Cafe Chianti

Hands down the best Italian food in the city
This place also has fantastic servers and a great view of the water

We enjoyed another fantastic meal here this evening. We were saying that we have enjoyed meals here for the past 25 years or so. 3 different locations, and in all those years we have never been disappointed. We have many other restaurants in the city we enjoy, but Cafe Chianti is consistently excellent

This was my first time at this location (I had been several times to the one that burned down years ago). The appetizers/starters were amazing! We shared crab cakes, focaccia bread, and calamari and all of them were mouth watering. My seafood linguini main plate was equally delicious. One of the teens with us had a pizza which ended up burnt (not the one I took a picture of) but they apologized and did not charge us. In fact when out of their way to make us satisfied. I don't often notice the music, which for this style of restaurant is a good thing but here even the quite music was very pleasant - they had jazz styles cover songs which set the mood perfectly.

Food was tasty however the service was extremely slow. We waited for our main for a long time. We requested more drinks but they didn't come.

Beautiful food. Staff was very nice. The problem was with a new staff. We waited a long time to order. The new waitress forgot to tell the kitchen to start our mains after our appetizer was done. An hour later we were still waiting! We finally asked for an update. We were pleasant through out and luckily did not have to be anywhere (like Neptune). If we had tickets to something it would have been a total disaster.
They apologized for the error. New staff have to learn so we were fine. All good.
But we were to slow getting our bill too… and table cleared although it was not busy by the time we finished- it was getting very late! The person in charge/ management also apologized. From the bill, they gave us the 5 oz wine and appetizer free. Honestly they should have done MORE. It was a bit classless of this manager or whoever she was. Cheap too after such a huge amount of time of ours wasted and is not getting upset. If we had fussed she would have likely done more but this review will suffice. The management should have made it free/ half price or even given as gift certificate to return again for a better experience. That would have been a class act. But nope, no such thing. Accidents happen and that is fine but the restaurant management should have made up for the error instead of skimping out with the very bare minimum. Lots of great restaurants in Halifax- I would suggest looking elsewhere. This restaurant really just wants your money and not particularly concerned about your dining experience.

Great first experience at Cafe Chianti! Amazing at tentative staff and some amazing culinary magic behind the scenes everything was amazing!

Nice customer service, food was amazing, great place to dine in overlooking water. And they gave us free flowers too

We love this place! The new location is superb. The decor creates a beautiful atmosphere. The service is excellent, Kristy attended to our every need and is so professional and thoughtful. The Caesar salad is the best in town and our steak was cooked beautifully, so tender and tasty. The tables are well set out and private. One of our favourite places to eat in town, it never disappoints. We will be back soon. Thank you for a memorable evening.

Good atmosphere, polite people, however somewhat slow. When it arrived out of the 3 dishes we tried the seafood linguine was the best. This was slightly on the spicier side but, very creamy. The restraunt was hard to find at first, as it is kind of blocked by the building beside it. Lots of parking thankfully don't have to find street parking.