Went in and sat at bar Great service Fantastic menu Nice atmosphere Owner was there and could be nicer man 5stars and 2 thumbs up All reasonable prices as well! read more

Food always outstanding. In today's understaffed world this top notch service is why we are bringing our dear friends to experience it! read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Family - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

Catch-up dinner with friends on Saturday night. We had reservations and were seated in the Cafe area. Not sure of the distinction except it was to the left and I guess the dining room was to the right. We were tucked away in a corner near a window, a nice table size for our party of four. The overall experience was fine, the waitress was nice, but we didn't see her very often, the food was decent, and the prices were fairly reasonable. I ordered a small house salad with no cheese. It came as ordered and was a good size for a small. For my entree I ordered Chicken Sicilian it was served with a vegetable medley consisting of zucchini, green beans, baby carrots, and potatoes. I enjoyed the medley minus the carrots, I'm not a fan of cooked carrots. I probably wouldn't have ordered dessert, but it wasn't offered. The olive oil on the table was super good, I used it for the bread instead of butter. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Chicken Sicilian with vegetables - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

A local Italian spot filled with many regular customers. The staff knew everyone's name and treated them like family. We ordered Lasagna and cannelloni with cream sauce. Overall great food that came out fast and fresh. Highly suggest if you're in the area read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Lasagna - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

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We dined here with another couple, sat outside on the patio in the shade on 70 degree summer evening. I've eaten here before never finding the "right" dish for me. Service is always good here and our server was great. I finally tried the Cajun Shrimp Pasta and that will be my "forever dish" here. The sauce was delicious with just enough heat to make it Cajun. The shrimp were plentiful and tasty. The pasta was perfectly cooked. It was a wonderful dish and I enjoyed the leftovers the next day. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Cajun Shrimp Pasta - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

We love this restaurant! We've been going there for over 30 years and the food and service never disappoints! Whether you're in the dining room or the bar area, it's a great atmosphere and fantastic food. read more

Lasagna noodles over cooked and mushy. Sparse sauce and little meat. Gnocchi also had sparse tasteless sauce. Cannelloni had sparse meat filling. Veal Parmigiana could not be cut nor chewed. Replacement same. Shrimp Oregnati made person ill several hours later. Rack of Lamb consisted of tiny pieces of overcooked lamb. Eggplant Parmigiana tasteless. These experiences occurred over several visits. We're not returning. read more

This might sound crazy...but get the ceasar salad!! Everything we had was fantastic. Calamari and the special arancini!! Service was excellent. Ambiance is very relaxed. read more

I shouldn't have waited so long to write this review because my husband and I have visited Gianfabio's probably 10 times in the last year. We like it that much. Todd has always been great! He's attentive without hovering and we really appreciate it. I have been a repeat customer of the Cajun Farfalle With Shrimp ever since I first ordered it. It's a huge portion made for a doggie bag, and it is boldly spicy without being overwhelming. The sauce is lick-your-plate style. I could put it on almost anything. :) I'm a Caesar salad aficionado but I don't really care for theirs. Their house salad, though, is outstanding. It's like an Iceberg house salad from the Hill (Little Italy)--the creamy Italian dressing is A+. Sometimes I overeat on their bread service, but who can resist Italian/French bread out of the oven with butter?? read more

Somehow we didn't know about this restaurant right next door to the Hilltop Schnucks, but I'm so glad we found it! The people are so friendly, great family atmosphere and family owned. The food was amazing! We order a salad, appetizer and dinner to share between the two of us and loved everything. The bread was warm and perfect, which we dipped in the olive oil/balsalmic. Can't say enough good things about this place. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - House salad, fried calamari, and filet modiga with fettuccini Alfredo. - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

Well, I wish it would have been better... Service was ok for take out, had to ask for bread and parm cheese. Food was ok at best, veal parm very small portion and lacked the seasoning that kicks it up a notch and the fettuccine alfredo was OK read more

Food was fab. Wait staff wonderful as well. Bar keep and management were stellar. The Italian food was presented well and the entire experience was wonderful read more

Service was good hear, the waiter and waitress was very attentive. The food was ok, it was slightly above average. I did not care for the atmosphere as it felt like we were eating in a meeting room at a hotel. I would go back again though. read more

Great italian food for a great price! Service was excellent, all the staff very friendly and helpful with my party of 12 on a friday night. read more

Our cousins brought us to one of their favorite places. Staff was wonderful and so great. Waitress was Michelle and she was a character-so fun. We had to try the flash fried spinach as an appetizer. We had never heard of it but it was delicious. Main course for cousin Jack and I was another dish we had never heard of chicken spiedini served with spaghetti & meat sauce. So good! My husband had seafood ravioli which he let me taste - also delicious! I would definitely cone back again. Too bad we live I. California! Food was fabulous! read more

Service is horrible and so is the food. Owners all work there and they definitely need to improve both. We have given them several chances and we won't be going back there again, read more

Pretty good but not life changing. Flavor of pasta was pretty good but not fantastic. Really garlicky salad and flavor of cream sauce needed to be more creamy . I had chicken Sicilian. Server recommended it over every chicken dish or broccoli pastas. It was ok. Expensive for two small pieces of chicken. Paid extra for upgrade to pasta with marinara sauce. It was best thing. This place is busy. Even on Thursday night. Mostly locals where servers knew their names. Nice bar to have a drink and Blues game on. Two dinners and two salads with waters and tip cost $74.00. Ouch. Call for reservations.... Every person that walked in they asked if they had reservations. We did and they sat us quickly. I would give experience 3 1/2 but not quite 4. Would go for pasta and stay away from chicken. Cool outside patio for warmer weather! read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Bar and waiting area. - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

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Such a fine dining Italian restaurant. Todd is the best waiter and every attention to detail was met. We tell all our friends to go there because of the good food and excellent service. read more

Good food and reasonable prices. Enjoy eating outside when the weather is good. Service is normally good.

Excellent food helpful staff, reasonable prices. Atmosphere soft quiet and cozy. Great for special personal occasions

Came here for a weekday dinner, they have several tables reserved and I was glad we also had a reservation. Server was very attentive and friendly. Good food and good wine nothing I could've asked for more- we got seafood ravioli and lamb for entree. Lamb was ok, little tough. probably because we ordered medium, should've gone with medium rare. It's a cute little place tucked in next to chesterfield Schnucks! read more

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Always super welcoming and great St. Louis family Italian food. I love their veal parmesan and the toasted ravioli. Highly recommend.

Average at best. If you don't live in the area it's not worth the drive to as there are far superior places then this. It's in a plaza and supposedly was 'classy' dress according to what I read but when we walked in, people in jeans and hoodies. Great, now I'm over dressed, fine. My partner knows someone there so if it wasn't for them, we probably would still be waiting. The service outside of the person we knew left a lot to be desired, they kept conversing with regulars and passing over us to when we were ready to order. When we got our food, the food wasn't bad but again, unless you live in the area you can probably find just as good food in your area. I had ordered a pizza to go with our leftovers and had it sitting with the leftovers on top and went to the restroom and when I came back it was put in a brown paper bag. Now I didn't think nothing of this but when I got home, well, the pizza was on its side so it had all stuck to the top of the box and it's now inedible. The juices from the leftovers also spilled into the box too which is just awesome. So those are the reasons alone why I won't be returning. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - They put my pizza in a brown paper bag and this was the result - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

Took my wife for her birthday thoroughly enjoy our meals. Her special reward was the tiramisu for dessert. Service was outstanding and very personable. A definite do again. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Tiramisu - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

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Very good experience. Had the calzone. So good. Service was fine. They have outstanding waiters and also some that are just ok. But I consider this a hidden gem and some of the best Italian in west county. read more

Gianfabio's is a few minutes from my hotel (I'm visiting the area from Alabama) so I went here on a whim. They were pretty busy when I got there and I didn't have a reservation, so I made one on the spot and came back an hour and a half later. I noticed several large parties while I was being led to my table. This place seems popular with groups, families and couples. My server (Renee) went over the specials but I ordered off the menu. I started with the escargot. I've only had it in French restaurants before. This was the first time I've had it with spinach, pine nuts and cheese. for the most part it was very good. Two of them were a tad overcooked, which gave them a rubbery texture, but the rest were perfect. Fresh bread had already been brought to the table. I used every last bit of it to sop up the excess garlic butter that the snails were cooked in. I was craving carbs and ordered the cannelloni. The presentation was quite nice, but it's the taste that counts, and this taste counted right up to a ten. The cream sauce was very good and the dollop of meat sauce was just the right amount. I'd filled up on bread and escargot so I ended up taking one of the cannelloni back to the hotel with me where I plan on having it for lunch tomorrow. I'm glad I chanced onto Gianfabio's. The atmosphere, service and food were all very good. If the escargot had all been cooked consistently this review would have five stars. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - escargot with spinach, pine nuts and cheese - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

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The food was excellent! Our party of two ordered one entree from the menu and requested a non-menu entree that was prepared perfectly. The app offerings are well thought-out and range from 'standard' through 'gourmet'. Everything was prepared as requested and served on a timely basis. The dessert selection is rather limited, but the aperitifs will replace any dessert shortcomings very well. And if you are like me and enjoy coffee after dinner, they offer espresso and cappuccino. Entree prices are mostly in the $20 -$30 range as are most comparable restaurants in their geography. The service is top-shelf; our server was Shawn. He was friendly, accommodating, very knowledgeable of menu items, professional and willing to assist should diners want assistance. Shawn is an absolute "Pro"! The ambience is clean, open (tables not jammed against each other) and functional. It's great to not be forced to listen to another table's conversation. If I could offer one suggestion it would be to 'lower the brightness' in the dining room, it has a negative effect on the entire experience. We will become regular customers of Gianfabio's. read more

8-12-2022 5:00 Sharp Dinner for 4 Staff - ALWAYS so polite and helpful Arriving at 5 only 3 tables were occupied BUT by 5:30 the restaurant was 90% full. Greeted at the door by the owner, so very cordial, and escorted to our white table clothed table. Restraurant decor is so impressive. I love it!! Our orders: Iced tea - excellent House salads (3) - perfectly delicious and generous portions. 10" pizza (2) - both ladies commented they completely satisfied with the heavenly delicious flavors. My wife exclaimed she will order again next time....."it's the best ever" Mahi-mahi - was maybe over cooked (it was sort of dry) It needs more care in preparing. Not pleased with preparation!! Fettuccine tuta mere - I requested extra calamari (at an extra charge) the flavor was excellent plus the seafood was abundant. Serving size was generous....I loved it all. Our waiter advised this dish can be made in a cream sauce variation upon request. For something different Next time I will give it a try. General consensus all four were completely happy with our dinners. We will be back soon. read more

We went on a weekday, nice crowd. Family owned restaurant with a friendly staff. Shrimp oreganati appetizer was delicious. I had the seafood pasta and enjoyed it, my wife had the fresh fish special. We saw many items we wanted to try so we will definitely be going back. read more

First time trying their food. Greatly disappointed. Calzone undercooked and doughy. Pasta con broccoli had no flavor like they forgot the garlic and parm and looked closer to a decent side dish portion wise. For the price it was ridiculously undersized. Calamari was average at best. As an Italian myself, I had higher expectations. read more

Subsequent to our visit I discovered I was double charged. One with the 20% tip I had not authorized and one for no tip.

Lots of Italian restaurant options nearby, and Gianfabio's has been a solid local place to eat since I moved here 10 years ago. Today I tried the lasagna, good portion size and quite tasty, but I've had better. Unfortunately couldn't finish it after starting with a Caesar salad and fresh bread, but was good to take home for a leftover lunch. My better half ordered the Caprese salad and Eggplant Parmigiana, both were very good! Ambience is quaint and quite busy, seems like many regulars come here for a good home cooked Italian meal. Enjoy! read more

Low quality food. Pasta sauce tasted like Chef Bogardi canned pasta. Average service.

Food was excellent! The spinach salad had an excellent salad dressing, the spinach was fresh and tender, and the size was appropriate. I had the red snapper and it was delicious. It was well prepared, and with the side order of vegetables was an appropriate size, and an excellent meal. All the desserts were good and I especially liked the tiramisu. Our server, Todd, was friendly, knew the menu, and described the specials, very well, and was always timely with serving the food and checking up on us. Overall, the ambience is well appointed and pleasing to the eye. The music is at an appropriate level. However, Mr. Terzo may want to look into the condition of the carpeting. I highly recommend this restaurant, and would definitely go back there again. read more

The bread service was ok. A typical Italian/French bread. The crab cakes were not very good. A little overpriced for what you get too. The aioli sauce was a weird spicy nacho cheese kind of flavor. The actual cakes were cooked well but didn't have a good crab flavor. Probably a 2/5. Tried a few pastas and was not impressed. The waiter warned us the lasagna was "soft" and boy was he right. That is not how you cook a lasagna. The noodles were super mushy and way too much fennel for my taste. The cannelloni was ok. Flavored well but the meat sauce was kinda plain. Could have rated a 3 since the staff was nice but since nothing was excellent and the prices per portions were not a good value, went down to a 2. read more

Gianfabio's Italian Cafe - Kinda dead on a sat night. Which made for a nice quiet dinner - Italian Near Me - Chesterfield, Missouri

Excellent, consistent family owned and run restaurant. No need to go to The Hill. Authentic Italian recipes right in the heart of Chesterfield. read more

Conflicted is how I'm going to describe this dining experience. I hadn't been here in more than twenty years. We got sat at a table in the dining room and we did not have a reservation but were very early. We ended up here on a whim. My dinner date and I decided to share the calamari diavola appetizer and the spaghetti con melenzane. Also my date had a dinner salad. The service and covid protocols were all great and they made us feel safe dining inside. The food was, unfortunately, not to our liking. The calmari was chewy and the diavola sauce was not spicy. The pasta was fair but nothing that would bring me back and we both thought the portions were small but we wouldn't have wanted more. The tone of the service was very cold and the waiter seemed disappointed we weren't ordering drinks or more food. I would go back if someone else wanted to go. read more

Five stars simply isn't enough for this incredible restaurant. The ambiance sinks in as soon as you walk in the door - dim lighting, with a classy but home-like decor. Their service genuinely makes you feel like you're having dinner with family. Sean waited on us and brought out a complimentary dessert for my parents' 35th anniversary. He was incredible and so attentive. Finally, the food was quite simply the best Italian I've eaten in St. Louis, and yes, I've been to the hill! Everything from the bread, to the shrimp, to the marinara shone but what has us already planning our next visit was the creme caramel. If you don't order it you are MISSING OUT! Thank you so much, Gianfabios, we'll be back! read more

Experienced a wonderful dinner. Lasagna was perfect as well as the shrimp and the angel hair pasta. Highly recommend!

Pretty disappointed with our pickup order. We felt like a GF Chef salad so ordered a large one to share. Skimpy on the toppings and actually skimpy overall for $17.00. I felt like we got the small $9.00 salad but paid for the large. Still better options in our area. read more