Giannotti’s Family Restaurant

We thought it was very good at first. Then the last two times we were there my husband’s meal was raw, then we came back again and he received his dinner only to find a 2 inch piece of steel wool in his food which he ALMOST swallowed! We are NOT going back for a LONG TIME!!!

Tell you the truth, I love love love the restaurant. The owners talk to you and they have amazing Italian food and I love the pizza the most. The cheese fries are amazing. The place is warm and welcoming.

I read the review by the person who got the calimari, and I think she should give this place a second chance and sit down for a meal.
There is a wide variety on their menu, but in my mind this is an Italian restaurant that also happens to serve a nice prime rib, and my only complaint about that dinner is they skimp on the potato. The Italian meals are huge, so it’s like getting two meals for the price of one. If you don’t want a big meal you can order from a list of hoagies that is fairly typical of Berks County establishments. Their salad bar is just okay. I love the marinated olives. The bread on the salad bar is their own, but they tend to overlook when the basket is empty.
I’m a little confused, because the Unilocal info says this place does not take credit cards. They do.
This place offers good meals, priced reasonable, especially if you look at the specials on the white board upon entering the large dining room.

Okay, so I’ve never eaten *in* the restaurant, I’ve only ever gotten takeout and up until tonight I’ve been happy with what I’ve gotten from Giannotti’s.
Previously I had a pasta dish with tomatoes, black olives and garlic and I really enjoyed how the sauce and veggies didn’t overpower the pasta. It came with a salad and bread.
I’ve had subs that were heavenly, if a little light on the meat. They were not the standard sub shop sandwich.
For the past week I’ve been craving calamari. Like, I ***NEEDED*** calamari. I didn’t want to really go out and I didn’t want to make some for myself. When I spotted calamari on the menu for Giannotti’s, I was excited. I should have been more apprehensive based on the price. $ 5. I figured it would be a small portion.
When I opened the sandwich-​sized styrofoam clamshell I was incredibly disappointed. Seventy-​five percent of the space in the box was filled with a cup of room temperature marinara sauce and the rest had these things that look like onion rings.
Seriously, I thought I got the wrong container.
So I opened my sauce and took a bite. There is squid in there but it’s like a rubber band in size and consistency. There’s a whole lot of breading– thick breadcrumb breading. And honestly, I think their fry-​o-​lators could use a change of oil.
I was hoping to get more rings than tentacles and in that regard, I wasn’t disappointed. The box was feeler free; however, the calamari I received was just such a let down.
I’ll stick to the standards…