When the Kitchenette Just Is Not Cutting It
Extended-stay hotels like the Element Orlando International Drive are great for trips that last more than a couple of nights. The in-room kitchen is useful. But by day three or four, the last thing you want is another meal you cooked yourself in a hotel. When that moment hits, Ciao Italia Ristorante is exactly where you want to be.
We are a short drive from the Element on International Drive, and we have been serving Orlando since 1991. The Navarra family runs the kitchen and the dining room, and the food is made from scratch every single evening. Handmade pasta, fresh seafood, slow-braised meats, and sauces that have been perfected over three decades.
Authentic Italian on the I-Drive Corridor
International Drive is packed with restaurants, but most of them are national chains turning out the same menu you can get anywhere in the country. Ciao Italia is something you cannot replicate. The recipes are the Navarra family's own. The pasta is handmade in-house. The veal, lamb, chicken, and seafood dishes are prepared to order with fresh ingredients every night.
With more than 3,000 reviews and 9 awards including a Zagat rating, Ciao Italia has a reputation that the chains simply cannot match. This is the restaurant that locals recommend when visitors ask where to find real Italian food in Orlando.
