Zia Maria - Chelsea

Zia Maria - Chelsea reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Lesly

   New York City6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great restaurant with attentive wait staff. Party of 13 and everyone was happy with their dishes.
   

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   Monica

   San Francisco Bay Area2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on May 20, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   We went to celebrate my daughter's graduation. The restaurant made her a beautiful dessert to celebrate.
   

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   Tom VIP

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on May 18, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   The food at Zia Maria was good, but I was very disappointed with the level of service from the entire wait staff and even the bussers. The team was consistently rude—dishes were dropped on the table with no care, and simple requests like asking for more water were met with visible annoyance. It was especially frustrating given that everyone in our party ordered multiple courses and drinks, including cocktails, wine, appetizers, and entrees. The lack of courtesy really took away from what could have been a great dining experience.
   

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   Steve VIP

   New York City2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on May 7, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We love Zia Maria! The food is great and the staff ids very friendly!
   

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   Kristen

   New York City1 review

   5.0

   Dined on April 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   We were looking for a place that could fit 4 of us fairly quickly and pretty close to where we were staying. We found Zia Maria’s and we were able to get a reservation within the half an hour. We were sat almost right away, waited a little bit to order, but once we did the food came out very quickly! The food was very good and reasonably priced. As we were finishing up, the skies opened up (they quickly resat the people outside inside) and we were told to take our time leaving because of the weather. We would definitely go back.
   

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   Louise VIP

   Denver / Colorado14 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 24, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   The food was fine but nothing special. Server also seemed like we were an annoyance to deal with. There’s lots of good Italian available in the city, so this wouldn’t be my first choice going forward or to be honest ever again.
   

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   Suzanne

   New York City4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 5, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Food is nice, not fancy but good size portions at moderate prices for this neighborhood. Service was very good and the decor and ambiance are pleasing. It’s a little loud when most of the tables were filled at Saturday dinner.
   

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   Tim

   San Francisco Bay Area7 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 3, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Good food. Pizza was great and the Zia Maria chicken was delicious. We would return.
   

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   Teresa

   Las Vegas3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 1, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great ambiance - the food was well prepared but lacking flavor.
   

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    Steven

    Greater Boston1 review

    3.0

    Dined on March 29, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3

    Food was great and restaurant's ambiance was nice and not too loud. But, We had a couple of "weird" things happen that are service related. We were seated right at our 7:30 reservation time, and about 5 min after being seated, someone brought us water. No one approached us for 10-15 min afterward. Then our waiter came and took our drink order and we told him we needed more time to think about food order. 2 min later, another waiter came and asked to take our food order. Our original waiter returned 2 min after that, and asked a third time to take our food order. We ordered apps and dinner. Food was great. After dinner, our plates were cleared; we declined dessert. A few min later, a dessert appeared with no explanation. We had no plates or silverware, so the waiter who delivered dessert, left to get those. Shortly after, our waiter came, took the dessert, said it was a mistake and took that dessert to a different table. Not the end of the world, just service was different than expectations. We left the dinner around 9pm, and the restaurant was mostly empty, no one was waiting to be seated, so I'm unsure why the repeated asks to take our food earlier in the evening.
    

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