Giovanni’s Ristorante & Pizzeria

Would be zero stars if possible. Unorganized, bad attitudes, and a waste of time. We called a week ago to reserve the upstairs dining for a group of about 20 people. My fiancée and I have a lot of family in town and we loved this place when Bachi owned it. We raved to all of them about how great it was. We didn’t realize the new owners have ruined it. We confirmed the date and information with the woman on the phone when we made the reservation a week ago. Today when we walked in we weren’t greeted, we went upstairs to an empty space clearly not set up, went and told the bartender to which his response was “well, she didn’t mention a party was coming in and it’s just me and one server so…” and that was about all we got. Another large party came in right after us with a “reservation” that also was never communicated. They were smart enough to call ahead with their food order though. We waited 15 min for a table to be set up. Sat around for another half hour with ZERO service. A few people ordered drinks that took forever. When we finally checked again, we were told the owner and a server were on their way. They never showed while we were there. We ended up calling the restaurant next door and they happily had a room set up for us in 10 minutes. So after 45 minutes we left Giovanni’s without any words at all from the staff, no apology or even a glance in our direction. This place used to be great, don’t waste your time now.

Service: 1

I always order their pizza and never disappointed, not greasy or too thin

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Just walked out of the restaurant without ordering. When we walked in, the waitress just stared at us. Didn't bother to say a word. No " you can sit anywhere, no welcome, nothing. Then we sat there for 10 minutes and nobody bothered to even come over and take our order or anything. I can almost understand if they were busy, but there were only 3 tables with people sitting and already eating. Kind of makes you wonder how they're staying in business. You would think they would want to better their reputation after their past transgressions shall we say.

Service: 1

Sauce was off tasted metallic

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

We ordered two Calzones via Slice. Neither Calzone had Ricotta Cheese in them, and they refused to fix the issue. Won't be ordered from them again!

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nice enough. Decent food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Italian

Love this place! Food is always top notch and their drinks selection as well. Servers and bartenders are very friendly and welcoming. Would definitely recommend this place for brunch/dinner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ordered slice of pizza and it was cold.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Best meatballs

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Prime Rib Dinner, Italian

Food was awful and then the driver kept $40 towards the bill for herself and charged my card.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

My wife and I went there and were thoroughly disappointed. We entered at 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, ordered a drink, and then ordered a large pizza with sausage only. Nothing crazy. All ordered no later than 4:50. After a little, kept looking at my watch, and realizing it was getting later and later. At 5:30, the waitress (who was very pleasant) came over and said it would be an additional five minutes for our 1 pizza as a large carry out order was put in. And on top of this, we were the only people in the restaurant at this time. My wife and I had someplace to be, so we said no thank you, and we would just pay for our drinks. The young lady who was serving us was very accommodating, but needless to say we will not be going to that restaurant again in our future visits to the area.

Highly recommended.
I had a warm (very lightly toasted) turkey grinder, with the addition of roasted peppers (one of my favorite meals) and they absolutely nailed it.
Perfect.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best pasta in the area, hands down. Even takeout arrives exactly the way it should - pasta is not mushy. Sauce is incredible. Sausage is nicely spicy. Absolutely has become a go-to.

Same owners new name just new faces still albanian by the same family but the food quality dropped, zero standards, always slow never busy long wait times as well, terrible service dont bother, burn your money instead of spending it here

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Delicious food and drinks ! Definitely going back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Italian, Salada Caesar Salad with Chicken, Fried Calamari