I would have given this restaurant five stars. However, I gave it three. Here is why... During the weekdays the pizza with a cup of soda cost $ 2.00 which is a great deal for a quick meal or on the go when your off to school or work. That is great honestly, but if you want another slice without the soda is $2.75 alone. That's pretty pricey for a slice; especially for the grand concourse. Another reason is because of the sit-ins are expansive. It is not bad that it is expensive because it is an upscale restaurant, but you can not be a frequent costumer to enjoy the food over and over again unless your rich. The food is amazing but they need to lower the price, I think my wallet is going flat for being a fat butt! -Happy Eating! read more

I love this place and the atmosphere drinks are great too I'll be back soon love ya Gio

This restaurant is near my job and is usually a go to restaurant for most people in the area. This is mainly because there are not many other restaurant options in this area! The pizza is pretty good but I have had better in Brooklyn at pretty much any pizzeria in Bensonhurst. As far as the other menu choices my favorite is their buffalo wings because they are very flavorful and not just hot. I also love the pork chops with vinegar peppers when it's made correctly. I have ordered this dish a few times and the tastes changed I'm assuming when the cook did. The food in general is pretty good but this restaurants biggest short coming is their delivery service! Never have I waited so long for food to be delivered by a restaurant. On many occasions I have ordered with a co-worker or two and have had to wait over an hour for a delivery. The restaurant itself is less than five blocks away. Last night for example I placed an order about 5:30PM and at 7PM I called to cancel! The food is OK but service...horrible. FYI - The pizza oven at the Grand Concourse location is in plain sight and is the typical gas pizza oven used by most restaurants...you dont see any burning coals inside! read more

I will start off by saying maybe the pizza and pasta here is good. This review is only for the brunch. I would say if you want really good food don't go for brunch. But if you want to get loaded off of unlimited mimosa, champagne and bellinis GO here. Not sure why the other reviewers raved about this place maybe I went on a bad day but the majority of the food was cold. We arrived at 11:30. so did they precook the food the night before with anticipation that brunch goers would come later in the afternoon and the warmners would re warm the food? Meeh. Doubt if i return. Thanks for the champagne however. read more

Horrible service! I placed an order at 10:30am to be delivered (gave her address details, payment and all) to be delivered by 12:45pm. At 1pm, I called since my order had not been delivered. When I called, they argued with me and told me that I had said it was a pickup- I told them I would never give them my address if It wasn't for a delivery. Then they said they would send it right away. When the food finally arrived around 1:45pm it was cold, incomplete and they did not include a receipt. Mind you, my order was over $90. Its absurd. Never again! read more

Whenever its that time of the month or close to it - I develop a craving for Italian food. When this occurs, I find myself at home watching a True Blood marathon. In any case I digress, Giovanni's has ok Italian food considering the monopoly on the Italian delivery game in Harlem and they are reliable. Well known for their pizzas, I find the pasta dishes superb, salads more eh, and the food courses up to par. It's is worth the try and one of the bright spots in delivery world Uptown. read more

Pretty decent food. Good service. Drink prices rediculous for a friggin pizzeria. The pasta dishes and apps are worth it. Great place to eat before a Yankee Game! read more

Lobster special must have every time I come to NYC! Make reservations on a Monday evening.

Brunch was very underwhelming. First of all I had to keep flagging down my waiter. My mom and I were excited about seafood buffet experience... the food was mostly cold even the items that are expected to be hot. The food gets slowly replenished except the oysters it was only restocked once in the hours that we dined in. 2 free drinks included and 4 bucks after but no real choices even after the free drinks. The two bigger groups got service but since it was just us two we were often ignored. I'll never go to brunch again.great bar within G-Bar snacks and all but the restaurant was very disappointing. read more

This is a nice place with good service and classy decor. its pricey though, especially for lunch. But I recommend it if you want to bring someone to a place in the area that you'd like to impress or you are having a business lunch. Food was ok - my impression was fancy diner quality or if you are familiar, Applebees. I got the grilled veggie panini with onion rings. The panini was tasty - good bread and plenty of veggies. I wished it came with cheese, but I already eat way too much cheese LOL. Onion rings were a bit disappointing though. They were kinda chewy - definitely tasted like they were made from frozen and not fried long enough. My friend got a piece of salmon and a side of veggies and salad (she was eating healthy, despite her meat-eating ways). Her food didn't really look like anything special, and it was a $19 lunch entree. read more

Went here with hubby for happy hour. I had the chicken rollatini (good food), and $5 cocktails for happy hour...can't complain.. Pros: Good food, drinks and chill out vibe Cons: I like loud but this place can get SUPER loud, and the bar area sooo crowded you can't pass thru (not even to go to the bathroom). read more

This is a great pizza place. Chefs use fresh ingredients, down to the dough (which was tossed in front of us). They have all types of fresh ingredient options. There is valet, around the corner, specifically for this restaurant. Lunch was an enjoyable experience here read more

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Good neighborhood Italian. Attentive service. High quality bread and garlic buns. Generous portions. Shared entrees and still some for lunch. 2 drinks, salad, entree and coffee $50. Two shared this meal. So $25 is reasonable. They know how to prepare scallops. read more

Giovanni - Excellent scallops and shrimp with delicate pasta and perfectly seasoned marinara. - Italian Near Me - Bronx, New York

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I've dined here a few times. Food is always great. The baked clams are my favorite and my daughter lives by the baked ziti and pepperoni garlic bread. The pizza is great also. Lunch time can get a little hectic but it's a great atmosphere and great food. UPDATE!!! Scenario. Lunch time, heavy traffic, ask for more fresh basil on my Margherita pizza (because there was three pieces of basil on it), have this request confirmed TWICE by server. My pizza comes, I ask about my basil, I'm told there is no fresh basil. Lies you tell!! You're an establishment that serves Italian food. There is no way in hell, you don't have fresh basil. That's just plain lazy and rude!!! I'm reducing my stars to three, and that's only because I want to be fair to the restaurant portion. read more

On Friday March 15th I went to this restaurant for happy hour which I have done many times. There is this same male bartender with slick hair who likes to accuse people of not tipping. This time I went and he spoke badly about me to another co worker. I informed her of her bad service but still decided to give her a tip. I notice she walked away from her register with my card and returned a few minutes later with my receipt. I then checked my account a few days later and found extra charges on my card from this establishment. I then reported it to my bank as fraud and will never return here again. SERVICE SUCKS AND THEY ARE VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. read more

I love the food but god damn you guys have the worst service service. Work on customer service plz. The shittiest attitude every time I call up there. read more

The food is really good. Unfortunately it's not worth it because it is overpriced and the service is horrible. They sent me undercooked chicken and when I called to get it fixed, they put me on hold for 20 minutes. I called back, same result. read more

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM HERE!! You will be terribly disappointed. Used website to order at 6:30pm, email said food would arrived around 7:15pm. Ok, cool. Call at 7:40, they are waiting for delivery guy, said food should be there in 20 mins. Call back at 8:25 pm, my food is still there. Then the same woman that picked up the phone before didn't know that she didn't put me on hold so I heard her convo with another woman saying that "customers need to learn patience." Whatever, I wasn't gonna argue since they still had my food. At 8:40 pm, rude delivery man calls me and says I need to come downstairs and hangs up on me. I call him back, he doesn't answer. Call again and then he tells me rudely again to come downstairs. So yeah, never again will I even bother with this place. Last time, I went there it took them close to an hour to make 4 calzones with hardly any customers there. This place used to be good. Now I'm saying good bye to their rude/unprofessional employees, long wait times and the soggy, luke warm food. Also, they will probably get your order wrong. Ordered a burger without mushrooms at friend's request. We deconstruct the burger to heat it in the oven and we find mushrooms. She didn't even want to eat the burger and we didn't want to have to wait another 2 hours for correct order. In the end, we ended up trading meals. read more

Stayed at a hotel nearby and found Giovanni's on yelp. We went back 3 times during our week visit. Kids ate everything and we loved all our dishes. read more

Giving this place 1 star because I can not give it 0. I ordered on April 20th requested delivery and got it with no problem at all. food was good. so we decided to order again on April 24 this time we were told that they did not deliver to my address because it was too far. I explained to them that I had literally just ordered and got it delivered. The insisted that they NEVER deliver that far. Basically calling me a liar. I asked to speak to the manager and he was no help. They were really rude on the phone as-well. they will not get my money again read more

I placed my order at 9:34pm my estimated time of arrival was at 10:29pm from the email received by yelp. The Giovanni's estimated time showed 60-70 minutes. I called the restaurant shortly after placing my order to add a cheesy bread but they did not answer. I called yelp customer support to assist in adding a cheesy bread and they were able to get through to the restaurant at 11pm. I received my order at 12am. 2 1/2 hours after I placed my order. I rated two stars as the food was hot when it arrived.Also the delivery man does not bring the food inside if you live in an apartment building, they wait outside in the car until you come down. read more

This place blows, I have been waiting over TWO HOURS and they still haven't brought us our food. They swear 10 minutes but it's a lie. Don't order here. We're requesting a refund because this is ridiculous read more

I love this pizza place , I've been coming here since I've moved to the Bronx. I came to eat a white slice and regular one. As I waited for my food the man serving me touched his boogers, scratched him stomach and continuously touched others food while going to serve me. Sorry but you guys lost a loyal customer. read more

Not bad at all!!! great service, great food..large portions so be hungry, great staff!! just want to say thanks Becho your hospitality was appreciated ..the drinks were tasty this place is a pizzeria, Italian restaurant and bar all in one so enjoy the ambiance of a little taste of the Bronx ! read more

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I love hidden gems but this was terrible, I called the manager to complain about my experience and he was too busy to come to the phone - Please do yourself a favor and avoid this place... Their customer service was horrendous! Never again! read more

DON'T EVER DO DELIVERY. I've been to Giovanni's a ton of times. The food is great and presented well. We'll I just received my second delivery at home. Trust me it's not the same as you would receive at the restaurant. They either add piece that they would not use at the restaurant. The taste is okay for a delivery. In one of the pictures you'll see asparagus ends which are usually discarded but when ordered at a restaurant it looks fresh and you get the upper portion of the asparagus. I ordered the broil sole and received as huge under cooked broccoli ($22 plate). The pictures don't lie. If you've ever eaten here you know that the food is never sent to the table looking like this. I am still paying the full price as it's priced at the restaurant. I don't feel like I should get the scraps because I ordered delivery. Disappointed. read more

Giovanni - Asparagus ends. - Italian Near Me - Bronx, New York

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Worst customer service I've ever had hands down. I never received my order and when I called the restaurant a woman answered and had the WORST attitude and insulted me saying "b*tch I can't hear you like mumbling" and then hung up on me. So definitely do not order a delivery from this place ever. read more

We had order food today for our office Christmas party and the service was horrible, and yet when we received our food in the office the presentation of the food was ugly. Our assorted appetizers was mush together, our pasta sauce was leaking through the tin. read more

The staff look like they hate their job Bad costumer service . It's just like if I was asking them to clean the dirt of my feet. All I wanted was a good meal. Specially some skinny tall guy that it looks he hasn't gotten pussy in years read more

ZERO stars placed a order for delivery and they screwed up the order, 20 chicken wing they sent 11 complained they told us don't eat the the ones they sent they were going to send 20 out. the pizza pie was gummy the parm hero was dry waited 1 hour for the first delivery still waiting for the wings, Expensive Not worth it !!!!!! Never again there are other places near by don't be fooled the food less than mediocre. So it's been days and no wings read more

My order over the phone was fast and simple. I don't like when every week they have different specials and I try to find the best deals possible, in other chain pizzerias. The pizza is quit good, fresh and the delivery time was surprisingly fast. 25 minutes after ordering. Price are reasonable. Only 4 stars because they charge $5 for delivering. II also believe the 1 litter of soda was $5. Other than that everything was good. read more

They got my order completely wrong, I ordered penne with no meat and garlic knots. I received penne WITH meat and NO garlic knots and when I called he wouldn't refund my money back after he said he would. read more

Food is good but the service is awful. I've given this place too many second chances to consider going back anymore. They screw up when you're eating there and when you take out. Very disappointing read more

Today was my first day here and will not be my last. The pizza was fresh and the service was quick. I came for lunch and the line went quickly. I purchased the Sicilian slice and it was so good. Just the right amount of crispy bottom to doughy middle. The sauce was sweet and delicious. read more

NO STARS...ZERO...terrible. seriously. time and time again they screw up our orders and cannot do a single thing right. we've given them several chances to just get an order right. I've lived in the Bronx for 4 years... at one point I boycotted them for a whole year because I could not take the terrible service. furthermore after I boycotted them for so long I realized there aren't many healthy restaurants around the Bronx so I gave them another try; just for them to screw up the order again! make my girlfriend feel terrible about it and then when we ask to speak to the manager they said he's not available so save your money do not order from here you will be severely disappointed. read more

This, by far is my favorite Italian restaurant. I am pleased with the food as well as the service. I have been a consumer at this restaurant before the new bar and lounge area was added. I am also happy with the cleanliness of the restaurant. I never have to wait to be seated and this is always a plus. The only thing that I would have to say that I am not a fan of is the dim lighting. While eating, I would like to definitely have more lighting so that I can see what I'm eating. The atmosphere is very soothing and that is a feature that I am a fan of. I do frequent this restaurant and I do not have any major complaints. I would like to definitely say that the food is great and I would recommend it. read more

Met a Neighbor Tuesday evening for quick Dinner and had my Fav :Chicken Ceasar Salad.Extra Bonus was Live Music.Love the fast service and Fresh Food.Great Neighborhood Place to meet friends and sit end of day.Always recommend to my Old and New Neighbors in addition to Bruckner Bar and Grill. Bar is Great to Start Off Your Evening ! read more

Ordered food 2 hours ago. Still no food. Phone rang and rang then was on hold for several minutes only to have rude people answer. On my second call, after an hour and half, was told food was waiting for a driver to get back. At that work point I was sure it would be stone cold and called Dominos. Then I read reviews ( should have done that first and I might be eating now) and see that this is a reaccuring problem with this place. Seems either people have a great experience or it is horrible like mine. Would not recommend to anyone. There seems to be serious management issues here! read more

So I came here for a chicken roll with no sauce due to my allergies I cannot eat sauce. I suffer from really bad allergies and carry with an epi pen. I explained this to them even the manager and they basically told me I had to eat the chicken roll as is. When I told them I could not they then just gave me a refund. I have never been treated this way due to my allergies. The manager Vladimir told me there was nothing he could do. I definitely would not come back to a place like this read more

You ever been in love with a beautiful woman and she treated you like crap. But you let her do it because she is beautiful? Well this is how this place treats you... food is great... but never order for delivery.. they are so busy now, they give the drivers too many orders to deliver.. and customer service is horrible... they could care less if you waited an hour and half.. she said she would give me a discount only if my food was cold... well after waiting close to 2 hrs... guess what cold pizza... I'll take my business else where... customer service is horrible! read more