Reviews for Zio's Italian Kitchen in Oklahoma City, OK
I've eaten at Zio's a couple times before and it's been a few years since. While in OKC, I decided to have Italian meals so I... dropped in this Zio's. From outside, the building looks old and outdated and in need of updating. Once you go inside, theoutside does not do it justice. The inside is pretty marvelous and chill. Our hostess took us to the very far back of therestaurant. Which I thought was weird. Once we were seated, our waitress took care of us and got the orders and bring the foodhappily. Throughout the course of the dining experience, she came over ALOT and asks recurring questions while I had food in mymouth. I don't mind a good attentive waitress but checking on customers while food in mouth or talking, a good thumbs up from adistance would suffice over than walking the distance to us. Not a complaint at all, just advice. Our waitress was excellent. Ieven left a nice tip. Anyways the food was great, the bread is nice and pepperoni bread appetizer is simply delicious. I didn'thave any wine this time as I saved my bladder for a beer later. Don't let the outside fool you, just come on inside and enjoy ameal. The building appearance alone decided for me to give a 4 star rating. Read more
Upon entering the restaurant the first thing noticed was the smell which was coming off the dirty floors! Ugh ? we sat and... placed an order regardless. We ordered the grilled chicken Marsala with angel food pasta, Lasagne, and grilled chickentortellini with Alfredo. If anyone has been to the Bone Fish they know how Chicken Marsala should be created and presentationis important. The chicken breasts were dry because they were not made from scratch in house but brought frozen and not moist; wesent the Tortellini Alfredo back because the chicken was so dry it was like jerky. I had the Grilled Chicken Marsala and I haveto say less is more. The plate was saturated in sauce to cover the dry pieces of chicken buried under the sauce. The lasagna wasburied in spaghetti sauce and the portion was very small. My Guest could not even finish the Tortellini Alfredo because ittasted artificial. The bread was ?Subway? ! And we received one dish of oil/spices and no little dishes. Oh my goodness how didthis place get 3.9 stars? The house salad had a half a cup of iceberg lettuce and a half a cup of cheese with carrots andchopped tomatoes - again, how the 3.9 stars? Needless to say - less is more, presentation is key. Going the extra mile as wehad to ask for napkins and received the silver ware wrapped in a one ply torn napkin. Oh my goodness 3.9 stars really. I?d lovefeedback from management. Power wash the floors, being small dishes for each guest, less food, better presentation, changewhere you buy your chicken breasts as they are dry. Read more
Five cheese fettuccine alfredo with shrimp and chicken. It was okay. The proteins (chicken) tasted like a they were cooked with... Italian sausage, It had a off taste. The shrimp was over cooked and the pasta was cook perfectly. They were understaffed and ittook at least 45 to hour to receive my food! You guys have to do better!!! Read more
Called about 1:00 to let them know I was bringing a birthday party of 10-12 at 6:30 Monday 3/14. Wanted to make sure they had... staff and I could bring in a cake. I was told sure for both questions. We get there at 6:25 and were told there was a 30 minwait. It turned out to be 45. We were seated and again we waited. About 20 minutes for our drinks, then another 10 for bread.People came in, sat, ate, and left all while we waited. Lots of call ins were rushed out before we were taken care of. 20 moreminutes our order was taken. 20 more for salads, then another 40 for our food.The sweet waitress did try to help. Food finallyarrives. 2 orders wrong. Chicken fettuccine without chicken, so he was brought a bowl of chicken. Food was warm, not hot. Mychicken picatta was pretty good. This was my brothers 60 birthday and it was so bad. If you cant handle or dont have the staffjust say so. Only the waitress ever apologized for anything. Very disappointed. You should not put take out orders or smalltables before those that had been waiting. 3 hours of my life I will never get back. Read more
Went for Wednesday evening dinner. They did let us know they were short staffed but they did surprisingly well with limited... staff! My pasta was so good I had the grilled chicken amalfi. So much flavor and I like how saucy it was. Overall greatexperience. Read more
The restaurant was short-staffed so there was a longer than average wait. We planned to dine-in but we went to the take-out... counter instead. Our order was correct, tasty and well presented. I ordered manicotti with a side salad and apple pie. Theportions were large. They also threw in a bread and dipping oil. Read more
A good choice. Open dining room space, but nice, clean feel. Server was outstanding. Bre was very professional - not annoying or... hovering, but efficient and right there exactly when and how needed. Food was handmade and excellent flavor, with big portions.???? Read more
Solid concept, but just missed the mark. The dough has some decent flavor but the amount of sauce used on the pizza was way to... much. This pizza only needs about half the amount of sauce that was put on it. Also it seems the oven temp isn't quite right asthe cheese on the pizza had barely started to melt but the undercrust was cooked pretty good. Too much sauce = too muchmoisture, the pizza was floppy. Read more