Assuming the recent reviews for this place are authentic(despite curiously recent membership for some said reviewers),how exactly did Ciro's change? This place's reputation for overpriced inferior dishes was such that an incoming Ciro's manager apologized publicly and asked locals to give it another try. I was waiting for some kind of win-back-the-trust super deal to follow, like a draft beer special or great food offering. So what changed? My three-star rating is a benefit of the doubt that this place has changed since my personally unfavorable dining experience there years ago.

just arrived in Beijing, i am ready for the Amazing Chinese New Year and i go Sanlitun..surprise, surprise no one around, everything close down..where is everybody? ok, long story short: at least Ciro's Pomodoro is open! Food is quite ok, staff is great and funny, but music a bit loud for my taste and 80's style decoration is quite depressing, reminds me how old i am; all these stars from the past hanging on the wall...plus...who f*****g is Ciro?

I went to Ciro's for the second time last Saturday and had an amazing time. The blues band was rocking and the drummer was hilarious whenever he addressed the crowd. Service was great, they were very attentive and when my girlfriend wanted to order a dish that was no longer on the menu they made it with no problem. The manager was really friendly and even had a shot with us. I will certainly be going back again and soon.

After reading the recent reviews of Ciro's, I felt the need to place a comment here.
I have just recently taken over as manager at Ciro's Pomodoro, I am currently doing my best to fix all of the complaints that I've read here. All I ask is that those of you reading the poor reviews give us another chance. I promise you that the dining experience we will offer once these problems are fixed will be second to none.

So for the positive points of Ciro's (Staff very friendly and attentive, out-door patio , decent music)
negative points ( Food is decent at best and WAY over-priced... you can eat at the nicest restaurants in Beijing for the price of Ciro's) All and All if you are just looking for a place to get a quick bite and dont mind spending some money then you will have a good staff serving you and will get to hear some pretty good music! If you are looking for a good meal, there are to many other place to go!

I've heard some pretty terrible things about this place and was not even going to bother with a visit. But the Nali mall's outside seating area is wonderful on a summers morning and there weren't tables available in other restaurants, so we thought why the hell not.

The food isn't as terrible as most people say, but it is definitely not restaurant standard. Its the type of food that if your date cooked a home meal for you you'd scoff down and say its delicious (unless you'd been together for more than a year and can be honest and still get laid).

The thing that makes this place so terrible is the complete lack of attention to detail. Small things that really make a dinning experience are just totally disregarded. The staff are eager to get you inside put you in your seat, make your order quickly and then seem to vanish, it is a major pain in the ass to get a class of water or napkin, the food presentation is similar, looks like care was taken when preparation started and then the "chef" god distracted and did something else. Also put the word chef in quotation marks because when this dirty looking dude with a hippy's ponytail left over from the 60's walked through the restaurant my girlfriend was unimpressed by the clientele, imagine her surprise when we found out he was the chef.

We were in the Nali Patio quite late one evening and just wanted some drinks before we ended the night. There were some empty tables outside and we thought since it was going to be quick, let's just grab a table outside. But no, we were told that minimum spending for a table was RMB 180. If there were 4 or 5 of us, that would be fine but it was just me and friend. I guess next time we can only sit outside if we plan on having dinner which of course would run over RMB 180 quite (unless they up the minimum charge to RMB 500 during dinner time).

The thought of mid-priced cheese and spinach filled pasta was too tempting to pass up. However, I expected a bit more for my RMB than a mere 5-6 pasta parcels. (But they were quite tasty, and for this reason alone I will give Ciro's 2 stars.)

Everything else about this restaurant is, however, mediocre at best and overpriced to boot. I ordered a small Caesar salad to accompany my tiny dish of pasta, and found that it had been drowned in an overly-fishy dressing. Horrid! I was quite glad not to have ordered the larger version.

We saw on the Beijinger about their Wednesdays Happy Hour so we went. Staff had no idea it was Happy Hour at the time we got there. Said no to us but my friend insisted she saw it was listed in the events category here. Waiter went to "consult" management and then came back to tell us that apart from beers and red wine, the rest of the drinks are 2 for 1. We were like WTF? What's the point of happy hour if beers are not part of the deal??? But I had already sat down and was too lazy to walk over to another restaurant. So, we ordered cocktails and soft drinks. Waiter now got even more specific saying that we could only order two similar cocktails if we wanted the happy hour price (unlike other places which allow different cocktails as long as the higher priced one is paid for).

When we got the bill, the total did not reflect the happy hour price. So, friend spoke to waiter. Waiter again appeared clueless and asked where we got the information from (from the other waiter, duh!). And after sorting it out with their cashier, the correct bill finally arrived.

Clueless clueless clueless. We now suspect they only offer the 2 for 1 deal if customers mention it. It's almost like mention an important person's name and you get 50% off.

Definitely not going back again.

I have had many a dinners ,the food wasnt so good this time though.
Guys buck up , This was once a good place for dining especially when you had the band on weekends.