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We go to Ciola's at least once a week and consider ourselves resident ""regulars""... we don't go for the food, although we do eat a lot of the time we come in. (best cesear salad in town, hands down.) Sit at the bar- we have fantastic service at the tables, but the bar staff is the reason we chose to go there half the time. Lonnie, the sarcastic, and Chanel, the sweet girl-behind-the bar will take good care of you! Drinks are great, atmosphere is dark wooded, velvet curtained, and fantastically tavern-like. Baseball memoribila lines the walls, and in the late afternoons/early evenings, the bar is filled with the ""boys club"" of the local golf courses emptying out 12:00 tee time players. They all seem to gather at Ciola's at the end of the day, to have a cocktail or share an appetizer. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin crone in the background, and you get the feeling you are in another time. The seated portion of the restaurant is non-smoking, and if you prefer it, I recommend the c-shaped seating or the grotto-esque booths in the back corners. Call ahead for a weekend reservation or you'll get one of the more public walkway tables, not quite as nice. We hosted a special event at Ciola's last spring- and reserved the private room. It was wonderfiul. Food was great, service was awesome, and they made us feel wonderful about having our event there. The room is totally off to itself, perfect for large groups and private service. Highly recommended. Have even had drinks after hours with the owner, who even in his slightly drunken arrogance, was friendly, hospitable, and proud of his establishment. A Lakeway Landmark.\r
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