Q: positive

A: Apparently, I've not written my review of Cibo as yet. Cibo has excellent pizza in a charming atmosphere - it's a great date restaurant, Girls-Night-Out restaurant, or "Place to take your hip Mom" restaurant. Not a ton of testosterone here. Which is fine, we're secure enough to come here and sit on the spindly little patio chairs and sip wine and munch on pizza and idly agree with the dining companion du jour about how cute everything is. I lied in the previous sentence. I never munch on pizza. Perhaps I shouldn't be hungry as I write this, but I tend to devour my pizza in such a way that embarrasses anyone with a good view. I imagine it must be like a train wreck. The service here has some issues. They always take care of me, per se, and they do it with a degree of aplomb, but I have gotten some attitude here previously. Maybe they have elephantine memories and remember that time I brought my plastic cup of iced mocha from Fair Trade and refused to let them take it until halfway through my meal (I wasn't done with it!!!!) or the one time my friend asked if she could get a side of Ranch Dressing (not kidding, seriously you should know by now I honestly couldn't make this stuff up [to which request the waiter replied with a terse "Umm, no."]) I have yet to find the perfect pizza ingredients here - Diavolo is too spicy, other things I've tried are too sweet, not enough flavor, or have other drawbacks (vegetables, for instance) which prevent them from being favorites. I guess I come back for the overall experience, despite the occasionally uneven service. Plus, it's almost magically easy compared to Bianco's. (probably the only comparison with Bianco's it will ever win).

Q: positive

A: The fella and I grabbed drinks with friends on a Wednesday night, and then had dinner on our own. I was a little intrigued to see if the staff treated us weirdly since we weren't regulars, but all was well! The place was hopping with live music happening in the bar, and we bellied right up. The bartender was pleasant and fast, and my most favorite part was that they had hooks under the bar for purses! The fella and I moseyed over to the restaurant side for dinner, and our waiter was so sweet! We ordered hummus to start out with ($3.50), and it came with pita points that looked maybe like they were pumpernickel? Pretty tasty. For dinner, the fella got the lamb burger ($13.50), and I got the grapes and fennel salad with grilled chicken ($12.50). The fella said the lamb burger was even better than The Liberty's, which is high praise indeed. I can attest to the Greek fries being awesome - they were more like thick slices of potatoes with olive oil and feta cheese. YUM. The salad was delicious, too. Overall, a solid addition to Quail Corners and a seriously under served part of south Charlotte!

Q: negative

A: They recently made some changes and it stinks. They have different and less options than last time. The sizes and prices of their bowls are kind of a joke. Not sure if I will return. The staff is overwhelming.

Q: negative

A:
We had 2 awful sandwiches, that were supposedly turkey. Even the pickles were lousy.