What happened to my favorite restaurant?! Was the chef off duty? What happened to the wonderful dishes that are no longer on the menu? Sloppy plates delivered to us with unripe produce on salads, barely any dressing, and tasteless cuisine. As if someone just threw ingredients together without any thought. What was once artful and delicious was a mess. Even the pizza wasn’t as good. The only positive was the drinks—still delicious. What a sad and disappointing dinner. Don’t know when we will all be back. Canceling our large group dinner for July.
This place has LONG been one of my favorite restaurants in town. Their pizza is great, every item on the menu is fantastic. If they messed up your order, you still wouldn't send it back!Their drinks are fantastic. Nothing on the menu is spirit-forward if that's your thing, but they took the time to carefully craft that menu and it shows! The rest of Media is NOT on par with their drink menu.As far as the atmosphere, it's amazing. The downstairs is a tad small and more of a bar vibe, but the upstairs is a two story (with an indoor balcony) convertible (weather permitting) space that has a wall-to-wall mural on the ceiling.
Cannot express enough how amazing this place is! We went for our anniversary. We were greeted by a delightful middle-aged hostess who made some incredible recommendations. The waiter was very personable and relaxed. The atmosphere was incredible — it literally felt like we were in Italy. We stayed for 2.5 hours by accident and not one time felt rushed to leave. I’ve been to multiple restaurants in media and this one takes the cake! Perfect for any occasion.
Great service food with nice atmosphere - def would go again
Salads are amazing! So much flavor.. definitely recommend ordering two salads and one pizza to share between 3 people and if 4 just add on another pizza. The dough and sauce are delicious ?
Giving Ariano a 4 based on past experience, but yesterday was definitely a 3. The waitress was not very attentive and the food was just okay. I ordered a salad with grilled chicken - it was the special. The salad came out without the chicken. How does that happen? And when it did come out it was a bunch of little pieces in a bowl - not very appetizing looking at all.
the lunch specials included a variety of choices at fair prices for the good quality. The wait staff were very friendly and on top of their game.
my fav place to go with friends !!! atmosphere is amazing & the food is great always
Cocktail was phenomenal! The foam on top was delicious and not too boozy. Pizza was perfect, warm thick crust and plenty of toppings. The short rib pizza was particularly exceptional for meat lovers, couldn’t even get a picture without taking a bite first.
We visited Ariano for our first time on Saturday for a family dinner. The menu had items for my wife and I to enjoy as well a pizza for our four year old to love. The staff was great and very attentive, i don’t believe our glasses of water were ever empty. I highly recommend the branzino dish and the lemon sorbet. The Nutella pizza desert was a hit with my wife and daughter.