), brought it down to my table. He also brought a complimentary dessert. While a nice gesture, I don’t personally want a piece of cheesecake while my insides are dying from hunger.
So, I was expected to pay for this sandwich, which I thought was really terrible service. I am now back at the office, and I unwrapped my sandwich only to find an unacceptable amount of chicken. See photo.
Cibo, this is a total fail. On top of all of this, the waitress was super crusty and unfriendly. She also failed to mention to the entire table that gratuity was included (servers, you should always be clear. Most of us know, but there is always someone who doesn’t). This resulted in the server getting extra tips from people, unwarranted, IMO.
Meh.

Recently had dinner at Cibo on a Saturday night with friends for my birthday.
The restaurant is «new» and came with good feedback.
Saturday night at Cibo in Yorkville is a busy place to be. Reservations are recommended as the place is very popular.
We were seated downstairs at a spacious booth. Our waitress, was friendly but needed many reminders to provide us bread and water for the table. It was apparent that she was busy, and maybe this was the reason why. Eventually another waitress came along with double servings of bread and olives for the table, along with a bottle of water for the table.
I ordered the green salad to start, which was fresh and flavorful. I enjoyed it.
For my main, I had the spaghetti carbonara and it too was good. My feedback on this dish is that it tended to be a bit oily at the bottom of the dish, the pancetta was under cooked, and there was no cracked black pepper to be found on the dish.
Something I also found unusual was that the waitress didn’t return to offer cheese or pepper for any of our dishes.
The prices are very reasonable at Cibo and overall I would say that the food was good, but not great.

Our team from work chose to go here expecting a middle of the road experience, and it might have been that as the food was okay, but bad service really hurt the experience. One of the dishes amongst four others was late by 15 – 20 minutes. Everyone else waited and their food was cold because the waiter assured us the other dish would be out in a few minutes. If the waiter had just been honest about them forgetting the dish, we would have all moved forward and started our other dishes earlier. At the end, they didn’t even take the dish off the bill.
During the dinner the waiter kept getting in-​between our conversation across the table. I get that he was doing his job, but he seemed to be leaning across our table the entire time he was there without ever acknowledging that he was interrupting. Lastly, as we were brought coffee at the end, it took a good 5 – 10 minutes before we had the accoutrements to finish the job… you know cream and sugar etc. Who brings coffee without cream? The setting was nice. The food was just okay. The service was bad. I tipped 13% in the end, but in retrospect, I was kind of upset with myself for leaving that much. Toronto is an expensive city for service workers, but was that appropriate?

We went using a Groupon, and the value with the Groupon was fantastic. We would say a bit on the pricey side without it. We went for the Sunday brunch buffet and it was definitely a quality buffet with everything made to order and super fresh.
Lots of fresh cold cuts, pastas made to order, delicious polenta fries, pizzas and omelettes made to order, fabulous waffles, cakes, fruit and other desserts and mimosas!
Some downsides would be that the buffet spreads out over three floors so if stairs arent your thing, you better hope someone with you doesnt mind getting your food for you. Im not sure if there was an elevator, and of course the restaurant is only a buffet for part of the day on Sundays, so any other time this wouldnt be an issue!
On a positive note, all of those stairs burns calories between courses!
We would go back!!:))

Truly the first restaurant to be fully deserving of a negative star rating, but even Unilocal is not that unkind.
This is sadly just a review of the consistent failures presented to us within 5mins of entering the establishment, as I opted to save myself further stress and indignation and leave without having a meal here.
I arrived at 1:27p.m. for Brunch with two friends, unfortunately 12 mins past our reservation time of 1:15p.m. However they were willing to seat us due to this horrendous tardiness on our part *Note sarcasm* (We were stuck in the freezing cold, warring with the pay and park machine which only took coins or credit card and would eject the credit card until we were forced to allocate change). The Hostess was kind enough to ask if the seating in the bar, with high chairs and tables would be «ok», She never truly expected me to say «No it’s not ok, I am in a short dress and 4 inch heels» You could at this point see the world about her crumble, as she had no idea how to actually deal with me refusing the seating arrangement. I asked her why they would take a reservation and then within less that 15mins of the booking give away my table?
Without another word she ran off to speak with the other hostess seated at the laptop, who called out from where she was sitting that our reservation was for 1:15p.m. As the 2^nd Hostess returned, I asked her once more if there were any other options, she stated no and progressed to lead us to the bar area, I at this point refused to continue with this and told her thank you but no, I was then met with a rather nasty snarky remark of «Well good luck with that» beautiful and professional service from an establishment in Yorkville no less.
My guests and I at this point left, as if they could not even hold a reservation for 15mins there was no point in enduring this location further.
We returned to the car and I called to speak to the manager, I was met with a voice mail, left on hold a second time for 5 mins and so on. My boyfriend at this point called to find out what the issue was, and the Hostess then stated my name and said «Oh this is the ‘name’ party» He said yes and was put through to a male who informed us that our reservation was at 12:15… REALLY? A restaurant unable to actually make a reservation and the manager on site and the Hostess having different times? I suspected this level of unethical conduct was perhaps commonplace at this restaurant at this point. to lie to your patrons.
Not only were they unable to actually seat us, when there was a table at the bottom of the stairs that we could see was empty and could seat up to 12 guests, but taking the correct time for a reservation was beyond their ability. He continued his condescending apology and stated «Well if you had waited 5 mins, other seats were available and opening up. Half our restaurant was closed» NOT only did his Hostess refuse any other options when asked, but had frankly dismissed us in a haughty manner with added bonus of a nasty comment. All I received from this gentleman was an arrogant apology without a solution, at this point we left the area and proceeded to have lunch elsewhere.
This experience from a Yorkville establishment, that tries to project an upscale image? I was disappointed yet relieved to never be compelled to return.
Perhaps, if they trained their staff on how to take correct reservations and how to communicate with patrons they would have scored higher and be at the level of a basic McDonald’s.
After reading the other reviews posted on Unilocal,I am glad we didn’t stay. Unethical, consistently incompetent behaviour should never be rewarded and this seems to be the standard of this Cibo location.
I caution you before choosing this location, staff are lacking and as one reviewer said «It’s lipstick on a pig» with their renovations. Your restaurant might look good, but your service and food is what makes you exceptional… yet your establishment has failed at the very basics of service, I shudder to think what your food is like.
For a good brunch experience with servers who know what they are doing, and for exquisite food I suggest Sunday Brunch at the Omni, well worth it…

Brunch at this location was good. The service was spotty at first but after we changed tables to a roomier booth and a new waitress everything was great. You see the first waitress didn’t want to move us but the table was just too cramped in its configuration.
The set up here is set on three split levels with stations for eggs, breakfast stuff downstairs, lamb on the main floor, and Italian goodies on the top floor which included pizza, pasta, anti-pasti…etc.
As a whole the service was great while the food was okay — nothing special but an enjoyable place to have brunch with friends.
Oh yes — the tile floor in the restaurant is ever slightly slick, I even asked my friends if it was just me or they found it slick as well. It’s slick — use the handrails. Hopefully the management will check out that floor.

Came in for Sunday Brunch. Was impressed, they were able to turn the restaurant into a buffet style brunch which offers both Italian and Western style brunch options.
There was an egg station where you can have made to order eggs made with a lot of good premium toppings. Also, there was a pizza and pasta station. Both also made to order with good toppings to choose. There is a pizza oven right there, so it was quick and cool to see and also, tasted great.
There was also a rack of lamb carving station. This was probably the highlight of the food. Roasted to a perfect medium, with a delicious mustard and some banana peppers.
There were also some cheeses and deli meats, as well as a waffle station and fruits and dessert. The dessert was clearly store bought, but it’s okay, it’s not what they are known for so you can’t really judge on that.
Another thing to note, all bubblies are 50% during brunch — whether it be by the glass, or bottle. Awesome!
I would come back for their brunch.

Love this place.
Cute place
Wine is lovely, great selection
Very good service & friendly waitress
We were all satisfied with our pastas
2 of our friends had ate before they came but got hungry when they saw our pastas, but when they decided to order the kitchen was closed
Seeing their disappointment the waitress told the kitchen and they made and exception and surprised us with their pastas
Cute gesture, very much appreciated
Will definitely be back

This establishment needs a lot of work.
I’ve dined at Cibo before on King and at Yonge and Eg. It seems like a no brainer that because I love wine and love the venue, why not host my birthday dinner here?
I couldn’t be more wrong. The familiar but new thing didn’t pan out.
From the expected knowledgeable event planner, to the friendly hostess, to the experienced server, all the way over to the accommodating managers — we were disappointed. The event planner made a mistake with our party (parties of 10 do not HAVE to order from social menu), the hostess was inattentive and asked our party to escort themselves («you can walk around and find your party…»), the server was absolutely inexperienced (poured the glass to taste and continued to fill the same glass), and managers accommodated by throwing the event planner under the bus and… that’s about it.
We were told that for a party of 10 or more we MUST order from their social menu (fixed menu, options: $ 45, $ 55, $ 65). A menu that both the front of house and back of house could not execute or deliver. We waited a random assortment of times for items on the menu. In between dishes we would wait 10…40…12.19…then a good 60 minutes (yes, we were there for 5 bottles of wine and 3 hours). Only to find out that we didn’t have to order from the social menu and you know what… maybe we did’t have to order from there at all!
I mean, we all know you get what you pay for but we definitely did not pay a bill of $ 900 for that.
In hindsight — I would have spent both my dollars and experience points dining somewhere else.

After a fantastic experience at the Yonge & Eglinton location for dinner, we came to this location for the Groupon Brunch special which included two buffets and mimosas. I am not a huge brunch person, so the idea of a pizza and charcuterie and cheese was SUPER appealing and the selection did not disappoint. I found a few of the items to be lacking in salt (the caesar & alfredo sauce come to mind) but there was no salt on the table. I probably could have asked but there were so many other delicious things to be eaten, so no biggy. The set up is a little strange, in that there is food on three separate levels of the restaurant, but it wasn’t too big of a bother and probably stopped me from getting that last extra plate that I did not need.

Came here on a Sunday for their Bubbles and Brunch special. My friend bought a Groupon ($ 35 for brunch for 2) which was a good deal. The food was pretty good (all-​you-​can-​eat brunch buffet with breakfast foods and lunch foods). The weird thing was that you had to go up and down the two different levels inside the restaurant to get the food you wanted (upstairs = lunch foods, downstairs = breakfast foods). The strange thing was our server changed after 1.5 hrs of being in the restaurant and no one told us until we wanted to get the bill.

I was always underwhelmed by the service at Ciao but enjoyed the food anyway and the same goes for Cibo. I stopped going to Ciao, however, because I got tired of the service. Ciao closed and the owners did some makeovers and reopened as Cibo. Same menu and, sadly, same abysmal service. Beautiful décor, great food and neglectful servers.
We (regretfully) arrived almost fifteen minutes late for our reservation thanks to the pouring rain and difficulty getting a cab. Our party of two was escorted downstairs to what appeared to be a table for 6. When we asked why we had such a big table for two people in a busy restaurant at 7:30 on a Saturday night we were told that others would be seated. When we asked why or if we could move our table the response was «this is how it is». REALLY — this is how it is?!? Unacceptable response.
We shared some starters and ordered just tap water and a bottle of red wine. It was an $ 80 bottle. The bottle took almost 15 minutes to find its way to us, it was uncorked and poured and placed on the table. The servers then ignore the bottle the ENTIRE EVENING. No attention to empty glasses or top up. We did it ourselves. We also had to ask for more water. Several. Times — with only one refill the entire night to a total of two glasses of water. The starters and the GF pasta were very good. No dessert because the only GF friendly dessert was gelato on a chilly, wet October Saturday night (no thanks). My friend had water splashed on her and a fork dropped off the table onto her shirt from two separate servers.
Cibo, this is YORKVILLE. There are a number of mid to high end restaurants that are happy to provide water, knowledgeable service and attentive top ups of wine glasses for the same quality of food and price as you’re charging. You need to step it up because right now your reno’s to take you from Ciao to Cibo are lipstick on a pig and I would rather visit the competition to be served appropriately.

*3.5 stars
I was invited to Cibo Yorkville’s preview dinner. The location is great and the space is beautiful. I thought that the service was wonderful and overall I had a good experience.
I think all the tables got random menu items to sample. We started with a beautiful charcuterie board with a nice selection of meats and cheeses. My friend and I both enjoyed it a lot.
For mains, we were given a roasted chicken and an artichoke pizza to sample. The roasted chicken was well cooked, even though it looked almost a little undercooked around the leg. Could be a tad more flavourful… But we both enjoyed the veggies and potatoes on the side.
As for the pizza, my friend found a piece of hair in her slice, so that sort of ruined it for both of us.
For dessert, we were served a delicious tiramisu– the portion size was very generous. We were very pleased.
One complaint I did have is that the drinks were very watered down (I had a mojito and a sangria). But I’m not sure if it’s because this is just a preview dinner. This is one area that I think they can improve.
On the whole, they have some kinks to work out, but we had a pleasant experience and would return to try again.