Cafe Cibo St Petersburg, Fl

Matthew was an exceptional server, making our entire dining experience delightful. The food was excellent, and the bread with dipping sauce was absolutely heavenly. The desserts were also fantastic. Overall, it was a wonderful experience, and the prices were quite reasonable as well.

The best Italian food you will ever find! BEST crab cakes you will find as well! Love the owner, Frank!

Cafe Cibo used to be really good but the food and the service has gone downhill. I ordered my fave dish, Chicken Marsala with no mushrooms, and it was completely bland and the chicken was mushy. This is a dish I have ordered from this restaurant, as well as many others, without issue. When I got home with my to-go order it was so bad that I drove the 10 minutes back to return it. I explained I wanted to return my food, which had less than 2 bites eaten, and was blamed because I ordered it without mushrooms. I was in complete shock because not only did they not apologize but 2 separate employees gave me a hard time because “the flavor comes from the mushrooms.” Wrong. Marsala should still taste like the key ingredient: Marsala wine. The mushrooms are not what give the Marsala flavor. I won’t be going back which is a shame because I love their bread dipping sauce. Oh well, too many other places that make flavorful Marsala withOUT mushrooms.

I have been to Italy 3 times. This food is about the closest I have tasted to real Italy since I’ve traveled! Chef owned for 23 years …. And you can tell he takes pride in the preparation of food. Everything we tasted was fabulous! Can’t recommend it enough. Wine was delicious as well. Matthew our server was fantastic as well! Restaurant is not fancy …. But don’t let that fool you. Food is amazing! Try the bruschetta. And the Marsala is to die for. Hubby loved his crab cakes.

Food great. Service great. Yeah, bread dip is great. But … save room for house made tiramisu. Worth the extra treadmill time for sure.