Cicciotti's Trattoria Italiana & Seafood

A hidden gem surrounded by many nearby homes facing the Pacific Ocean. In my opinion the food was on point, the service is charming, Fredrick brings you back to Italy. The ambiance is very cool with the outside sitting. I recommend it. Cheers

* We LOVE Cicciotti's Italian restaurant in Carlsbad, CA * Great location ... on the corner of Grand & Roosevelt ... lots of FREE parking in the lot off Roosevelt Ave.* the Lasagna is to die for ... with enough to take home TOO* served with complimentary {{ soft, warm bread }} and add your own tomato chunks mmmmmm or vinagarette/olive oil on request* choice of sitting Indoor / Outdoor to "people watch"* LIVE music on the weekends* great Staff* Happy Hour .. check times

Our entrees were amazing! The complimentary bread was subpar, but the dipping sauce was good. The service was great, very good about refilling water. There were a ton of flies by our table which was off putting. It was also interesting that the recommended tip tier starts at 20% all the way up to 35%. Gone are the days when the tip tier was 15%, 18% or 20% (for excellent service).

Dined here on Wednesday with a Fun Best Friend of mine. We've been here for Happy Hour a few times and it's always been Great.We arrived 15 minutes before Happy Hour and had our choice of seating at the Bar.We both had two glasses of Cicciotti's House Cabernet to start off with and Toast each other.She wanted to try the Petite Filet Mignon topped with Gorgonzola sauce and vegetables (Super Tasty) served on Monday through Thursday. She wanted Medium Rare & I wanted Rare. The Medium Rare tasted and looked like it was Rare Filet. Yum! Had the Artichoke with the shrimp - tasty as well as the lightly fried Calamari with tentacles and Zucchini Fritti. The Calamari tasted excellent. We also had their Happy Hour Bread and Balsamic oil & vinegar to dip it in.Light but Super Healthy Food Choices with House Wine made our afternoon and evening lots of Fun. We Love this place for Happy Hour. There was a Farmer's Market around the corner so it gave us something else to do. Lots of shops and the Beach is right down the street.Service was great thanks to Rolando our Bartender. Looking forward to our next Happy Hour here.

This place had awful service. Our server had a terrible attitude! His name is Eric. My family and I were excited to try this place out for my sister's 21 st birthday. She bought her first legal drink here and he never said Happy Birthday he was just grumpy. Having been a server myself, I know customer service especially in the restaurant Industry. We didn't get any water refills, our drink order took a long time, along with getting our food. Eric seemed to have the attitude that he was "too good" for his job. On top of the awful service they rip you off with using the San Diego Restaurant Gift Cards from Costco. They don't let you use the gift card for any happy hour items and they charge an automatic 18% tip to your bill if you use the gift card as well. The service was not worth 18%. Basically it's cheaper to eat here without the gift card... I will be reaching out to San Diego restaurant gift cards about this business. It's very unethical and they should not be apart of it. They also tried to charge me 20% tip for my party of 4! 20% only applies to a party of 5 or more. Eric proceeded to say"that's what we charge" I then informed him about what the menu stated. They were trying to price gouge. I will not be coming back and I will not recommend it to any friends of family of mine.Save your money and go someplace else with better service and ethics.

Amazing dinner tonight. Rolando the Bartender was so awesome and accommodating. Excellent service and great food!! Highly recommended. See Rolando for great service!! The spaghetti and meatballs were amazing. The bread and bruschetta were delicious But the service by Rolando was the difference maker!! I would give 10 STARS if I could! You won't be disappointed.

I really enjoyed my time here came here for the happy hour with live music. The calamari was pretty decent. I wish it was crispier. Same thing for the bruschetta.The beer was very good.Kind of restrictive that you cannot take your happy hour drink to the dining table

I had no expectations of anything when I arrived. But I loved the time we went since there were only 6 people in there. We were seated right away and sat near the door. It wasn't loud, they had the sports channel on, and some music playing. The nice person, whose name I forgot, gave us our menu and waters right away. We ordered the oysters on the half shell and Bruschetta mama Mia, cannelloni, aperol spritz, beer, and pappardelle funghi tartufati.The Bruschetta was interesting because at first bite, it's as if the bread is stale, but still good. I've never had Bruschetta with smoked salmon on it and i enjoyed the change. This was my first time trying an aperol spritz and it was interesting. Reminded me of licking an orange peel. The beer which was called a Sal, was quite sour. The pastas were absolutely great! I would definitely come here again.

GROUPON customers get an 18% surcharge on the amount before the discount. Regardless of how many people are at your table. Additionally, you can't use the Groupon on any discounted items like happy hour items. This isn't disclosed on the Groupon App. Not cool.We purchased a $45 dollar Groupon for $22.50 but the surcharge was $10. So we only really saved $10 on our tab. Is anyone orders over $120 they will pay over $20 surcharge bringing the savings to $0. We got a pepperoni pizza and a barbecue pizza both were good. The complementary bread and sauce was delicious. The service was good. they checked on us a couple of times to make sure everything was ok. The location is great. We ate outside to enjoy a beautiful day.

Good service and very delicious food!!! We back for the happy hour and for the drinks