No ice for the expensive sodas on a hot beach day and employees that don't care much. Go across the street to Rusty's.

So good!!!! One the best pizza places we ever gone too! The portion sizes are very generous and the prices are reasonable. Oh and their meatballs with the red sauce oh so delicious! Full of flavor, a touch of sweet, with a hint of spicy, everyone should really try it! Other restaurants make their red sauce so bland, but there was complete opposite! I wish I order their spaghetti with meatballs, but next my Fiancé and I are in town were totally ordering it! Anyway we loved all the food we order, the pizza, the Philly Cheesesteak sandwich, and of course the meatballs! Because the sizes are so generous we ended up asking for boxes. read more

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Great food, especially the mozzarella cheese--the taste and consistency that I love. I had a pepperoni and black olive calzone. (Unfortunately, they do not offer green olives!). My wife had the Parmesan chicken sandwich, which was also delicious. The place was a little run down, not very clean, but the restrooms were nothing short of intolerable. The smell was really bad. There was no water to wash my hands! Thank goodness for some hand sanitizer on the premises. Avoid the restrooms! They were also out of Coca-Cola in the dispenser so I splurged for a bottled one that was warm; I had to ask for a cup with ice. Three stars is really high for this establishment but the food is good! read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - Calzone - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Very casual and great food, love the new location. The only downfall is their choice of wine I would pay more for a mid shelf wine rather then the bottom shelf read more

I'm trans non-binary and when I tell you this reference gave me gender euphoria like I can not describe.... Believe me. Made my day to see this scrawled on my order bag. Food is always amazing. I drive from Ventura for it maybe once a week. Don't you want this type of service? Go here. read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - A brown paper bag with a cartoon of Heisenberg from Breaking Bad that says, "Jesse, we need to cook." My name is Jesse. - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Ordered pizza and salad to go. Asked for extra sauce and they must have read it as no sauce! Asked for salad dressing and didn't get any. Nice people but apparently can't follow directions. read more

Wonderful pizza The meatball sandwich is fantastic And I love the antipasto salad Also they deliver to the Cliff house inn Huge bonus read more

Best Pizza in Carp hands down. Great service. Every other pizza place is stingy with the ranch dressing. Since I ordered 2 pizzas and a couple salads, when I asked for ranch, the always super helpful young tall strapping fellow that runs the place just gave me a full bottle of ranch. Always good. Can't wait for Giovanni's to move to their new location on Carp Ave. read more

Horrible cross contamination I order a pizza watch the guy get it out of the oven pat it down with dish cloth used same cloth on 5 add pizzas then grabbed add dish towel and started using that till it became saturated all the owner could say is all pizza places do that omg if your allergic to something they don't care get the pizzas out asap it was dirty on the prep area food everywhere soiled rags used over and over .. read more

Ordered pizza and wings from Giovanni's. They wings have a lot of meat on them. I recommend them but could use little more sauce. Pizza was pretty good as well. Ordered for pick up and service was good and quick. read more

Took advantage of the lunch special with salad, pizza slice and drink. I was pleasantly surprised at the decent size salad with Italian dressing and the pizza slice was very big. Both were real good. I'm sharing a pic of the pizza slice...I would have included the salad but my hunger overtook me and I immediately ate the salad. The service was fantastic. My dog was with me so I ate in the outside patio that was real nice and shaded from the sun. The ambiance was nice. I need to point out that the guy who helped me treated me very well as he brought my food outside so I could remain seated in the patio with my pooch. I thought that he was the owner and told me that he was a hired employee. His service and friendliness showed deep responsibly as though he owned the place. Kudos to him and I hope that his employer reads this and gives him some recognition. This has become my Italian go to eatery whenever I'm in Carpenteria. read more

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Great restaurant. First time there and we were very pleased. LOVE the antipasti salad, best I've ever had! Pizza was good as well. Recommend this place. We sat and ate there, food didn't take long at all. read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - Antipasto salad ... delicious! - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Pizza is meh - actually think Little Caesar's is better....which says a lot. Ordered the Giovanni special and mozzerella sticks. Pizza is ok, mozzerella sticks are crap and they obviously water down their ranch...which makes me wonder what else they're watering down & cutting corners on. Not coming back and dont recommend. read more

The pizza here is old school scrumptious. I ordered the Margherita Pizza. The sauce was flavorful, the crust thick, and the cheese plentiful. I got the thicker crust. My friend ordered a sausage and olive pizza on a thinner crust. It was great too as I tried a piece. This place is a classic and has been here since 1987. I would definitely come back to try more pizza combinations. read more

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Never had the pizza but we drive up from the San Fernando Valley just for their Hoagie Sandwiches. Honestly, for my wife's birthday I can take her to pretty much any restaurant she would want to go to and she has picked Giovanni's for the Veggie Hoagie. It can be several months since our last visit and the owner remembers what sandwiches we order and how we like them prepared. The patio area is always nice and clean. The food comes out quickly and everyone we have encountered working there (owner's family?) have always been nice and friendly. Read some of the reviews that complain about the restrooms and they are indeed not eloquent but that's not why we go there. From the counter where you place your order, you can see the food prep area that's clean and well-maintained and that's what's important to us. read more

Ordered Giovanni's Specialty Mini Pizza and some plain wings for my doggo. Hit the spot! Owner is super friendly. Love the vibe of this family owned joint! read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Good pizza and the usual pizza-place sandwiches, plus a delightful outdoor eating area.

Wow! This place is amazing!!! The service is amazing. A true family owned business. Pizza made to perfection. I would definitely recommend. They also sell beer in tap--additional plus!! My family has been camping this area for years. This past September we took the train up and finally ate at this pizzeria. Now I can't believe it took us so many years to discover how good this place is. read more

I love Giovanni's! The new location is so beautiful, great patio, easy parking. Food is delicious and the staff are awesome.

The food was amazing, he delivered late and was very very helpful. Everything about the experience was great!

The most reminiscent of NY pizza that I can find in California! Also- the garden salad is strangely amazing for a garden salad... maybe it's the mozzarella. The only place to go for pizza in Carpinteria. -Former NYer read more

We got the food to go. The service was efficient and friendly. We got the Giovanni special pizza and the Greek salad. The large salad is huge - plenty for lunch the next day. The pizza and crust were tasty. read more

I would have preferred to buy a frozen pizza at vons.. The crew was rude and unprofessional.... The pizza was not impressive read more

I was very disappointed with our dinner . This is by far one our fav pizza places, but not tonight. We haven't been in a few months so we were very excited. The pizza crust was tough and hard on the bottom, not enough sauce and toppings. There were flies everywhere. The bathrooms were nasty. Very disappointing... read more

Over $46 for 2 small pizzas and drinks. Ordered the chicken garlic mushroom pizza and it was tasteless. The pepperoni pineapple looked good, but didn't get a chance to try it. The arcade area could be cool, but it is run down and dirty. The whole place needs work, but if they tidy it up a bit and get some cheerful staff, this place could be really awesome. I probably won't be back unless they make some major changes. read more

I am so disappointed in this place. I ordered a Pizza and they gave me a buzzer to call me in when it's ready. I waited 30 minutes and saw people get their orders within 10 minutes. Then my buzzer rings and I go pick up my pizza just so they can tell me it was a mistake and my pizza is not ready. I wait another 30 minutes and I go check on them again just so they can tell me my pizza isn't even on the oven because they freaking forgot about it! I spent $27 on a pizza that I never got to eat. My daughter was crying because she was hungry. I ended up leaving with no pizza. Mind you this place was not busy for them to have me waiting one hour. Truly disappointing. read more

The food was average. The poor ranking is from bad service--the young male employees seemed much more interested in having loud conversations with each other and friends than in taking our order or getting us to-go boxes when we were done (we had to wait at the counter for several minutes both times while conversations ensued). read more

Ordered this pizza and ate at the campground. So good and the service was perfect!!!!

Giovanni's Pizza in Carpinteria makes really great food, I personally like their lunch specials that they offer starting at 11am and ending around 3:30pm (I think). The 3 sandwiches I've tried there are the chicken Parmesan, Meatball, and Turkey. These 3 sandwiches are all great and the other ones they offer seem great as well but I just haven't had the chance to try them yet. This Pizza place is conveniently located in the direct center of carpinteria between Linden Avenue and Carpinteria Avenue, very convenient. Also tip: on the lunch special it comes with a garden salad but you can sub it for a Caesar salad (and I'm sure you could also do others). Also they have coupons on their website, always great to see read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - Any Sandwich with Salad Lunch (Chicken Parmesan Sandwich & Garden Salad w/ Ranch) - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

I stopped in here for lunch on a weekday and had a lunch combo. For $9.45 I got a 7 inch personal size pizza and a side salad, which was quite good. The pizza had a lot of cheese on it and it was served pan dish style, so the crust was quite thick. The salad was also very nice, as it had lots of mozzarella cheese on it. There is both inside and outside seating, but I must say the interior of this place is in great need of a face lift, as it is actually sort of dingy inside. Don't be fooled by the decor, however, the food is quite good. read more

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Super nice pizza on a lovely patio. Staff is friendly and helpful, and everything was fresh and delicious. See you next time! read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

This pizza place used to have good service but now that only young people work here they are very rude and dismissive to the customers I will not be coming back to any of their locations. The workers really should be trained on how to interact and have decent customer service. read more

I am skeptical of giving three stars to this establishment only because I am second guessing the cleanliness of the place. The pizza was great, hot and tasted delicious. The restrooms had no paper towels to dry your hands or any seat covers. I'm not sure if seat covers are not in use anymore as it is a beach town so I was not sure about dinging them on that. It was my first time here and it was not too crowded but enough people that the food was moving along. The three stars is because there was mold in the parmesan cheese shaker literally a green mold clump and the cheese was clumpy which could have been from steam getting in the shaker from the hot pizza and the vapors going up into the cheese shaker (?) The salt shaker also had clumps and those were pink and I don't know how salt turns pink other than it's old. It looked like the containers have never been wiped down. They had a layer of grime and stickiness to them and caked on residue. The pepper shaker had residue stuck to the inside of the wall and I'm not sure if these are changed out regularly as the flavor loses its potency when it dries out. I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and maybe it was an error in missing these particular containers, but I would come back because the pizza tasted great and the staff was nice and I'm hoping the food areas and food handling practices are sanitary. read more

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Pizza is pretty good . Reason for only 3 stars is we come every year and the service is always lacking . You have to ask for everything , including the soft drinks you purchase . With the Covid and outdoor seating only , they should invest in a few more umbrellas at HD or Lowe's. I guess when most of your business is campers from out of the area you don't really need to go the extra mile or even have a good attitude. Probably better rating if it was take out ... food was good , rest needs much improvement . read more

I am gluten free and this pizza is the single best gluten free pizza I've ever had. It tastes like regular! Even my dad who is a pizza purist are some of my gluten free pizza today and he LOVED IT and said he couldn't tell a difference. He also had the chicken Caesar salad and thought it was great. I am shocked to see this place have mediocre reviews. I've come here for years and it remains some of the best pizza I've ever had, even compared to pizza I've had in New York or Italy. read more

Giovanni's Pizza Carpinteria - Gluten free 12 inch Hot, Sweet and Spicy Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

This place has delicious food and good service we will definitely be coming back we recommend eating here

The Carp location has always been good, the antipasto salad is a favorite the sandwiches are good not great and the pizza in Carp has always been great ordered from the SB location and the dough was under cooked almost inedible. read more

Horrible horrible service. I was hung up on with no apology. Everyone is new and do not know how to place a call on hold. Refused to eat here, which was disappointing because it was recommended by a local. They do have outside sitting, but we did not indulge. Maybe another time but not today. read more

Grew up at carpinteria and SB location Best anti pasta salad and garlic white chicken pizza THE BOMB Antipasto Salad read more

Great food and service .. family oriented .. we will definately be back..Pepperoni Pizza