Giovanni’s Pizza III

My wife ordered the cheesesteak hoagie and I ordered a personal white veggie and it was great. This place never disappoints!

Everything always seems rushed. Last 3 pizzas were thrown together, greasy, floppy crust, cheese all over… I kept trying cause it’s so close and I thought maybe the first time or two they were just busy but they clearly don’t care. Don’t ask any questions on the phone you’ll be on hold for 5 min and then be told a small order will take 45 min for pick up… Very unfriendly people. I feel they’re only busy because of the location … I now drive to get good food, you get tired of wasting your money.

just had a classic GTFO experience at this spot we’ve been to before and enjoyed. we arrived at 9:30 pm, a full hour before closing time, and from the get-​go it was clear they were not thrilled about us being there. to top it off the whole meal, they started cleaning the fan while we were still seated and piles of dust fell onto the floor…
the food is always decent, tonight it was the unwelcoming and rushed service that’s compelling me to give this review. please don’t say you’re open until 10:30 if you’re just going to be pushing customers out the door!

The pizza is way greasy and the pepperoni wasn’t even cooked on top. It was like they threw it on last minute. Plus the music sucks they are playing and the temp feels like an ice box. The fries were good at least.

YES!!! large portions and great tasting Italian food!

This place had the best pizza I have ever eaten. Nice friendly staff, will be back if back in the area.

Went here Xmas Eve with my family. We loved EVERYTHING! Good service, HUGE portions and absolutely delicious food. Our orders were Veal parm with spaghetti, Chicken parm with spaghetti, Chicken cacciatori & Shrimp scampi. Fantastic experience. Was my first time dining inside and I can say I will definitely be back. 6 stars out of 5 for us on that night.

Ordered the tortellini in tomato sauce and hubby got the baked ziti, both take out. It was delicious, and the portions were huge. While we are new to the area, Giovanni’s will definitely be a place we go back to, when in the mood for Italian.

We have visited this establishment since they first opened. The food was always good and our orders revolved around the take out menu (sandwichs). Most were steaks of some variety or another or a zep (hoagie without the lettuce). After so many years of take out, we decided to eat in and order a dinner. It was after 8:30 on Friday the 16^th of October that we visited. We had a very nice booth in the back corner across from the counter. This afforded us a good view of the hustle back in the kitchen.
My fiancé ordered the Chicken Picatta and I had the Baked Manicotti. Our food arrived and I noticed that it appeared as if they melted American Cheese, about 4 slices for the outline of the squares were present over the top… American Cheese… on an Italian dish? My Italian grandmother would be rolling over in her grave. When I cut into the Manicotti, it was quite obvious that these were frozen. They were chewy and the inside filling was tasteless. I was expecting home made stuffed Manicotti in an Italian restaurant and was terribly disappointed, especially for the price. My fiancé’s dinner was a full pound of pasta with «some» chicken. The sauce was good and the amount would have made a second dinner.
However, there was an incident that changed our experience. A booth was openly visible to my fiancé where she viewed some younger men sitting and the one was digging in his nose… quite vigorously and quite repeatedly. I turned around to look and was disgusted and made a comment about the younger generation having no couth. This occurred during the salad portion of our dinner. When our food was served, we began to eat and at this point, the person doing the mining on his proboscis was behind the counter… he was an employee. This ruined our dinner experience to the point we couldn’t finish our meals. The thought that he might have been a cook preparing food had soured our evening meal.
When we got up to leave, I asked the waitress if the person was a cook in the back and she replied that he was the owner. I told her about our experience and her face became ashen.
Although over the years the take out was good, we can only wonder about the cleanliness of the cooks for if the owner was so open about a disgusting act visible to all his patrons, what was occurring in the back?
We will not visit this establishment again.

Finally had a chance to check out the place with the family that has been on my radar for a while. Seemed like a nice family run joint when you go in. We started with the fried mushrooms, which were really nice. Kids got mac & cheese bites, and ziti. Wife got lobster ravioli, and I got the chicken marsala. While everything we had was very good, I overheard an employee tell a patron waiting for takeout that everything was made in-​house (and maybe they were only talking about the pizza but that’s not how I took it).
Now, now… I believe that many of the items on this massive menu could be made by the staff but looking at the table and the dishes, that was a tall tale. The lobster ravioli were very good but they were not homemade. They were the same kind I’ve gotten at other restaurants that purchase them. The kind with the squid ink stripes like Legal Seafood sells. The mac & cheese bites are also a freezer item, as we’ve gotten the same things at various other spots. Outside of that, everything was prepared well, and the food was delicious, and the portions were extremely large.
They didn’t advertise as being a BYOB but I brought a bottle just in case. They were.
Service was very nice, friendly, and accommodating for requests.
We’ll surely be back but I do have a few constructive pointers for this restaurant.
Firstly, reduce the size of the menu. Options are nice but certainly not needed. Think more fresh ingredients, higher volume turnover, and less backlog of inventory. I have no doubt that by reducing the menu, and killing off most of the freezer items… and even reducing the portion sizes, they will have a better product that not only they will be proud of but the customers will thank them for.
Secondly, I understand the «want» to put in as many seats in the dining room as possible but it’s nearing the point of being sardines in a can. If someone had been sitting in the booth behind us, I would not have been able to squeeze into our booth. A little more breathing room makes the dining experience nicer, and the staff easier to maneuver when delivering food.
We’re looking forward to many more visits in the near future.

Love the food and great staff too! Chicken parm is delicious!!! Bring your appetite though, their portions are enough for 2 and lunch the next day. Pizza and sandwiches are on point too but my fav dishes there are chick parm, stuffed shells, lasagna, actually you can’t go wrong with any homemade dish they whip up! They are Always one of my top 3 choices on my list when they question comes up «where do u wanna go to eat»? Try them, you won’t be disappointed!

This review is based mostly off of the customer service experience I had. My boyfriend and I came here last night for dinner during the local power outage from the storm. Our waitress, a short haired middle aged woman, took our order (a slice of pizza and a veal parm) she walked over to the kitchen and had the slice put in immediately which I found odd considering I know a slice will only take two minutes to reheat while the parm would take considerably longer. As observed my boyfriend got his slice a few minutes later and I was told it’d be just a minute until my sandwich came out. Maybe five minutes go by my boyfriend is half way done eating (why wait if it’ll go cold) and I’m told again it’ll be a few minutes. By the time my boyfriend is done eating my sandwich comes out and the waitress is unapologetic. A little later my boyfriend starts to tell the waitress that we’ll take the check, which she cuts him off with «whenever you’re ready» while slapping the check down on the table. I count out our money and leave it on the table. As I’m getting up out of the booth the waitress returns leaning over me in the middle of the booth as I’m clearly trying to get out totally invading my space asking if I need change. Once I am freed from the booth she immediately begins counting the money right in front of us without a word and turns away.
So I guess my point here is while I get it’s a pizza shop, fast paced, simple and short interactions, get in get out type atmosphere; but A tiny bit of friendliness could of improved this cold and unsatisfactory visit. And invading your customer’s space, and counting their tips right in front of you without so much as a simple farewell or «bye» is totally unprofessional and rude. We’ll stick to take out I guess. I wouldn’t suggest dining in.

This is my favorite restaurant. I’ve been coming here for quite some time. I brought my fiancée here and she loves it. I love the rosa sauce and mostly anything on the menu. My fiancée always loves to order the fresh mozzarella wedges, and the chicken parm. Anything you order here you won’t go wrong. The staff is extremely friendly and courteous. Also, for the price and the size portions its all well worth it. The pizza, meatball sandwiches, and cheesesteaks are also delicious. Half the time we leave we have leftovers for the next night.

Great place, friendly staff. One of our favorites to visit when in the area. On occasion will drive the 35 miles for one of their great dishes. Highly recommend.

Good– The food is actually really good and portions are large.
Bad– they mess up your order about 30% of the time and half the time you arrive to pick up food they forgot to start cooking it.

Great food. HUGE portions. Excellent prices. Both of us ordered chicken parm. This could have been enough for 3 – 4 meals.

Super yummy pizza. The pizza topping quality is excellent. Pizza sauce is fabulous, just like my great grandmother’s from Italy. White pizza is great as well with just the right amount of garlic. Good pasta and sauces for a pizza joint. Rosa sauce is good. They give you a lot of sauce, which I like. Decent sandwiches. Most of the appetizers seem to be from the freezer and not made fresh. Nice service overall. I think they should reduce the menu size to focus on their quality items made with fresh ingredients. My favorite pizza in the area by far. Pizza is 5 stars, but everything else on the menu brings it down to an overall 4 stars for me.

Giovanni’s is a decent little italian place. The food is good, not «knock your socks off» good, but good. There are a few things I think they could improve to make me come back more often.
1. Menu: The menu is nice and large, full of choices. At the same time there is not much flexibility in substituting sides. Waitresses have been pretty rigid. The variety also means that the quality of the food coming out sometimes suffers as it is apparent that the kitchen sometimes struggles with consistency. I believe they would benefit from perhaps focusing the menu a bit.
2. Price: Yes, I realize they give you big portions. However, I’d prefer smaller portions and more manageable prices. We always drop waaaaay more money at Giovanni’s than I would care to drop at a family-​style italian restaurant that sits on 724. This most definitely keeps us from going to/​ordering through Giovanni’s as often as we might. So focus the menu and portions and prices.
3. Wait staff: I believe we’ve dined in with Giovanni’s 3 or 4 times. I’d say 3 out of the 4 times we were sort of put off by the waitresses. They did not come off as friendly or accommodating for what most restaurants would consider simple substitutions. In fact, I can’t think of any other place that has ever denied us switching one side out for another side. Our last experience was pretty bad, we had a large party and the waitress told us she had another large party waiting. We had people at the table who had clearly not finished their meals when she told us this. So then we felt rushed (and the section where our table was had nobody else in it, it’s not like the restaurant was packed). File this under how not to get a good tip. Less than 5 minutes later, she came back looking to take more stuff and she literally just stood by the table staring at us. It was ridiculously uncomfortable. We weren’t just sitting around doing nothing, we were finishing our meals! I can tell you, that experience is going to keep us from dining in there for quite a while.
4. Accuracy: On carry out, I’ve been burned multiple times when they either gave us the wrong thing or forgot to give us something. After the 3^rd time that happened, we just check the order before leaving. I just wish we could trust that they’ll get it right. These sort of things can either be mistakes (which are fine, but don’t make a habit of it) or indications that there are bigger things being missed inside the restaurant. If you take pride in your job, you’ll care about getting the order right. If you don’t, then I have reason to believe much more is not handled with care.
So whenever someone says «should we go to Giovanni’s?» it’s a little risky. Yes, we’ll get good food, but not good enough to put up with the cost and the inconsistent service. I want to like this place, which is why we keep going back. I hope some of these things can at some point change. Until then, it is a mid-​range fallback option when we are pressed for time and don’t want to drive up 100.

First off I like to say, I love there food. I usually carryout, but over the weekend I decide to eat in and enjoy a nice meal. Walked in and felt lost on what to do to get seating, after a few minutes, someone asked if we want to eat in, and we replied yes. We were seated quickly after that, and waitress came to shortly after… After reading the huge menu of choice, we decide on pizza which made us want G in the first place. We got an appetizer to start, which was nice and hot, but we were then given paper plates to eat one, which was very disappointing. They are playing Italian music (which was a little loud) and the dinning area had a more restaurant feel, then a pizzeria. The price were more restaurant prices then pizzeria for sure. I’ve order several pizza with an onion topping, and this was the first time I was severed them raw, uncooked on top. I express my displeased with the waitress, hoping she would correct it, but instead she told me that I should have order it with fried onions, (which I don’t want fried onions either) for the next time. BTW this wasn’t on a pie in was on one slice of pizza order with a kids meal, in which then went home with me best she won’t eat it (waste of money). Every time we order the same slice for her the onion are cooked under the cheese, not fired or raw.
While waiting for the food I was checking out the VIP club, it sounded pretty cool, plus you get a free slice of pizza. Only draw back for the free slice of pizza is that you had to use it that day, which was a waste, since we already order.
Toward the end of our meal, the music change from Italian to today hits, which was ok, but ok where they then turning back into a pizzeria not a restaurant.
All and all I do like there food so I’ll stick with takeout, and avoid eating in. They are easy to get to off of RT724. They did a nice job in converting the old deli over, there are a good number of table and booths, some seem a little tight then others